docs: record D.2b UI Studio + importer dat-fidelity + Character window (shipped this session)

Roadmap: extend D.5-remaining ledger with three new shipped entries (UI Studio,
importer Fix A/B/C, Character window 0x2100002E). Milestone M5: update D.2b
status paragraph to name all shipped sub-phases including the studio, importer
boundary discovery (look=importer / state=runtime), and Character window with
deferred polish pointer (#151).

ISSUES: add #151 (Character window deferred polish — LOW, filed 2026-06-26;
user accepted Attributes tab as good-enough, polish items to be enumerated later).
Issues #149 (studio inventory all-black) and #150 (GameWindow font resolver) were
already present.

Divergence register: add AP-69 (per-element dat-font resolver is studio-only;
GameWindow passes null to the four Import sites until #150 lands). No row for
Fix-4 UIState-group activation (runtime-faithful, not a deviation) or for the
tab-sprite injection / footer-state hiding (same).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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

@@ -433,7 +433,10 @@ behavior. Estimated 17–26 days focused work, 3–5 weeks calendar.
 - **D.5 — Core panels.** Attributes (`chunk_00470000.c:FUN_0047ba70`), Skills (same), Paperdoll (`chunk_004A0000.c:FUN_004A5200`), Inventory, Spellbook (`chunk_004C0000.c`), Fellowship, Allegiance. Each uses the port sketches in slice 05. **(Targets `AcDream.UI.Abstractions` — ships with D.2a using ImGui-rendered widgets; reskinned by D.2b.)** The *chat* panel originally listed under D.5 shipped early in Phase I (I.4 input + I.7 combat translator superseded the chat-panel design here); this entry now covers Attributes / Skills / Paperdoll / Inventory / Spellbook / Fellowship / Allegiance only.
 - **✓ SHIPPED — D.5.1 — Toolbar (action bar).** Shipped 2026-06-16/17 (`30b28c2`→`0e7a083`, branch claude/hopeful-maxwell-214a12). First data-driven *game* panel: `gmToolbarUI` (`LayoutDesc 0x21000016`) — 18 shortcut slots from the persisted `PlayerDescription` SHORTCUT block, real **composited** item icons (opaque type-default underlay via the `EnumIDMap 0x10000004` resolve), **occupancy-gated slot numbers 1–9** (occupied = dark-box peace/war `0x10000042/43`; empty = background `0x1000005e` from cell composite `0x10000341`), **click-to-use** (`ItemHolder::UseObject` → `0x0036`), **peace/war stance** indicator live-wired to `CombatState`, **movable**, and a **chrome frame** (UiNineSlicePanel drawn over content via the new `UiElement.OnDrawAfterChildren` hook). New shared widgets `UiItemSlot` (`UIElement_UIItem` 0x10000032, procedural leaf) + `UiItemList` (`UIElement_ItemList` 0x10000031, factory branch) + `IconComposer` (CPU layered composite). `CreateObject.TryParse` extended to the full ACE-order weenie-header tail to capture `IconId`/`IconOverlay`/`IconUnderlay` → `ItemRepository.EnrichItem` → re-render. Spec/plan `docs/superpowers/{specs,plans}/2026-06-16-d2b-toolbar-phase1*.md`; research drop `docs/research/2026-06-16-*deep-dive.md` + synthesis. Divergence IA-16/IA-17 added. **User-confirmed** (numbers, icons, frame). Per-task spec+code-review throughout.
 - **✓ SHIPPED — D.5.2 — Stateful item-icon system.** Shipped 2026-06-17/18 (`419c3ac`..`fb288ad`, branch claude/hopeful-maxwell-214a12; **visually verified on a live Coldeve server**). Faithful retail icon composite (`IconData::RenderIcons` @0x0058d180): (1) `UiEffects` bitfield captured from the `CreateObject` weenie header (was discarded) → `ItemInstance.Effects`; (2) `IconComposer.GetIcon` rewritten as a 2-stage composite — Stage 1 = drag icon (base + custom overlay) + the effect treatment, Stage 2 = type-default underlay + custom underlay + drag. The effect treatment ports the **surface overload** of `SurfaceWindow::ReplaceColor` (`0x004415b0`): the textured effect tile (`EnumIDMap 0x10000005` by `LowestSetBit(effects)+1`, fallback `0x21` solid-black) is copied **per-pixel** into the icon's pure-white pixels — magical items take the tile's GRADIENT hue, mundane items go black; (3) `PublicUpdatePropertyInt (0x02CE)` parser + `WorldSession.ObjectIntPropertyUpdated` event + `GameWindow` subscription → `ItemRepository.UpdateIntProperty` → icon re-composites live. **Appraise (`0x00C9`) carries NO icon data** (ACE proof: `Icon`/`IconOverlay`/`IconUnderlay`/`UiEffects` all lack `[AssessmentProperty]`) — dropped as a no-op. **Two visual-verification fixes landed after the subagent build:** the `effects==0` recolor MUST run (mundane white edges → black, `40c97a5`) and the tint is a per-pixel GRADIENT not a flat color (the surface overload, `fb288ad`) — both confirmed via clean Ghidra + named decomp. Divergence: IA-16 retired; IA-18 (per-pixel surface-copy anti-regression) + AP-45 (0x02CE sequence) added; **AP-43/AP-44 retired by the visual fixes**. Spec/plan/research: `docs/superpowers/{specs,plans}/2026-06-17-d2b-stateful-icon*.md`, `docs/research/2026-06-17-stateful-icon-RESOLVED.md`.
-- **D.5 remaining — sub-phase ledger.** D.5.1 (toolbar + the `UiItemSlot`/`UiItemList`/`IconComposer` spine) ✅, D.5.2 (stateful icons) ✅, D.5.4 (client object/item data model) ✅, D.2b-B window manager (`abbd97b`) ✅, D.2b-B B-Grid (inventory sub-window mount + `UiItemList` grid) ✅, D.2b-B B-Controller (inventory population + burden meter + captions, `03fbf44`; **visually confirmed 2026-06-21** — two render bugs fixed at the gate `417b137`: backdrop wash-out [a #145 continuation — mounted sub-window slots must keep their own frame ZLevel, not inherit the base root's 1000] + captions [drive the host UiText directly]) ✅, D.2b-B B-Wire (`EncumbranceVal`/PropertyInt 5 wire delivery, AP-48/49 retired) ✅, inventory window finish Stage 1 (scroll/frame/vertical-resize/102-slot grid) ✅, empty-slot art ✅, container-switching + open/selected indicators + main-pack icon + per-bag capacity bar ✅, B-Drag (inventory drag-drop / item moving) ✅, and **Sub-phase C (paperdoll): Slice 1 equip slots ✅ + Slice 2 3-D doll `UiViewport` (Type 0xD via the `IUiViewportRenderer` RTT seam) + Slots toggle ✅ (visually confirmed 2026-06-25, `8fa66c2` — pose/camera/heading all retail-verbatim)** are shipped. Build order from here: **(d) finish the bar — D.5.3 remaining (selected-object meter/mana, stack entry/slider) + spell shortcuts + the selection→selected-object-bar wiring (AP-58); ISSUES #146/#147/#148.** Each ☐ below gets its own brainstorm → spec → plan.
+- **D.5 remaining — sub-phase ledger.** D.5.1 (toolbar + the `UiItemSlot`/`UiItemList`/`IconComposer` spine) ✅, D.5.2 (stateful icons) ✅, D.5.4 (client object/item data model) ✅, D.2b-B window manager (`abbd97b`) ✅, D.2b-B B-Grid (inventory sub-window mount + `UiItemList` grid) ✅, D.2b-B B-Controller (inventory population + burden meter + captions, `03fbf44`; **visually confirmed 2026-06-21** — two render bugs fixed at the gate `417b137`: backdrop wash-out [a #145 continuation — mounted sub-window slots must keep their own frame ZLevel, not inherit the base root's 1000] + captions [drive the host UiText directly]) ✅, D.2b-B B-Wire (`EncumbranceVal`/PropertyInt 5 wire delivery, AP-48/49 retired) ✅, inventory window finish Stage 1 (scroll/frame/vertical-resize/102-slot grid) ✅, empty-slot art ✅, container-switching + open/selected indicators + main-pack icon + per-bag capacity bar ✅, B-Drag (inventory drag-drop / item moving) ✅, **Sub-phase C (paperdoll): Slice 1 equip slots ✅ + Slice 2 3-D doll `UiViewport` (Type 0xD via the `IUiViewportRenderer` RTT seam) + Slots toggle ✅ (visually confirmed 2026-06-25, `8fa66c2` — pose/camera/heading all retail-verbatim)** ✅, **UI Studio** (`AcDream.App ui-studio`) ✅, **importer dat-fidelity (Fix A/B/C)** ✅, and **Character window** (`LayoutDesc 0x2100002E`, `CharacterStatController`) ✅ are shipped. Build order from here: **(d) finish the bar — D.5.3 remaining (selected-object meter/mana, stack entry/slider) + spell shortcuts + the selection→selected-object-bar wiring (AP-58); ISSUES #146/#147/#148.** Each ☐ below gets its own brainstorm → spec → plan.
+- **✓ SHIPPED — UI Studio** (2026-06-26, branch `claude/hopeful-maxwell-214a12`, ~33693c6→HEAD). Standalone `AcDream.App ui-studio <datdir> [--layout 0xNNNN | --dump <slug>] [--screenshot <png>]` Silk tool that previews any panel through the **production renderer** (`RenderBootstrap.cs` + GameWindow untouched). Sources: 26-window retail dump (`docs/research/2026-06-25-retail-ui-layout-dump.json`) via `--dump`, or live dat import + fixtures via `--layout`. Interactive canvas (click-routing to `UiHost`, Interact/Inspect ImGui toggle), headless `--screenshot`. Architecture: `src/AcDream.App/Studio/` (`StudioWindow`, `PanelFbo`, `FixtureProvider`, `LayoutSource`) + `src/AcDream.App/Rendering/RenderBootstrap.cs`. ISSUES #149 (inventory all-black in studio) and #150 (GameWindow font resolver) filed.
+- **✓ SHIPPED — Importer dat-fidelity** (Fix A/B/C, 2026-06-26, same branch). **Boundary established: look = importer (font/justification/color from dat); state/behavior = runtime controller logic.** Fix A: justification property `0x14`/`0x15` → `UiText` Centered/RightAligned/VerticalJustify. Fix B: FontColor property `0x1B` → `UiText.DefaultColor`; character colors proved RUNTIME (no importer fix). Fix C: FontDid → per-element dat font via a resolver in `DatWidgetFactory` — **STUDIO path only**; GameWindow passes `null` (Issue #150). Fix 4 (UIState-group activation): INVESTIGATED — no importer fix exists; the dat has no Visible encoding; runtime `gm*UI` is correct.
+- **✓ SHIPPED — Character window** (`LayoutDesc 0x2100002E`, `CharacterStatController`, 2026-06-26, same branch). **Visually user-confirmed 2026-06-26 — Attributes tab reads as retail.** Three tabs, header (name/heritage/PK), large-gold level number (dat font, `largeDatFont` 18px), "Total Experience (XP):" + "XP for next level:" captions, 9-row attribute list (icons + right-aligned values + Health/Stamina/Mana vitals), click-to-select (top/bottom selection bars + footer State-B "{Attr}: {value}" / "Experience To Raise: Infinity!" + affordability-gated raise triangles), centered footer. User noted "still needs some polish for later" — deferred to Issue #151.
 - **✓ SHIPPED — D.5.4 — Client object/item data model (foundation).** Shipped 2026-06-18 (`b506f53`..`a33e897`, 11 commits). Renamed `ItemRepository`→`ClientObjectTable` / `ItemInstance`→`ClientObject`; broadened the table to hold EVERY server object (retail `weenie_object_table` shape). `CreateObject` is now the canonical merge-upsert (`ClientObjectTable.Ingest`, retail `SetWeenieDesc` semantics) via a new Core.Net `ObjectTableWiring` (off GameWindow); `DeleteObject` evicts; `PlayerDescription` is a membership manifest (`RecordMembership`); live container-membership index (`GetContents`, retail `object_inventory_table`). `_liveEntityInfoByGuid` retired (selection/describe resolve from the one table). Root fix: the old enrich-existing-only `EnrichItem` dropped `CreateObject`s for items with no `PlayerDescription` stub — live-Coldeve 4/6 hotbar slots blank; items are now created, not dropped. **Crux resolved:** retail is TWO tables (`object_table` + `weenie_object_table`), NOT one — acdream's `WorldEntity` (3D system) + `ClientObjectTable` (data/UI) split was already architecturally faithful; the fix was the ingestion path, not a table unification. 2671 tests green.
 - **☐ D.5.3 — Toolbar selected-object display (issue #140) + spell shortcuts.** Wire the B.4 `WorldPicker`/selection state → the two hidden meters (`0x100001A1` health / `0x100001A2` mana) + the stack slider (`0x100001A4`) + the object-name line, so the bar shows the player's currently-selected world object. Plus **spell shortcuts** — pinned *spells* (vs items) don't render their glyphs yet (`ToolbarController.Populate` skips `ObjectGuid==0`). Together these finish "the bar." (Click-to-use + the peace/war stance indicator landed in D.5.1.)
 - **☐ D.5.5+ — Core panels.** Inventory (`gmInventoryUI`/`gmBackpackUI`), equipment/paperdoll (`gmPaperDollUI`/`gm3DItemsUI` + the `UiViewport` 3D doll), vendor, trade, spellbook. Research drop done (`docs/research/2026-06-16-*`). Depends on **D.5.4** (data model) + the item-slot/list/icon spine (D.5.1/D.5.2) + the **window manager** (Plan 2: open/close/z-order/persist + faithful grip/dragbar drag-resize) + the drag-drop spine wired (`UiRoot` has the chain; the per-cell accept/drop hooks are still stubs in `UiField`). Also deferred from D.5.1: drag/reorder + the `AddShortcut`/`RemoveShortcut` mutate wire.

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

@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ Open the inventory panel — retail-skinned with the right font, icons, and
   local lighting).
 - **C.3** — Palette range tuning (skin/hair/eye colors match retail).
 - **C.4** — Double-sided translucent polys.
-- **D.2b** — Custom retail-look UI backend.
+- **D.2b** — Custom retail-look UI backend. **In progress:** vitals + chat + toolbar + inventory (window manager, B-Grid, B-Controller, B-Wire, drag-drop, container-switching) + paperdoll (equip slots, 3-D doll UiViewport, Slots toggle) + **Character window** (Attributes tab, visually confirmed 2026-06-26) + **UI Studio** (standalone panel previewer + 26-window retail dump + interactive click-routing + headless screenshot) + **importer dat-fidelity** (Fix A/B/C: justification, FontColor, per-element FontDid resolver [studio-only; #150 tracks live-game path]) are shipped. Next: D.5.3 selected-object bar + spell shortcuts; #151 Character window polish deferred.
 - **D.3–D.7** — AcFont + dat sprites + core panels reskinned + HUD orbs +
   cursor manager.
 - **L.1f** — NPC/monster + item-use animation coverage.