# User in-game observations — 2026-08-02 (~15:40, during the F4 diagnostic run)

Axioms per the retail-oracle rule. User will do a full test session once
the current work passes; these are the pre-session signals.

1. AIRBORNE-WHILE-STANDING (severe, flip-suspect): repeated
   "[System] You can't do that while in the air!" +
   "You can't do that. (error 0x042C)" x4 + one "WeenieError 0x001D" when
   trying to cast while standing still. Suspect: the conductor placement
   path lacks the legacy spawn path's #270 settle sweep (contact from the
   compressed first gravity frame) -> outbound contact state says
   airborne. Routed to F4 as a lead (unified-hypothesis check); if F4's
   stuck item is not the player, this becomes its own slice (F5) BEFORE
   the C3c commit — casting is core gameplay and blocks the smoke test.
2. MATERIALIZATION HAZE RE-FIRING while standing still (flip-suspect):
   purple haze re-triggers around the character. Plausibly the visible
   face of the soak's pendingPublications=1 stuck item if that item is
   the local player. Routed to F4.
3. NO SLIDE ALONG IMPASSABLE SLOPES: walking into too-steep terrain does
   not glide laterally. Likely pre-existing open issue #269 (Campaign P
   slope-slide residual). Verify pre-existence during the review/closeout;
   do not fold into C3c unless evidence says the flip changed it.
4. /ls DOES NOT WORK: unclear which command surface (chat slash command?).
   Triage at the session; low priority.

Review-focus implication: retail reviewer must verify the flip preserves
the legacy spawn path's contact seeding (#270) semantics; adversarial
reviewer must verify the placement publication for the local player
actually completes and is reaped.