diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index c95178d..b9c481b 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -7141,7 +7141,29 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                     animatedIds.Add(k);
             }
 
-            if (cameraInsideCell && _indoorStencilPipeline is not null
+            // Phase A8 R3.5 — transition-flicker fix. `cameraInsideCell`
+            // stays true for ~3 grace frames after the camera physically
+            // exits a cell (see CellVisibility._cellSwitchGraceFrames).
+            // The grace mechanism prevents lighting/sky flicker at the
+            // doorway threshold, but if the stencil pipeline runs during
+            // grace frames it marks/punches at the OLD cell's portal
+            // silhouettes — which are now behind/beside the camera — and
+            // the subsequent IndoorPass + stencil-gated outdoor produce
+            // a brief frame of "walls disappear + buildings under ground"
+            // garbage. Gate the stencil branch on the stricter
+            // `PointInCell` containment check so the pipeline only runs
+            // when the camera is ACTUALLY inside its cell volume; sky /
+            // lighting / depth-clear continue to use `cameraInsideCell`
+            // for their smoother grace-aware behavior.
+            bool cameraReallyInside = visibility?.CameraCell is not null
+                && CellVisibility.PointInCell(camPos, visibility.CameraCell);
+
+            // The `visibility?.CameraCell is not null` repeat is for the
+            // compiler's null-flow analysis: `cameraReallyInside` already
+            // implies it, but flow doesn't propagate through a separate
+            // local. Restating it inside the if condition lets the branch
+            // body use the un-`?`d form without null-forgiving.
+            if (cameraReallyInside && _indoorStencilPipeline is not null
                 && visibility?.CameraCell is not null)
             {
                 // Phase A8 R3 — WB RenderInsideOut order.