diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/DollCamera.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/DollCamera.cs
index b2ba8ff4..c1616bfe 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/DollCamera.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/DollCamera.cs
@@ -3,21 +3,26 @@ using System.Numerics;
 namespace AcDream.App.Rendering;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Fixed camera for the paperdoll mini-scene. Eye and look-at from
-/// <c>gmPaperDollUI::PostInit</c> (decomp lines 175521–175527):
-/// eye (0.12, -2.4, 0.88) looking at the origin, AC up-axis = +Z.
+/// Fixed camera for the paperdoll mini-scene. Derived from <c>gmPaperDollUI::PostInit</c>
+/// (decomp lines 175521–175527: eye offset ~(0.12, -2.4, 0.88) about the origin), but with the
+/// look-at raised to mid-body and the camera pulled back after the first visual gate: the doll's
+/// model origin is at the FEET (z=0), so aiming at the origin framed only the lower legs. We aim
+/// at ~0.95 m (a human's vertical centre) and stand back ~3.7 m so the whole ~1.9 m figure fits.
+/// AC up-axis = +Z.
 ///
 /// Uses the same <see cref="Matrix4x4.CreateLookAt"/> /
 /// <see cref="Matrix4x4.CreatePerspectiveFieldOfView"/> convention as
 /// <see cref="ChaseCamera"/> so the doll's triangle winding and back-face
 /// culling match the world render pass.
 ///
-/// Per-race camera distance (<c>UpdateForRace</c>) is deferred polish.
+/// Exact per-race camera framing (<c>UpdateForRace</c>) is deferred polish.
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class DollCamera : ICamera
 {
-    private static readonly Vector3 Eye    = new(0.12f, -2.4f, 0.88f);
-    private static readonly Vector3 Target = Vector3.Zero;
+    // Body centre height (metres) the camera aims at — model origin is at the feet (z=0).
+    private const float BodyCentreZ = 0.95f;
+    private static readonly Vector3 Eye    = new(0.12f, -3.7f, BodyCentreZ);
+    private static readonly Vector3 Target = new(0f, 0f, BodyCentreZ);
     private static readonly Vector3 Up     = Vector3.UnitZ;   // AC up-axis = +Z, same as ChaseCamera
 
     /// <summary>Vertical field of view in radians. ~34° default; tune at the visual gate.</summary>
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index 860568d6..c36f3d1b 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -2261,7 +2261,8 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                     sendWield: (item, mask) => _liveSession?.SendGetAndWieldItem(item, mask),
                     // Empty equip slots show a visible frame (same square as the inventory grid) so every
                     // slot position is seen + usable; the live 3D character (the doll) is Slice 2.
-                    emptySlotSprite: contentsEmpty);
+                    emptySlotSprite: contentsEmpty,
+                    datFont: vitalsDatFont);   // Slice 2: caption the "Slots" toggle button
 
                 // Slice 2: capture the doll viewport widget (Type 0xD, element 0x100001D5) + the inventory
                 // frame so the per-frame pre-UI hook can render the 3-D doll into the widget's texture only
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/PaperdollController.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/PaperdollController.cs
index 82c47758..77d5f9c4 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/PaperdollController.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/PaperdollController.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public sealed class PaperdollController : IItemListDragHandler
     private PaperdollController(
         ImportedLayout layout, ClientObjectTable objects, Func<uint> playerGuid,
         Func<ItemType, uint, uint, uint, uint, uint> iconIds, Action<uint, uint>? sendWield,
-        uint emptySlotSprite)
+        uint emptySlotSprite, UiDatFont? datFont)
     {
         _objects = objects; _playerGuid = playerGuid; _iconIds = iconIds; _sendWield = sendWield;
 
@@ -117,8 +117,27 @@ public sealed class PaperdollController : IItemListDragHandler
 
         _dollViewport = layout.FindElement(0x100001D5u);   // doll viewport (may be null until Slice 3)
 
-        if (layout.FindElement(0x100005BEu) is UiButton slotsBtn)
+        var slotsBtnEl = layout.FindElement(0x100005BEu);
+        if (slotsBtnEl is UiButton slotsBtn)
+        {
             slotsBtn.OnClick = () => { _viewState.Toggle(); ApplyView(); };
+            // The dat element has no face sprite, so without a label the button is invisible. Give it a
+            // "Slots" caption (gold, like the chat Send button) so it's findable + clickable.
+            if (datFont is not null)
+            {
+                slotsBtn.Label      = "Slots";
+                slotsBtn.LabelFont  = datFont;
+                slotsBtn.LabelColor = new System.Numerics.Vector4(1f, 0.92f, 0.72f, 1f);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Slice 2 diagnostic (temporary): confirm the importer surfaced the toggle button + doll
+        // viewport, and WHERE the button sits. Stripped once the toggle is visually confirmed.
+        Console.WriteLine($"[Slice2-paperdoll] armorSlots={_armorSlots.Count}/9 " +
+            $"viewport={_dollViewport?.GetType().Name ?? "MISSING"} " +
+            $"slotsButton={slotsBtnEl?.GetType().Name ?? "MISSING"} " +
+            $"btnRect=({slotsBtnEl?.Left ?? -1},{slotsBtnEl?.Top ?? -1},{slotsBtnEl?.Width ?? -1},{slotsBtnEl?.Height ?? -1}) " +
+            $"btnVisible={slotsBtnEl?.Visible.ToString() ?? "n/a"}");
 
         ApplyView();   // initial state = doll-view (armor slots hidden)
 
@@ -128,8 +147,8 @@ public sealed class PaperdollController : IItemListDragHandler
     public static PaperdollController Bind(
         ImportedLayout layout, ClientObjectTable objects, Func<uint> playerGuid,
         Func<ItemType, uint, uint, uint, uint, uint> iconIds, Action<uint, uint>? sendWield = null,
-        uint emptySlotSprite = 0u)
-        => new PaperdollController(layout, objects, playerGuid, iconIds, sendWield, emptySlotSprite);
+        uint emptySlotSprite = 0u, UiDatFont? datFont = null)
+        => new PaperdollController(layout, objects, playerGuid, iconIds, sendWield, emptySlotSprite, datFont);
 
     private void OnObjectChanged(ClientObject o) { if (Concerns(o)) Populate(); }
     private void OnObjectMoved(ClientObject o, uint from, uint to)
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/DollCameraTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/DollCameraTests.cs
index c65afdfb..6a82af78 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/DollCameraTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/DollCameraTests.cs
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ namespace AcDream.App.Tests.Rendering;
 public class DollCameraTests
 {
     [Fact]
-    public void Eye_position_is_the_retail_camera_offset()
+    public void Eye_position_frames_the_doll_from_the_front()
     {
         var cam = new DollCamera { Aspect = 100f / 214f };
         Assert.True(Matrix4x4.Invert(cam.View, out var inv));
         var eye = inv.Translation;
+        // Tuned at the visual gate: aim at mid-body (z≈0.95) and stand back ~3.7 m so the whole
+        // figure fits (model origin is at the feet, so aiming at the origin framed only the legs).
         Assert.Equal(0.12f, eye.X, 3);
-        Assert.Equal(-2.4f, eye.Y, 3);
-        Assert.Equal(0.88f, eye.Z, 3);
+        Assert.Equal(-3.7f, eye.Y, 3);
+        Assert.Equal(0.95f, eye.Z, 3);
     }
 
     [Fact]