fix(world): complete recall before teleport hide

Match retail's update ordering so object animation, particles, and scripts advance before inbound teleport state is applied. Separate input-originated movement from post-network autonomous position output, and reconcile presentation without a second physics tick so recall cannot resume after arrival.

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

docs/architecture/acdream-architecture.md

@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ src/
       LiveEntityRuntime.cs    -> canonical identity/state/body/projectile/spatial ownership
       LiveEntityPresentationController.cs -> Hidden/NoDraw/effect/collision presentation
       LiveEntityTeardown.cs   -> failure-isolated multi-owner lifecycle drain
+      RetailLiveFrameCoordinator.cs -> object/physics-before-network frame barrier
     Rendering/
       GameWindow.cs           -> still owns too much runtime wiring
       TerrainModernRenderer.cs -> mandatory bindless+MDI terrain path
@@ -642,7 +643,19 @@ canonical local physics controller and chase-camera handoff.
 The destination residency gate supplies retail's `EndTeleportAnimation` edge
 once asynchronous streaming is ready. Player placement remains authoritative
 and separate from presentation; arrival resets camera viewer state but does
-not reset the character animation sequence. See
+not reset the character animation sequence. `RetailLiveFrameCoordinator`
+matches `SmartBox::UseTime @ 0x00455410`: it advances local and remote object/
+projectile runtime, composes final animated/equipped poses, drains animation
+hooks, then advances particles before owner scripts and inbound network dispatch.
+`RetailLocalPlayerFrameController` owns the player's exactly-once tick and sends
+input-originated movement/jump output on the object side of that barrier. After
+inbound dispatch, the retail command-interpreter phase evaluates periodic
+AutonomousPosition from current authoritative state, then a non-advancing spatial
+reconciliation updates equipped children and live effect/light anchors. Consequently a
+teleport Hidden transition cannot freeze the last fraction of recall and replay
+it after UnHide, and ForcePosition/F751 cannot combine old one-shot input with a new cell.
+The draw pass consumes that completed update snapshot and never advances live
+animation independently. See
 `docs/research/2026-07-15-retail-portal-space-pseudocode.md`.
 
 ## Roadmap Model

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

@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ Research: R9 + R12 + R13.
 - **✓ SHIPPED — G.1 — Sky + weather + day-night.** Deterministic client-side from Portal Year time. Sky dome geometry + keyframe gradients + rain/snow particles. See `r12-weather-daynight.md`. Full data + visual stack shipped: Region dat loader, keyframe interp, WeatherSystem with 5-kind PDF + transitions + storm flashes, WorldSession→WorldTimeService sync via ConnectRequest+TimeSync, SkyRenderer with sky-object arcs + UV scroll, rain/snow billboard renderer, F7/F10 debug cycle keys.
 - **✓ SHIPPED — G.2 — Dynamic lighting.** 8-light D3D-style fixed pipeline. Hard-cutoff at Range, no attenuation inside. Cell ambient. Shader UBO per frame. See `r13-dynamic-lighting.md`. SceneLightingUbo std140 at binding=1 feeds terrain + mesh + mesh_instanced + sky shaders. LightingHookSink auto-registers Setup.Lights at entity stream-in, flips IsLit on SetLightHook, unregisters on landblock unload.
 - **Indoor portal-based cell tracking (follow-up to Indoor walking Phase 1 / issue #87).** Replace `PhysicsDataCache.TryFindContainingCell` AABB containment with retail's `CObjMaint::HandleObjectEnterCell` portal traversal. When the player crosses a cell portal boundary, `CellId` propagates through the `CEnvCell` portal connectivity graph. Prerequisite for wall collision from outside (#85) and the remaining #84 threshold symptom. PDB symbols and `acclient.h` `CCellStructure` refs are in place (see #87). **Unblocks G.3.**
-- **✓ SHIPPED — G.3 — Dungeon streaming + portal space.** `EnvCellStreamer`, portal-visibility BFS, `PlayerTeleport (0xF751)` handling with post-transition `LoginComplete`, and the retail DAT-authored portal-space CreatureMode viewport (Setup `0x02000306`, animation `0x030005AC`, exact camera/light/timing/view-plane transitions, forward-axis roll, direct portal→world viewport switch, projection warp, and destination viewer reset; corrective visual gate pending 2026-07-15). Dungeons render, stream, teleport-in, collide, light, and their doors work — see the shipped-table rows (G.3, G.3a, #137 collision, A7.L1 lighting) below and the M1.5 section of `docs/plans/2026-05-12-milestones.md` for current gate status (one recorded end-to-end round-trip user gate outstanding; live residual = far-town teleport-OUT arrival cascade, #145-residual REOPENED). See `r09-dungeon-portal-space.md` and `docs/research/2026-07-15-retail-portal-space-pseudocode.md`.
+- **✓ SHIPPED — G.3 — Dungeon streaming + portal space.** `EnvCellStreamer`, portal-visibility BFS, `PlayerTeleport (0xF751)` handling with post-transition `LoginComplete`, and the retail DAT-authored portal-space CreatureMode viewport (Setup `0x02000306`, animation `0x030005AC`, exact camera/light/timing/view-plane transitions, forward-axis roll, direct portal→world viewport switch, projection warp, destination viewer reset, object/physics-before-network frame barrier, pre-network input movement/jump output, post-inbound AutonomousPosition, and non-advancing spatial reconciliation; recall-tail corrective visual gate pending 2026-07-16). Dungeons render, stream, teleport-in, collide, light, and their doors work — see the shipped-table rows (G.3, G.3a, #137 collision, A7.L1 lighting) below and the M1.5 section of `docs/plans/2026-05-12-milestones.md` for current gate status (one recorded end-to-end dungeon round-trip user gate outstanding; live residual = far-town teleport-OUT arrival cascade, #145-residual REOPENED). See `r09-dungeon-portal-space.md` and `docs/research/2026-07-15-retail-portal-space-pseudocode.md`.
 
 **Acceptance:** walk outside at dusk, see the sky gradient + sun moving; enter a torch-lit dungeon via portal; leave back to daylight.
 

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

@@ -312,6 +312,16 @@ a black alpha fade; both compose below retained UI, so
 chat, panels, toolbar, cursor, and input remain live throughout travel. See
 `docs/research/2026-07-15-retail-portal-space-pseudocode.md`.
 
+The live frame barrier now also matches `SmartBox::UseTime`: local/remote
+object, projectile, animation, final-pose, animation-hook, particle, and
+owner-script work completes before the inbound network queue is dispatched.
+Local movement/jump output is committed on that same pre-network side, while a
+non-advancing post-network pass reconciles children and attached effect/light
+anchors after authoritative root moves. This prevents ACE's teleport Hidden state
+from freezing the final fraction of recall and replaying it after materialize,
+without an arrival reset or Hidden-time animation exception. Automated recall
+DAT conformance is green; destination-side visual confirmation remains.
+
 ---
 
 #### (historical M1.5 working notes below)
@@ -513,9 +523,9 @@ include dungeons.
   zero-time recursive chains fail diagnostically while valid timed weather loops
   continue. The
   live-pose step now publishes exact root/indexed rigid-part transforms after
-  animation and equipped-child composition, then drains animation hooks,
-  PhysicsScripts, attached emitters/lights, and particle simulation in fixed
-  frame order. World-released particles remain at their birth positions while
+  animation and equipped-child composition, advances existing FP hooks, drains
+  animation hooks, refreshes attached emitters/lights, advances particles, then
+  ticks PhysicsScripts in fixed retail frame order. World-released particles remain at their birth positions while
   parent-local particles follow; normal/blocking/anonymous logical emitter
   semantics are exact; pending projections skip particle updates/draw while
   retaining absolute creation times, the same emitter, and its logical ID, so

docs/research/2026-07-13-retail-projectile-vfx-pseudocode.md

@@ -844,8 +844,17 @@ Repository links:
 4. No client-side impact, explosion, damage, or deletion is synthesized.
 5. Presentation frame ordering is fixed: advance animation/root motion,
    publish indexed parts, compose equipped children, drain animation hooks,
-   tick owner PhysicsScripts, refresh attached emitters/lights, then advance
-   particle simulation and draw.
+   refresh attached emitters/lights, advance particle simulation, tick owner
+   PhysicsScripts, dispatch inbound network events, run the post-inbound
+   command-interpreter position check, reconcile spatial derivatives without
+   advancing time, then draw. The explicit network boundary ports
+   `SmartBox::UseTime @ 0x00455410`: `CPhysics::UseTime` updates every object
+   (including its particle and script managers) before SmartBox drains its
+   inbound queue, after which `CommandInterpreter::UseTime @ 0x006B3BF0`
+   evaluates AutonomousPosition. Within each object,
+   `CPhysicsObj::UpdateObjectInternal @ 0x005156B0` updates
+   `ParticleManager` before `ScriptManager`, so a particle created by a script
+   begins simulation on the following object frame.
 
 Retail stages animation hooks inside `CSequence::update`, then executes them
 from `CPhysicsObj::process_hooks` before the new root is committed. The same

docs/research/2026-07-15-retail-portal-space-pseudocode.md

@@ -276,10 +276,45 @@ The viewer reset copies the player's complete position into both `viewer` and
 boom outward through the same damped and swept path used after camera
 collision. Reusing the source-world viewer is not retail behavior.
 
+## Recall completion versus Hidden
+
 The retail teleport hook does not clear the character's animation sequence.
-The arrival presentation is instead hidden by the portal scene and its final
-world view-plane transition while the normal motion/update stream settles. Therefore acdream
-must not add an arrival-only animation reset.
+Recall completion is instead guaranteed by the enclosing frame order:
+
+```text
+Client.UseTime:
+    Timer.update_time()
+    ClientNet.UseTime()
+    process packet controller/cache/UI work
+    SmartBox.UseTime()
+    SmartBox.Draw()
+
+SmartBox.UseTime:
+    CObjectMaint.UseTime()
+    CPhysics.UseTime()              // advances PartArray, particles, scripts
+    GameTime/LScape/Ambient.UseTime()
+    while inbound queue not empty:
+        DispatchSmartBoxEvent()     // SetState/Hidden lands here
+    CommandInterpreter.UseTime()    // ShouldSendPositionEvent -> AP
+```
+
+The exact call sites are `Client::UseTime` `0x00411C40` and
+`SmartBox::UseTime` `0x00455410`, and `CommandInterpreter::UseTime`
+`0x006B3BF0`. `SmartBox::DoSetState` `0x004520D0`
+applies Hidden directly and does not advance or reset animation. Separately,
+`CPhysicsObj::UpdatePositionInternal` `0x00512C30` skips `CPartArray::Update`
+while Hidden. Therefore the ordering boundary is load-bearing: the current
+frame's animation must advance before an inbound Hidden transition can freeze
+it.
+
+ACE schedules lifestone recall teleport after the MotionTable-reported action
+length. With the installed human DATs, the boundary is about 15.06024 seconds;
+floating-point conversion can leave acdream at frame 149.999998 of the
+0..149 recall node if it dispatches Hidden before the current object tick. On
+UnHide that microscopic remainder becomes a visible destination-side recall
+tail. Retail's object-before-network order retires the node first. The faithful
+fix is that frame barrier, never an arrival-only Ready/reset command and never
+advancing PartArray while Hidden.
 
 ## acdream integration translation
 
@@ -303,6 +338,23 @@ must not add an arrival-only animation reset.
   strand the transit, while canonical physics retains its own retail gates.
 - Destination placement resets the retail chase camera's published and sought
   positions to the player before the normal update path resumes.
+  - `RetailLiveFrameCoordinator` owns the `SmartBox::UseTime` phase barrier:
+    local/remote object and projectile advancement, final pose/hook publication,
+    attached emitters/lights, particle simulation, and PhysicsScripts all precede
+    inbound session dispatch in that retail order; rendering consumes the resulting
+    coherent snapshot.
+  - `RetailLocalPlayerFrameController` owns the local player's exactly-once
+    object tick. Input-originated movement and jump packets are serialized from
+    its pre-network result; F751 or ForcePosition received later in the frame
+    cannot relocate or replay those one-shot commands. After inbound dispatch,
+    `CommandInterpreter::UseTime @ 0x006B3BF0` evaluates AutonomousPosition from
+    the current controller frame, matching its exact retail slot.
+  - After inbound dispatch, a non-time-advancing reconciliation composes equipped
+    children and refreshes emitter/light anchors from the authoritative root. It
+    does not rerun animation, scripts, particles, or fades. A player first created
+    by that inbound pass is likewise projected without receiving a late physics
+    tick; its first normal object tick occurs on the next update.
+  This is update-loop ordering, not portal-specific animation logic.
 - Destination residency remains acdream's asynchronous adaptation. It supplies
   the same `EndTeleportAnimation` edge retail receives when its blocking cell
   load completes; it does not alter presentation ordering.

src/AcDream.App/Input/LocalPlayerOutboundController.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+using System.Numerics;
+using AcDream.Core.Net;
+using AcDream.Core.Net.Messages;
+using AcDream.Core.Physics;
+
+namespace AcDream.App.Input;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Serializes input-originated output from the object-phase result and the
+/// periodic position report from post-inbound controller state.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class LocalPlayerOutboundController
+{
+    private readonly Func<float, Quaternion> _toWireRotation;
+    private readonly Action<string, uint, MovementResult, Vector3, uint, byte> _diagnostic;
+
+    public LocalPlayerOutboundController(
+        Func<float, Quaternion> toWireRotation,
+        Action<string, uint, MovementResult, Vector3, uint, byte> diagnostic)
+    {
+        _toWireRotation = toWireRotation
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(toWireRotation));
+        _diagnostic = diagnostic
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(diagnostic));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sends input-originated movement and jump packets before inbound
+    /// dispatch. Retail emits these from input/object processing rather than
+    /// from <c>CommandInterpreter::UseTime</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void SendPreNetworkActions(
+        WorldSession? session,
+        PlayerMovementController controller,
+        MovementResult movement,
+        bool hidden)
+    {
+        if (session is null || hidden)
+            return;
+
+        Quaternion wireRotation = _toWireRotation(controller.Yaw);
+        if (!controller.TryGetOutboundPosition(
+                wireRotation,
+                out uint wireCellId,
+                out Vector3 wirePosition))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (movement.ShouldSendMovementEvent)
+            TrySendMovement(session, controller, movement);
+
+        if (movement.JumpExtent.HasValue && movement.JumpVelocity.HasValue)
+        {
+            uint sequence = session.NextGameActionSequence();
+            byte[] body = JumpAction.Build(
+                gameActionSequence: sequence,
+                extent: movement.JumpExtent.Value,
+                velocity: movement.JumpVelocity.Value,
+                cellId: wireCellId,
+                position: wirePosition,
+                rotation: wireRotation,
+                instanceSequence: session.InstanceSequence,
+                serverControlSequence: session.ServerControlSequence,
+                teleportSequence: session.TeleportSequence,
+                forcePositionSequence: session.ForcePositionSequence);
+            session.SendGameAction(body);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Ports the position-send slot in <c>CommandInterpreter::UseTime</c>
+    /// (<c>0x006B3BF0</c>), which SmartBox calls after draining inbound
+    /// events. The predicate and serialized frame therefore observe any
+    /// accepted ForcePosition or teleport state from this update.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void SendPostNetworkPosition(
+        WorldSession? session,
+        PlayerMovementController controller,
+        bool hidden)
+    {
+        if (session is null || hidden)
+            return;
+
+        Quaternion wireRotation = _toWireRotation(controller.Yaw);
+        if (!controller.TryGetOutboundPosition(
+                wireRotation,
+                out uint wireCellId,
+                out Vector3 wirePosition))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var position = new Position(wireCellId, wirePosition, wireRotation);
+        if (!controller.ShouldSendPositionEvent(
+                position,
+                controller.ContactPlane,
+                controller.SimTimeSeconds)
+            || !controller.CanSendPositionEvent)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        MovementResult movement = controller.CapturePresentationResult();
+        byte contactByte = movement.IsOnGround ? (byte)1 : (byte)0;
+        uint sequence = session.NextGameActionSequence();
+        byte[] body = AutonomousPosition.Build(
+            gameActionSequence: sequence,
+            cellId: wireCellId,
+            position: wirePosition,
+            rotation: wireRotation,
+            instanceSequence: session.InstanceSequence,
+            serverControlSequence: session.ServerControlSequence,
+            teleportSequence: session.TeleportSequence,
+            forcePositionSequence: session.ForcePositionSequence,
+            lastContact: contactByte);
+        _diagnostic(
+            "AP",
+            sequence,
+            movement,
+            wirePosition,
+            wireCellId,
+            contactByte);
+        session.SendGameAction(body);
+        controller.NotePositionSent(
+            position,
+            controller.ContactPlane,
+            controller.SimTimeSeconds);
+    }
+
+    public bool TrySendMovement(
+        WorldSession? session,
+        PlayerMovementController? controller,
+        MovementResult movement)
+    {
+        if (session is null || controller is null)
+            return false;
+
+        Quaternion wireRotation = _toWireRotation(controller.Yaw);
+        if (!controller.TryGetOutboundPosition(
+                wireRotation,
+                out uint wireCellId,
+                out Vector3 wirePosition))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        byte contactByte = movement.IsOnGround ? (byte)1 : (byte)0;
+        RawMotionState rawMotionState = BuildRawMotionState(movement);
+        uint sequence = session.NextGameActionSequence();
+        byte[] body = MoveToState.Build(
+            gameActionSequence: sequence,
+            rawMotionState: rawMotionState,
+            cellId: wireCellId,
+            position: wirePosition,
+            rotation: wireRotation,
+            instanceSequence: session.InstanceSequence,
+            serverControlSequence: session.ServerControlSequence,
+            teleportSequence: session.TeleportSequence,
+            forcePositionSequence: session.ForcePositionSequence,
+            contact: contactByte != 0,
+            standingLongjump: false);
+        _diagnostic(
+            "MTS",
+            sequence,
+            movement,
+            wirePosition,
+            wireCellId,
+            contactByte);
+        session.SendGameAction(body);
+        controller.NoteMovementSent(
+            controller.SimTimeSeconds,
+            movement.IsMouseLookMovementEvent);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static RawMotionState BuildRawMotionState(MovementResult movement)
+    {
+        HoldKey axisHoldKey = movement.IsRunning ? HoldKey.Run : HoldKey.None;
+        return new RawMotionState
+        {
+            CurrentHoldKey = axisHoldKey,
+            ForwardCommand = movement.ForwardCommand
+                ?? RawMotionState.Default.ForwardCommand,
+            ForwardHoldKey = movement.ForwardCommand.HasValue
+                ? axisHoldKey : HoldKey.Invalid,
+            ForwardSpeed = movement.ForwardSpeed
+                ?? RawMotionState.Default.ForwardSpeed,
+            SidestepCommand = movement.SidestepCommand
+                ?? RawMotionState.Default.SidestepCommand,
+            SidestepHoldKey = movement.SidestepCommand.HasValue
+                ? movement.SidestepUsesRunHold
+                    ? HoldKey.Run
+                    : axisHoldKey
+                : HoldKey.Invalid,
+            SidestepSpeed = movement.SidestepSpeed
+                ?? RawMotionState.Default.SidestepSpeed,
+            TurnCommand = movement.TurnCommand
+                ?? RawMotionState.Default.TurnCommand,
+            TurnHoldKey = movement.TurnCommand.HasValue
+                ? movement.TurnUsesRunHold
+                    ? HoldKey.Run
+                    : axisHoldKey
+                : HoldKey.Invalid,
+            TurnSpeed = movement.TurnSpeed
+                ?? RawMotionState.Default.TurnSpeed,
+        };
+    }
+}

src/AcDream.App/Input/LocalPlayerProjectionController.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+using AcDream.Core.World;
+
+namespace AcDream.App.Input;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Projects the canonical local physics body into world rendering and spatial
+/// buckets without advancing it.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class LocalPlayerProjectionController
+{
+    private readonly Func<WorldEntity?> _resolveEntity;
+    private readonly Func<int> _liveCenterX;
+    private readonly Func<int> _liveCenterY;
+    private readonly Action<WorldEntity, uint> _syncShadow;
+    private readonly Action<uint, uint> _rebucket;
+
+    public LocalPlayerProjectionController(
+        Func<WorldEntity?> resolveEntity,
+        Func<int> liveCenterX,
+        Func<int> liveCenterY,
+        Action<WorldEntity, uint> syncShadow,
+        Action<uint, uint> rebucket)
+    {
+        _resolveEntity = resolveEntity ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(resolveEntity));
+        _liveCenterX = liveCenterX ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(liveCenterX));
+        _liveCenterY = liveCenterY ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(liveCenterY));
+        _syncShadow = syncShadow ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(syncShadow));
+        _rebucket = rebucket ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(rebucket));
+    }
+
+    public void Project(
+        PlayerMovementController controller,
+        MovementResult movement,
+        bool hidden)
+    {
+        WorldEntity? entity = _resolveEntity();
+        if (entity is null)
+            return;
+
+        entity.SetPosition(movement.RenderPosition);
+        entity.ParentCellId = movement.CellId;
+        entity.Rotation = System.Numerics.Quaternion.CreateFromAxisAngle(
+            System.Numerics.Vector3.UnitZ,
+            controller.Yaw - MathF.PI / 2f);
+        if (!hidden)
+            _syncShadow(entity, movement.CellId);
+
+        uint currentLandblock;
+        if (movement.CellId != 0 && (movement.CellId & 0xFFFFu) >= 0x0100u)
+        {
+            // Indoor positions belong to the cell's landblock. Dungeon frame
+            // origins can be negative, so render XYZ is not a landblock key.
+            currentLandblock = (movement.CellId & 0xFFFF0000u) | 0xFFFFu;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            System.Numerics.Vector3 position = controller.Position;
+            int landblockX = _liveCenterX() + (int)Math.Floor(position.X / 192f);
+            int landblockY = _liveCenterY() + (int)Math.Floor(position.Y / 192f);
+            currentLandblock = (uint)((landblockX << 24) | (landblockY << 16) | 0xFFFF);
+        }
+
+        // The teleport owner alone projects the destination while the local
+        // controller deliberately retains its frozen source cell.
+        if (controller.State != PlayerState.PortalSpace)
+            _rebucket(entity.ServerGuid, currentLandblock);
+    }
+}

src/AcDream.App/Input/PlayerMovementController.cs

@@ -916,6 +916,21 @@ public sealed class PlayerMovementController
             IsMouseLookMovementEvent: mouseLookEvent);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Captures the current controller state for presentation without
+    /// advancing physics or requesting an outbound movement event.
+    /// </summary>
+    public MovementResult CapturePresentationResult()
+    {
+        MovementResult current = CaptureMovementResult(mouseLookEvent: false);
+        return current with
+        {
+            MotionStateChanged = false,
+            ShouldSendMovementEvent = false,
+            IsMouseLookMovementEvent = false,
+        };
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Retail <c>CommandInterpreter::SendPositionEvent</c> (0x006B4770)
     /// stamps the send time, complete cell-local frame (origin and

src/AcDream.App/Input/RetailLocalPlayerFrameController.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+namespace AcDream.App.Input;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Owns the local player's once-per-frame retail object phase.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// Retail advances the player and sends input-originated movement/jump output
+/// before <c>SmartBox::UseTime</c> drains inbound events. Its later
+/// <c>CommandInterpreter::UseTime</c> position check uses current post-inbound
+/// state. The cached input result is presentation-only after the barrier: its
+/// one-shot commands are never replayed against a later authoritative cell.
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class RetailLocalPlayerFrameController
+{
+    private readonly Func<bool> _canPresentPlayer;
+    private readonly Func<PlayerMovementController?> _getController;
+    private readonly Func<MovementInput> _captureInput;
+    private readonly Func<uint> _resolveLocalEntityId;
+    private readonly Action _handleTargeting;
+    private readonly Func<bool> _isHidden;
+    private readonly Action<PlayerMovementController, MovementResult, bool> _project;
+    private readonly Action<PlayerMovementController, MovementResult, bool> _sendPreNetwork;
+    private readonly Action<PlayerMovementController, bool> _sendPostNetwork;
+
+    private AdvancedFrame? _advancedFrame;
+
+    private readonly record struct AdvancedFrame(
+        PlayerMovementController Controller,
+        MovementResult Movement);
+
+    public readonly record struct PresentationFrame(
+        MovementResult Movement,
+        bool Hidden,
+        bool AdvancedBeforeNetwork);
+
+    public RetailLocalPlayerFrameController(
+        Func<bool> canPresentPlayer,
+        Func<PlayerMovementController?> getController,
+        Func<MovementInput> captureInput,
+        Func<uint> resolveLocalEntityId,
+        Action handleTargeting,
+        Func<bool> isHidden,
+        Action<PlayerMovementController, MovementResult, bool> project,
+        Action<PlayerMovementController, MovementResult, bool> sendPreNetwork,
+        Action<PlayerMovementController, bool> sendPostNetwork)
+    {
+        _canPresentPlayer = canPresentPlayer
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(canPresentPlayer));
+        _getController = getController
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(getController));
+        _captureInput = captureInput
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(captureInput));
+        _resolveLocalEntityId = resolveLocalEntityId
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(resolveLocalEntityId));
+        _handleTargeting = handleTargeting
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(handleTargeting));
+        _isHidden = isHidden
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(isHidden));
+        _project = project
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(project));
+        _sendPreNetwork = sendPreNetwork
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sendPreNetwork));
+        _sendPostNetwork = sendPostNetwork
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sendPostNetwork));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Advances the existing local object exactly once on the object side of
+    /// the inbound-network barrier.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void AdvanceBeforeNetwork(float deltaSeconds)
+    {
+        _advancedFrame = null;
+        PlayerMovementController? controller = _getController();
+        if (!_canPresentPlayer() || controller is null)
+            return;
+
+        controller.LocalEntityId = _resolveLocalEntityId();
+        _handleTargeting();
+
+        bool hidden = _isHidden();
+        MovementResult movement = hidden
+            ? controller.TickHidden(deltaSeconds)
+            : controller.Update(deltaSeconds, _captureInput());
+
+        _project(controller, movement, hidden);
+        _sendPreNetwork(controller, movement, hidden);
+        _advancedFrame = new AdvancedFrame(controller, movement);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Runs retail's post-inbound command-interpreter phase. The split
+    /// controller/render projection is reconciled without advancing physics,
+    /// then AutonomousPosition is evaluated from that current state.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void RunPostNetworkCommandPhase()
+    {
+        PlayerMovementController? controller = _getController();
+        if (!_canPresentPlayer() || controller is null)
+            return;
+
+        bool hidden = _isHidden();
+        if (_advancedFrame is { } advanced
+            && ReferenceEquals(advanced.Controller, controller))
+        {
+            MovementResult movement = RefreshSpatialFields(
+                advanced.Movement,
+                controller);
+            _project(controller, movement, hidden);
+            _advancedFrame = new AdvancedFrame(controller, movement);
+        }
+
+        _sendPostNetwork(controller, hidden);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Produces the post-network presentation sample without advancing
+    /// physics. An owner first created by the inbound pass is seeded from its
+    /// current state and receives its first real object tick next frame.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool TryGetPresentationAfterNetwork(out PresentationFrame frame)
+    {
+        frame = default;
+        PlayerMovementController? controller = _getController();
+        if (!_canPresentPlayer() || controller is null)
+            return false;
+
+        bool hidden = _isHidden();
+        if (_advancedFrame is { } advanced
+            && ReferenceEquals(advanced.Controller, controller))
+        {
+            MovementResult movement = RefreshSpatialFields(
+                advanced.Movement,
+                controller);
+            frame = new PresentationFrame(movement, hidden, AdvancedBeforeNetwork: true);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        MovementResult initial = controller.CapturePresentationResult();
+        _project(controller, initial, hidden);
+        frame = new PresentationFrame(initial, hidden, AdvancedBeforeNetwork: false);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static MovementResult RefreshSpatialFields(
+        MovementResult movement,
+        PlayerMovementController controller) =>
+        movement with
+        {
+            Position = controller.Position,
+            RenderPosition = controller.RenderPosition,
+            CellId = controller.CellId,
+            IsOnGround = controller.CanSendPositionEvent,
+        };
+}

src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs

@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
     // once the injected shared helpers exist as method groups (GetSetupCylinder,
     // ApplyServerControlledVelocityCycle). See RemotePhysicsUpdater.
     private readonly AcDream.App.Physics.RemotePhysicsUpdater _remotePhysicsUpdater;
+    private readonly AcDream.App.Input.LocalPlayerProjectionController _localPlayerProjection;
+    private readonly AcDream.App.Input.LocalPlayerOutboundController _localPlayerOutbound;
+    private readonly AcDream.App.Input.RetailLocalPlayerFrameController _localPlayerFrame;
+    private readonly AcDream.App.World.RetailLiveFrameCoordinator _liveFrameCoordinator;
     private AcDream.App.Physics.RemoteTeleportController? _remoteTeleportController;
     // Step 7 projectile presentation. The controller owns no identity map;
     // each runtime component is stored on the canonical LiveEntityRecord.
@@ -1182,6 +1186,51 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
         // handler) stay on GameWindow and are injected as delegates.
         _remotePhysicsUpdater = new AcDream.App.Physics.RemotePhysicsUpdater(
             _physicsEngine, GetSetupCylinder, ApplyServerControlledVelocityCycle);
+        _localPlayerProjection = new AcDream.App.Input.LocalPlayerProjectionController(
+            resolveEntity: () =>
+                _entitiesByServerGuid.TryGetValue(_playerServerGuid, out var entity)
+                    ? entity
+                    : null,
+            liveCenterX: () => _liveCenterX,
+            liveCenterY: () => _liveCenterY,
+            syncShadow: (entity, cellId) => SyncLocalPlayerShadow(entity, cellId),
+            rebucket: (serverGuid, landblockId) =>
+                _liveEntities?.RebucketLiveEntity(serverGuid, landblockId));
+        _localPlayerOutbound = new AcDream.App.Input.LocalPlayerOutboundController(
+            YawToAcQuaternion,
+            DumpMovementTruthOutbound);
+        _localPlayerFrame = new AcDream.App.Input.RetailLocalPlayerFrameController(
+            canPresentPlayer: CanAdvanceLocalPlayer,
+            getController: () => _playerController,
+            captureInput: () =>
+            {
+                _playerMouseDeltaX = 0f;
+                return CaptureMovementInput();
+            },
+            resolveLocalEntityId: () =>
+                _entitiesByServerGuid.TryGetValue(_playerServerGuid, out var entity)
+                    ? entity.Id
+                    : 0u,
+            handleTargeting: () => _playerHost?.HandleTargetting(),
+            isHidden: () => _liveEntities?.IsHidden(_playerServerGuid) == true,
+            project: (controller, movement, hidden) =>
+                _localPlayerProjection.Project(controller, movement, hidden),
+            sendPreNetwork: (controller, movement, hidden) =>
+                _localPlayerOutbound.SendPreNetworkActions(
+                    _liveSession,
+                    controller,
+                    movement,
+                    hidden),
+            sendPostNetwork: (controller, hidden) =>
+                _localPlayerOutbound.SendPostNetworkPosition(
+                    _liveSession,
+                    controller,
+                    hidden));
+        _liveFrameCoordinator = new AcDream.App.World.RetailLiveFrameCoordinator(
+            AdvanceLiveObjectRuntime,
+            () => _liveSessionController?.Tick(),
+            _localPlayerFrame.RunPostNetworkCommandPhase,
+            ReconcileLiveObjectSpatialPresentation);
     }
 
     public void Run()
@@ -7066,6 +7115,7 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
         // camera path re-extends the boom. Updating directly from the stale
         // source-world viewer made the destination bend across the reveal.
         _retailChaseCamera?.ResetViewerToPlayer(snappedPos, _playerController.Yaw);
+        ReconcileLiveObjectSpatialPresentation();
 
         AcDream.Core.Physics.PhysicsDiagnostics.LogTeleport(
             "PLACED", resolved.CellId, $"forced={forced}");
@@ -8764,11 +8814,15 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
     {
         using var _updStage = _frameProfiler.BeginStage(AcDream.App.Diagnostics.FrameStage.Update);
 
+        double frameSeconds =
+            AcDream.App.World.RetailLiveFrameCoordinator.NormalizeDeltaSeconds(dt);
+        float frameDelta = (float)frameSeconds;
+
         // Retail ScriptManager::AddScriptInternal (0x0051B310) stamps
         // Timer::cur_time at the packet/default-script call site. Publish this
         // update frame's clock before streaming and network dispatch, then
         // reuse the same timestamp for animation hooks and the later drain.
-        _physicsScriptGameTime += Math.Max(0.0, dt);
+        _physicsScriptGameTime += frameSeconds;
         _scriptRunner?.PublishTime(_physicsScriptGameTime);
 
         // [FRAME-DIAG]: applies run later this frame inside _streamingController.Tick;
@@ -8955,12 +9009,64 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             }
         }
 
+        // Input callbacks feed the current object tick. Packets already read
+        // by Core.Net remain queued until the retail object/physics phase has
+        // consumed that input and published its final pose.
+        _inputDispatcher?.Tick();
+
+        // Phase K.2 — mouse-look is an input source for this object's
+        // movement tick, so sample it before the retail CPhysics/network
+        // barrier just like held keyboard actions.
+        if (_mouseLook is not null)
+        {
+            bool wantCaptureMouse = IsUiCapturingMouse();
+            if (wantCaptureMouse != _lastWantCaptureMouse)
+            {
+                if (wantCaptureMouse && _mouseLook.Active)
+                    EndMouseLookAndRestoreCursor();
+                _mouseLook.OnWantCaptureMouseChanged(wantCaptureMouse);
+                _lastWantCaptureMouse = wantCaptureMouse;
+            }
+
+            float nowSeconds = (float)(Environment.TickCount64 / 1000.0);
+            if (_mouseLook.TryTakeRawSample(nowSeconds, out float rawX, out float rawY))
+            {
+                // GetInput synthesizes (0,0) only after >0.2 s idle.
+                // MouseLookHandler stops drift before filtering that sample;
+                // the filter tail may then start a smaller Rotate again.
+                if (rawX == 0f && rawY == 0f)
+                    _playerController?.StopMouseDrift(CaptureMovementInput());
+
+                (float filteredX, float filteredY) =
+                    AcDream.Core.Rendering.CameraDiagnostics.UseRetailChaseCamera
+                    && _retailChaseCamera is not null
+                        ? _retailChaseCamera.FilterMouseDelta(
+                            rawX,
+                            rawY,
+                            weight: 0.5f,
+                            nowSec: nowSeconds)
+                        : (rawX, rawY);
+                _mouseLook.ApplyDelta(filteredX, _sensChase);
+                if (_retailChaseCamera is not null)
+                    _retailChaseCamera.AdjustPitch(filteredY * 0.003f * _sensChase);
+                else
+                    _chaseCamera?.AdjustPitch(filteredY * 0.003f * _sensChase);
+            }
+        }
+
+        _combatAttackController?.Tick();
+
         // 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.
         // Step 2: routed through the controller; functionally identical.
-        _liveSessionController?.Tick();
+        // Retail SmartBox::UseTime (0x00455410) advances CObjectMaint and
+        // CPhysics before it drains the inbound event queue. Keep the complete
+        // live-object phase on that side of the barrier too. In particular,
+        // the recall action retires before ACE's Hidden SetState freezes its
+        // PartArray at the teleport boundary.
+        _liveFrameCoordinator.Tick(frameDelta);
 
         // Usually F751 activates immediately. This no-op convergence check
         // covers the session edge where the canonical player exists before
@@ -8980,7 +9086,7 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             bool ready = haveDest && TeleportWorldReady(_pendingTeleportCell);
             if (haveDest && !ready)
             {
-                _teleportHoldSeconds += (float)dt;
+                _teleportHoldSeconds += frameDelta;
                 if (_teleportHoldSeconds >= TeleportMaxHoldSeconds)
                 {
                     ready = true;
@@ -8989,7 +9095,7 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             }
 
             int tunnelFrame = _portalTunnel?.CurrentAnimationFrame ?? 0;
-            var (snap, evts) = _teleportAnim.Tick((float)dt, ready, tunnelFrame);
+            var (snap, evts) = _teleportAnim.Tick(frameDelta, ready, tunnelFrame);
             _teleportViewPlane.Update(snap);
 
             foreach (var e in evts)
@@ -9027,62 +9133,16 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                 }
             }
 
-            _portalTunnel?.Tick((float)dt);
+            _portalTunnel?.Tick(frameDelta);
         }
 
         // Phase K.1a — tick the input dispatcher so Hold-type bindings
         // re-fire while their chord is held. K.1b adds the subscribers
         // that actually consume the events.
-        _inputDispatcher?.Tick();
-        _combatAttackController?.Tick();
-
         // Phase D.5.3a — advance the selected-object overlay flash (0.25s green pulse
         // on selection, then revert). No-op when nothing is flashing.
         // Retained panel-local timers advance through RetailUiRuntime.Tick on the draw seam.
 
-        // Phase K.2 — re-evaluate WantCaptureMouse for the MMB
-        // mouse-look state machine. Detect rising/falling edges so the
-        // state suspends correctly when ImGui claims the cursor while
-        // MMB is held (e.g. a tooltip pop-up over the cursor). When the
-        // suspend deactivates an active session, restore the cursor so
-        // it doesn't get stuck hidden under a panel.
-        if (_mouseLook is not null)
-        {
-            bool wcm = IsUiCapturingMouse();
-            if (wcm != _lastWantCaptureMouse)
-            {
-                if (wcm && _mouseLook.Active)
-                    EndMouseLookAndRestoreCursor();
-                _mouseLook.OnWantCaptureMouseChanged(wcm);
-                _lastWantCaptureMouse = wcm;
-            }
-
-            float nowSeconds = (float)(Environment.TickCount64 / 1000.0);
-            if (_mouseLook.TryTakeRawSample(nowSeconds, out float rawX, out float rawY))
-            {
-                // GetInput synthesizes (0,0) only after >0.2 s idle.
-                // MouseLookHandler stops drift before filtering that sample;
-                // the filter tail may then start a smaller Rotate again.
-                if (rawX == 0f && rawY == 0f)
-                    _playerController?.StopMouseDrift(CaptureMovementInput());
-
-                (float filteredX, float filteredY) =
-                    AcDream.Core.Rendering.CameraDiagnostics.UseRetailChaseCamera
-                    && _retailChaseCamera is not null
-                        ? _retailChaseCamera.FilterMouseDelta(
-                            rawX,
-                            rawY,
-                            weight: 0.5f,
-                            nowSec: nowSeconds)
-                        : (rawX, rawY);
-                _mouseLook.ApplyDelta(filteredX, _sensChase);
-                if (_retailChaseCamera is not null)
-                    _retailChaseCamera.AdjustPitch(filteredY * 0.003f * _sensChase);
-                else
-                    _chaseCamera?.AdjustPitch(filteredY * 0.003f * _sensChase);
-            }
-        }
-
         // Phase K.2 — auto-enter player mode at login. The guard
         // returns true on the firing tick (one-shot); subsequent ticks
         // are no-ops. Skipped offline (no _liveSession → IsLiveInWorld
@@ -9116,7 +9176,7 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             // delta drives fly heading instead).
             if (_inputDispatcher is null) return;
             _cameraController.Fly.Update(
-                dt,
+                frameSeconds,
                 w:     _inputDispatcher.IsActionHeld(AcDream.UI.Abstractions.Input.InputAction.MovementForward),
                 a:     _inputDispatcher.IsActionHeld(AcDream.UI.Abstractions.Input.InputAction.MovementTurnLeft),
                 s:     _inputDispatcher.IsActionHeld(AcDream.UI.Abstractions.Input.InputAction.MovementBackup),
@@ -9142,7 +9202,7 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             // retail chase is selected; legacy camera ignores these.
             if (AcDream.Core.Rendering.CameraDiagnostics.UseRetailChaseCamera && _retailChaseCamera is not null)
             {
-                float adj = AcDream.Core.Rendering.CameraDiagnostics.CameraAdjustmentSpeed * (float)dt;
+                float adj = AcDream.Core.Rendering.CameraDiagnostics.CameraAdjustmentSpeed * frameDelta;
                 if (_inputDispatcher.IsActionHeld(AcDream.UI.Abstractions.Input.InputAction.CameraZoomIn))
                     _retailChaseCamera.AdjustDistance(-adj);
                 if (_inputDispatcher.IsActionHeld(AcDream.UI.Abstractions.Input.InputAction.CameraZoomOut))
@@ -9161,82 +9221,17 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             //     until Q is pressed again. Handled in OnInputAction; here
             //     we just OR _autoRunActive into the Forward flag.
             //   * Mouse never drives character yaw (K.1b regression-prevention).
-            var input = CaptureMovementInput();
+            if (!_localPlayerFrame.TryGetPresentationAfterNetwork(out var playerFrame))
+                return;
 
-            // Fix #42 (2026-05-05): keep PlayerMovementController's
-            // LocalEntityId in sync with the live local player entity so
-            // FindObjCollisions skips its own ShadowEntry. Re-fetched per
-            // tick so re-spawns / character switches don't leave a stale
-            // id on the controller. Pre-spawn or between-character it
-            // stays 0 (no filter), which is harmless because there's no
-            // ShadowEntry registered yet.
-            _playerController.LocalEntityId =
-                _entitiesByServerGuid.TryGetValue(_playerServerGuid, out var localEnt)
-                    ? localEnt.Id
-                    : 0u;
-
-            // R5-V2: tick the player's TargetManager BEFORE Update ticks
-            // MoveToManager.UseTime (retail UpdateObjectInternal order). This is
-            // the load-bearing call for creature-chase: the player, as a watched
-            // target, pushes its position to its voyeurs (the NPCs moving-to it)
-            // here — that push lands in each NPC's HandleUpdateTarget the same
-            // frame, ahead of the NPCs' own UseTime in the per-remote loop
-            // (which runs after this block). Replaces the AP-79 player poll.
-            _playerHost?.HandleTargetting();
-
-            bool localPlayerHidden = _liveEntities?.IsHidden(_playerServerGuid) == true;
-            var result = localPlayerHidden
-                ? _playerController.TickHidden((float)dt)
-                : _playerController.Update((float)dt, input);
-
-            // Update the player entity's position + rotation so it renders at
-            // the physics-resolved location each frame.
-            if (_entitiesByServerGuid.TryGetValue(_playerServerGuid, out var pe))
+            AcDream.App.Input.MovementResult result = playerFrame.Movement;
+            bool localPlayerHidden = playerFrame.Hidden;
+            if (!playerFrame.AdvancedBeforeNetwork)
             {
-                pe.SetPosition(result.RenderPosition); // A.5 T18: SetPosition propagates AabbDirty
-                pe.ParentCellId = result.CellId;
-                pe.Rotation = System.Numerics.Quaternion.CreateFromAxisAngle(
-                    System.Numerics.Vector3.UnitZ, _playerController.Yaw - MathF.PI / 2f);
-                if (!localPlayerHidden)
-                    SyncLocalPlayerShadow(pe, result.CellId);
-
-                // Move the player entity to its current landblock in GpuWorldState
-                // so it doesn't get frustum-culled when the player walks away from
-                // the spawn landblock. Without this, the entity stays in the spawn
-                // landblock's entity list and disappears when that landblock is culled.
-                uint currentLb;
-                if (result.CellId != 0 && (result.CellId & 0xFFFFu) >= 0x0100u)
-                {
-                    // Indoor cell (dungeon/building EnvCell): the entity's landblock is
-                    // the CELL's landblock. Dungeon EnvCells sit at arbitrary "ocean"
-                    // world coords with negative local-Y, so floor(pp.Y/192) lands one
-                    // landblock off (the Bug-A class) — relocating the player into the
-                    // landblock the dungeon collapse unloaded, making the avatar
-                    // invisible. The cell id is authoritative.
-                    currentLb = (result.CellId & 0xFFFF0000u) | 0xFFFFu;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    var pp = _playerController.Position;
-                    int plx = _liveCenterX + (int)System.Math.Floor(pp.X / 192f);
-                    int ply = _liveCenterY + (int)System.Math.Floor(pp.Y / 192f);
-                    currentLb = (uint)((plx << 24) | (ply << 16) | 0xFFFF);
-                }
-                // #138-B (2026-06-24): do NOT relocate the avatar while a teleport
-                // is in transit (PortalSpace). The controller's cell is still the
-                // FROZEN SOURCE until PlaceTeleportArrival materializes the
-                // destination, so relocating here drags the avatar — which the
-                // teleport's rescue/re-inject (GpuWorldState.DrainRescued) already
-                // placed at the destination center — back into the now-UNLOADED
-                // SOURCE landblock's pending bucket, where nothing recovers it
-                // (the old relocate path only scanned _loaded). Net: the avatar vanishes
-                // after teleporting out. The teleport machinery owns the avatar's
-                // landblock during transit; per-frame relocation resumes at
-                // FireLoginComplete (InWorld). Probe-confirmed: launch4 line 561
-                // APPEND guid=player lb=0x0007FFFF(source dungeon) -> PENDING ->
-                // DRAWSET ABSENT, never recovered.
-                if (_playerController.State != AcDream.App.Input.PlayerState.PortalSpace)
-                    _liveEntities?.RebucketLiveEntity(pe.ServerGuid, currentLb);
+                // The player was materialized by this frame's inbound pass.
+                // Its non-advancing initial projection must publish child and
+                // effect anchors before the first draw too.
+                ReconcileLiveObjectSpatialPresentation();
             }
 
             // Update chase camera(s). The CameraController exposes whichever
@@ -9249,7 +9244,7 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             // low-stiffness damping).
             _chaseCamera.Update(result.RenderPosition, _playerController.Yaw,
                 isOnGround: result.IsOnGround,
-                dt: (float)dt);
+                dt: frameDelta);
             // RetailChaseCamera: heading is the player's facing direction
             // projected onto the contact plane when grounded, or the
             // world XY plane when airborne. The contact plane normal
@@ -9263,98 +9258,26 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                 playerVelocity:     _playerController.BodyVelocity,
                 isOnGround:         result.IsOnGround,
                 contactPlaneNormal: _playerController.ContactPlane.Normal,
-                dt:                 (float)dt,
+                dt:                 frameDelta,
                 cellId:             _playerController.CellId,
                 selfEntityId:       _playerController.LocalEntityId,
                 trackedTargetPoint: trackedCombatTarget);
 
-            // Send outbound movement messages to the live server.
-            if (_liveSession is not null
-                && !localPlayerHidden
-                && _playerController.TryGetOutboundPosition(
-                    YawToAcQuaternion(_playerController.Yaw),
-                    out uint wireCellId,
-                    out System.Numerics.Vector3 wirePos))
-            {
-                // Retail serializes CPhysicsObj::m_position directly. The
-                // controller owns this canonical (cell, landblock-local origin)
-                // pair; the render/streaming origin never enters wire coordinates.
-                var wireRot = YawToAcQuaternion(_playerController.Yaw);
-                byte contactByte = result.IsOnGround ? (byte)1 : (byte)0;
-                var wirePosition = new AcDream.Core.Physics.Position(
-                    wireCellId,
-                    wirePos,
-                    wireRot);
-
-                // Snapshot the AP predicate before this path mutates its send
-                // tracker. Retail's UseTime calls ShouldSendPositionEvent then
-                // SendPositionEvent; MTS originates in separate input handlers,
-                // so their relative same-tick callback order remains TS-33.
-                bool positionEventDue = _playerController.ShouldSendPositionEvent(
-                    wirePosition,
-                    _playerController.ContactPlane,
-                    _playerController.SimTimeSeconds);
-
-                // 2026-05-16 (issue #75) / R4-V5: user-MoveToState packets
-                // are ONLY for user-initiated motion intent — retail's
-                // architectural split between user-input motion and
-                // server-driven motion. Post-V5 the split holds BY
-                // By construction, ShouldSendMovementEvent derives from user
-                // input edges plus CameraSet's mouse-look start/stop/0.5-second
-                // cadence. MoveToManager dispatches never touch either source,
-                // so server-driven movement cannot echo a MoveToState. A user
-                // edge cancels the moveto and legitimately takes control.
-                if (result.ShouldSendMovementEvent)
-                    TrySendPlayerMovementEvent(result);
-
-                // SendPositionEvent itself admits only Contact+OnWalkable.
-                if (positionEventDue && _playerController.CanSendPositionEvent)
-                {
-                    var seq = _liveSession.NextGameActionSequence();
-                    var body = AcDream.Core.Net.Messages.AutonomousPosition.Build(
-                        gameActionSequence:     seq,
-                        cellId:                 wireCellId,
-                        position:               wirePos,
-                        rotation:               wireRot,
-                        instanceSequence:       _liveSession.InstanceSequence,
-                        serverControlSequence:  _liveSession.ServerControlSequence,
-                        teleportSequence:       _liveSession.TeleportSequence,
-                        forcePositionSequence:  _liveSession.ForcePositionSequence,
-                        lastContact:            contactByte);
-                    DumpMovementTruthOutbound(
-                        "AP", seq, result, wirePos, wireCellId, contactByte);
-                    _liveSession.SendGameAction(body);
-                    _playerController.NotePositionSent(
-                        position:     wirePosition,
-                        contactPlane: _playerController.ContactPlane,
-                        nowSeconds:   _playerController.SimTimeSeconds);
-                }
-
-                if (result.JumpExtent.HasValue && result.JumpVelocity.HasValue)
-                {
-                    // D4/L.2b (2026-06-30): JumpPack::Pack (0x00516d10) packs the
-                    // full Position, not an objectGuid/spellId — pass the same
-                    // wireCellId/wirePos/wireRot the MoveToState send above uses.
-                    var seq = _liveSession.NextGameActionSequence();
-                    var jumpBody = AcDream.Core.Net.Messages.JumpAction.Build(
-                        gameActionSequence:     seq,
-                        extent:                 result.JumpExtent.Value,
-                        velocity:               result.JumpVelocity.Value,
-                        cellId:                 wireCellId,
-                        position:               wirePos,
-                        rotation:               wireRot,
-                        instanceSequence:       _liveSession.InstanceSequence,
-                        serverControlSequence:  _liveSession.ServerControlSequence,
-                        teleportSequence:       _liveSession.TeleportSequence,
-                        forcePositionSequence:  _liveSession.ForcePositionSequence);
-                    _liveSession.SendGameAction(jumpBody);
-                }
-            }
 
             // Update the player entity's animation cycle to match current motion.
         }
     }
 
+    private bool CanAdvanceLocalPlayer() =>
+        _cameraController is not null
+        && _input is not null
+        && !_cameraController.IsFlyMode
+        && _playerMode
+        && _playerController is not null
+        && _chaseCamera is not null
+        && _inputDispatcher is not null
+        && !(DevToolsEnabled && ImGuiNET.ImGui.GetIO().WantCaptureKeyboard);
+
     private void DumpMovementTruthOutbound(
         string kind,
         uint sequence,
@@ -9589,40 +9512,6 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
         if (DevToolsEnabled && _imguiBootstrap is not null)
             _imguiBootstrap.BeginFrame((float)deltaSeconds);
 
-        // Phase 6.4: advance per-entity animation playback before drawing
-        // so the renderer always sees the up-to-date per-part transforms.
-        // PhysicsScript timed hooks and animation hooks read the same current
-        // retail update-frame clock published before network dispatch. Drain
-        // the script pass later after final root/part poses are composed.
-        // Re-publish without advancing so an extra render between updates still
-        // retains retail's animation-hook versus object-hook phase barrier.
-        _scriptRunner?.PublishTime(_physicsScriptGameTime);
-        if (_liveEntities is { } liveEntities)
-        {
-            _remotePhysicsUpdater.TickHiddenEntities(
-                liveEntities,
-                _playerServerGuid,
-                (float)deltaSeconds,
-                entity => _effectPoses.UpdateRoot(entity));
-        }
-        _projectileController?.Tick(
-            _physicsScriptGameTime,
-            _liveCenterX,
-            _liveCenterY,
-            _entitiesByServerGuid.TryGetValue(_playerServerGuid, out var projectileViewer)
-                ? projectileViewer.Position
-                : null);
-        if (_animatedEntities.Count > 0)
-            TickAnimations((float)deltaSeconds);
-        _equippedChildRenderer?.Tick();
-        _animationHookFrames?.Drain();
-
-        // #188 — advance translucency fades UNCONDITIONALLY (not gated on
-        // _animatedEntities.Count): a one-shot open-cycle animation can
-        // finish and drop its entity from _animatedEntities before the
-        // fade's own Time has elapsed, but the ramp must keep running.
-        _translucencyFades.AdvanceAll((float)deltaSeconds);
-
         // Phase G.1: weather state machine — deterministic per-day roll
         // + transitions + lightning flash.
         var cal = WorldTime.CurrentCalendar;
@@ -9784,12 +9673,6 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             // debug-only and disabled for normal retail rendering.
             if (_options.EnableSkyPesDebug)
                 UpdateSkyPes((float)WorldTime.DayFraction, _activeDayGroup, camPos, cameraInsideCell);
-            _entityEffects?.RefreshLiveOwnerPoses();
-            _scriptRunner?.Tick(_physicsScriptGameTime);
-            _particleSink?.RefreshAttachedEmitters();
-            _liveEntityLights?.Refresh();
-            _particleSystem?.Tick((float)deltaSeconds);
-
             // Phase G.1/G.2: feed the sun, tick LightManager, build + upload
             // the scene-lighting UBO once per frame. Every shader that
             // consumes binding=1 reads the same data for the rest of the
@@ -10737,6 +10620,71 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                 ReportCollisionEnd: () => _physicsEngine.ShadowObjects.Suspend(localEntityId)));
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Advances the live object's retail UseTime phase before inbound packet
+    /// dispatch. Final root/part poses and their animation hooks are published
+    /// together so rendering consumes one coherent update snapshot.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void AdvanceLiveObjectRuntime(float dt)
+    {
+        // The local body participates in the same retail CPhysics phase as
+        // remote objects. Its outbound movement snapshot is completed here,
+        // before SmartBox dispatch can apply F751/ForcePosition.
+        _localPlayerFrame.AdvanceBeforeNetwork(dt);
+        _scriptRunner?.PublishTime(_physicsScriptGameTime);
+        if (_liveEntities is { } liveEntities)
+        {
+            _remotePhysicsUpdater.TickHiddenEntities(
+                liveEntities,
+                _playerServerGuid,
+                dt,
+                entity => _effectPoses.UpdateRoot(entity));
+        }
+
+        _projectileController?.Tick(
+            _physicsScriptGameTime,
+            _liveCenterX,
+            _liveCenterY,
+            _entitiesByServerGuid.TryGetValue(_playerServerGuid, out var projectileViewer)
+                ? projectileViewer.Position
+                : null);
+        if (_animatedEntities.Count > 0)
+            TickAnimations(dt);
+        _equippedChildRenderer?.Tick();
+
+        // Advance already-active FP hooks before routing hooks emitted by
+        // this PartArray update. A newly created translucency hook begins at
+        // its authored Start value this frame; it does not consume dt twice.
+        _translucencyFades.AdvanceAll(dt);
+        _animationHookFrames?.Drain();
+        _entityEffects?.RefreshLiveOwnerPoses();
+        _particleSink?.RefreshAttachedEmitters();
+        _liveEntityLights?.Refresh();
+
+        // Retail CPhysicsObj::UpdateObjectInternal (0x005156B0) advances
+        // ParticleManager before ScriptManager. A particle created by a PES
+        // hook therefore begins simulation on the following object frame.
+        _particleSystem?.Tick(dt);
+        _scriptRunner?.Tick(_physicsScriptGameTime);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Re-composes spatial derivatives after authoritative packet handlers
+    /// move roots. This pass advances no time, animation, scripts, particles,
+    /// or fades; it only makes children and live anchors agree with the root
+    /// that the same frame will draw.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void ReconcileLiveObjectSpatialPresentation()
+    {
+        // Authoritative handlers mutate WorldEntity roots directly. Publish
+        // those roots before children read their parent's pose; child Tick
+        // then publishes each newly composed child pose for attached effects.
+        _entityEffects?.RefreshLiveOwnerPoses();
+        _equippedChildRenderer?.Tick();
+        _particleSink?.RefreshAttachedEmitters();
+        _liveEntityLights?.Refresh();
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Phase 6.4: advance every animated entity's frame counter by
     /// <paramref name="dt"/> * Framerate, wrapping around the cycle's
@@ -12921,79 +12869,14 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
     }
 
     internal static AcDream.Core.Physics.RawMotionState BuildOutboundRawMotionState(
-        AcDream.App.Input.MovementResult result)
-    {
-        var axisHoldKey = result.IsRunning
-            ? AcDream.Core.Physics.HoldKey.Run
-            : AcDream.Core.Physics.HoldKey.None;
-        return new AcDream.Core.Physics.RawMotionState
-        {
-            CurrentHoldKey = axisHoldKey,
-            ForwardCommand = result.ForwardCommand
-                ?? AcDream.Core.Physics.RawMotionState.Default.ForwardCommand,
-            ForwardHoldKey = result.ForwardCommand.HasValue
-                ? axisHoldKey : AcDream.Core.Physics.HoldKey.Invalid,
-            ForwardSpeed = result.ForwardSpeed
-                ?? AcDream.Core.Physics.RawMotionState.Default.ForwardSpeed,
-            SidestepCommand = result.SidestepCommand
-                ?? AcDream.Core.Physics.RawMotionState.Default.SidestepCommand,
-            SidestepHoldKey = result.SidestepCommand.HasValue
-                ? result.SidestepUsesRunHold
-                    ? AcDream.Core.Physics.HoldKey.Run
-                    : axisHoldKey
-                : AcDream.Core.Physics.HoldKey.Invalid,
-            SidestepSpeed = result.SidestepSpeed
-                ?? AcDream.Core.Physics.RawMotionState.Default.SidestepSpeed,
-            TurnCommand = result.TurnCommand
-                ?? AcDream.Core.Physics.RawMotionState.Default.TurnCommand,
-            TurnHoldKey = result.TurnCommand.HasValue
-                ? result.TurnUsesRunHold
-                    ? AcDream.Core.Physics.HoldKey.Run
-                    : axisHoldKey
-                : AcDream.Core.Physics.HoldKey.Invalid,
-            TurnSpeed = result.TurnSpeed
-                ?? AcDream.Core.Physics.RawMotionState.Default.TurnSpeed,
-        };
-    }
+        AcDream.App.Input.MovementResult result) =>
+        AcDream.App.Input.LocalPlayerOutboundController.BuildRawMotionState(result);
 
     private bool TrySendPlayerMovementEvent(AcDream.App.Input.MovementResult result)
-    {
-        if (_liveSession is not { } session
-            || _playerController is not { } controller)
-            return false;
-
-        var wireRot = YawToAcQuaternion(controller.Yaw);
-        if (!controller.TryGetOutboundPosition(
-                wireRot,
-                out uint wireCellId,
-                out System.Numerics.Vector3 wirePos))
-            return false;
-
-        byte contactByte = result.IsOnGround ? (byte)1 : (byte)0;
-        AcDream.Core.Physics.RawMotionState rawMotionState =
-            BuildOutboundRawMotionState(result);
-
-        uint seq = session.NextGameActionSequence();
-        byte[] body = AcDream.Core.Net.Messages.MoveToState.Build(
-            gameActionSequence: seq,
-            rawMotionState: rawMotionState,
-            cellId: wireCellId,
-            position: wirePos,
-            rotation: wireRot,
-            instanceSequence: session.InstanceSequence,
-            serverControlSequence: session.ServerControlSequence,
-            teleportSequence: session.TeleportSequence,
-            forcePositionSequence: session.ForcePositionSequence,
-            contact: contactByte != 0,
-            standingLongjump: false);
-        DumpMovementTruthOutbound(
-            "MTS", seq, result, wirePos, wireCellId, contactByte);
-        session.SendGameAction(body);
-        controller.NoteMovementSent(
-            controller.SimTimeSeconds,
-            result.IsMouseLookMovementEvent);
-        return true;
-    }
+        => _localPlayerOutbound.TrySendMovement(
+            _liveSession,
+            _playerController,
+            result);
 
     private uint? GetSelectedOrClosestCombatTarget()
     {

src/AcDream.App/World/RetailLiveFrameCoordinator.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+namespace AcDream.App.World;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Owns retail's live-object, inbound-dispatch, and command-interpreter frame
+/// phases.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// Retail <c>SmartBox::UseTime</c> (<c>0x00455410</c>) advances
+/// <c>CObjectMaint::UseTime</c> and <c>CPhysics::UseTime</c> before draining
+/// <c>SmartBox::in_queue</c>, then calls <c>CommandInterpreter::UseTime</c>.
+/// Keeping both boundaries explicit prevents an inbound Hidden transition
+/// from freezing an action due to complete this frame while ensuring the
+/// periodic AutonomousPosition check observes accepted inbound state.
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class RetailLiveFrameCoordinator
+{
+    private readonly Action<float> _advanceObjectRuntime;
+    private readonly Action _dispatchInboundNetwork;
+    private readonly Action _runPostNetworkCommands;
+    private readonly Action _reconcileSpatialPresentation;
+
+    public RetailLiveFrameCoordinator(
+        Action<float> advanceObjectRuntime,
+        Action dispatchInboundNetwork,
+        Action runPostNetworkCommands,
+        Action reconcileSpatialPresentation)
+    {
+        _advanceObjectRuntime = advanceObjectRuntime
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(advanceObjectRuntime));
+        _dispatchInboundNetwork = dispatchInboundNetwork
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dispatchInboundNetwork));
+        _runPostNetworkCommands = runPostNetworkCommands
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(runPostNetworkCommands));
+        _reconcileSpatialPresentation = reconcileSpatialPresentation
+            ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(reconcileSpatialPresentation));
+    }
+
+    public void Tick(float deltaSeconds)
+    {
+        float frameDelta = (float)NormalizeDeltaSeconds(deltaSeconds);
+        _advanceObjectRuntime(frameDelta);
+        _dispatchInboundNetwork();
+        _runPostNetworkCommands();
+        _reconcileSpatialPresentation();
+    }
+
+    public static double NormalizeDeltaSeconds(double deltaSeconds) =>
+        double.IsFinite(deltaSeconds)
+        && deltaSeconds > 0.0
+        && deltaSeconds <= float.MaxValue
+            ? deltaSeconds
+            : 0.0;
+}

tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Input/RetailLocalPlayerFrameControllerTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+using System.Numerics;
+using AcDream.App.Input;
+using AcDream.App.World;
+using AcDream.Core.Physics;
+
+namespace AcDream.App.Tests.Input;
+
+public sealed class RetailLocalPlayerFrameControllerTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void F751BetweenPhases_CannotRelocateOrReplayCapturedOutboundMovement()
+    {
+        PlayerMovementController controller = CreateController();
+        var calls = new List<string>();
+        var preNetwork = new List<(PlayerState State, MovementResult Movement)>();
+        var postNetwork = new List<PlayerState>();
+        var local = new RetailLocalPlayerFrameController(
+            canPresentPlayer: () => true,
+            getController: () => controller,
+            captureInput: () => new MovementInput(Forward: true),
+            resolveLocalEntityId: () => 7u,
+            handleTargeting: () => calls.Add("target"),
+            isHidden: () => false,
+            project: (_, _, _) => calls.Add("project"),
+            sendPreNetwork: (owner, movement, _) =>
+            {
+                calls.Add("pre-outbound");
+                preNetwork.Add((owner.State, movement));
+            },
+            sendPostNetwork: (owner, _) =>
+            {
+                calls.Add("post-position");
+                postNetwork.Add(owner.State);
+            });
+        var live = new RetailLiveFrameCoordinator(
+            dt =>
+            {
+                calls.Add("objects");
+                local.AdvanceBeforeNetwork(dt);
+            },
+            () =>
+            {
+                calls.Add("f751");
+                controller.State = PlayerState.PortalSpace;
+            },
+            () =>
+            {
+                calls.Add("commands");
+                local.RunPostNetworkCommandPhase();
+            },
+            () => calls.Add("spatial"));
+
+        live.Tick(1f / 60f);
+        Assert.True(local.TryGetPresentationAfterNetwork(out var presentation));
+
+        Assert.Equal(
+            [
+                "objects", "target", "project", "pre-outbound", "f751",
+                "commands", "project", "post-position", "spatial",
+            ],
+            calls);
+        Assert.Single(preNetwork);
+        Assert.Equal(PlayerState.InWorld, preNetwork[0].State);
+        Assert.True(preNetwork[0].Movement.ShouldSendMovementEvent);
+        Assert.Equal([PlayerState.PortalSpace], postNetwork);
+        Assert.Equal(PlayerState.PortalSpace, controller.State);
+        Assert.True(presentation.AdvancedBeforeNetwork);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void OwnerCreatedByInboundPass_IsProjectedWithoutPhysicsOrOutboundTick()
+    {
+        PlayerMovementController? controller = null;
+        int projections = 0;
+        int preNetwork = 0;
+        int postNetwork = 0;
+        var local = new RetailLocalPlayerFrameController(
+            canPresentPlayer: () => controller is not null,
+            getController: () => controller,
+            captureInput: () => new MovementInput(Forward: true),
+            resolveLocalEntityId: () => 9u,
+            handleTargeting: () => { },
+            isHidden: () => false,
+            project: (_, _, _) => projections++,
+            sendPreNetwork: (_, _, _) => preNetwork++,
+            sendPostNetwork: (_, _) => postNetwork++);
+
+        local.AdvanceBeforeNetwork(1f / 60f);
+        controller = CreateController();
+        float timeBefore = controller.SimTimeSeconds;
+
+        Assert.True(local.TryGetPresentationAfterNetwork(out var presentation));
+
+        Assert.False(presentation.AdvancedBeforeNetwork);
+        Assert.Equal(timeBefore, controller.SimTimeSeconds);
+        Assert.Equal(1, projections);
+        Assert.Equal(0, preNetwork);
+        Assert.Equal(0, postNetwork);
+        Assert.False(presentation.Movement.ShouldSendMovementEvent);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void OrdinaryInboundRootMutation_IsReconciledWithoutSecondPhysicsTick()
+    {
+        PlayerMovementController controller = CreateController();
+        Vector3 projectedRoot = default;
+        var local = new RetailLocalPlayerFrameController(
+            canPresentPlayer: () => true,
+            getController: () => controller,
+            captureInput: () => new MovementInput(),
+            resolveLocalEntityId: () => 7u,
+            handleTargeting: () => { },
+            isHidden: () => false,
+            project: (_, movement, _) => projectedRoot = movement.RenderPosition,
+            sendPreNetwork: (_, _, _) => { },
+            sendPostNetwork: (_, _) => { });
+        var live = new RetailLiveFrameCoordinator(
+            local.AdvanceBeforeNetwork,
+            () => projectedRoot = new Vector3(999f, 999f, 999f),
+            local.RunPostNetworkCommandPhase,
+            () => { });
+
+        live.Tick(1f / 60f);
+        float timeAfterOneTick = controller.SimTimeSeconds;
+
+        Assert.Equal(controller.RenderPosition, projectedRoot);
+        Assert.Equal(1f / 60f, timeAfterOneTick);
+    }
+
+    private static PlayerMovementController CreateController()
+    {
+        var engine = new PhysicsEngine();
+        var heights = new byte[81];
+        Array.Fill(heights, (byte)50);
+        var heightTable = new float[256];
+        for (int i = 0; i < heightTable.Length; i++)
+            heightTable[i] = i;
+
+        engine.AddLandblock(
+            0xA9B4FFFFu,
+            new TerrainSurface(heights, heightTable),
+            Array.Empty<CellSurface>(),
+            Array.Empty<PortalPlane>(),
+            worldOffsetX: 0f,
+            worldOffsetY: 0f);
+
+        var controller = new PlayerMovementController(engine);
+        controller.SetPosition(new Vector3(96f, 96f, 50f), 0x0001u);
+        return controller;
+    }
+}

tests/AcDream.App.Tests/World/RecallTeleportAnimationTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+using AcDream.App.Rendering;
+using AcDream.App.World;
+using AcDream.Content.Vfx;
+using AcDream.Core.Physics;
+using DatReaderWriter;
+using DatReaderWriter.DBObjs;
+using DatReaderWriter.Options;
+using DatReaderWriter.Types;
+using Xunit.Sdk;
+
+namespace AcDream.App.Tests.World;
+
+public sealed class RecallTeleportAnimationTests
+{
+    private const uint HumanSetup = 0x02000001u;
+    private const uint HumanMotionTable = 0x09000001u;
+    private const uint NonCombat = 0x8000003Du;
+    private const uint Ready = 0x41000003u;
+    private const uint LifestoneRecall = 0x10000153u;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void LiveFrame_AdvancesObjectRuntimeBeforeInboundNetwork()
+    {
+        var calls = new List<string>();
+        var frame = new RetailLiveFrameCoordinator(
+            _ => calls.Add("objects"),
+            () => calls.Add("network"),
+            () => calls.Add("commands"),
+            () => calls.Add("spatial"));
+
+        frame.Tick(1f / 60f);
+
+        Assert.Equal(["objects", "network", "commands", "spatial"], calls);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void LiveFrame_InvalidHostDeltaCannotBlockNetworkDispatch()
+    {
+        var deltas = new List<float>();
+        int networkDispatches = 0;
+        var frame = new RetailLiveFrameCoordinator(
+            deltas.Add,
+            () => networkDispatches++,
+            () => { },
+            () => { });
+
+        frame.Tick(float.NaN);
+        frame.Tick(float.PositiveInfinity);
+        frame.Tick(-1f);
+
+        Assert.Equal([0f, 0f, 0f], deltas);
+        Assert.Equal(3, networkDispatches);
+        Assert.Equal(0.0, RetailLiveFrameCoordinator.NormalizeDeltaSeconds(double.NaN));
+        Assert.Equal(0.0, RetailLiveFrameCoordinator.NormalizeDeltaSeconds(double.NegativeInfinity));
+        Assert.Equal(0.0, RetailLiveFrameCoordinator.NormalizeDeltaSeconds(double.PositiveInfinity));
+        Assert.Equal(0.0, RetailLiveFrameCoordinator.NormalizeDeltaSeconds(double.MaxValue));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void InstalledRecall_RetiresBeforeTeleportHiddenStateIsDispatched()
+    {
+        string datDir = @"C:\Turbine\Asheron's Call";
+        if (!File.Exists(Path.Combine(datDir, "client_portal.dat")))
+            throw SkipException.ForSkip("Installed retail DATs are required.");
+
+        using var dats = new DatCollection(datDir, DatAccessType.Read);
+        Setup setup = Assert.IsType<Setup>(dats.Get<Setup>(HumanSetup));
+        MotionTable table = Assert.IsType<MotionTable>(dats.Get<MotionTable>(HumanMotionTable));
+        var loader = new RetailAnimationLoader(dats);
+        var sequencer = new AnimationSequencer(setup, table, loader);
+        sequencer.SetCycle(NonCombat, Ready);
+        sequencer.PlayAction(LifestoneRecall);
+
+        int readyKey = unchecked((int)((NonCombat << 16) | (Ready & 0xFFFFFFu)));
+        MotionData action = table.Links[readyKey].MotionData[unchecked((int)LifestoneRecall)];
+        double aceDuration = 0.0;
+        foreach (var anim in action.Anims)
+        {
+            Animation loaded = Assert.IsType<Animation>(loader.LoadAnimation((uint)anim.AnimId));
+            int high = anim.HighFrame == -1 ? loaded.PartFrames.Count : anim.HighFrame;
+            aceDuration += (high - anim.LowFrame) / Math.Abs(anim.Framerate);
+        }
+
+        const float updateStep = 1f / 60f;
+        double elapsed = 0.0;
+        bool hidden = false;
+        bool hiddenPacketReady = false;
+        var frame = new RetailLiveFrameCoordinator(
+            dt =>
+            {
+                if (!hidden)
+                    sequencer.Advance(dt);
+            },
+            () =>
+            {
+                if (hiddenPacketReady)
+                    hidden = true;
+            },
+            () => { },
+            () => { });
+
+        // The recall motion is dispatched after an object's UseTime phase.
+        // On the first later frame whose timestamp reaches ACE's scheduled
+        // teleport boundary, retail advances the PartArray and only then
+        // consumes the Hidden SetState from the inbound queue.
+        while (elapsed < aceDuration)
+        {
+            hiddenPacketReady = elapsed + updateStep >= aceDuration;
+            frame.Tick(updateStep);
+            elapsed += updateStep;
+        }
+
+        Assert.True(hidden);
+        Assert.True(
+            sequencer.CurrentNodeDiag.IsLooping,
+            "Recall must reach the Ready cyclic tail before Hidden freezes PartArray playback.");
+    }
+}