diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index 8636f38..53e7e60 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -1238,14 +1238,13 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
 
     private void OnUpdate(double dt)
     {
-        // Drain any pending live-session traffic. Non-blocking — returns
-        // immediately if no datagrams are in the kernel buffer. Fires
-        // EntitySpawned events synchronously on this thread.
-        _liveSession?.Tick();
-
-        // Phase A.1: advance the streaming controller. Computes the observer's
-        // current landblock coordinates and feeds new load/unload diffs to the
-        // streamer, then drains any completed landblocks into GpuWorldState.
+        // Phase A.1: advance the streaming controller FIRST so the initial
+        // landblocks are loaded into GpuWorldState before live-session
+        // CreateObject events drain. The earlier order (live tick first,
+        // streaming tick second) caused the initial CreateObject flood from
+        // login to land before any landblock was loaded; AppendLiveEntity
+        // is a no-op for unloaded landblocks, so all 40+ NPCs/weenies were
+        // silently dropped on the first frame and never rendered.
         if (_streamingController is not null && _cameraController is not null)
         {
             int observerCx = _liveCenterX;
@@ -1274,6 +1273,12 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             _streamingController.Tick(observerCx, observerCy);
         }
 
+        // Drain pending live-session traffic AFTER streaming so any incoming
+        // CreateObject events find their landblock already loaded in
+        // GpuWorldState. Non-blocking — returns immediately if no datagrams
+        // are in the kernel buffer. Fires EntitySpawned events synchronously.
+        _liveSession?.Tick();
+
         if (_cameraController is null || _input is null) return;
         if (!_cameraController.IsFlyMode) return;