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+# Campaign CT — connected gate script (CT7, user-driven)
+
+**Purpose:** live verification of the character-panel parity campaign
+(CT1–CT6) against ACE. Launch: the normal connected launch
+(`ACDREAM_RETAIL_UI=1`, live ACE at `127.0.0.1:9000`,
+`ACDREAM_PAK_PATH=<worktree>\artifacts\owner-gate\acdream-v5.pak`).
+Open the character panel (F9 / toolbar). Retail side-by-side comparison
+is the oracle for every visual item.
+
+Useful ACE console helpers: title grants come from quests/admin — check
+`@acecommands` for a title-grant command; `@grantxp` for levels.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Header identity block (CT4) — Attributes AND Skills tabs
+
+1. **Name line**: the plain character name (rankless characters — the
+   allegiance rank prefix is a registered deferral, AP-109).
+2. **Heritage line**: "<Gender> <Heritage> <DisplayTitle>" — e.g.
+   "Female Aluvian War Mage" when a display title is set; just
+   "Female Aluvian" when none. PASS: matches retail's composition and
+   spacing exactly; a title beginning with "The" shows unmangled.
+3. **PK line**: "Non-Player Killer" (or "Player Killer" / "Player
+   Killer Lite" on a PK/PKL character) in PURE WHITE. PASS: correct
+   text + color on BOTH the Attributes and Skills tabs.
+4. **Level number**: pale gold with outline (authored color — compare
+   against retail's level display side-by-side; the owner reported ours
+   was previously off).
+5. **Luminance pair**: on a sub-200 character, NO luminance caption or
+   value renders. (A level ≥ 200 character with MaximumLuminance shows
+   "Luminance:" and "<available> / <maximum>" — verify only if such a
+   character is available.)
+6. **Live update**: set a display title (see §2) — the heritage line
+   updates the moment the server confirms, with no relog and no panel
+   re-open.
+
+## 2. Titles tab (CT3)
+
+1. Click the **Titles** tab. PASS: the page shows "Current Display
+   Title:" + the current title (or "Unknown" only when the server's
+   title id fails to resolve — normally a real title or the authored
+   empty state), the "All Available Titles:" list, and the
+   "Set as Display Title" button.
+2. **List content**: every earned title, alphabetically sorted,
+   readable rows. With few titles the scrollbar shows retail's
+   full-track thumb; with many (if available) the thumb sizes
+   proportionally and scrolls.
+3. **Ghost rule**: with NOTHING selected the button is ghosted. Select
+   the title that IS the current display title — button stays ghosted.
+   Select a DIFFERENT title — button un-ghosts.
+4. **Set round trip**: click Set as Display Title. PASS: the display
+   title text updates on the server's confirmation, the selection
+   CLEARS (row highlight goes dark — retail behavior), the button
+   re-ghosts, and the §1 heritage line updates live.
+5. **Row selection visual**: the selected row highlights with retail's
+   row highlight art (full-row background swap), not a synthesized bar.
+
+## 3. Attribute/skill rows (CT5)
+
+1. **Icon alignment**: row icons sit flush left (20x20 at the row's
+   left edge), matching retail — the previous inset/smaller icons are
+   gone. Compare a few rows side-by-side against retail.
+2. **Value gutter**: the numbers column ends with a visible margin
+   before the panel border (the scrollbar band) — retail's 7px gutter.
+3. **Row height**: rows are retail-height (slightly tighter than
+   before); section headers (Trained/Untrained/Unusable) unchanged.
+4. **Selection highlight**: clicking a row highlights with the retail
+   full-row art; the spellbook's selection visuals are UNCHANGED
+   (regression check — open the spellbook and select a spell).
+5. **Raise buttons / tooltips / footer**: regression sweep — raise ×1
+   and ×10 still work with correct ghosting, skill tooltips still show
+   formula + description wrapped correctly, the footer numbers update.
+
+## 4. Resize + scrollbar (CT6)
+
+*(Section finalized after CT6 lands — placeholder items below.)*
+
+1. Resize the character window vertically: it clamps at the authored
+   minimum; the stat list shows its scrollbar when the shortened
+   viewport overflows, with retail hover/press states on the bar.
+2. Other windows (chat, social) still clamp at their own authored
+   minimums — regression check.
+
+## 5. Regression sweep (5 minutes)
+
+- Attributes/Skills tab switching unaffected; CA5 behaviors intact
+  (raise round trips, live run-speed update on Quickness).
+- Logout/login: titles and display title persist; the header matches
+  PlayerDescription's values.
+- Chat window: the CH-round fixes hold (input rails on focus, "Gen"
+  caption, button flick, no vibrating text while dragging).
+
+---
+
+## Report back
+
+Per section: PASS/FAIL plus anything odd. The three answers that matter
+most:
+1. §2.4 — does the set-title round trip clear the selection and update
+   the header live?
+2. §3.1/§3.2 — do icons and the value gutter now match retail
+   side-by-side?
+3. §1.3 — is the PK line present, white, and correct on both tabs?