diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index bd54b28..5869071 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
     private AcDream.App.Rendering.Wb.EntitySpawnAdapter? _wbEntitySpawnAdapter;
     private AcDream.App.Rendering.Vfx.EntityScriptActivator? _entityScriptActivator;
     private AcDream.App.Rendering.Wb.WbDrawDispatcher? _wbDrawDispatcher;
-    private IndoorCellStencilPipeline? _indoorStencilPipeline;
     /// <summary>Phase N.5: ARB_bindless_texture + ARB_shader_draw_parameters
     /// support. Required at startup — missing bindless throws
     /// <see cref="NotSupportedException"/> in <c>OnLoad</c>.</summary>
@@ -1753,15 +1752,6 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                 _classificationCache);
             // A.5 T22.5: apply A2C gate from quality preset.
             _wbDrawDispatcher.AlphaToCoverage = _resolvedQuality.AlphaToCoverage;
-
-            // Phase A8 R3 — indoor visibility culling pipeline. Owns the
-            // portal_stencil shader pair and a dynamic VBO for per-frame
-            // portal triangle uploads. Stencil work runs only when the
-            // camera is inside an EnvCell; outside, the object is dormant.
-            _indoorStencilPipeline = new IndoorCellStencilPipeline(
-                _gl,
-                Path.Combine(shadersDir, "portal_stencil.vert"),
-                Path.Combine(shadersDir, "portal_stencil.frag"));
         }
 
         // Phase G.1 sky renderer — its own shader (sky.vert / sky.frag)
@@ -7167,10 +7157,14 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             if (cameraInsideCell)
                 _gl!.Clear(ClearBufferMask.DepthBufferBit);
 
-            // L-fix1 (2026-04-28): animated-entity id set. Required by both
-            // the cameraInsideCell branch (to route them to LiveDynamic pass)
-            // and the outdoor path (where it preserves visibility across
-            // landblock frustum culling).
+            // L-fix1 (2026-04-28): pass the set of animated-entity ids so
+            // the renderer keeps remote players / NPCs / monsters
+            // visible even when their landblock rotates out of the
+            // frustum. Without this, other characters wink in/out as
+            // the camera turns. The set is rebuilt per-frame from
+            // _animatedEntities — it's small (<100 entities typically)
+            // so HashSet allocation is cheap. Static scenery still
+            // respects landblock-level cull.
             HashSet<uint>? animatedIds = null;
             if (_animatedEntities.Count > 0)
             {
@@ -7179,79 +7173,11 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                     animatedIds.Add(k);
             }
 
-            if (cameraInsideCell && _indoorStencilPipeline is not null
-                && visibility?.CameraCell is not null)
-            {
-                if (AcDream.Core.Rendering.RenderingDiagnostics.ProbeVisibilityEnabled)
-                    Console.WriteLine("[vis] branch=indoor");
-                // Phase A8 R3 — WB RenderInsideOut order.
-                //
-                // 1. Terrain has already drawn (color + depth) at line ~7104.
-                // 2. depth-clear-if-inside has already cleared depth to 1.0
-                //    (above this branch at line ~7118). The MarkAndPunch
-                //    below is a no-op against that baseline — left in for
-                //    symmetry with WB's reference pipeline and to handle
-                //    the unusual case where depth-clear is later dropped.
-                // 3. MarkAndPunch — stencil bit 1 at the camera's-own-cell
-                //    exit portals. Step 5 (cross-cell-portal visibility via
-                //    3-stencil-bit pipeline) is DEFERRED — we mark ONLY the
-                //    camera's own cell's portals, not the BFS-extended
-                //    VisibleCellIds. Trade-off: cross-cell visibility loss
-                //    (rare visually); correctness in the common case (no
-                //    see-through-wall to far-side portal openings).
-                var cameraCells = new[] { visibility.CameraCell };
-                _indoorStencilPipeline.UploadPortalMesh(cameraCells);
-
-                var viewProjection = camera.View * camera.Projection;
-                _indoorStencilPipeline.MarkAndPunch(viewProjection);
-
-                // 4. IndoorPass — cell mesh + cell statics + building shells
-                //    (R1's IsBuildingShell flag drives the partition).
-                //    Stencil OFF (MarkAndPunch's cleanup restored that).
-                //    Depth test normal; building shells write the wall depth
-                //    that protects the indoor from outdoor visibility.
-                _wbDrawDispatcher!.Draw(camera, _worldState.LandblockEntries, frustum,
-                    neverCullLandblockId: playerLb,
-                    visibleCellIds: visibility.VisibleCellIds,
-                    animatedEntityIds: animatedIds,
-                    set: AcDream.App.Rendering.Wb.WbDrawDispatcher.EntitySet.IndoorPass);
-
-                // 5. Stencil-gated outdoor pass.
-                _indoorStencilPipeline.EnableOutdoorPass();
-
-                // 5a. Re-draw terrain — at portal-silhouette pixels only,
-                //     terrain Z (with the f48c74a -0.01 nudge) wins over the
-                //     punched 1.0 depth. Color writes through window.
-                _terrain?.Draw(camera, frustum, neverCullLandblockId: playerLb);
-
-                // 5b. Outdoor scenery — same stencil gating.
-                _wbDrawDispatcher!.Draw(camera, _worldState.LandblockEntries, frustum,
-                    neverCullLandblockId: playerLb,
-                    visibleCellIds: visibility.VisibleCellIds,
-                    animatedEntityIds: animatedIds,
-                    set: AcDream.App.Rendering.Wb.WbDrawDispatcher.EntitySet.OutdoorScenery);
-
-                // 6. Stencil OFF — live dynamic entities draw freely with
-                //    depth test only (no stencil clipping).
-                _indoorStencilPipeline.DisableStencil();
-
-                _wbDrawDispatcher!.Draw(camera, _worldState.LandblockEntries, frustum,
-                    neverCullLandblockId: playerLb,
-                    visibleCellIds: visibility.VisibleCellIds,
-                    animatedEntityIds: animatedIds,
-                    set: AcDream.App.Rendering.Wb.WbDrawDispatcher.EntitySet.LiveDynamic);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                if (AcDream.Core.Rendering.RenderingDiagnostics.ProbeVisibilityEnabled)
-                    Console.WriteLine("[vis] branch=outdoor");
-                // Outdoor path — unchanged from pre-A8: single dispatcher call
-                // walks every entity with default EntitySet.All partition.
-                _wbDrawDispatcher!.Draw(camera, _worldState.LandblockEntries, frustum,
-                    neverCullLandblockId: playerLb,
-                    visibleCellIds: visibility?.VisibleCellIds,
-                    animatedEntityIds: animatedIds);
-            }
+            // N.5: WbDrawDispatcher is always non-null (modern path mandatory).
+            _wbDrawDispatcher!.Draw(camera, _worldState.LandblockEntries, frustum,
+                neverCullLandblockId: playerLb,
+                visibleCellIds: visibility?.VisibleCellIds,
+                animatedEntityIds: animatedIds);
 
             // Phase G.1 / E.3: draw all live particles after opaque
             // scene geometry so alpha blending composites correctly.
@@ -10607,7 +10533,6 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
         _liveSession = null;
         _audioEngine?.Dispose();  // Phase E.2: stop all voices, close AL context
         _wbDrawDispatcher?.Dispose();
-        _indoorStencilPipeline?.Dispose();
         _skyRenderer?.Dispose();      // depends on sampler cache; dispose first
         _samplerCache?.Dispose();
         _textureCache?.Dispose();