diff --git a/docs/research/2026-05-13-b4c-shipped-handoff.md b/docs/research/2026-05-13-b4c-shipped-handoff.md
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--- a/docs/research/2026-05-13-b4c-shipped-handoff.md
+++ b/docs/research/2026-05-13-b4c-shipped-handoff.md
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ happens inside `GameWindow.OnLiveEntitySpawnedLocked`, which branches on
 
 ### At world load (spawn time)
 
-1. `IsDoorSpawn(spawn)` — checks `spawn.WeenieObj.WeenieType == 8` (the
-   `Door` weenie type) OR `IsDoorName(spawn.Name)` (fallback for servers that
-   tag door-weenies with non-8 types). If true, the entity is a door.
+1. `IsDoorSpawn(spawn)` — delegates to `IsDoorName(spawn.Name)`, which
+   returns `name == "Door"`. Detection by server-sent name string only.
+   Cheap, exact, no WeenieType lookup. If a future ACE localizes "Door"
+   or sends a different name, those entities silently won't animate —
+   acceptable per B.4c's "doors only at English Holtburg" scope.
 
 2. **Initial state seed** — the door's `PhysicsState` from `spawn` carries the
    open/closed bit. The code reads `spawn.PhysicsState` (or
@@ -83,8 +85,13 @@ happens inside `GameWindow.OnLiveEntitySpawnedLocked`, which branches on
    var cycleCmd = isOpen ? MotionCommand.On : MotionCommand.Off;
    sequencer.SetCycle(style, (uint)cycleCmd, speed: 0f);
    ```
-   The sequencer is registered in a new per-door side-dict on `GameWindow`
-   keyed by `entity.Id`. At first `Advance(dt)` call, it produces the correct
+   The fully-initialized `AnimatedEntity` (with the seeded `Sequencer`) is
+   registered into the existing `_animatedEntities` dict keyed by `entity.Id`
+   — same dict that holds creatures and the player. `Animation = null!`
+   (the null-forgiving suppression matches an existing pattern at
+   `GameWindow.cs:7885` for sequencer-driven entities where the legacy
+   `Animation` field is unused). At the first per-frame `Advance(dt)`
+   call from `TickAnimations`, the sequencer produces the correct
    rest-pose frames for the door's current state.
 
 4. **Log evidence at spawn:**
@@ -97,17 +104,17 @@ happens inside `GameWindow.OnLiveEntitySpawnedLocked`, which branches on
 ### When the door opens (UpdateMotion arrives)
 
 ACE broadcasts `UpdateMotion (0xF74D)` with `stance=0x003D` (NonCombat) and
-`cmd=0x000C` (On = open). The existing `OnLiveMotionUpdated` handler previously
-dropped this silently for non-creature entities. B.4c adds a `IsDoorName`-gated
-branch:
+wire `cmd=0x000C` (which `MotionCommandResolver.ReconstructFullCommand`
+maps to full motion `0x4000000B` = `MotionCommand.On` = door open).
 
-```csharp
-if (_doorSequencers.TryGetValue(entity.Id, out var seq))
-{
-    var style = 0x80000000u | (uint)um.Stance;
-    seq.SetCycle(style, (uint)um.ForwardCommand, um.ForwardSpeed);
-}
-```
+B.4c does NOT add a new dispatch path here — the existing
+`OnLiveMotionUpdated` handler already routes via the `_animatedEntities`
+dict + per-entity `Sequencer`, the same code path creatures use. The
+only B.4c contribution at UM dispatch is the new `[door-cycle]`
+diagnostic gated on `IsDoorName(doorInfo.Name)`. Before B.4c, doors
+silently dropped at the `_animatedEntities.TryGetValue` check at
+`GameWindow.cs:3036` because doors weren't registered; B.4c's Task 1
+spawn-time branch fixed that.
 
 The sequencer transitions from the `Off` cycle (static closed pose) through
 the door-swing link animation to the `On` cycle (static open pose).
@@ -148,13 +155,14 @@ UM guid=0x7A9B403A mt=... cmd=0x000B ... motion=0x4000000C
 ### Per-frame mesh rebuild
 
 The door sequencer integrates into `GameWindow.TickAnimations` via the same
-`_doorSequencers` dict. Each frame, `Advance(dt)` is called on the sequencer
-and the resulting `PartFrames` drive the same `MeshRefs` rebuild that creature
-entities use. This is the reason the stance-value bug produced underground doors:
-with the wrong style key (`0x80000001`) `HasCycle` returned false, the sequencer
-was empty, `Advance` returned no frames, and the per-frame part-matrix rebuild
-at `GameWindow.cs:7691` received zero frames — collapsing every part to the
-entity origin.
+`_animatedEntities` dict that holds creatures. Each frame, `ae.Sequencer.Advance(dt)`
+is called and the resulting per-part transforms drive the same `MeshRefs` rebuild
+that creature entities use (sequencer branch at `GameWindow.cs:7497`; doors
+never enter the legacy slerp `else` branch). This is the reason the stance-value
+bug produced underground doors: with the wrong style key (`0x80000001`)
+`HasCycle` returned false, the sequencer was empty at spawn, `Advance` returned
+identity frames, and the per-frame part-matrix rebuild received `Vector3.Zero /
+Quaternion.Identity` for every part — collapsing them all to the entity origin.
 
 ---
 
@@ -244,8 +252,9 @@ Other interactable non-creature entities (chests, levers, traps) will still
 silently drop their `UpdateMotion` commands — they are not covered by B.4c and
 no issue has been filed for them yet. When those animations become relevant
 (M2/M3 inventory + dungeon content), the same spawn-time registration pattern
-can be extended by widening `IsDoorSpawn` and reusing the `_doorSequencers`
-infrastructure.
+can be extended: broaden the detection predicate beyond `name == "Door"` and
+register additional entity types in the existing `_animatedEntities` dict via
+the same sibling branch.
 
 ### Door toggle behavior