# Campaign CH — in-client user test script

One connected session against local ACE, retail GUI (`ACDREAM_RETAIL_UI=1`).
For the color checks, running the retail client side-by-side is ideal but
optional — the hex values are byte-verified; what needs eyes is "does it
FEEL right".

## 1. On-screen interface text (CH2 — the SpewBox)

- Jump, and press jump again while airborne → **"You can't jump while in
  the air"** appears as transient text near the top of the viewport, NOT
  in the chat window. Chat gets no line at all.
- Spam it 5+ times fast: the line refreshes in place (no stacking of
  identical text); distinct refusals stack newest-on-top, max 4 lines.
- Try `@version` → its output goes to CHAT (green), not the SpewBox.
- **Report presentation impressions**: position, color, and how long lines
  linger are placeholders pending measurement (register AP-177/AP-178) —
  say what looks wrong vs your retail memory.

## 2. Chat colors (CH1)

Side-by-side vs retail if possible:

- Say something → white. Emote (`:waves` works now) → grey.
- Tell someone → your "You tell ..." line is DARK yellow (210,210,100);
  an incoming tell is BRIGHT yellow.
- Magic self-cast lines → light blue. Combat: damage you take → salmon,
  damage you deal → dark red.
- `@version` / `@loc` output → green (retail types command output 0x00).
- Fellowship chat (if you form one) → bright yellow.

## 3. Side channels (CH3)

- `/general hi` → round-trips (ACE echoes it back; blue-grey color).
  Same for `/trade`, `/lfg`.
- Roleplay: with "Hear Roleplay Chat" OFF (the ACE default), sending to
  Roleplay → **"You are not listening to the Roleplay channel!"** and
  nothing is sent. Enable it in Settings → Chat → ACE reports entering
  the channel; sending now works. (`@join roleplay` / `@leave roleplay`
  also flip it, effective immediately.)
- Legacy family single-print: `/f hi` (in a fellowship) shows ONE line,
  not two. Same for /v /p /m /cv if you have the allegiance structure.
- `/a hi` without an allegiance → refusal, not a silent drop.

## 4. Commands (CH4)

- `:waves` and `;waves` → emote. `@f, hi` (trailing comma) works.
- `@t Two Word Name, hello` → comma splits the name (needs an alt with a
  multi-word name to fully verify).
- `@g hi` → goes to FELLOWSHIP (not the global General room!). Without a
  fellowship expect a server-side error — the important thing is it does
  NOT broadcast globally.
- `@allegiance boot Bob` → "Please see @help Allegiance for more
  information..." locally; nothing broadcast, nothing sent.
- `@house abandon` → TWO confirmation dialogs. **Decline** (unless you
  really want to abandon a house). Declining either stage sends nothing.
- `@mr` → help text only. `@clist general` → channel list from ACE.
- An unknown verb like `@somenonsense` → passes through to ACE (server
  answers, client does not swallow it).

## Known-open, do not report as new

- Ctrl+M mute chord (#358) — still broken, separate from this campaign.
- SpewBox lifetime/position/color are registered placeholders
  (AP-177/AP-178) pending a retail measurement session.
- Allegiance management subcommands print the help refusal instead of
  executing (#360); `@day`/`@log`/`@render` deferred (#361); four request
  commands send but responses aren't rendered yet (#362).