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docs(plans): Campaign VM — VisualMaster plan + the Campaign AR review it closes

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Adds the independent Campaign AR review (docs/research/2026-08-22-campaign-
ar-review.md): architecture, technical correctness, performance, coverage.
Findings F1-F8; F1 (default-path invariance proven only on a 2x2 recording-
device oracle) blocks merge; F2 (10 m/50 m detail fade has no retail anchor);
F3 (the port is retail's two-pass fallback; single-pass stage path
undetermined); F4 (post stack runs in gamma space); F5 (four overclaiming
sentences, one premise error the reviewer owns).

Campaign VM plans the closure: VM0 masked pixel + production perf A/B vs
6c79d35c; VM1 removes the fade (retail attenuates by mips); VM2 one cdb read
of m_caps.bCanDoSinglePassDetailing; VM3 linear-light post stack with a
numerically neutral preset; VM4 truthful docs; VM5 volumetric jitter; VM6
weather-driven foliage wind - procedural-scenery (bit-31 id namespace) cutout
subsets only, three motions (lean/branch/flutter) with gusts and per-tree
phase, shadows share the displacement include; VM7 closeout + merge.

Roadmap gains the Campaign VM pointer beside Campaign AR.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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**Future / unscheduled — Campaign AR:** the opt-in [Atmospheric Rendering / Shader Packs campaign](2026-08-21-atmospheric-rendering.md) makes moving authored sun-and-moon directional shadows from trees, monsters, players, and buildings its Tier-2 headline while preserving acdream's current retail-faithful renderer as the default and leaving physics, collision, gameplay, and network behavior unchanged; the project owner assigned Campaign AR on 2026-08-22 without displacing active M4 gameplay work. The [celestial source contract](../research/2026-08-22-dereth-celestial-shadow-sources.md) selects sun, dominant moon, then secondary moon by rendered direction while retaining AC's single authored directional-energy channel; sun rays and volumetrics remain sun-only. The previously referenced #268 + TS-8 package is complete and retired. Stage 1's automated correctness, performance, lifetime, locked-restore, Release, evidence, documentation, and project-owner live gates completed on 2026-08-22 after the opt-in exposure correction. The [Stage 2 connected and closeout gate](../research/2026-08-22-atmospheric-stage2-connected-gate.md) now closes every available machine-local ACE, dense A/B, long-lifetime, graphical-package, shader, Release, and complete-test row. The implemented two-client gate proved that ACE rejects two concurrent characters on the one available account and is ready for separate observer credentials without recording secrets. A distinct-account remote-player row, unavailable physical GPU classes, and final project-owner pack-off/pack-on acceptance remain external gates; Campaign AR is not yet declared shipped.
**Planned, owner-directed — Campaign VM (VisualMaster):** the [VisualMaster campaign](2026-08-22-visualmaster-campaign.md) closes the [Campaign AR review](../research/2026-08-22-campaign-ar-review.md) findings with evidence (pack-off pixel/perf invariance vs `6c79d35c`, the un-anchored detail fade, a linear-light post stack, truthful closeouts, volumetric jitter) and adds weather-driven foliage wind behind the render pack. Named by the owner 2026-08-22; awaiting the owner's goal.
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## Cross-cutting work tracked in parallel