diff --git a/src/AcDream.Core/Physics/PositionManager.cs b/src/AcDream.Core/Physics/PositionManager.cs
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+using System.Numerics;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Physics;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Per-frame combiner for remote-entity motion: animation root motion
+/// + InterpolationManager catch-up correction. Pure function — no
+/// side effects, no hidden state.
+///
+/// Mirrors retail CPhysicsObj::UpdateObjectInternal (acclient @ 0x00513730):
+///   rootOffset = CPartArray::Update(dt)             // animation
+///   PositionManager::adjust_offset(rootOffset)      // adds correction
+///   frame.origin += rootOffset
+///
+/// In acdream the animation root motion is sourced from
+/// AnimationSequencer.CurrentVelocity (body-local velocity from the
+/// active locomotion cycle). We rotate that by the body's orientation
+/// to get a world-space delta, then add the InterpolationManager's
+/// world-space correction.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class PositionManager
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Compute the per-frame world-space delta to add to body.Position.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="dt">Per-frame delta time, seconds.</param>
+    /// <param name="currentBodyPosition">Body's current world-space position.</param>
+    /// <param name="seqVel">
+    ///   Body-local velocity from the active animation cycle
+    ///   (from <c>AnimationSequencer.CurrentVelocity</c>); pass
+    ///   <c>Vector3.Zero</c> if the entity has no sequencer or is on a
+    ///   non-locomotion cycle.
+    /// </param>
+    /// <param name="ori">Body orientation; used to rotate seqVel from body-local to world.</param>
+    /// <param name="interp">The remote's InterpolationManager (for AdjustOffset call).</param>
+    /// <param name="maxSpeed">From <c>MotionInterpreter.GetMaxSpeed()</c> — passed to AdjustOffset for the catch-up clamp.</param>
+    public Vector3 ComputeOffset(
+        double dt,
+        Vector3 currentBodyPosition,
+        Vector3 seqVel,
+        Quaternion ori,
+        InterpolationManager interp,
+        float maxSpeed)
+    {
+        // Step 1: animation root motion (body-local → world).
+        Vector3 rootMotionLocal = seqVel * (float)dt;
+        Vector3 rootMotionWorld = Vector3.Transform(rootMotionLocal, ori);
+
+        // Step 2: interpolation correction (world-space already).
+        Vector3 correction = interp.AdjustOffset(dt, currentBodyPosition, maxSpeed);
+
+        // Step 3: combined delta.
+        return rootMotionWorld + correction;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Physics/PositionManagerTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Physics/PositionManagerTests.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Numerics;
+using AcDream.Core.Physics;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Tests.Physics;
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// PositionManagerTests — 6 tests covering ComputeOffset.
+//
+// Mirrors retail CPhysicsObj::UpdateObjectInternal (acclient @ 0x00513730).
+// Pure-function combiner: animation root motion (seqVel × dt, rotated by
+// body orientation) + InterpolationManager.AdjustOffset correction.
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+public sealed class PositionManagerTests
+{
+    // ── helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private static PositionManager Make() => new();
+
+    private static InterpolationManager EmptyInterp() => new();
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Test 1: stationary remote — both sources zero, no motion
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ComputeOffset_StationaryRemote_BothSourcesZero_NoMotion()
+    {
+        var pm    = Make();
+        var interp = EmptyInterp();
+
+        Vector3 offset = pm.ComputeOffset(
+            dt: 0.1,
+            currentBodyPosition: Vector3.Zero,
+            seqVel: Vector3.Zero,
+            ori: Quaternion.Identity,
+            interp: interp,
+            maxSpeed: 4f);
+
+        Assert.Equal(Vector3.Zero, offset);
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Test 2: animation only, identity orientation, forward velocity
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ComputeOffset_AnimationOnly_Forward_BodyAdvances()
+    {
+        var pm     = Make();
+        var interp = EmptyInterp();
+
+        // seqVel = (0, 4, 0), dt = 0.1 → rootMotion = (0, 0.4, 0)
+        Vector3 offset = pm.ComputeOffset(
+            dt: 0.1,
+            currentBodyPosition: Vector3.Zero,
+            seqVel: new Vector3(0f, 4f, 0f),
+            ori: Quaternion.Identity,
+            interp: interp,
+            maxSpeed: 0f);
+
+        Assert.Equal(0f,   offset.X, precision: 4);
+        Assert.Equal(0.4f, offset.Y, precision: 4);
+        Assert.Equal(0f,   offset.Z, precision: 4);
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Test 3: animation only, 180° yaw around Z — body moves south (-Y)
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ComputeOffset_AnimationOnly_OrientedSouth_BodyMovesSouth()
+    {
+        var pm     = Make();
+        var interp = EmptyInterp();
+
+        // 180° around Z flips +Y → -Y
+        Quaternion ori = Quaternion.CreateFromAxisAngle(Vector3.UnitZ, MathF.PI);
+
+        Vector3 offset = pm.ComputeOffset(
+            dt: 0.1,
+            currentBodyPosition: Vector3.Zero,
+            seqVel: new Vector3(0f, 4f, 0f),
+            ori: ori,
+            interp: interp,
+            maxSpeed: 0f);
+
+        Assert.Equal(0f,    offset.X, precision: 4);
+        Assert.Equal(-0.4f, offset.Y, precision: 4);
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Test 4: interp only, no animation — body chases queue
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ComputeOffset_InterpOnly_NoAnimation_BodyChasesQueue()
+    {
+        var pm     = Make();
+        var interp = new InterpolationManager();
+
+        // Enqueue target 1m ahead on +X; body starts at origin
+        interp.Enqueue(new Vector3(1f, 0f, 0f), heading: 0f, isMovingTo: false);
+
+        // Expected catch-up: catchUpSpeed = maxSpeed × 2 = 4 × 2 = 8 m/s
+        // step = 8 × 0.1 = 0.8m (< dist = 1m so no overshoot clamp)
+        Vector3 offset = pm.ComputeOffset(
+            dt: 0.1,
+            currentBodyPosition: Vector3.Zero,
+            seqVel: Vector3.Zero,
+            ori: Quaternion.Identity,
+            interp: interp,
+            maxSpeed: 4f);
+
+        Assert.Equal(0.8f, offset.X, precision: 3);
+        Assert.Equal(0f,   offset.Y, precision: 3);
+        Assert.Equal(0f,   offset.Z, precision: 3);
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Test 5: both sources active — combined delta
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ComputeOffset_BothActive_Combined()
+    {
+        var pm     = Make();
+        var interp = new InterpolationManager();
+
+        // Enqueue target 1m ahead on +X
+        interp.Enqueue(new Vector3(1f, 0f, 0f), heading: 0f, isMovingTo: false);
+
+        // rootMotion = (0, 4, 0) × 0.1 = (0, 0.4, 0)
+        // correction ≈ (0.8, 0, 0)
+        // combined ≈ (0.8, 0.4, 0)
+        Vector3 offset = pm.ComputeOffset(
+            dt: 0.1,
+            currentBodyPosition: Vector3.Zero,
+            seqVel: new Vector3(0f, 4f, 0f),
+            ori: Quaternion.Identity,
+            interp: interp,
+            maxSpeed: 4f);
+
+        Assert.Equal(0.8f, offset.X, precision: 3);
+        Assert.Equal(0.4f, offset.Y, precision: 3);
+        Assert.Equal(0f,   offset.Z, precision: 3);
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Test 6: local-to-world rotation — +90° yaw around Z
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ComputeOffset_LocalToWorldRotation_Yaw90()
+    {
+        var pm     = Make();
+        var interp = EmptyInterp();
+
+        // +90° CCW around Z in right-handed coordinates:
+        //   body-local +Y → world -X
+        Quaternion ori = Quaternion.CreateFromAxisAngle(Vector3.UnitZ, MathF.PI / 2f);
+
+        // seqVel = (0, 1, 0), dt = 1 → rootMotionLocal = (0, 1, 0)
+        // after Transform by ori → (-1, 0, 0) approximately
+        Vector3 offset = pm.ComputeOffset(
+            dt: 1.0,
+            currentBodyPosition: Vector3.Zero,
+            seqVel: new Vector3(0f, 1f, 0f),
+            ori: ori,
+            interp: interp,
+            maxSpeed: 0f);
+
+        Assert.Equal(-1f, offset.X, precision: 4);
+        Assert.Equal(0f,  offset.Y, precision: 4);
+        Assert.Equal(0f,  offset.Z, precision: 4);
+    }
+}