fix(world): retire motion links at hidden transitions

Port CPhysicsObj::set_hidden's PartArray HandleEnterWorld boundary on both Hidden and UnHide. This strips linked recall/casting animations and aborts their pending completions before cell visibility changes, preventing spell-recall tails after portal travel without arrival resets or action classifiers.\n\nCo-authored-by: OpenAI Codex <codex@openai.com>

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # acdream — strategic roadmap
 
-**Status:** Living document. Updated 2026-07-15. **M3 active; automated implementation complete, visual gates pending.** M2's connected demo loop is complete. M3 now has the retail cast-intent/component/target lifecycle, exact live enchantment wire state, scoped Magic input, retained spell bar, spellbook, component book, positive/negative effects panels, authored effect-indicator buttons, and shared `gmPanelUI` switching over the Step 9 projectile/PhysicsScript/particle/portal foundation. The remaining M3 work is the connected single-client magic-UI/casting gate and final two-client portal-out/materialization observer gate.
+**Status:** Living document. Updated 2026-07-16. **M3 active; automated implementation complete, visual gates pending.** M2's connected demo loop is complete. M3 now has the retail cast-intent/component/target lifecycle, exact live enchantment wire state, scoped Magic input, retained spell bar, spellbook, component book, positive/negative effects panels, authored effect-indicator buttons, and shared `gmPanelUI` switching over the Step 9 projectile/PhysicsScript/particle/portal foundation. The remaining M3 work is the connected single-client magic-UI/casting gate and final two-client portal-out/materialization observer 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.
 
 ---
@@ -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, 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`.
+- **✓ 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, non-advancing spatial reconciliation, and retail `set_hidden` PartArray timeline teardown on both Hidden and UnHide; `/ls` and spell-recall corrective visual gates passed 2026-07-16, with non-blocking visual polish deferred). 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

@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ recorded end-to-end dungeon round-trip user gate, plus the far-town
 teleport-OUT arrival cascade residual (**#145-residual, REOPENED** —
 capture-harness-first).
 
-**2026-07-15 portal presentation completion (visual gate pending).** The
+**2026-07-15 portal presentation completion (single-client visual gate passed
+2026-07-16; non-blocking polish deferred).** The
 temporary black tunnel cover is retired. F751 transit now renders retail's
 client-enum-resolved DAT Setup `0x02000306` with animation `0x030005AC` at
 40 frames/s in a dedicated CreatureMode-equivalent viewport, using retail's
@@ -317,10 +318,19 @@ 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
+anchors after authoritative root moves. The accepted Hidden and UnHide paths
-from freezing the final fraction of recall and replaying it after materialize,
+now also port `CPhysicsObj::set_hidden @ 0x00514C60` completely. Hidden invokes
-without an arrival reset or Hidden-time animation exception. Automated recall
+the PartArray boundary after its effect, child visibility, collision stop, and
-DAT conformance is green; destination-side visual confirmation remains.
+cell hide; UnHide invokes it after effect/child/collision restoration but before
+the cell becomes visible. Both route through `CPartArray::HandleEnterWorld` →
+`MotionTableManager::HandleEnterWorld`. That
+strips every link animation and aborts pending motion completions before a
+spell-cast recoil or recall remainder can survive portal space. This is the
+generic retail visibility boundary, not a recall classifier, an arrival reset,
+or a Hidden-time animation exception. Installed-DAT conformance covers both
+the Lifestone recall boundary and a MagicPortal casting timeline. The user
+confirmed `/ls` and spell-recall arrivals no longer replay their animation
+tails; additional portal visual polish is explicitly deferred.
 
 ---
 

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

@@ -300,21 +300,45 @@ SmartBox.UseTime:
 
 The exact call sites are `Client::UseTime` `0x00411C40` and
 `SmartBox::UseTime` `0x00455410`, and `CommandInterpreter::UseTime`
-`0x006B3BF0`. `SmartBox::DoSetState` `0x004520D0`
+`0x006B3BF0`. `SmartBox::DoSetState` `0x004520D0` applies the accepted
-applies Hidden directly and does not advance or reset animation. Separately,
+state through `CPhysicsObj::set_state` `0x00514DD0`. Separately,
 `CPhysicsObj::UpdatePositionInternal` `0x00512C30` skips `CPartArray::Update`
-while Hidden. Therefore the ordering boundary is load-bearing: the current
+while Hidden, so ordinary animation never advances behind the portal viewport.
-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
+tail if Hidden only suppresses drawing. Retail has a second, decisive boundary:
-fix is that frame barrier, never an arrival-only Ready/reset command and never
+`CPhysicsObj::set_hidden` `0x00514C60` invokes
-advancing PartArray while Hidden.
+`CPartArray::HandleEnterWorld` `0x00517D70` on **both** Hidden and UnHide.
+That delegates to `MotionTableManager::HandleEnterWorld` `0x0051BDD0`, which
+removes every link animation from the sequence and drains every pending
+completion as aborted. On the Hidden edge it runs after the Hidden PES, child
+NoDraw propagation, collision stop, and cell hide. On UnHide it runs after
+collision restoration and before the cell becomes visible. A casting recoil,
+recall remainder, or authored stance transition therefore cannot resume after
+portal space.
+
+ACE also has timing differences when recall starts in combat. Its
+`Player_Location` handlers call `SetCombatMode(NonCombat)` and immediately send
+the NonCombat/Ready/recall command state. House, Lifestone, Allegiance Hometown,
+and PK Arena schedule `Teleport` using only
+`MotionTable.GetAnimationLength(recall)`. Retail
+`MovementManager::unpack_movement` (`0x00524440`) and
+`CMotionInterp::move_to_interpreted_state` (`0x005289C0`) preserve the authored
+combat-to-NonCombat link before the recall action. For a human leaving Magic
+stance that link is about 0.31 seconds, but ACE does not add it to the teleport
+delay. The retail Hidden boundary intentionally tolerates that: whichever
+authored links remain when teleport begins are retired by `set_hidden`, not
+carried through the tunnel.
+
+Marketplace is a separate ACE residual: its handler deliberately uses a fixed
+14-second delay and comments out `GetAnimationLength` because the installed
+animation is approximately 18.4 seconds. That can shorten the visible source-
+side action, but the client must still apply the same retail Hidden teardown;
+no Marketplace-specific classifier or portal-exit behavior is required.
 
 ## acdream integration translation
 
@@ -355,6 +379,11 @@ advancing PartArray while Hidden.
     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.
+- `LiveEntityPresentationController` owns the complete accepted Hidden/UnHide
+  side-effect order. Both edges route the current local entity to its existing
+  `AnimationSequencer.Manager.HandleEnterWorld`, matching retail's PartArray
+  boundary for player, creature, and object animations without classifying the
+  preceding action.
 - 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/Rendering/GameWindow.cs

@@ -2577,7 +2577,12 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                 entityEffects.PlayTyped,
                 _equippedChildRenderer.SetDirectChildrenNoDraw,
                 ClearTargetForHiddenEntity,
-                () => (_liveCenterX, _liveCenterY));
+                () => (_liveCenterX, _liveCenterY),
+                handlePartArrayEnterWorld: localEntityId =>
+                {
+                    if (_animatedEntities.TryGetValue(localEntityId, out var animated))
+                        animated.Sequencer?.Manager.HandleEnterWorld();
+                });
             _remoteTeleportController = new AcDream.App.Physics.RemoteTeleportController(
                 _physicsEngine,
                 _liveEntities,

src/AcDream.App/World/LiveEntityPresentationController.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public sealed class LiveEntityPresentationController : IDisposable
     private readonly Action<uint> _clearInvalidTarget;
     private readonly Func<(int X, int Y)> _liveCenter;
     private readonly Action<uint>? _onShadowRestored;
+    private readonly Action<uint> _handlePartArrayEnterWorld;
     private readonly Dictionary<uint, ushort> _readyGenerationByGuid = new();
     private readonly Dictionary<uint, ushort> _suspendedShadowGenerationByGuid = new();
     private readonly Dictionary<uint, ushort> _activePlacementGenerationByGuid = new();
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ public sealed class LiveEntityPresentationController : IDisposable
         Action<uint, bool>? setDirectChildrenNoDraw = null,
         Action<uint>? clearInvalidTarget = null,
         Func<(int X, int Y)>? liveCenter = null,
-        Action<uint>? onShadowRestored = null)
+        Action<uint>? onShadowRestored = null,
+        Action<uint>? handlePartArrayEnterWorld = null)
     {
         _liveEntities = liveEntities ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(liveEntities));
         _shadows = shadows ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(shadows));
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ public sealed class LiveEntityPresentationController : IDisposable
         _clearInvalidTarget = clearInvalidTarget ?? (_ => { });
         _liveCenter = liveCenter ?? (() => (0, 0));
         _onShadowRestored = onShadowRestored;
+        _handlePartArrayEnterWorld = handlePartArrayEnterWorld ?? (_ => { });
         _liveEntities.ProjectionVisibilityChanged += OnProjectionVisibilityChanged;
     }
 
@@ -223,12 +226,22 @@ public sealed class LiveEntityPresentationController : IDisposable
                     _shadows.Suspend(entity.Id);
                     if (!IsPlacementActive(record))
                         _suspendedShadowGenerationByGuid[record.ServerGuid] = record.Generation;
+                    // Retail CPhysicsObj::set_hidden @ 0x00514C60 calls
+                    // CPartArray::HandleEnterWorld after hiding the object
+                    // from its cell. Despite the name, this is the motion
+                    // timeline boundary: it strips link animations and
+                    // aborts every pending completion through
+                    // MotionTableManager::HandleEnterWorld @ 0x0051BDD0.
+                    _handlePartArrayEnterWorld(entity.Id);
                     _clearInvalidTarget(record.ServerGuid);
                     break;
 
                 case RetailHiddenTransition.BecameVisible:
                     _playTyped(entity.Id, UnHideScriptType, 1f);
                     _setDirectChildrenNoDraw(record.ServerGuid, false);
+                    // Retail invokes the same PartArray boundary before
+                    // CObjCell::unhide_object restores cell visibility.
+                    _handlePartArrayEnterWorld(entity.Id);
                     if (!IsPlacementActive(record) && RestoreShadow(record, entity))
                         _suspendedShadowGenerationByGuid.Remove(record.ServerGuid);
                     break;

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

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 using System.Numerics;
 using AcDream.App.Streaming;
 using AcDream.App.World;
+using AcDream.Content.Vfx;
 using AcDream.Core.Net;
 using AcDream.Core.Net.Messages;
 using AcDream.Core.Physics;
 using AcDream.Core.World;
+using DatReaderWriter;
 using DatReaderWriter.DBObjs;
+using DatReaderWriter.Options;
+using Xunit.Sdk;
 
 namespace AcDream.App.Tests.World;
 
@@ -36,6 +40,11 @@ public sealed class LiveEntityPresentationControllerTests
             fixture.TypedPlays);
         Assert.Equal([(Fixture.Guid, true)], fixture.ChildNoDraw);
         Assert.Equal([Fixture.Guid], fixture.InvalidTargets);
+        Assert.Equal([fixture.Entity.Id], fixture.PartArrayEnterWorld);
+        Assert.Equal([0], fixture.PartArrayShadowCounts);
+        Assert.Equal(
+            ["effect:76", "children:True", "part-array", "target"],
+            fixture.PresentationOrder);
         Assert.Equal(0, fixture.Shadows.TotalRegistered);
         Assert.False(fixture.Entity.IsDrawVisible);
 
@@ -52,11 +61,87 @@ public sealed class LiveEntityPresentationControllerTests
             ],
             fixture.TypedPlays);
         Assert.Equal([(Fixture.Guid, true), (Fixture.Guid, false)], fixture.ChildNoDraw);
+        Assert.Equal(
+            [fixture.Entity.Id, fixture.Entity.Id],
+            fixture.PartArrayEnterWorld);
+        Assert.Equal([0, 0], fixture.PartArrayShadowCounts);
+        Assert.Equal(
+            [
+                "effect:76", "children:True", "part-array", "target",
+                "effect:75", "children:False", "part-array",
+            ],
+            fixture.PresentationOrder);
         Assert.Equal(1, fixture.Shadows.TotalRegistered);
         Assert.True(fixture.Entity.IsDrawVisible);
         Assert.Same(fixture.Entity, Assert.Single(fixture.Runtime.WorldEntities).Value);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void SpellRecall_HiddenAndUnHide_RetireMagicTimelineThroughController()
+    {
+        const uint humanSetup = 0x02000001u;
+        const uint humanMotionTable = 0x09000001u;
+        const uint magic = 0x80000049u;
+        const uint ready = 0x41000003u;
+        const uint magicPortal = 0x40000038u;
+        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 sequencer = new AnimationSequencer(
+            setup,
+            table,
+            new RetailAnimationLoader(dats));
+        var fixture = new Fixture(
+            PhysicsStateFlags.ReportCollisions,
+            _ => sequencer.Manager.HandleEnterWorld());
+        Assert.True(fixture.Controller.OnLiveEntityReady(Fixture.Guid));
+
+        sequencer.SetCycle(magic, ready);
+        sequencer.PlayAction(magicPortal);
+        Assert.False(sequencer.CurrentNodeDiag.IsLooping);
+
+        Assert.True(fixture.Runtime.TryApplyState(
+            new SetState.Parsed(
+                Fixture.Guid,
+                (uint)(PhysicsStateFlags.Hidden | PhysicsStateFlags.ReportCollisions),
+                1,
+                2),
+            out _,
+            out _));
+        Assert.True(fixture.Controller.OnStateAccepted(Fixture.Guid));
+        Assert.True(sequencer.CurrentNodeDiag.IsLooping);
+        Assert.Empty(sequencer.Manager.PendingAnimations);
+
+        // A motion accepted while the mesh is hidden is retired again at
+        // retail's matching UnHide PartArray boundary before cell visibility
+        // returns.
+        var unhideSequencer = new AnimationSequencer(
+            setup,
+            table,
+            new RetailAnimationLoader(dats));
+        var unhideFixture = new Fixture(
+            PhysicsStateFlags.Hidden | PhysicsStateFlags.ReportCollisions,
+            _ => unhideSequencer.Manager.HandleEnterWorld());
+        Assert.True(unhideFixture.Controller.OnLiveEntityReady(Fixture.Guid));
+        unhideSequencer.SetCycle(magic, ready);
+        unhideSequencer.PlayAction(magicPortal);
+        Assert.False(unhideSequencer.CurrentNodeDiag.IsLooping);
+        Assert.True(unhideFixture.Runtime.TryApplyState(
+            new SetState.Parsed(Fixture.Guid, 0u, 1, 3),
+            out _,
+            out _));
+        Assert.True(unhideFixture.Controller.OnStateAccepted(Fixture.Guid));
+        Assert.True(unhideSequencer.CurrentNodeDiag.IsLooping);
+        Assert.Empty(unhideSequencer.Manager.PendingAnimations);
+        Assert.Equal([0], fixture.PartArrayShadowCounts);
+        Assert.Equal([0, 0], unhideFixture.PartArrayShadowCounts);
+        Assert.Equal(1, unhideFixture.Shadows.TotalRegistered);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void IdenticalOrStaleState_DoesNotReplayHiddenEffect()
     {
@@ -76,6 +161,7 @@ public sealed class LiveEntityPresentationControllerTests
         Assert.Single(fixture.TypedPlays);
         Assert.Equal(LiveEntityPresentationController.HiddenScriptType,
             fixture.TypedPlays[0].Type);
+        Assert.Equal([fixture.Entity.Id], fixture.PartArrayEnterWorld);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -166,13 +252,18 @@ public sealed class LiveEntityPresentationControllerTests
         public List<(uint Owner, uint Type, float Intensity)> TypedPlays { get; } = [];
         public List<(uint Parent, bool NoDraw)> ChildNoDraw { get; } = [];
         public List<uint> InvalidTargets { get; } = [];
+        public List<uint> PartArrayEnterWorld { get; } = [];
+        public List<int> PartArrayShadowCounts { get; } = [];
+        public List<string> PresentationOrder { get; } = [];
         public GpuWorldState Spatial { get; }
         public LiveEntityRuntime Runtime { get; }
         public ShadowObjectRegistry Shadows { get; } = new();
         public WorldEntity Entity { get; }
         public LiveEntityPresentationController Controller { get; }
 
-        public Fixture(PhysicsStateFlags initialState)
+        public Fixture(
+            PhysicsStateFlags initialState,
+            Action<uint>? onPartArrayEnterWorld = null)
         {
             Spatial = new GpuWorldState();
             Spatial.AddLandblock(new LoadedLandblock(
@@ -214,11 +305,27 @@ public sealed class LiveEntityPresentationControllerTests
                 (owner, type, intensity) =>
                 {
                     TypedPlays.Add((owner, type, intensity));
+                    PresentationOrder.Add($"effect:{type:X2}");
                     return true;
                 },
-                (parent, noDraw) => ChildNoDraw.Add((parent, noDraw)),
+                (parent, noDraw) =>
-                InvalidTargets.Add,
+                {
-                () => (1, 1));
+                    ChildNoDraw.Add((parent, noDraw));
+                    PresentationOrder.Add($"children:{noDraw}");
+                },
+                guid =>
+                {
+                    InvalidTargets.Add(guid);
+                    PresentationOrder.Add("target");
+                },
+                () => (1, 1),
+                handlePartArrayEnterWorld: localEntityId =>
+                {
+                    PartArrayEnterWorld.Add(localEntityId);
+                    PartArrayShadowCounts.Add(Shadows.TotalRegistered);
+                    PresentationOrder.Add("part-array");
+                    onPartArrayEnterWorld?.Invoke(localEntityId);
+                });
         }
 
         internal static WorldSession.EntitySpawn Spawn(