refactor(input): own gameplay action routing

Move the sole semantic action-priority graph, combat and diagnostic commands, and retained-root item-drop lifetime behind focused typed owners. Preserve retail toggle behavior, explicit auto-wield cancellation, shutdown quiescence, and symmetric callback cleanup.

Co-authored-by: Codex <codex@openai.com>

docs/plans/2026-04-11-roadmap.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # acdream — strategic roadmap
 
-**Status:** Living document. Updated 2026-07-22. **M3 landed; M4 is next after the active `GameWindow` structural prerequisite.** M3's retail casting/UI, R6 locomotion/collision/projectile/teleport/radar rebaseline, deterministic fresh-login/portal world lifecycle, and final two-client portal observer flow are user-gated. The current program is the behavior-preserving ownership campaign in [`docs/architecture/code-structure.md`](../architecture/code-structure.md); Slices 1–7 and Slice 8 checkpoints A–E are complete, with the remaining composition/shutdown checkpoints active. New M4 quest/emote/character-creation feature bodies wait until that campaign is complete. Issue #225's lifestone/particle alpha comparison remains a separate rendering visual gate.
+**Status:** Living document. Updated 2026-07-22. **M3 landed; M4 is next after the active `GameWindow` structural prerequisite.** M3's retail casting/UI, R6 locomotion/collision/projectile/teleport/radar rebaseline, deterministic fresh-login/portal world lifecycle, and final two-client portal observer flow are user-gated. The current program is the behavior-preserving ownership campaign in [`docs/architecture/code-structure.md`](../architecture/code-structure.md); Slices 1–7 and Slice 8 checkpoints A–F are complete, with the remaining composition/shutdown checkpoints active. New M4 quest/emote/character-creation feature bodies wait until that campaign is complete. Issue #225's lifestone/particle alpha comparison remains a separate rendering visual gate.
 **Purpose:** One source of truth for where the project is and where it's going. Every observed defect or missing feature has a named phase that owns it; when something looks wrong in-game, look here to find the phase that'll address it. Implementation details live in per-phase specs under `docs/superpowers/specs/`, not in this file.
 
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@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ second synchronized soak pass with graceful exits, and the six stable PNG
 checkpoints preserve Slice 6 presentation. Issue #232 tracks the coarse
 process-residency gate's diagnostic blind spot; no tolerance was loosened.
 
-Final Slice 8 composition/shutdown cleanup is active. Checkpoints A–E now own
+Final Slice 8 composition/shutdown cleanup is active. Checkpoints A–F now own
 the frozen shell boundary, all nine native callback edges, live-session
 reset/selection/entry/route composition, and world clock/sky/day/weather/
 AdminEnvirons state. Checkpoint E adds reversible, transactional Silk,
@@ -87,9 +87,12 @@ dispatcher, retained-UI, and devtools input edges; a focused raw pointer owner;
 and one physical framebuffer-size publisher. Logical callback cutoff and
 live-session retirement precede physical removal, so failed device detach
 cannot block graceful transport close. `GameWindow` is 4,266 lines / 194
-fields / 65 methods; the Checkpoint E Release suite passes 7,477 tests / 5
-skips. Gameplay routing, settings, startup/resource transfer, shutdown, soak,
-and closeout checkpoints F–L remain.
+fields / 65 methods. Checkpoint F adds the sole gameplay action-priority
+subscriber, typed combat/diagnostic/general commands, and a reversible
+retained-root item-drop binding. `GameWindow` is now 4,057 lines / 198 fields /
+54 methods; the Checkpoint F Release suite passes 7,524 tests / 5 skips.
+Settings, startup/resource transfer, shutdown, soak, and closeout checkpoints
+G–L remain.
 
 This is a behavior-preserving structural program. Severe regressions still get
 root-cause fixes in separate commits; ordinary feature work resumes with M4

docs/plans/2026-05-12-milestones.md

@@ -39,15 +39,17 @@ diagnostic owners preserve the accepted draw/failure graph. `GameWindow` is
 campaign baseline. The full Release suite passes 7,341 tests / 5 skips; the
 315.6-second capped/reconnect lifecycle gate and 395.2-second synchronized
 nine-destination soak pass with graceful exits, and six stable PNG checkpoints
-preserve Slice 6 presentation. Final Slice 8 checkpoints A–E are complete:
+preserve Slice 6 presentation. Final Slice 8 checkpoints A–F are complete:
 native callbacks and live-session composition now have explicit retryable
 owners. Checkpoint D adds the sole world-environment owner for clock, DAT sky,
 day group, weather, and AdminEnvirons state. Checkpoint E adds terminal,
 transactional ownership for Silk/dispatcher/retained/devtools input, the raw
 camera pointer, focus, and physical framebuffer size. Graceful live-session
-retirement now precedes physical callback removal. `GameWindow` is 4,266 lines
-/ 194 fields / 65 methods; 7,477 Release tests pass / 5 skip. Checkpoints F–L
-remain active. Issue #232 tracks process-residency variance in the soak without
+retirement now precedes physical callback removal. Checkpoint F adds the sole
+gameplay action-priority owner, typed combat/diagnostic/general commands, and a
+reversible retained-root item-drop binding. `GameWindow` is 4,057 lines / 198
+fields / 54 methods; 7,524 Release tests pass / 5 skip. Checkpoints G–L remain
+active. Issue #232 tracks process-residency variance in the soak without
 loosening its leak threshold.
 
 Carried:

docs/plans/2026-07-22-gamewindow-slice-8-composition-lifecycle.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ audit.
 - [x] D — extract retail world-environment/day/weather behavior.
 - [x] E — extract two-phase raw pointer/camera input, focus, and framebuffer
   resize behind symmetric named subscriptions.
-- [ ] F — extract the sole gameplay input-action router plus focused combat and
+- [x] F — extract the sole gameplay input-action router plus focused combat and
   diagnostic command owners.
 - [ ] G — extract two-phase persisted settings/display/quality ownership.
 - [ ] H — give terrain atlas, sky shader, retained `UiHost`, and both frame roots
@@ -527,6 +527,23 @@ connected lifecycle and visual gates.
 - Make Combat, Camera, dispatcher, and retained-root subscriptions named,
   transactional, and symmetrically detached.
 
+Result: `GameplayInputActionRouter` is the sole gameplay subscriber to
+`InputDispatcher.Fired` and preserves the frozen pointer → scroll → combat →
+Press/DoubleClick gate → retained UI → selection → movement → command
+priority. Focused command owners now route combat, diagnostics, window/player
+mode, item-target mode, and Escape without calling feature bodies on
+`GameWindow`. `RetainedUiGameplayBinding` owns the outside-UI item-drop edge;
+the combat/diagnostic deferred slots release their targets before session
+retirement, and the retained binding detaches transactionally afterward.
+Named-retail review
+also corrected `ToggleCombatMode @ 0x0056C8C0`: active combat short-circuits to
+peace without an equipment lookup, while an incompatible Held object prints
+the exact retail notice and sends no mode request. Three corrected-diff review
+loops are clean; 54 focused App tests, 20 Core combat tests, the App suite
+(3,155 pass / 3 intentional skips), the Release build, and the complete suite
+(7,524 pass / 5 intentional skips) pass. `GameWindow` is 4,057 raw lines / 198
+fields / 54 methods.
+
 ### G — two-phase runtime settings
 
 - Construct `RuntimeSettingsController` before Window.Create and source startup