acdream/src/AcDream.Core/Physics/PhysicsEngine.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.Immutable;
using System.Numerics;
using AcDream.Core.Items;
using AcDream.Core.World.Cells;

namespace AcDream.Core.Physics;

internal readonly record struct TerrainWalkableSample(
    System.Numerics.Plane Plane,
    TerrainTriangleVertices Vertices,
    float WaterDepth,
    bool IsWater,
    uint CellId);

/// <summary>
/// Top-level physics resolver that combines <see cref="TerrainSurface"/> and
/// <see cref="CellSurface"/> to resolve entity movement with step-height
/// enforcement and outdoor/indoor cell transitions.
///
/// <para>
/// Landblocks are registered via <see cref="AddLandblock"/> with their
/// terrain, indoor cells, and world-space offsets.
/// <see cref="ResolveWithTransition"/> takes a current position, a target
/// position, the entity's current cell ID, and the mover's sphere/step
/// parameters; it returns the validated new position, the updated cell ID,
/// and whether the entity is standing on a surface. C5a (2026-08-05): the
/// legacy zero-delta <c>Resolve</c> snap this paragraph used to cite is
/// gone — canonical placement now flows through <c>SetPosition</c> (Core)
/// / <c>PreparePositionForCommit</c> + <c>ArmConstraintLeashAtCommittedPlacement</c>
/// (Runtime), both of which settle through this same sphere-sweep resolver.
/// </para>
/// </summary>
public sealed class PhysicsEngine
{
    private CollisionWorldStateSlot _collisionWorld;
    private Dictionary<uint, LandblockPhysics> _landblocks =>
        _collisionWorld.Current.Landblocks;
    private List<uint> _landblockSlots =>
        _collisionWorld.Current.LandblockSlots;
    private Dictionary<uint, int> _landblockIndices =>
        _collisionWorld.Current.LandblockIndices;
    private Stack<int> _landblockFreeSlots =>
        _collisionWorld.Current.LandblockFreeSlots;
    private readonly TransitionScratchArena? _transitionScratch;

    // #280 (D6): reusable landblock-prefix scratch for
    // IsNeighborhoodTerrainResident. Physics is single-threaded per engine and
    // this method is a leaf, so one instance-owned set is safe and keeps the
    // per-frame reveal gate allocation-free.
    private readonly HashSet<uint> _terrainResidencyScratch = new();

    public PhysicsEngine()
        : this(reuseTransitionScratch: true)
    {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Test seam for fresh-versus-reused transition differential evidence.
    /// Production always uses the public constructor and owns one retail-shaped
    /// scratch arena.
    /// </summary>
    internal PhysicsEngine(bool reuseTransitionScratch)
    {
        _collisionWorld = new CollisionWorldStateSlot();
        ShadowObjects = new ShadowObjectRegistry(_collisionWorld);
        _transitionScratch = reuseTransitionScratch
            ? new TransitionScratchArena()
            : null;
    }

    private Transition RentTransition()
        => _transitionScratch?.Rent() ?? new Transition();

    private void ReturnTransition(Transition transition)
        => _transitionScratch?.Return(transition);

    /// <summary>Number of registered landblocks (diagnostic).</summary>
    public int LandblockCount => _landblocks.Count;

    internal CollisionWorldStateSlot CollisionWorld => _collisionWorld;

    /// <summary>
    /// Optional high-volume collision trace sink. Production leaves this
    /// unset; focused diagnostic gates may opt in explicitly.
    /// </summary>
    public Action<string>? DiagnosticLog { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Deterministic test seam for the retail per-cell dispatcher. Production
    /// leaves this null. Tests may observe a completed phase and substitute its
    /// returned state to prove retry/order semantics without geometry-specific
    /// response coupling.
    /// </summary>
    internal Func<
        Transition,
        TransitionCellCollisionPhase,
        uint,
        TransitionState,
        TransitionState>? TransitionCellCollisionTestHook { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Deterministic seam for retail <c>Random::RollDice(-1, 1)</c> used by
    /// SetPosition scatter. Values are expected in [0,1); production uses the
    /// process RNG and tests inject a fixed sequence.
    /// </summary>
    internal Func<double> SetPositionRandomUnit { get; set; } =
        Random.Shared.NextDouble;

    /// <summary>
    /// True once the landblock covering <paramref name="cellOrLandblockId"/> has had its
    /// terrain + cells registered via <see cref="AddLandblock"/>. Accepts a canonical
    /// (0xFFFF) id, a cell-resolved id, or a bare landblock id — compares on the high 16
    /// bits. This is the teleport "worldReady" gate (the destination is grounded).
    /// </summary>
    public bool IsLandblockTerrainResident(uint cellOrLandblockId)
    {
        uint prefix = cellOrLandblockId & 0xFFFF0000u;
        foreach ((uint key, _) in _landblocks)
            if ((key & 0xFFFF0000u) == prefix) return true;
        return false;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// True once EVERY in-bounds landblock within Chebyshev <paramref name="radius"/> of the
    /// landblock covering <paramref name="cellOrLandblockId"/> has had its terrain registered.
    /// This is the teleport "surroundings are loaded" gate: holding the fade until the player's
    /// own landblock AND its immediate neighbours are resident means they arrive standing on a
    /// loaded, collidable world (their cell-walk can root into neighbour cells) instead of a
    /// single landblock floating in the void. Off-map neighbours (coords outside 0..254) are
    /// skipped — they never load, so requiring them would hang the hold until the wall-clock
    /// timeout. radius 0 is equivalent to <see cref="IsLandblockTerrainResident"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public bool IsNeighborhoodTerrainResident(uint cellOrLandblockId, int radius)
    {
        // #280 (D6): this runs every frame for the whole duration of a reveal
        // hold, and the hold's radius is now the streaming Far radius (12 at
        // the shipped High preset = 625 ring members) instead of 1. Building a
        // fresh HashSet per call would allocate on every frame of every hold,
        // against Slice I1's 0 B standard. The scratch set is owned by this
        // engine, cleared and refilled in place, so a warmed call allocates
        // nothing; the prefix-masked membership semantics are unchanged
        // (callers register landblocks under canonical, cell-resolved, or bare
        // ids and this gate has always compared on the high 16 bits).
        HashSet<uint> resident = _terrainResidencyScratch;
        resident.Clear();
        foreach ((uint key, _) in _landblocks)
            resident.Add(key & 0xFFFF0000u);

        int cx = (int)((cellOrLandblockId >> 24) & 0xFFu);
        int cy = (int)((cellOrLandblockId >> 16) & 0xFFu);
        for (int dx = -radius; dx <= radius; dx++)
            for (int dy = -radius; dy <= radius; dy++)
            {
                int nx = cx + dx, ny = cy + dy;
                if (nx < 0 || nx > 254 || ny < 0 || ny > 254) continue;   // off-map: skip
                uint prefix = ((uint)nx << 24) | ((uint)ny << 16);
                if (!resident.Contains(prefix)) return false;
            }
        return true;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Cell-based spatial index for static object collision.
    /// Populated during landblock streaming; queried by the Transition system.
    /// </summary>
    public ShadowObjectRegistry ShadowObjects { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Physics BSP cache shared with the streaming loader. Set once by the
    /// host (GameWindow) immediately after construction. The Transition system
    /// reads this during FindObjCollisionsInCell to perform narrow-phase BSP
    /// tests. BR-7: propagated into <see cref="ShadowObjects"/> so the
    /// registration-side flood (<see cref="CellTransit.BuildShadowCellSet"/>)
    /// can traverse cells + buildings.
    /// </summary>
    public PhysicsDataCache? DataCache
    {
        get => _dataCache;
        set
        {
            if (value is not null
                && !ReferenceEquals(_collisionWorld, value.CollisionWorld))
            {
                if (ShadowObjects.TotalRegistered != 0)
                {
                    throw new InvalidOperationException(
                        "A populated physics engine cannot change collision roots.");
                }
                // Legacy/test construction commonly installs terrain before
                // attaching its first cache. Preserve that one-time ordering
                // without permitting a live populated root swap: move only
                // the engine-owned landblock index into the still-private
                // cache root, then bind the stable facades.
                if (_dataCache is null && _landblocks.Count != 0)
                    CopyDetachedLandblocksTo(value.CollisionWorld);
                else if (_landblocks.Count != 0)
                    throw new InvalidOperationException(
                        "A populated physics engine cannot change collision roots.");
                _collisionWorld = value.CollisionWorld;
                ShadowObjects.AttachCollisionWorld(_collisionWorld);
            }
            _dataCache = value;
            ShadowObjects.DataCache = value;
        }
    }
    private PhysicsDataCache? _dataCache;

    private void CopyDetachedLandblocksTo(
        CollisionWorldStateSlot destinationSlot)
    {
        CollisionWorldState source = _collisionWorld.Current;
        CollisionWorldState destination = destinationSlot.Current;
        if (destination.Landblocks.Count != 0
            || destination.LandblockSlots.Count != 0
            || destination.LandblockIndices.Count != 0
            || destination.LandblockFreeSlots.Count != 0)
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException(
                "A cache collision root already owns engine landblocks.");
        }
        foreach ((uint landblockId, LandblockPhysics landblock) in
                 source.Landblocks)
        {
            destination.Landblocks.Add(landblockId, landblock);
        }
        destination.LandblockSlots.AddRange(source.LandblockSlots);
        foreach ((uint landblockId, int slot) in source.LandblockIndices)
            destination.LandblockIndices.Add(landblockId, slot);
        int[] freeSlots = source.LandblockFreeSlots.ToArray();
        for (int index = freeSlots.Length - 1; index >= 0; index--)
            destination.LandblockFreeSlots.Push(freeSlots[index]);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// AP-129 (Campaign P Slice P4 review fix, 2026-07-30): optional live
    /// weenie-object table, consulted ONLY by
    /// <see cref="Transition.FindEnvCollisions"/>'s entry-restriction gate to
    /// resolve a cell's <c>RestrictionObj</c> into its owner/guest-list data
    /// (retail <c>ACCWeenieObject::CanMoveInto</c>). Mirrors the
    /// <see cref="DataCache"/> pattern: nullable, settable, defaults null so
    /// every existing test/one-shot caller is unaffected. An unset table
    /// makes a restricted cell fail CLOSED — exactly retail's own fallback
    /// when the restriction weenie can't be resolved — so production MUST
    /// wire this to the live table for the fix to actually admit anyone.
    /// </summary>
    private ClientObjectTable? _objects;
    private ulong _objectsBindingRevision;

    public ClientObjectTable? Objects
    {
        get => _objects;
        set
        {
            if (ReferenceEquals(_objects, value))
                return;
            _objects = value;
            _objectsBindingRevision = checked(_objectsBindingRevision + 1UL);
        }
    }

    internal ulong ObjectsBindingRevision => _objectsBindingRevision;

    internal sealed record LandblockPhysics(
        TerrainSurface Terrain,
        IReadOnlyList<CellSurface> Cells,
        IReadOnlyList<PortalPlane> Portals,
        float WorldOffsetX,
        float WorldOffsetY);

    /// <summary>
    /// Creates the empty off-side staging root for one landblock collision
    /// generation. O3 (2026-08-02): admission no longer materializes a clone
    /// of the resident world — the staging root holds ONLY the target
    /// landblock's authored content and the commit installs it into the
    /// active root as a per-landblock delta whose owner refloods run against
    /// the live world (retail <c>CObjCell::init_objects</c> 0x0052B420 →
    /// <c>CPhysicsObj::recalc_cross_cells</c> 0x00515A30).
    /// </summary>
    internal CollisionStagingBuilder CreateCollisionStagingBuilder(
        uint targetLandblockId)
    {
        _ = targetLandblockId;
        PhysicsDataCache activeCache = DataCache
            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
                "Active collision engine has no data cache.");
        return new CollisionStagingBuilder(this, activeCache);
    }

    internal LandblockReplacementBuilder CreateLandblockReplacementBuilder(
        PhysicsEngine staging,
        uint landblockId,
        uint[] gfxObjectIds,
        uint[] setupIds,
        IReadOnlyList<uint> expectedRetainedOwners)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(staging);
        uint canonical = (landblockId & 0xFFFF0000u) | 0xFFFFu;
        if (!staging._landblocks.TryGetValue(
                canonical,
                out LandblockPhysics? landblock))
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException(
                $"Staging collision generation has no landblock 0x{canonical:X8}.");
        }
        PhysicsDataCache stagingCache = staging.DataCache
            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
                "Staging collision engine has no data cache.");
        return new LandblockReplacementBuilder(
            canonical,
            landblock,
            staging,
            (DataCache ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
                "Active collision engine has no data cache."))
                .CreateLandblockReplacementBuilder(
                stagingCache,
                canonical,
                gfxObjectIds,
                setupIds),
            ShadowObjects.CreateLandblockReplacementBuilder(
                staging.ShadowObjects,
                canonical,
                expectedRetainedOwners));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Publishes one sealed landblock replacement into the ACTIVE collision
    /// root as a per-landblock delta drained in this one synchronous
    /// update-thread call — the O2 (2026-08-02) restoration of be94bc9b's
    /// O(changed) commit, replacing the whole-root
    /// <c>CollisionWorldStateSlot.TransferTo</c> swap. Retail hydrates one
    /// cell synchronously and refloods the objects associated with it
    /// (<c>CObjCell::init_objects</c> 0x0052B420 →
    /// <c>CPhysicsObj::recalc_cross_cells</c> 0x00515A30); the streaming
    /// analogue is one landblock delta applied atomically with respect to
    /// every reader (the runtime is single-threaded and the caller holds the
    /// prefix quiescence permission). Owner rows install from the sealed
    /// staging registry, which the seal keeps exactly current.
    /// </summary>
    internal void CommitLandblockReplacement(
        PreparedPhysicsEngineLandblock replacement)
    {
        PhysicsDataCache activeCache = DataCache
            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
                "Active collision engine has no data cache.");
        PhysicsDataCache stagingCache = replacement.Staging.DataCache
            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
                "Staging collision engine has no data cache.");
        ShadowObjectRegistry stagingShadows = replacement.Staging.ShadowObjects;
        CollisionWorldState active = activeCache.CollisionWorld.Current;

        // Rows in retired target cells belong exclusively to owners in the
        // sealed owner list (every owner with target-prefix rows is captured
        // there), so dropping the retired cells' row lists first can never
        // discard a row the owner installs below.
        PreparedPhysicsDataCacheLandblock data = replacement.DataCache;
        for (int index = 0; index < data.CellIdsToRemove.Count; index++)
            active.ShadowCells.Remove(data.CellIdsToRemove[index]);
        IReadOnlyList<uint> envCellRemovals =
            data.CellGraph.EnvCellIdsToRemove;
        for (int index = 0; index < envCellRemovals.Count; index++)
            active.ShadowCells.Remove(envCellRemovals[index]);

        using (LandblockReplacementApplyCursor cursor =
            CreateLandblockReplacementApplyCursor(replacement))
        {
            while (true)
            {
                LandblockReplacementApplyStep step = cursor.Advance();
                if (step.HasOwner)
                {
                    // O3 (2026-08-02): retail's per-cell hydration suffix —
                    // adopt each staged owner and recalculate its cross-cells
                    // against the live post-delta world, retire the outgoing
                    // generation's authored statics, and re-run the flood for
                    // retained live owners touching the replaced landblock
                    // (CObjCell::init_objects 0x0052B420 →
                    // CPhysicsObj::recalc_cross_cells 0x00515A30).
                    ShadowObjects.ApplyCommittedOwnerReplacement(
                        stagingShadows,
                        step.OwnerId,
                        replacement.LandblockId);
                }
                if (step.Completed)
                    break;
            }
        }

        // Retail init_objects refloods every object associated with the
        // hydrated cell at hydration time. Owners that became associated with
        // the target after the sealed capture (a mover entering the prefix
        // mid-publication) are in the live prefix-owner slots but not the
        // sealed list; recalculate their cross-cells here too.
        ShadowObjects.RefloodPrefixOwnersAfterReplacement(
            replacement.LandblockId,
            replacement.Shadows.OwnerIds);

        // The staging root no longer becomes the active root, but a committed
        // preparation must still lose its private world exactly as TransferTo
        // revoked it.
        stagingCache.CollisionWorld.Revoke();
    }

    internal LandblockReplacementApplyCursor
        CreateLandblockReplacementApplyCursor(
            PreparedPhysicsEngineLandblock replacement) =>
        new(this, replacement);

    internal readonly record struct LandblockReplacementApplyStep(
        bool Completed,
        bool Worked,
        bool HasOwner,
        uint OwnerId);

    /// <summary>
    /// Applies one sealed landblock delta to the active collision root. Each
    /// advance mutates at most one dictionary leaf, one synthesized outdoor
    /// cell, or yields one logical shadow owner to the committing caller.
    /// <see cref="CommitLandblockReplacement"/> drains it in one synchronous
    /// update-thread call.
    /// </summary>
    internal sealed class LandblockReplacementApplyCursor : IDisposable
    {
        private readonly PhysicsEngine _destinationEngine;
        private readonly PhysicsDataCache _destinationCache;
        private readonly CollisionWorldState _destination;
        private readonly PreparedPhysicsEngineLandblock _replacement;
        private int _phase;
        private int _index;

        internal LandblockReplacementApplyCursor(
            PhysicsEngine destination,
            PreparedPhysicsEngineLandblock replacement)
        {
            _destinationEngine = destination;
            _destinationCache = destination.DataCache
                ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
                    "Collision engine has no data cache.");
            _destination = _destinationCache.CollisionWorld.Capture();
            _replacement = replacement;
        }

        internal uint LandblockId => _replacement.LandblockId;

        internal LandblockReplacementApplyStep Advance()
        {
            PreparedPhysicsDataCacheLandblock data = _replacement.DataCache;
            PreparedCellGraphLandblock graph = data.CellGraph;
            while (true)
            {
                switch (_phase)
                {
                    case 0:
                        if (_index < data.CellIdsToRemove.Count)
                        {
                            _destination.RemoveCellStruct(
                                data.CellIdsToRemove[_index++]);
                            return Worked();
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 1:
                        if (_index < data.Cells.Count)
                        {
                            KeyValuePair<uint, CellPhysics> pair =
                                data.Cells[_index++];
                            _destination.SetCellStruct(pair.Key, pair.Value);
                            return Worked();
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 2:
                        if (_index < data.FlatCellIdsToRemove.Count)
                        {
                            _destination.RemoveFlatCellStruct(
                                data.FlatCellIdsToRemove[_index++]);
                            return Worked();
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 3:
                        if (_index < data.FlatCells.Count)
                        {
                            KeyValuePair<uint, FlatCellStructureCollisionAsset>
                                pair = data.FlatCells[_index++];
                            _destination.SetFlatCellStruct(pair.Key, pair.Value);
                            return Worked();
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 4:
                        if (_index < data.FlatEnvCellIdsToRemove.Count)
                        {
                            _destination.RemoveFlatEnvCell(
                                data.FlatEnvCellIdsToRemove[_index++]);
                            return Worked();
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 5:
                        if (_index < data.FlatEnvCells.Count)
                        {
                            KeyValuePair<uint, FlatEnvCellTopology> pair =
                                data.FlatEnvCells[_index++];
                            _destination.SetFlatEnvCell(pair.Key, pair.Value);
                            return Worked();
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 6:
                        if (_index < data.BuildingIdsToRemove.Count)
                        {
                            _destination.RemoveBuilding(
                                data.BuildingIdsToRemove[_index++]);
                            return Worked();
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 7:
                        if (_index < data.Buildings.Count)
                        {
                            KeyValuePair<uint, BuildingPhysics> pair =
                                data.Buildings[_index++];
                            _destination.SetBuilding(pair.Key, pair.Value);
                            return Worked();
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 8:
                        if (_index < graph.EnvCellIdsToRemove.Count)
                        {
                            _destination.RemoveEnvCell(
                                graph.EnvCellIdsToRemove[_index++]);
                            return Worked();
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 9:
                        if (graph.HasTerrain)
                        {
                            if (_index == 0)
                            {
                                _destination.Terrain[graph.LandblockPrefix] =
                                    graph.Terrain!;
                                _index++;
                                return Worked();
                            }
                            if (_index <= 0x40)
                            {
                                uint low = (uint)_index++;
                                CellGraphTerrain terrain = graph.Terrain!;
                                int cellIndex = (int)(low - 1u);
                                uint id = graph.LandblockPrefix | low;
                                _destination.OutdoorCells[id] =
                                    LandCell.Synthesize(
                                        id,
                                        terrain.Terrain,
                                        terrain.Origin,
                                        cellIndex / 8,
                                        cellIndex % 8);
                                return Worked();
                            }
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            if (_index == 0)
                            {
                                _destination.Terrain.TryRemove(
                                    graph.LandblockPrefix,
                                    out _);
                                _index++;
                                return Worked();
                            }
                            if (_index <= 0x40)
                            {
                                uint low = (uint)_index++;
                                _destination.OutdoorCells.TryRemove(
                                    graph.LandblockPrefix | low,
                                    out _);
                                return Worked();
                            }
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 10:
                        if (_index < graph.EnvCells.Count)
                        {
                            KeyValuePair<uint, EnvCell> pair =
                                graph.EnvCells[_index++];
                            _destination.SetEnvCell(pair.Key, pair.Value);
                            return Worked();
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 11:
                        _destinationEngine.InstallLandblockClone(
                            _replacement.LandblockId,
                            _replacement.Landblock);
                        NextPhase();
                        return Worked();
                    case 12:
                        if (_index < _replacement.Shadows.OwnerIds.Count)
                        {
                            uint ownerId =
                                _replacement.Shadows.OwnerIds[_index++];
                            return new LandblockReplacementApplyStep(
                                Completed: false,
                                Worked: true,
                                HasOwner: true,
                                ownerId);
                        }
                        NextPhase();
                        continue;
                    case 13:
                        uint currentCellId =
                            _destinationCache.CellGraph.CurrCell?.Id ?? 0u;
                        if ((currentCellId & 0xFFFF0000u)
                            == graph.LandblockPrefix)
                        {
                            _destinationCache.CellGraph.CurrCell =
                                _destinationCache.CellGraph.GetVisible(
                                    currentCellId);
                        }
                        _phase++;
                        return new LandblockReplacementApplyStep(
                            Completed: true,
                            Worked: false,
                            HasOwner: false,
                            OwnerId: 0u);
                    default:
                        return new LandblockReplacementApplyStep(
                            Completed: true,
                            Worked: false,
                            HasOwner: false,
                            OwnerId: 0u);
                }
            }
        }

        private LandblockReplacementApplyStep Worked() => new(
            Completed: false,
            Worked: true,
            HasOwner: false,
            OwnerId: 0u);

        private void NextPhase()
        {
            _phase++;
            _index = 0;
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// O3 (2026-08-02): the empty off-side staging root for one landblock
    /// collision generation. The pre-O3 builder materialized a whole-world
    /// clone one leaf per host step; that clone existed only so the old
    /// whole-root activation swap and the staged retained-owner refloods had
    /// a complete world to stand on. With the per-landblock delta commit and
    /// commit-time refloods against the live world (retail
    /// <c>CObjCell::init_objects</c> 0x0052B420 →
    /// <c>CPhysicsObj::recalc_cross_cells</c> 0x00515A30), admission is O(1)
    /// and the staging root holds only the target landblock's authored
    /// content. Immutable GfxObj/Setup catalogs still read through to the
    /// active cache via the staging cache's read fallback.
    /// </summary>
    internal sealed class CollisionStagingBuilder : IDisposable
    {
        internal CollisionStagingBuilder(
            PhysicsEngine active,
            PhysicsDataCache activeCache)
        {
            var stagingSlot = new CollisionWorldStateSlot();
            StagingCache = activeCache.CreateEmptyCollisionStaging(stagingSlot);
            StagingEngine = new PhysicsEngine
            {
                DataCache = StagingCache,
                Objects = active.Objects,
            };
        }

        internal PhysicsDataCache StagingCache { get; }
        internal PhysicsEngine StagingEngine { get; }

        public void Dispose()
        {
        }
    }

    private void InstallLandblockClone(
        uint landblockId,
        LandblockPhysics landblock)
    {
        _landblocks[landblockId] = landblock;
        EnsureLandblockSlot(landblockId);
    }

    private void EnsureLandblockSlot(uint landblockId)
    {
        if (_landblockIndices.ContainsKey(landblockId))
            return;
        if (_landblockFreeSlots.TryPop(out int freeIndex))
        {
            _landblockSlots[freeIndex] = landblockId;
            _landblockIndices[landblockId] = freeIndex;
            return;
        }
        _landblockIndices[landblockId] = _landblockSlots.Count;
        _landblockSlots.Add(landblockId);
    }

    private void RemoveLandblockSlot(uint landblockId)
    {
        if (!_landblockIndices.Remove(landblockId, out int slotIndex))
            return;
        _landblockSlots[slotIndex] = 0u;
        _landblockFreeSlots.Push(slotIndex);
    }

    internal sealed class PreparedPhysicsEngineLandblock
    {
        internal PreparedPhysicsEngineLandblock(
            uint landblockId,
            LandblockPhysics landblock,
            PhysicsEngine staging,
            PreparedPhysicsDataCacheLandblock dataCache,
            ShadowObjectRegistry.PreparedLandblockShadowReplacement shadows)
        {
            LandblockId = landblockId;
            Landblock = landblock;
            Staging = staging;
            DataCache = dataCache;
            Shadows = shadows;
        }

        internal uint LandblockId { get; }
        internal LandblockPhysics Landblock { get; }
        internal PhysicsEngine Staging { get; }
        internal PreparedPhysicsDataCacheLandblock DataCache { get; }
        internal ShadowObjectRegistry.PreparedLandblockShadowReplacement Shadows { get; }
    }

    internal sealed class LandblockReplacementBuilder : IDisposable
    {
        private readonly uint _landblockId;
        private readonly LandblockPhysics _landblock;
        private readonly PhysicsEngine _staging;
        private readonly PhysicsDataCache.LandblockReplacementBuilder _data;
        private readonly ShadowObjectRegistry.LandblockReplacementBuilder _shadows;
        private int _phase;

        internal LandblockReplacementBuilder(
            uint landblockId,
            LandblockPhysics landblock,
            PhysicsEngine staging,
            PhysicsDataCache.LandblockReplacementBuilder data,
            ShadowObjectRegistry.LandblockReplacementBuilder shadows)
        {
            _landblockId = landblockId;
            _landblock = landblock;
            _staging = staging;
            _data = data;
            _shadows = shadows;
        }

        internal int WorkUnits => _data.WorkUnits + _shadows.WorkUnits;
        internal PreparedPhysicsEngineLandblock? Prepared { get; private set; }

        internal void RefreshRetainedOwner(uint ownerId) =>
            _shadows.RefreshOwner(ownerId);

        internal bool Advance()
        {
            if (_phase == 0)
            {
                if (!_data.Advance())
                    return false;
                _phase++;
                return false;
            }
            if (_phase == 1)
            {
                if (!_shadows.Advance())
                    return false;
                if (_data.Prepared is not null
                    && _shadows.Prepared is not null)
                {
                        Prepared = new PreparedPhysicsEngineLandblock(
                            _landblockId,
                            _landblock,
                            _staging,
                        _data.Prepared,
                        _shadows.Prepared);
                }
                _phase++;
            }
            return true;
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            _data.Dispose();
            _shadows.Dispose();
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Register a landblock with its terrain surface, indoor cells, portal
    /// planes, and world-space origin offset.
    /// </summary>
    internal void AddLandblock(uint landblockId, TerrainSurface terrain,
        IReadOnlyList<CellSurface> cells, IReadOnlyList<PortalPlane> portals,
        float worldOffsetX, float worldOffsetY)
    {
        _landblocks[landblockId] = new LandblockPhysics(terrain, cells, portals, worldOffsetX, worldOffsetY);
        EnsureLandblockSlot(landblockId);

        // UCG Stage 1: mirror terrain into the unified graph (inert this stage).
        DataCache?.CellGraph.RegisterTerrain(landblockId, terrain, new Vector3(worldOffsetX, worldOffsetY, 0f));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Remove a previously registered landblock, including its shadow objects.
    /// </summary>
    internal void RemoveLandblock(uint landblockId)
    {
        _landblocks.Remove(landblockId);
        RemoveLandblockSlot(landblockId);
        ShadowObjects.DeregisterStaticOwnersForLandblock(landblockId);
        ShadowObjects.RemoveLandblock(landblockId);
        DataCache?.RemoveCellsForLandblock(landblockId);   // D8: rebase cell BSP transforms on next apply
        DataCache?.RemoveBuildingsForLandblock(landblockId);

        // #145: if the player's current cell belonged to the landblock being removed (a teleport
        // retires the stale source through StreamingOriginRecenterCoordinator and the presentation
        // pipeline), clear it. Otherwise CurrCell
        // dangles on an orphaned cell and the dungeon-streaming gate — keyed on CurrCell — keeps
        // streaming collapsed onto the gone landblock, so the destination never streams in and
        // only the skybox renders. Clearing it lets the gate read "not in a dungeon" → the
        // controller ExitDungeonExpands to the destination, and CurrCell re-acquires once the
        // destination landblock hydrates and the per-frame resolve roots into it.
        if (DataCache?.CellGraph is { } cg && cg.CurrCell is { } cur
            && (cur.Id & 0xFFFF0000u) == (landblockId & 0xFFFF0000u))
        {
            cg.CurrCell = null;
        }

        // UCG Stage 1: mirror removal into the unified graph (inert this stage).
        DataCache?.CellGraph.RemoveLandblock(landblockId);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Releases every collision landblock and retained shadow registration
    /// owned by this engine. Runtime calls this only at terminal disposal;
    /// ordinary streaming still uses the typed per-landblock retirement path.
    /// </summary>
    internal void Clear()
    {
        if (_landblocks.Count != 0)
        {
            var landblocks = new uint[_landblocks.Count];
            _landblocks.Keys.CopyTo(landblocks, 0);
            foreach (uint landblockId in landblocks)
                RemoveLandblock(landblockId);
        }

        // Dynamic live registrations can remain intentionally suspended with
        // no cell rows after their last landblock retires. Terminal engine
        // ownership must retire those logical registrations as well.
        ShadowObjects.Clear();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Retire a Near landblock's indoor-cell and static-object collision layer
    /// while preserving its terrain surface and world offset for Far-tier use.
    /// The corresponding render-side demotion preserves the terrain slot too.
    /// </summary>
    internal void DemoteLandblockToTerrain(uint landblockId)
    {
        uint canonical = (landblockId & 0xFFFF0000u) | 0xFFFFu;
        if (_landblocks.TryGetValue(canonical, out var landblock))
        {
            _landblocks[canonical] = landblock with
            {
                Cells = Array.Empty<CellSurface>(),
                Portals = Array.Empty<PortalPlane>(),
            };
        }

        // Static footprints can flood into adjacent landblocks. Retire them by
        // logical owner before removing rows by cell prefix, otherwise a mesh
        // demoted out of view can remain as invisible collision across a seam.
        ShadowObjects.DeregisterStaticOwnersForLandblock(canonical);
        ShadowObjects.RemoveLandblock(canonical);
        DataCache?.RemoveCellsForLandblock(canonical);
        DataCache?.RemoveBuildingsForLandblock(canonical);
        DataCache?.CellGraph.RemoveEnvCellsForLandblock(canonical);

        if (DataCache?.CellGraph is { } graph
            && graph.CurrCell is { } current
            && (current.Id & 0xFFFF0000u) == (canonical & 0xFFFF0000u)
            && (current.Id & 0xFFFFu) >= 0x0100u)
        {
            graph.CurrCell = null;
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Find the landblock that contains the given world-space XY position and
    /// return its ID plus world-space origin offsets. Returns false when no
    /// registered landblock covers the position.
    /// Used by Transition.FindObjCollisions to build the shadow-object query.
    /// </summary>
    public bool TryGetLandblockContext(float worldX, float worldY,
        out uint landblockId, out float worldOffsetX, out float worldOffsetY)
    {
        foreach (var kvp in _landblocks)
        {
            var lb = kvp.Value;
            float localX = worldX - lb.WorldOffsetX;
            float localY = worldY - lb.WorldOffsetY;
            if (localX >= 0f && localX < 192f && localY >= 0f && localY < 192f)
            {
                landblockId = kvp.Key;
                worldOffsetX = lb.WorldOffsetX;
                worldOffsetY = lb.WorldOffsetY;
                return true;
            }
        }
        landblockId = 0;
        worldOffsetX = 0f;
        worldOffsetY = 0f;
        return false;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Sample the outdoor terrain Z at the given world-space XY position.
    /// Searches all registered landblocks; returns null if no landblock covers the position.
    /// Used by Transition.FindEnvCollisions for terrain collision resolution.
    /// </summary>
    public float? SampleTerrainZ(float worldX, float worldY)
    {
        foreach (var kvp in _landblocks)
        {
            var lb = kvp.Value;
            float localX = worldX - lb.WorldOffsetX;
            float localY = worldY - lb.WorldOffsetY;
            if (localX >= 0f && localX < 192f && localY >= 0f && localY < 192f)
                return lb.Terrain.SampleZ(localX, localY);
        }
        return null;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Sample the per-point water depth at the given world-space XY
    /// (meters by which the character is allowed to sink below the
    /// contact plane — 0.9 on fully-flooded water cells, 0.45 on
    /// partial-water near a water corner, 0.1 on non-water corners of
    /// partial-water cells, 0 on dry cells). Matches ACE
    /// <c>ObjCell.get_water_depth</c>. Used by
    /// <see cref="Transition"/> to visually submerge characters in water
    /// without needing a separate water surface mesh.
    /// </summary>
    public float SampleWaterDepth(float worldX, float worldY)
    {
        foreach (var kvp in _landblocks)
        {
            var lb = kvp.Value;
            float localX = worldX - lb.WorldOffsetX;
            float localY = worldY - lb.WorldOffsetY;
            if (localX >= 0f && localX < 192f && localY >= 0f && localY < 192f)
                return lb.Terrain.SampleWaterDepth(localX, localY);
        }
        return 0f;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Sample the outdoor terrain plane (Z + sloped normal) at the given
    /// world-space XY position. The returned <see cref="System.Numerics.Plane"/>
    /// has the true terrain-triangle normal (NOT a flat <c>(0,0,1)</c>), and
    /// its <c>D</c> is set so the plane passes through the sampled point. Used
    /// by <see cref="Transition"/> to build a CORRECT contact plane — a flat
    /// plane breaks slope tracking because <c>AdjustOffset</c>'s projection
    /// onto a flat plane cannot impart the Z component that horizontal
    /// velocity needs to follow the slope.
    /// </summary>
    public System.Numerics.Plane? SampleTerrainPlane(float worldX, float worldY)
    {
        foreach (var kvp in _landblocks)
        {
            var lb = kvp.Value;
            float localX = worldX - lb.WorldOffsetX;
            float localY = worldY - lb.WorldOffsetY;
            if (localX >= 0f && localX < 192f && localY >= 0f && localY < 192f)
            {
                var (z, normal) = lb.Terrain.SampleSurface(localX, localY);
                // System.Numerics.Plane convention: dot(Normal, P) + D == 0
                // for points P on the plane. Pick P = (worldX, worldY, z).
                float d = -(normal.X * worldX + normal.Y * worldY + normal.Z * z);
                return new System.Numerics.Plane(normal, d);
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    // AD-10 (retired 2026-08-06): SampleTerrainNormal(worldX, worldY) lived
    // here. Its only caller was the remote tick's pre-sweep slope projection,
    // which was itself an extra copy of retail's in-sweep
    // CTransition::adjust_offset (0x0050a370). The lookup was XY-only and
    // Z-blind, so it answered with terrain even for a body on a bridge, in a
    // dungeon or on a roof. Nothing needs a bare terrain normal now; callers
    // that need a contact surface read the body's own committed ContactPlane,
    // which the resolve below publishes.

    /// <summary>
    /// Sample the outdoor terrain walkable triangle at the given world-space
    /// XY position. This carries the same plane as <see cref="SampleTerrainPlane"/>
    /// plus world-space triangle vertices for retail precipice-slide.
    /// </summary>
    internal TerrainWalkableSample? SampleTerrainWalkable(float worldX, float worldY)
    {
        foreach (var kvp in _landblocks)
        {
            var lb = kvp.Value;
            float localX = worldX - lb.WorldOffsetX;
            float localY = worldY - lb.WorldOffsetY;
            if (localX >= 0f && localX < 192f && localY >= 0f && localY < 192f)
                return BuildTerrainWalkableSample(kvp.Key, lb, localX, localY);
        }
        return null;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Samples only the fixed outdoor cell supplied to retail
    /// <c>CTransition::insert_into_cell</c>. The target point may move into a
    /// neighboring cell during a retry, but retail continues dispatching the
    /// captured <c>CObjCell*</c> until that inner call returns.
    /// </summary>
    internal TerrainWalkableSample? SampleTerrainWalkableInCell(
        uint cellId,
        float worldX,
        float worldY)
    {
        uint lowCellId = cellId & 0xFFFFu;
        if (lowCellId is < 1u or > 0x40u)
            return null;

        foreach (var kvp in _landblocks)
        {
            uint requestedPrefix = cellId & 0xFFFF0000u;
            if (requestedPrefix != 0u &&
                (kvp.Key & 0xFFFF0000u) != requestedPrefix)
                continue;

            LandblockPhysics lb = kvp.Value;
            float localX = worldX - lb.WorldOffsetX;
            float localY = worldY - lb.WorldOffsetY;
            if (requestedPrefix == 0u &&
                (localX < 0f || localX >= 192f ||
                 localY < 0f || localY >= 192f))
            {
                continue;
            }
            int cellIndex = (int)lowCellId - 1;
            int cellX = cellIndex / TerrainSurface.CellsPerSide;
            int cellY = cellIndex % TerrainSurface.CellsPerSide;
            float minX = cellX * TerrainSurface.CellSize;
            float minY = cellY * TerrainSurface.CellSize;
            float maxX = minX + TerrainSurface.CellSize;
            float maxY = minY + TerrainSurface.CellSize;

            if (localX < minX || localX >= maxX ||
                localY < minY || localY >= maxY)
            {
                return null;
            }

            return BuildTerrainWalkableSample(
                kvp.Key,
                lb,
                localX,
                localY);
        }

        return null;
    }

    private static TerrainWalkableSample BuildTerrainWalkableSample(
        uint landblockId,
        LandblockPhysics landblock,
        float localX,
        float localY)
    {
        TerrainSurfacePolygon sample = landblock.Terrain.SampleSurfacePolygon(
            localX,
            localY);
        var vertices = new TerrainTriangleVertices(
            OffsetTerrainVertex(sample.Vertices.V0, landblock),
            OffsetTerrainVertex(sample.Vertices.V1, landblock),
            OffsetTerrainVertex(sample.Vertices.V2, landblock));

        Vector3 normal = sample.Normal;
        float d = -Vector3.Dot(normal, vertices[0]);
        var plane = new System.Numerics.Plane(normal, d);

        float waterDepth = landblock.Terrain.SampleWaterDepth(localX, localY);
        bool isWater = waterDepth >= 0.45f;
        uint lowCellId = landblock.Terrain.ComputeOutdoorCellId(localX, localY);
        uint fullCellId = (landblockId & 0xFFFF0000u) | lowCellId;

        return new TerrainWalkableSample(
            plane,
            vertices,
            waterDepth,
            isWater,
            fullCellId);
    }

    private static Vector3 OffsetTerrainVertex(Vector3 vertex, LandblockPhysics landblock)
        => new(
            vertex.X + landblock.WorldOffsetX,
            vertex.Y + landblock.WorldOffsetY,
            vertex.Z);

    /// <summary>
    /// Indoor walking Phase 2 (2026-05-19). Resolves the cell id for a
    /// given world position via retail's portal-graph traversal for indoor
    /// cells, or via terrain grid lookup for outdoor cells.
    ///
    /// <para>
    /// Indoor seed: delegates to <see cref="CellTransit.FindCellList"/> which
    /// BFS-walks the portal graph and uses <see cref="BSPQuery.PointInsideCellBsp"/>
    /// for containment. This replaces Phase D's AABB shortcut.
    /// </para>
    ///
    /// <para>
    /// Outdoor seed: uses the registered landblock terrain grid to compute
    /// the correct prefixed cell ID, preserving the pre-existing outdoor
    /// resolution behavior (the L.2e prefix-preservation fix).
    /// </para>
    ///
    /// <para>
    /// Design: <c>docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-19-indoor-portal-cell-tracking-design.md</c>
    /// </para>
    /// </summary>
    /// <summary>
    /// Set the render root cell — <see cref="World.Cells.CellGraph.CurrCell"/>, which IS
    /// "the PLAYER's cell" (CellGraph.cs:19) and roots the indoor render
    /// (GameWindow.OnRender). Call ONLY for the local player, from
    /// <c>PlayerMovementController.UpdateCellId</c> — the single player chokepoint for CellId
    /// (teleport / server snap / per-frame resolver).
    ///
    /// <para>
    /// 2026-06-03: this write was previously inside the per-entity <see cref="ResolveWithTransition"/>
    /// (every NPC / remote calls that). A Holtburg NPC jump-looping near the cottage doorway
    /// clobbered the player's render root every tick → the render rooted at the NPC's tiny
    /// connector cell (0170) instead of the player's room (0171) → only that cell's ~8-triangle
    /// shell drew, the rest showing the GL clear color = the cottage doorway "blue-hole" flap.
    /// Moving the write to the player-only chokepoint fixes it: NPCs no longer touch CurrCell.
    /// </para>
    ///
    /// <para>Leaves CurrCell unchanged when the id isn't resolvable in the graph yet
    /// (stale beats null), matching the prior behavior. Retail anchor:
    /// CObjCell::change_cell sets the object's curr_cell; only the player's drives the viewer.</para>
    /// </summary>
    public void UpdatePlayerCurrCell(uint cellId)
    {
        if (DataCache?.CellGraph is { } cg && cg.GetVisible(cellId) is { } cell)
            cg.CurrCell = cell;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// TEST-ONLY outdoor cell re-derive. The sole caller is
    /// <c>Transition.RunCheckOtherCellsAndAdvance</c>'s cache-null fallback
    /// (PhysicsEngineTests run engines without a <see cref="DataCache"/>,
    /// so <see cref="CellTransit.FindCellSet"/> is unavailable). Normal
    /// production membership flows exclusively through the collide-then-pick advance
    /// (<c>RunCheckOtherCellsAndAdvance</c> → <c>FindCellSet</c>).
    ///
    /// <para>
    /// BR-7 / A6.P4 C4 (2026-06-11): the former indoor branch — including
    /// the #90 sphere-overlap stickiness workaround (4ca3596) and the
    /// building-transit promotion — was DEAD CODE on this path (it required
    /// a non-null DataCache; the only caller guarantees null) and is
    /// removed. #90's doorway ping-pong concern is owned by the retail
    /// ordered-pick hysteresis (current cell at array index 0,
    /// interior-wins-break; CellTransit.BuildCellSetAndPickContaining) —
    /// the workaround is retired, closing the digest's deferred-removal
    /// item.
    /// </para>
    ///
    /// <para>Preserves the L.2e prefix-preservation fix (always apply the
    /// matched landblock's high-16 prefix even when
    /// <paramref name="fallbackCellId"/> arrived bare-low-byte).</para>
    /// </summary>
    internal uint ResolveCellId(Vector3 worldPos, float sphereRadius, uint fallbackCellId)
    {
        if (fallbackCellId == 0) return 0;

        // Indoor fallback ids pass through unchanged — identical to the old
        // dead path's `DataCache is null → return fallbackCellId` outcome.
        if ((fallbackCellId & 0xFFFFu) >= 0x0100u) return fallbackCellId;

        foreach (var kvp in _landblocks)
        {
            var lb = kvp.Value;
            float localX = worldPos.X - lb.WorldOffsetX;
            float localY = worldPos.Y - lb.WorldOffsetY;
            if (localX >= 0f && localX < 192f && localY >= 0f && localY < 192f)
            {
                uint lowCellId = lb.Terrain.ComputeOutdoorCellId(localX, localY);
                return (kvp.Key & 0xFFFF0000u) | lowCellId;
            }
        }

        return fallbackCellId;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Verbatim port of <c>CPhysicsObj::AdjustPosition</c>
    /// (<c>acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:280009</c>): resolve which cell actually
    /// contains <paramref name="worldPoint"/>, given a seed cell. Indoor
    /// (<c>objcell_id ≥ 0x100</c>, :280020) → <see cref="CellTransit.FindVisibleChildCell"/>
    /// in stab-list mode (retail <c>arg5 = 1</c>, :280028); outdoor (:280050) →
    /// snap to the landcell under the point (retail <c>LandDefs::adjust_to_outside</c>,
    /// the same grid lookup <see cref="ResolveCellId"/> uses). Returns
    /// <c>found = false</c> with the seed id unchanged when no cell resolves
    /// (retail <c>return 0</c>, :280065).
    ///
    /// <para>
    /// <c>SmartBox::update_viewer</c> calls this to seat the camera sweep's start
    /// cell at the head-pivot (:280032, indoor branch only) and again as fallback 1
    /// at the sought eye (:280078). The player snap path
    /// (<c>SetPositionInternal</c> :283908) originally called it through the
    /// legacy <c>Resolve</c> wrapper (deleted C5a, zero production callers)
    /// to validate the server-restored (cell, position) pair before any
    /// physics runs; the sole production caller today is
    /// <c>PhysicsCameraCollisionProbe</c> (camera collision cell resolve) —
    /// the #107 indoor-login wedge this method fixed was the validation
    /// missing from the (now-deleted) player snap path:
    /// a poisoned save (cell id from one building, position inside another)
    /// was trusted verbatim, the player stood fake-grounded with no walkable
    /// floor, and the first movement demoted them outdoor mid-building →
    /// 2.4 m fall under the cottage floor.
    /// </para>
    /// <para>
    /// #107 (2026-06-10) completed the previously-deferred indoor
    /// <c>seen_outside → adjust_to_outside</c> sub-fallback (:280037-280046): when
    /// the claimed cell is hydrated, nothing in its visible graph contains the
    /// point, and the cell has outdoor-visible portals, retail demotes to the
    /// landcell under the point. The corner-seal replay (`b21bb28`) shows camera
    /// eyes always land inside cells/openings, so the camera path does not reach
    /// this sub-branch in the gated scenarios (CameraCornerSealReplayTests stays
    /// green).
    /// </para>
    /// </summary>
    private readonly record struct AdjustedSetPosition(
        uint CellId,
        Vector3 CellLocalPosition,
        bool Resident);

    /// <summary>
    /// SetPosition's exact AdjustPosition input/output shape.  Unlike the
    /// camera helper above, this carries retail's block-local frame and can
    /// therefore run outdoor <c>LandDefs::adjust_to_outside</c> without
    /// consulting the resident-landblock registry.  A valid adjusted id with
    /// no visible cell is retained for the lost-cell path.
    /// </summary>
    private AdjustedSetPosition AdjustSetPosition(
        uint seedCellId,
        Vector3 cellLocalPosition,
        Vector3 firstWorldSphereCenter,
        CellArray queryFootprint)
    {
        queryFootprint.Add(seedCellId);
        uint low = seedCellId & 0xFFFFu;
        bool lowInRange = low is (>= 1u and <= 0x40u)
            or (>= 0x0100u and <= 0xFFFDu)
            or 0xFFFFu;
        if (!lowInRange)
            return new AdjustedSetPosition(
                seedCellId,
                cellLocalPosition,
                Resident: false);

        uint adjustedCell = seedCellId;
        Vector3 adjustedLocal = cellLocalPosition;
        if (low >= 0x0100u)
        {
            PhysicsDataCache? cache = DataCache;
            if (cache is null || cache.GetCellStruct(seedCellId) is null)
            {
                return new AdjustedSetPosition(
                    seedCellId,
                    cellLocalPosition,
                    Resident: false);
            }

            uint child = CellTransit.FindVisibleChildCell(
                cache,
                seedCellId,
                firstWorldSphereCenter,
                useStabList: true,
                queryFootprint);
            if (child != 0u)
            {
                return new AdjustedSetPosition(
                    child,
                    adjustedLocal,
                    Resident: cache.GetCellStruct(child) is not null);
            }

            CellPhysics? claimed = cache.GetCellStruct(seedCellId);
            if (claimed is null || !claimed.SeenOutside)
            {
                return new AdjustedSetPosition(
                    seedCellId,
                    adjustedLocal,
                    Resident: false);
            }
        }

        // Outdoor adjustment is pure cell-relative LandDefs math.  Residency
        // is observed only after the id/frame have been mutated.
        bool adjusted = LandDefs.AdjustToOutside(
            ref adjustedCell,
            ref adjustedLocal);
        queryFootprint.Add(adjustedCell);
        bool resident = adjusted
            && IsLandblockTerrainResident(adjustedCell);
        return new AdjustedSetPosition(
            adjustedCell,
            adjustedLocal,
            resident);
    }

    /// Canonical retail placement transaction:
    /// <c>CPhysicsObj::SetPosition</c> (0x005160C0) -&gt;
    /// <c>SetPositionInternal</c> (0x00515BD0) -&gt;
    /// <c>AdjustPosition</c> (0x00511D80) -&gt;
    /// <c>CheckPositionInternal</c> (0x00511E90) -&gt;
    /// <c>CTransition::find_valid_position</c> (0x0050C310).
    /// A destination whose cell is not resident returns DeferredCell; callers
    /// must retain the authoritative frame rather than demoting it outdoors.
    /// </summary>
    internal PhysicsSetPositionResult SetPosition(
        in PhysicsSetPositionRequest request,
        Func<PhysicsSetPositionCollisionReport, bool>? handleCollisions = null)
    {
        if (_transitionScratch?.ActiveDepth >= TransitionScratchArena.Capacity)
        {
            return ErrorResult(
                request,
                PhysicsSetPositionError.GeneralFailure);
        }

        Transition transition = RentTransition();
        CellArray queryFootprint =
            transition.SpherePath.SetPositionQueryFootprint;
        try
        {
            queryFootprint.Clear();
            transition.SpherePath.CellCandidates.UnionTarget = queryFootprint;
            InitializeSetPositionTransition(transition, request);
            bool randomOnly = request.Flags.HasFlag(
                PhysicsSetPositionFlags.RandomScatter);
            PhysicsSetPositionResult result;
            if (randomOnly)
            {
                result = SetScatterPositionInternal(
                    transition,
                    request,
                    handleCollisions,
                    queryFootprint);
            }
            else
            {
                result = SetPositionInternal(
                    transition,
                    request,
                    handleCollisions,
                    queryFootprint);
                if (result.Error != PhysicsSetPositionError.Ok
                    && request.Flags.HasFlag(PhysicsSetPositionFlags.Scatter))
                {
                    result = SetScatterPositionInternal(
                        transition,
                        request,
                        handleCollisions,
                        queryFootprint);
                }
            }

            // Scatter retains one append-only query union across every inner
            // attempt. Materialize it exactly once at the public transaction
            // boundary; copying it per attempt is quadratic at retail's
            // maximum retry count.
            return result with
            {
                QueriedCellIds = queryFootprint.OrderedIds.ToImmutableArray(),
            };
        }
        finally
        {
            transition.SpherePath.CellCandidates.UnionTarget = null;
            ReturnTransition(transition);
        }
    }

    private void InitializeSetPositionTransition(
        Transition transition,
        in PhysicsSetPositionRequest request)
    {
        transition.ObjectInfo.StepUpHeight = request.StepUpHeight;
        transition.ObjectInfo.StepDownHeight = request.StepDownHeight;
        transition.ObjectInfo.StepDown =
            !request.MoverPhysicsState.HasFlag(PhysicsStateFlags.Missile);
        transition.ObjectInfo.MoverPhysicsState = request.MoverPhysicsState;
        transition.ObjectInfo.SelfEntityId = request.MovingEntityId;
        transition.ObjectInfo.State = request.MoverFlags;
        transition.ObjectInfo.Ethereal = request.MoverPhysicsState.HasFlag(
            PhysicsStateFlags.Ethereal);
        transition.SpherePath.PlacementAllowsSliding =
            request.Flags.HasFlag(PhysicsSetPositionFlags.Slide);
    }

    private PhysicsSetPositionResult SetScatterPositionInternal(
        Transition transition,
        in PhysicsSetPositionRequest request,
        Func<PhysicsSetPositionCollisionReport, bool>? handleCollisions,
        CellArray queryFootprint)
    {
        PhysicsSetPositionResult result = ErrorResult(
            request,
            PhysicsSetPositionError.GeneralFailure);
        for (uint attempt = 0u; attempt < request.ScatterAttempts; attempt++)
        {
            float dx = ((float)((SetPositionRandomUnit() * 2d) - 1d))
                * request.ScatterRadiusX;
            float dy = ((float)((SetPositionRandomUnit() * 2d) - 1d))
                * request.ScatterRadiusY;
            var scattered = request with
            {
                Position = request.Position + new Vector3(dx, dy, 0f),
                CellLocalPosition = request.CellLocalPosition
                    + new Vector3(dx, dy, 0f),
            };
            result = SetPositionInternal(
                transition,
                scattered,
                handleCollisions,
                queryFootprint);
            if (result.Error == PhysicsSetPositionError.Ok)
                break;
        }
        return result;
    }

    private PhysicsSetPositionResult SetPositionInternal(
        Transition transition,
        in PhysicsSetPositionRequest request,
        Func<PhysicsSetPositionCollisionReport, bool>? handleCollisions,
        CellArray queryFootprint)
    {
        transition.SpherePath.CellCandidates.Clear();
        transition.SpherePath.ClearWalkable();
        ImmutableArray<FlatCollisionSphere> spheres = request.Spheres;
        float sphereScale = spheres.IsDefaultOrEmpty ? 1f : request.Scale;
        Vector3 firstLocalCenter = spheres.IsDefaultOrEmpty
            ? new Vector3(0f, 0f, PhysicsGlobals.DummySphereRadius)
            : spheres[0].Origin * sphereScale;
        Vector3 firstWorldCenter =
            Vector3.Transform(firstLocalCenter, request.Orientation)
            + request.Position;
        AdjustedSetPosition adjusted = AdjustSetPosition(
            request.CellId,
            request.CellLocalPosition,
            firstWorldCenter,
            queryFootprint);
        if (!adjusted.Resident)
        {
            return new PhysicsSetPositionResult(
                PhysicsSetPositionError.Ok,
                PhysicsResidenceDisposition.DeferredCell,
                request.Position,
                request.Orientation,
                adjusted.CellId,
                adjusted.CellLocalPosition,
                CrossCellIds: ImmutableArray<uint>.Empty,
                CollidedObjectIds: ImmutableArray<uint>.Empty);
        }

        bool forceIntoCell = request.PlacementClass is
            PhysicsPlacementClass.Hook
            or PhysicsPlacementClass.Storage
            or PhysicsPlacementClass.Corpse;
        if (forceIntoCell)
        {
            if (adjusted.CellId == 0u)
            {
                return ErrorResult(
                    request,
                    PhysicsSetPositionError.NoCell);
            }
            bool changedCell = request.CurrentCellId is null
                || request.CurrentCellId.Value != adjusted.CellId;
            return new PhysicsSetPositionResult(
                PhysicsSetPositionError.Ok,
                PhysicsResidenceDisposition.Committed,
                request.Position,
                request.Orientation,
                adjusted.CellId,
                adjusted.CellLocalPosition,
                CellChanged: changedCell,
                ShadowAction: changedCell
                    ? PhysicsShadowCommitAction.Recalculate
                    : PhysicsShadowCommitAction.None,
                CrossCellIds: ImmutableArray<uint>.Empty,
                CollidedObjectIds: ImmutableArray<uint>.Empty);
        }

        transition.SpherePath.InitPath(
            request.Position,
            request.Position,
            adjusted.CellId,
            spheres,
            sphereScale,
            request.Orientation,
            request.Orientation);
        transition.SpherePath.InsertType = InsertType.Placement;
        transition.SpherePath.PlacementAllowsSliding =
            request.Flags.HasFlag(PhysicsSetPositionFlags.Slide);

        bool valid = transition.FindValidPosition(this);
        SpherePath spherePath = transition.SpherePath;
        if (valid
            && !request.Flags.HasFlag(PhysicsSetPositionFlags.Slide))
        {
            valid = AcceptNoSlidePlacement(
                spherePath.CurPos,
                request.Position,
                spherePath.CurCellId,
                adjusted.CellId);
        }

        CollisionInfo collision = transition.CollisionInfo;
        var collisionReport = new PhysicsSetPositionCollisionReport(
            collision.ContactPlaneValid,
            collision.ContactPlane,
            collision.ContactPlaneCellId,
            collision.ContactPlaneIsWater,
            collision.LastKnownContactPlaneValid,
            collision.LastKnownContactPlane,
            collision.LastKnownContactPlaneCellId,
            collision.LastKnownContactPlaneIsWater,
            collision.SlidingNormalValid,
            collision.SlidingNormal,
            collision.CollisionNormalValid,
            collision.CollisionNormal,
            collision.CollidedWithEnvironment,
            collision.FramesStationaryFall,
            collision.AdjustOffset,
            collision.LastCollidedObjectGuid,
            collision.CollideObjectGuids.ToImmutableArray());
        bool collisionHandlerResult = !valid
            && handleCollisions?.Invoke(collisionReport) == true;
        if (!valid)
        {
            return new PhysicsSetPositionResult(
                collisionHandlerResult
                    ? PhysicsSetPositionError.Collided
                    : PhysicsSetPositionError.NoValidPosition,
                PhysicsResidenceDisposition.Unchanged,
                request.Position,
                request.Orientation,
                request.CellId,
                request.CellLocalPosition,
                InContact: collision.ContactPlaneValid,
                OnWalkable: PhysicsObjUpdate.IsWalkableContact(
                    collision.ContactPlaneValid,
                    collision.ContactPlane.Normal),
                ContactPlane: collision.ContactPlane,
                ContactPlaneCellId: collision.ContactPlaneCellId,
                ContactPlaneIsWater: collision.ContactPlaneIsWater,
                SlidingNormalValid: collision.SlidingNormalValid,
                SlidingNormal: collision.SlidingNormal,
                CollisionNormalValid: collision.CollisionNormalValid,
                CollisionNormal: collision.CollisionNormal,
                FramesStationaryFall: collision.FramesStationaryFall,
                CollisionHandlerResult: collisionHandlerResult,
                CollidedWithEnvironment: collision.CollidedWithEnvironment,
                CrossCellIds: ImmutableArray<uint>.Empty,
                CollidedObjectIds: collisionReport.CollidedObjectIds);
        }
        if (spherePath.CurCellId == 0u)
        {
            return ErrorResult(
                request,
                PhysicsSetPositionError.NoCell);
        }

        bool inContact = collision.ContactPlaneValid;
        bool onWalkable = PhysicsObjUpdate.IsWalkableContact(
            inContact,
            collision.ContactPlane.Normal);
        Vector3 resultLocal = adjusted.CellLocalPosition
            + (spherePath.CurPos - request.Position)
            - LandDefs.GetBlockOffset(adjusted.CellId, spherePath.CurCellId);
        bool hasPhysicsBsp = request.MoverPhysicsState.HasFlag(
            PhysicsStateFlags.HasPhysicsBsp);
        ImmutableArray<uint> transitionCells =
            spherePath.CellCandidates.OrderedIds.ToImmutableArray();
        PhysicsShadowCommitAction shadowAction = hasPhysicsBsp
            ? PhysicsShadowCommitAction.Recalculate
            : transitionCells.Length != 0
                ? PhysicsShadowCommitAction.Replace
                : PhysicsShadowCommitAction.Preserve;
        return new PhysicsSetPositionResult(
            PhysicsSetPositionError.Ok,
            PhysicsResidenceDisposition.Committed,
            spherePath.CurPos,
            // CheckPositionInternal mutates only origin in no-slide mode;
            // SetPosition retains the requested frame orientation.
            request.Orientation,
            spherePath.CurCellId,
            resultLocal,
            inContact,
            onWalkable,
            collision.ContactPlane,
            collision.ContactPlaneCellId,
            collision.ContactPlaneIsWater,
            collision.SlidingNormalValid,
            collision.SlidingNormal,
            collision.CollisionNormalValid,
            collision.CollisionNormal,
            collision.FramesStationaryFall,
            collision.CollidedWithEnvironment,
            collisionHandlerResult,
            CellChanged: request.CurrentCellId is null
                || request.CurrentCellId.Value != spherePath.CurCellId,
            ShadowAction: shadowAction,
            CrossCellIds: shadowAction == PhysicsShadowCommitAction.Replace
                ? transitionCells
                : ImmutableArray<uint>.Empty,
            CollidedObjectIds:
                collision.CollideObjectGuids.ToImmutableArray());
    }

    private static PhysicsSetPositionResult ErrorResult(
        in PhysicsSetPositionRequest request,
        PhysicsSetPositionError error) => new(
            error,
            PhysicsResidenceDisposition.Unchanged,
            request.Position,
            request.Orientation,
            request.CellId,
            request.CellLocalPosition,
            CrossCellIds: ImmutableArray<uint>.Empty,
            CollidedObjectIds: ImmutableArray<uint>.Empty);

    internal static bool AcceptNoSlidePlacement(
        Vector3 resolvedPosition,
        Vector3 requestedPosition,
        uint resolvedCellId,
        uint adjustedCellId)
    {
        Vector3 displacement = resolvedPosition - requestedPosition;
        return displacement.X <= 0.0500000007f
            && displacement.Y <= 0.0500000007f
            && resolvedCellId == adjustedCellId;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// #111: the walkable floor Z of <paramref name="cellId"/>'s PHYSICS
    /// polygons under the world XY, nearest to <paramref name="referenceZ"/>.
    /// Walkable = plane normal.Z ≥ <see cref="PhysicsGlobals.FloorZ"/> (retail
    /// BSPTREE::find_walkable's filter) — ceilings/roof tops never qualify,
    /// unlike the <see cref="CellSurface"/> triangle soup. Resolved polygons
    /// are CELL-LOCAL: transform in, drop on the plane, transform out.
    /// Returns null when the claim has no hydrated struct or no walkable
    /// under the XY.
    /// </summary>
    private float? WalkableFloorZNearest(uint cellId, Vector3 worldPos, float referenceZ)
    {
        var cp = DataCache?.GetCellStruct(cellId);
        if (cp is null) return null;

        var local = Vector3.Transform(
            new Vector3(worldPos.X, worldPos.Y, referenceZ), cp.InverseWorldTransform);

        float? best = null;
        float bestDist = float.MaxValue;
        FlatPhysicsBsp? flat = cp.FlatPhysicsBsp;
        if (flat is not null)
        {
            FlatPolygonTable table = flat.PolygonTable;
            for (int i = 0; i < table.Polygons.Length; i++)
            {
                FlatCollisionPolygon poly = table.Polygons[i];
                Vector3 n = poly.Plane.Normal;
                if (n.Z < PhysicsGlobals.FloorZ) continue;
                if (!PointInPolygonXY(table, poly.VertexRange, local.X, local.Y))
                    continue;
                float lz =
                    -(n.X * local.X + n.Y * local.Y + poly.Plane.D) / n.Z;
                float wz = Vector3.Transform(
                    new Vector3(local.X, local.Y, lz),
                    cp.WorldTransform).Z;
                float dist = MathF.Abs(wz - referenceZ);
                if (dist < bestDist)
                {
                    bestDist = dist;
                    best = wz;
                }
            }
            return best;
        }

        if (DataCache!.CollisionTraversalMode == CollisionTraversalMode.Flat)
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException(
                $"Production CellStruct 0x{cellId:X8} has no prepared physics BSP.");
        }

        // Explicit graph-oracle fixture path. Production returns above.
        foreach (var kv in cp.Resolved)
        {
            var poly = kv.Value;
            var n = poly.Plane.Normal;
            if (n.Z < PhysicsGlobals.FloorZ) continue;
            if (!PointInPolygonXY(poly.Vertices, local.X, local.Y)) continue;
            // plane: n·p + d = 0  =>  z = -(n.x*x + n.y*y + d)/n.z
            float lz = -(n.X * local.X + n.Y * local.Y + poly.Plane.D) / n.Z;
            float wz = Vector3.Transform(new Vector3(local.X, local.Y, lz), cp.WorldTransform).Z;
            float dist = MathF.Abs(wz - referenceZ);
            if (dist < bestDist) { bestDist = dist; best = wz; }
        }
        return best;
    }

    private static bool PointInPolygonXY(
        FlatPolygonTable table,
        FlatIndexRange range,
        float x,
        float y)
    {
        bool inside = false;
        int end = range.EndExclusive;
        for (int i = range.Start, j = end - 1; i < end; j = i++)
        {
            Vector3 vi = table.Vertices[i];
            Vector3 vj = table.Vertices[j];
            if ((vi.Y > y) != (vj.Y > y)
                && x < (vj.X - vi.X) * (y - vi.Y) /
                    (vj.Y - vi.Y) + vi.X)
            {
                inside = !inside;
            }
        }
        return inside;
    }

    /// <summary>Even-odd XY-projection point-in-polygon test (cell-local frame).</summary>
    private static bool PointInPolygonXY(IReadOnlyList<Vector3> verts, float x, float y)
    {
        bool inside = false;
        for (int i = 0, j = verts.Count - 1; i < verts.Count; j = i++)
        {
            var vi = verts[i]; var vj = verts[j];
            if ((vi.Y > y) != (vj.Y > y)
                && x < (vj.X - vi.X) * (y - vi.Y) / (vj.Y - vi.Y) + vi.X)
                inside = !inside;
        }
        return inside;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// #107 auto-entry hold (gate-2 extension, 2026-06-10): true when the
    /// server-claimed spawn cell is ready for <see cref="AdjustPosition"/> to
    /// act on. Outdoor claims need only terrain (the existing gate). Indoor
    /// claims wait until the claimed cell's struct is hydrated — the async-
    /// streaming equivalent of retail's synchronous cell load before
    /// SetPosition.
    ///
    /// <para>
    /// ⚠️ The first version disambiguated "claim bogus" via "any cell struct
    /// in the landblock present" — WRONG: interiors hydrate in id order on the
    /// background worker, so the render-thread predicate can observe the
    /// mid-population state (early cells present, the claim not yet) and open
    /// the gate before AdjustPosition's stab search can act (the 2026-06-10
    /// gate-run regression: claim 0xA9B40172 committed raw → outdoor demote on
    /// first movement → transparent interior). Claims that can NEVER hydrate
    /// (id outside the landblock's NumCells range) are now filtered by the
    /// caller against the dat. C5a (2026-08-05): the loud outdoor-demote
    /// safety net this paragraph used to cite lived in the legacy
    /// <c>Resolve</c>/<c>HasCellSurface</c> pair, deleted with zero production
    /// callers — canonical <c>SetPosition</c> has no equivalent unhydrated-
    /// claim demote, so a claim that fails this gate simply stays un-adjusted
    /// until the streaming worker catches up, the same as any other caller
    /// of <see cref="AdjustPosition"/> that gets <c>found = false</c>.
    /// </para>
    /// </summary>
    public bool IsSpawnCellReady(uint cellId)
    {
        if ((cellId & 0xFFFFu) < 0x0100u) return true;
        return DataCache?.GetCellStruct(cellId) is not null;
    }

    public (uint cellId, bool found) AdjustPosition(uint seedCellId, Vector3 worldPoint)
    {
        if (seedCellId == 0u) return (seedCellId, false);

        if ((seedCellId & 0xFFFFu) >= 0x0100u)
        {
            // Indoor: find_visible_child_cell(this, point, arg3 = 1) (:280028).
            if (DataCache is null) return (seedCellId, false);
            uint child = CellTransit.FindVisibleChildCell(DataCache, seedCellId, worldPoint, useStabList: true);
            if (child != 0u) return (child, true);

            // Retail :280037-280046: claimed cell hydrated + seen_outside →
            // Position::adjust_to_outside (fall through to the grid snap below).
            // A non-hydrated or not-seen-outside claim stays (seed, false) —
            // retail's lost-cell path; our callers keep their legacy fallback.
            var claimed = DataCache.GetCellStruct(seedCellId);
            if (claimed is null || !claimed.SeenOutside)
                return (seedCellId, false);
        }

        // Outdoor: LandDefs::adjust_to_outside — snap to the landcell under the
        // point (same grid lookup as ResolveCellId, lines 363-371). No building
        // re-entry here: AdjustPosition's outdoor branch is the bare landcell snap.
        foreach (var kvp in _landblocks)
        {
            var lb = kvp.Value;
            float localX = worldPoint.X - lb.WorldOffsetX;
            float localY = worldPoint.Y - lb.WorldOffsetY;
            if (localX >= 0f && localX < 192f && localY >= 0f && localY < 192f)
            {
                uint lowCellId = lb.Terrain.ComputeOutdoorCellId(localX, localY);
                return ((kvp.Key & 0xFFFF0000u) | lowCellId, true);
            }
        }

        return (seedCellId, false);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Resolve movement using the CTransition sphere-sweep system.
    /// Subdivides movement into sphere-radius steps, tests terrain collision
    /// at each step, handles step-down for ground contact. C5a (2026-08-05):
    /// the legacy simple-snap fallback this method used to describe (the
    /// zero-delta <c>Resolve</c> player-snap path) is gone — deleted with
    /// zero production callers. This is now the sole movement-resolution
    /// entry point; a failed transition returns its own
    /// <see cref="ResolveResult.Ok"/> false rather than falling back to
    /// anything.
    ///
    /// <para>
    /// <paramref name="body"/> is optional but highly recommended for movement
    /// that runs across multiple frames. When provided, the previous frame's
    /// contact plane is copied INTO the transition's CollisionInfo (mirroring
    /// retail's <c>PhysicsObj.get_object_info → InitContactPlane</c> at
    /// <c>PhysicsObj.cs:2598-2604</c>). That seed is critical for slope
    /// tracking: <c>AdjustOffset</c> projects the Euler offset onto the plane
    /// so horizontal velocity acquires the correct Z component for the slope,
    /// preventing the character from floating on downhill runs where the
    /// per-frame descent exceeds the 4 cm step-down budget.
    /// </para>
    ///
    /// <para>
    /// On return, the plane discovered during this call is written BACK to
    /// <paramref name="body"/>, so the next frame's transition starts with
    /// an up-to-date plane seed. Callers without a persistent body (tests,
    /// one-shot movements) can pass <c>null</c> and accept the first-frame
    /// hiccup.
    /// </para>
    /// </summary>
    public ResolveResult ResolveWithTransition(
        Vector3 currentPos, Vector3 targetPos, uint cellId,
        float sphereRadius, float sphereHeight,
        float stepUpHeight, float stepDownHeight,
        bool isOnGround,
        PhysicsBody? body = null,
        ObjectInfoState moverFlags = ObjectInfoState.None,
        uint movingEntityId = 0,
        Vector3? localSphereOrigin = null,
        Quaternion? beginOrientation = null,
        Quaternion? endOrientation = null,
        uint designatedTargetId = 0,
        // TS-46 (2026-07-30): the mover's own Setup ≤2-sphere list (retail
        // CPhysicsObj::transition 0x00512dc0 → SPHEREPATH::init_sphere
        // 0x0050c670), scaled by sphereScale (the object's own m_scale /
        // wire ObjScale) exactly as init_sphere applies it per-sphere.
        // Default/empty preserves the legacy sphereRadius/sphereHeight
        // two-scalar reconstruction below — every pre-existing caller
        // (camera probe, projectiles, captured-fixture replays) that omits
        // this parameter is byte-for-byte unaffected.
        ImmutableArray<FlatCollisionSphere> sphereList = default,
        float sphereScale = 1f)
    {
        // A6.P3 #98 (2026-05-23) live capture. Filtered to IsPlayer so NPC /
        // remote ResolveWithTransition calls don't pollute the capture. Snapshot
        // the body BEFORE the engine mutates it so the replay test can seed its
        // PhysicsBody with the exact pre-call state. See PhysicsResolveCapture.cs.
        bool captureEnabled = PhysicsResolveCapture.IsEnabled
                              && (moverFlags & ObjectInfoState.IsPlayer) != 0;
        PhysicsBodySnapshot? bodyBeforeSnap =
            captureEnabled && body is not null
                ? PhysicsResolveCapture.Snapshot(body)
                : null;

        // #337 (2026-08-06 — TEMPORARY): arm the [support] probe's
        // contact-plane provenance latch for this resolve, ahead of everything
        // including the carried-plane seed below. The seed is itself one of
        // the ten sites that assert a plane, so it stamps its own name and a
        // capture can read `cpSrc=ResolveWithTransition:<line>` as "carried
        // from the body, nothing re-derived it this resolve" without needing a
        // sentinel value for that case. No-op when the probe is off.
        PhysicsDiagnostics.BeginContactPlaneAttribution();

        var transition = RentTransition();
        try
        {
            transition.ObjectInfo.StepUpHeight = stepUpHeight;
            transition.ObjectInfo.StepDownHeight = stepDownHeight;

            // #338 (TEMPORARY): the resolver's own reading, taken where the
            // values actually land rather than at one of two candidate call
            // sites. The first attempt probed PlayerMovementController and
            // printed NOTHING across 11,523 live log lines — the wrong one of
            // its two resolve calls. A silent probe proves nothing, so this
            // one sits where every caller must pass through. Filtered to the
            // player so remotes cannot drown it.
            // The flag test MUST precede the interpolated string: this site runs
            // per resolve, and building the detail eagerly cost 128 B/resolve
            // with the probe OFF — caught by Slice I1's zero-allocation gate,
            // which is exactly what that gate is for.
            if (PhysicsDiagnostics.ProbeStepHeightsEnabled
                && (moverFlags & ObjectInfoState.IsPlayer) != 0)
            {
                PhysicsDiagnostics.LogStepHeights(
                    "resolve", stepUpHeight, stepDownHeight,
                    $"onGround={isOnGround} hasBody={body is not null}");
            }

            transition.ObjectInfo.StepDown = true;
            // Fix #42 (2026-05-05): the moving entity's ShadowEntry must be
            // skipped in FindObjCollisions or the sweep collides with self.
            // Default 0 keeps tests / one-shot callers (no registered entity)
            // working. Plumbed through ObjectInfo because retail stores the
            // self pointer on OBJECTINFO::object (named-retail
            // acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:274435 OBJECTINFO::init →
            // this->object = arg2). The skip itself is at
            // CObjCell::find_obj_collisions line 308931.
            transition.ObjectInfo.SelfEntityId = movingEntityId;
            transition.ObjectInfo.MoverPhysicsState = body?.State ?? PhysicsStateFlags.None;
            transition.ObjectInfo.TargetId = designatedTargetId;

            // Commit C 2026-04-29 — caller-supplied mover flags drive the
            // retail PvP exemption block in FindObjCollisions. The local
            // player passes IsPlayer (and PK/PKLite/Impenetrable when known
            // from PlayerDescription); remote dead-reckoning passes None
            // (matches non-player movement, all targets collide).
            transition.ObjectInfo.State |= moverFlags;

            // CPhysicsObj::get_object_info 0x00511CC0: Missile contributes
            // PathClipped only. PerfectClip is deliberately not inferred.
            if ((transition.ObjectInfo.MoverPhysicsState & PhysicsStateFlags.Missile) != 0)
                transition.ObjectInfo.State |= ObjectInfoState.PathClipped;

            // frames_stationary_fall gate input: retail reads the mover's GRAVITY state bit
            // (object_info.object->state & 0x400, pc:272625). Seed it from the body so the ladder
            // in ValidateTransition runs for gravity movers (the player) and not floating props.
            transition.ObjectInfo.MoverHasGravity = body?.HasGravity ?? false;

            // Landing-bounce family (#265, 2026-07-30,
            // docs/research/2026-07-30-landing-bounce-family.md): the retail
            // seed is CPhysicsObj::get_object_info (0x00511cc0) — a body in
            // transient CONTACT is re-checked per transition by
            // CPhysicsObj::check_contact (0x0050f5b0): contact HOLDS only while
            // v · contact_plane.N <= ε (0.0002), i.e. the mover is not moving
            // AWAY from its plane. A jump launch fails the check instantly, so
            // the transition runs contact-free (no step-down glue, ballistic
            // ascent, no contact plane found → SetPositionInternal clears
            // CONTACT naturally). The failed-check branch seeds only the
            // LAST-KNOWN contact plane (init_last_known_contact_plane) — plane
            // context without contact state. This replaces the former
            // isOnGround-driven seed (the "resolver reports ground during an
            // ascending jump" divergence that forced the AD-25 landing gate).
            //
            // K-fix7 lineage: pre-seeding a full contact plane while airborne
            // made AdjustOffset's snap-to-plane zero jump Z — check_contact is
            // retail's own version of that guard. Grounded walking (v·n ≈ 0)
            // keeps the plane seed for slope/step-up continuity exactly as
            // before (A6.P3 slice 2: SetContactPlane's no-op-if-unchanged guard
            // still collapses redundant per-tick seeds).
            // A contact WITHOUT a stored plane is unrepresentable in retail
            // (init_contact_plane always accompanies the CONTACT seed), so the
            // plane requirement here is strict: a body flagged Contact but with
            // no committed plane (e.g. the tick after a placement that never
            // swept) seeds nothing — its first moving resolve re-derives
            // contact from the geometry it actually touches.
            if (body is not null && body.InContact && body.ContactPlaneValid)
            {
                // retail ε 0.000199999995f == PhysicsGlobals.EPSILON (0.0002f).
                float awayRate = Vector3.Dot(body.Velocity, body.ContactPlane.Normal);
                if (awayRate <= PhysicsGlobals.EPSILON)
                {
                    transition.ObjectInfo.State |= ObjectInfoState.Contact;
                    if (body.OnWalkable)
                        transition.ObjectInfo.State |= ObjectInfoState.OnWalkable;
                    // #32 (2026-08-07): InitContactPlane, not SetContactPlane.
                    // This is retail's check_contact SUCCESS branch — the
                    // start-of-transition seed, where both groups are meant to
                    // be written because there is no earlier surface to
                    // remember. Every OTHER call site keeps the narrowed
                    // setter, so a steep face met mid-transition can no longer
                    // overwrite the walkable surface cliff_slide needs as its
                    // second cross-product vector.
                    transition.CollisionInfo.InitContactPlane(
                        body.ContactPlane,
                        body.ContactPlaneCellId,
                        body.ContactPlaneIsWater);
                }
                else
                {
                    // retail get_object_info failed-check branch:
                    // CTransition::init_last_known_contact_plane.
                    transition.CollisionInfo.LastKnownContactPlaneValid = true;
                    transition.CollisionInfo.LastKnownContactPlane = body.ContactPlane;
                    transition.CollisionInfo.LastKnownContactPlaneCellId = body.ContactPlaneCellId;
                    transition.CollisionInfo.LastKnownContactPlaneIsWater = body.ContactPlaneIsWater;
                }
            }
            else if (body is null && isOnGround)
            {
                // Body-less callers (one-shot probes, tests) keep the legacy
                // grounded seed — they have no velocity/plane to run
                // check_contact against.
                transition.ObjectInfo.State |= ObjectInfoState.Contact | ObjectInfoState.OnWalkable;
            }

            // Retail CPhysicsObj::get_object_info also seeds SlidingNormal when
            // transient_state has bit 2 set. This matters for one-step/frame hits:
            // a wall collision at the end of one transition must project the next
            // frame's movement along the wall instead of hard-stopping again.
            if (body is not null
                && (body.TransientState & TransientStateFlags.Sliding) != 0
                && body.SlidingNormal.LengthSquared() > PhysicsGlobals.EpsilonSq)
            {
                transition.CollisionInfo.SetSlidingNormal(body.SlidingNormal);
            }

            if (!sphereList.IsDefaultOrEmpty)
            {
                // TS-46: the Setup's verbatim sphere list, not the two-scalar
                // capsule reconstruction. localSphereOrigin has no meaning
                // here — every sphere already carries its own dat-authored
                // origin.
                transition.SpherePath.InitPath(
                    currentPos,
                    targetPos,
                    cellId,
                    sphereList,
                    sphereScale,
                    beginOrientation,
                    endOrientation);
            }
            else
            {
                transition.SpherePath.InitPath(
                    currentPos,
                    targetPos,
                    cellId,
                    sphereRadius,
                    sphereHeight,
                    localSphereOrigin,
                    beginOrientation,
                    endOrientation);
            }

            // #145: supply the carried cell-relative frame anchor to the outdoor
            // membership pick. body.Position - body.CellPosition.Frame.Origin is the TRUE
            // landblock world origin, correct even for an UNSTREAMED neighbour — replacing
            // the terrain-registry origin that returns (0,0) and marches the cell id one
            // landblock per tick (the #145 far-town cascade). Engaged only for a SEEDED
            // OUTDOOR body whose carried landblock matches the resolve cell (the controller
            // passes body.CellPosition.ObjCellId for the outdoor case, so they agree);
            // null otherwise → legacy TryGetTerrainOrigin for NPCs/tests/indoor.
            transition.SpherePath.CarriedBlockOrigin =
                body is not null
                && (cellId & 0xFFFFu) is >= 1u and <= 0x40u                       // resolve cell is an outdoor landcell
                && (body.CellPosition.ObjCellId & 0xFFFFu) is >= 1u and <= 0x40u  // carried cell is outdoor (seeded)
                && (cellId >> 16) == (body.CellPosition.ObjCellId >> 16)          // same landblock → anchor consistent
                    ? body.Position - body.CellPosition.Frame.Origin
                    : null;

            if (isOnGround && body is not null
                && body.WalkablePolygonValid
                && body.WalkableVertices is { Length: >= 3 })
            {
                transition.SpherePath.SetWalkable(
                    body.WalkablePlane,
                    body.WalkableVertices,
                    body.WalkableUp);
            }

            // Seed collision_info.frames_stationary_fall from the body's carried Stationary*
            // transient bits — retail transition() 0x00512dc0 seeds fsf from transient_state
            // 0x40/0x20/0x10 AFTER init_path and immediately BEFORE find_valid_position
            // (pc:280939-949). Placed here (post-InitPath) so InitPath's CollisionInfo reset
            // doesn't wipe the seed.
            if (body is not null)
            {
                transition.CollisionInfo.FramesStationaryFall =
                    (body.TransientState & TransientStateFlags.StationaryStuck) != 0 ? 3 :
                    (body.TransientState & TransientStateFlags.StationaryStop) != 0 ? 2 :
                    (body.TransientState & TransientStateFlags.StationaryFall) != 0 ? 1 : 0;
            }

            bool ok = transition.FindTransitionalPosition(this);

            var sp = transition.SpherePath;
            var ci = transition.CollisionInfo;

            // Persist the resulting contact plane state back to the body so the
            // next frame's transition can seed from it. Uses LastKnownContactPlane
            // when current is invalid (e.g., airborne this frame), matching retail.
            if (body is not null)
            {
                // CPhysicsObj::transition 0x00512DC0 discards its CTransition when
                // find_valid_position fails. Only SetPositionInternal 0x00515330
                // publishes contact/fsf/walkable/sliding state, and that function
                // is unreachable on the UpdateObjectInternal failure branch.
                if (ok)
                {
                    if (ci.ContactPlaneValid)
                    {
                        body.ContactPlaneValid = true;
                        body.ContactPlane = ci.ContactPlane;
                        body.ContactPlaneCellId = ci.ContactPlaneCellId;
                        body.ContactPlaneIsWater = ci.ContactPlaneIsWater;
                        // #265/#166 (2026-07-30): retail CPhysicsObj::calc_friction
                        // (0x0050ee70) reads `this->contact_plane.Normal` directly off
                        // the object (see PhysicsBody.calc_friction's doc comment).
                        // acdream models that same field as the separate GroundNormal
                        // property so isolated unit tests can drive calc_friction
                        // without a full resolve, but nothing wrote it from a live
                        // resolve before now -- calc_friction always saw the Vector3.UnitZ
                        // default, i.e. every slope behaved like flat ground. Sync it
                        // here, at the SAME commit point that already publishes
                        // ContactPlane, so every caller (player, remote, ordinary,
                        // projectile) gets a real slope normal for free.
                        body.GroundNormal = ci.ContactPlane.Normal;
                    }
                    else if (ci.LastKnownContactPlaneValid)
                    {
                        body.ContactPlaneValid = true;
                        body.ContactPlane = ci.LastKnownContactPlane;
                        body.ContactPlaneCellId = ci.LastKnownContactPlaneCellId;
                        body.ContactPlaneIsWater = ci.LastKnownContactPlaneIsWater;
                        body.GroundNormal = ci.LastKnownContactPlane.Normal;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        body.ContactPlaneValid = false;
                        // GroundNormal left unchanged/stale -- matches ContactPlane's
                        // own stale-retention pattern in this branch (comment above).
                        // calc_friction only reads it while OnWalkable, and OnWalkable
                        // cannot be true without a valid contact plane, so a stale
                        // value here is never observed.
                    }

                    // AP-10 (Campaign P Slice P4, 2026-07-30): retail SetPositionInternal
                    // (0x005153e5-0051545f) writes WATER_CONTACT_TS in the same statement
                    // block as CONTACT_TS, immediately after — this is acdream's equivalent
                    // per-resolve commit point. Mirrors whatever body.ContactPlaneIsWater was
                    // just set to above (unchanged/stale in the no-valid-contact branch,
                    // matching that branch's existing ContactPlaneIsWater behavior).
                    if (body.ContactPlaneIsWater)
                        body.TransientState |= TransientStateFlags.WaterContact;
                    else
                        body.TransientState &= ~TransientStateFlags.WaterContact;

                    // Publish frames_stationary_fall + carry it to the next frame via the Stationary*
                    // transient bits. Retail encodes these bits in handle_all_collisions (pc:282737-758);
                    // acdream co-locates the encode with the fsf writeback here (STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION,
                    // register) so the round-trip (seed→ladder→writeback→seed) is self-contained in Core.
                    // handle_all_collisions (PhysicsObjUpdate) then only READS body.FramesStationaryFall.
                    body.FramesStationaryFall = ci.FramesStationaryFall;
                    body.TransientState &= ~(TransientStateFlags.StationaryFall
                                           | TransientStateFlags.StationaryStop
                                           | TransientStateFlags.StationaryStuck);
                    body.TransientState |= ci.FramesStationaryFall switch
                    {
                        1 => TransientStateFlags.StationaryFall,
                        2 => TransientStateFlags.StationaryStop,
                        3 => TransientStateFlags.StationaryStuck,
                        _ => TransientStateFlags.None,
                    };

                    if (sp.HasLastWalkablePolygon && sp.LastWalkableVertices is not null)
                    {
                        body.WalkablePolygonValid = true;
                        body.WalkablePlane = sp.LastWalkablePlane;
                        body.SetWalkableVerticesExact(sp.LastWalkableVertices);
                        body.WalkableUp = sp.LastWalkableUp;
                    }
                    else if (!isOnGround && !ci.ContactPlaneValid && !ci.LastKnownContactPlaneValid)
                    {
                        body.WalkablePolygonValid = false;
                        body.WalkableVertices = null;
                    }

                    // Retail persists sliding state to the body ONLY on transition
                    // SUCCESS: CPhysicsObj::SetPositionInternal copies the normal at
                    // 0x005154c2 and syncs SLIDING_TS (bit 4) from the transition's
                    // final sliding_normal_valid at 0x005154e1 — and SetPositionInternal
                    // is unreachable when find_valid_position fails (the transition is
                    // discarded whole; the body keeps its prior state). #137 mechanism
                    // 2: an unconditional writeback here could persist a normal retail
                    // would discard.
                    if (ci.SlidingNormalValid
                        && ci.SlidingNormal.LengthSquared() > PhysicsGlobals.EpsilonSq)
                    {
                        body.SlidingNormal = ci.SlidingNormal;
                        body.TransientState |= TransientStateFlags.Sliding;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        body.SlidingNormal = Vector3.Zero;
                        body.TransientState &= ~TransientStateFlags.Sliding;
                    }
                }

                // L.4 retail-strict (2026-04-30): apply OBJECTINFO::kill_velocity.
                // Phase 3's reset path sets VelocityKilled when an airborne hit
                // can't find a walkable surface (steep roof, wall) AND the
                // body had a last_known_contact_plane (i.e., was grounded
                // recently). Retail zeros all three velocity components so
                // gravity restarts cleanly next frame.
                //
                // Named-retail: OBJECTINFO::kill_velocity → CPhysicsObj::set_velocity({0,0,0}, 0)
                //   acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:274467-274475
                // Called from CTransition::transitional_insert reset path:
                //   acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:273237 (Phase 3)
                //   acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:272567 (validate_transition)
                if (transition.ObjectInfo.VelocityKilled)
                {
                    if (PhysicsDiagnostics.DumpSteepRoofEnabled)
                        Console.WriteLine($"[steep-roof] KILL-VELOCITY-APPLIED Vbefore=({body.Velocity.X:F2},{body.Velocity.Y:F2},{body.Velocity.Z:F2}) → 0,0,0");
                    body.Velocity = Vector3.Zero;
                }
            }

            // L.3a (2026-04-30): surface the wall normal so callers can apply
            // retail's velocity-reflection bounce (CPhysicsObj::handle_all_collisions
            // at acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:282699-282715, ACE PhysicsObj.cs:
            // 2692-2697). The reflection itself is applied in
            // PlayerMovementController after the position commit, gated on
            // apply_bounce = !(prevOnWalkable && newOnWalkable) — airborne wall
            // hits bounce, grounded wall slides don't.
            bool collisionNormalValid = ci.CollisionNormalValid;
            Vector3 collisionNormal = ci.CollisionNormal;

            // #42 diagnostic (2026-05-05): trace airborne sweeps to identify the
            // source of the ~1m XY drift on retail-observed stationary jumps.
            // Gated on ACDREAM_AIRBORNE_DIAG=1 and !isOnGround. One line per
            // resolve call. deltaXY = post - target tells us how much the sweep
            // diverged from the requested target; for a clean stationary +Z
            // jump we expect (0,0). cp=valid with a tilted normal would confirm
            // H1 (initial-overlap depenetration → next-step AdjustOffset projects
            // the +Z offset along a non-+Z normal). User repros at flat plaza /
            // east hillside / north hillside; if drift direction tracks terrain
            // orientation, H1 is the cause; if it tracks actor facing, H2 / H3.
            if (!isOnGround
                && Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ACDREAM_AIRBORNE_DIAG") == "1")
            {
                var post = sp.CheckPos;
                float dx = post.X - targetPos.X;
                float dy = post.Y - targetPos.Y;
                string cpInfo = ci.ContactPlaneValid
                    ? $"valid cpN=({ci.ContactPlane.Normal.X:F3},{ci.ContactPlane.Normal.Y:F3},{ci.ContactPlane.Normal.Z:F3})"
                    : "none";
                Console.WriteLine(
                    $"[SWEEP] airborne pre=({currentPos.X:F3},{currentPos.Y:F3},{currentPos.Z:F3}) " +
                    $"target=({targetPos.X:F3},{targetPos.Y:F3},{targetPos.Z:F3}) " +
                    $"post=({post.X:F3},{post.Y:F3},{post.Z:F3}) " +
                    $"cell={cellId:X8}->{sp.CheckCellId:X8} ok={ok} " +
                    $"deltaXY=({dx:F3},{dy:F3}) cp={cpInfo}");
            }

            // L.2a slice 1 (2026-05-12): general-purpose resolver probe.
            // One line per call when PhysicsDiagnostics.ProbeResolveEnabled
            // is set (env var ACDREAM_PROBE_RESOLVE=1 at startup, or the
            // DebugPanel checkbox flipped at runtime). Captures every
            // dimension L.2 cares about: input/output position, input/output
            // cell, ok-vs-partial, grounded-in vs contact-out, contact-plane
            // status, wall normal if hit, walkable polygon valid. Zero cost
            // when off (one static-bool read).
            if (PhysicsDiagnostics.ProbeResolveEnabled)
            {
                var probePost = sp.CheckPos;
                string probeCp = ci.ContactPlaneValid
                    ? "valid"
                    : (ci.LastKnownContactPlaneValid ? "lastKnown" : "none");
                string probeHit;
                if (collisionNormalValid)
                {
                    // L.2a slice 2 (2026-05-12): include the hit object's guid +
                    // environment flag so we can tell whether the wall is a building
                    // (CBuildingObj), a door (CC0Cxxxx range), an NPC, or terrain.
                    // Without this we know the wall normal but not the responsible
                    // entity — half the L.2d sub-direction call.
                    string objPart = ci.LastCollidedObjectGuid.HasValue
                        ? System.FormattableString.Invariant(
                            $" obj=0x{ci.LastCollidedObjectGuid.Value:X8}")
                        : "";
                    string envPart = ci.CollidedWithEnvironment ? " env" : "";
                    int objCount = ci.CollideObjectGuids.Count;
                    string objCountPart = objCount > 1
                        ? System.FormattableString.Invariant($" nObj={objCount}")
                        : "";
                    probeHit = System.FormattableString.Invariant(
                        $"yes n=({collisionNormal.X:F2},{collisionNormal.Y:F2},{collisionNormal.Z:F2}){objPart}{envPart}{objCountPart}");
                }
                else
                {
                    probeHit = "no";
                }
                Console.WriteLine(System.FormattableString.Invariant(
                    $"[resolve] ent=0x{movingEntityId:X8} in=({currentPos.X:F3},{currentPos.Y:F3},{currentPos.Z:F3}) cell=0x{cellId:X8} tgt=({targetPos.X:F3},{targetPos.Y:F3},{targetPos.Z:F3}) out=({probePost.X:F3},{probePost.Y:F3},{probePost.Z:F3}) cell=0x{sp.CheckCellId:X8} ok={ok} groundedIn={isOnGround} cp={probeCp} hit={probeHit} walkable={sp.HasLastWalkablePolygon}"));
            }

            // #337 [support] probe (2026-08-06 — TEMPORARY, strip with the
            // physics-probe family). Runs for EVERY body, not just the player:
            // a corpse sinking through geometry is a plain physics body with
            // no player-specific logic, so it is the cheapest possible control
            // on whether the movement code or the geometry is at fault, and it
            // is invisible to any player-filtered probe.
            //
            // The terrain sample below is INDEPENDENT of whatever the sweep
            // decided — it asks the landblock directly what the ground height
            // is under the body's own out-XY. Pairing that with the contact
            // plane's height at the same XY is what separates "terrain is
            // holding this body up" from "some object surface is". Read-only:
            // SampleTerrainWalkable takes no locks, mutates nothing, and is
            // not on the resolve's committed path.
            if (PhysicsDiagnostics.ProbeSupportEnabled)
            {
                Vector3 outPos = sp.CheckPos;
                TerrainWalkableSample? terrain =
                    SampleTerrainWalkable(outPos.X, outPos.Y);

                bool terrainSampled = terrain.HasValue
                    && PhysicsDiagnostics.TryPlaneZAt(
                        terrain.Value.Plane, outPos.X, outPos.Y, out _);
                float terrainZ = float.NaN;
                if (terrainSampled)
                {
                    PhysicsDiagnostics.TryPlaneZAt(
                        terrain!.Value.Plane, outPos.X, outPos.Y, out terrainZ);
                }

                PhysicsDiagnostics.LogSupport(
                    moverId: movingEntityId,
                    isPlayer: (moverFlags & ObjectInfoState.IsPlayer) != 0,
                    inPos: currentPos,
                    inCell: cellId,
                    targetPos: targetPos,
                    outPos: outPos,
                    outCell: sp.CheckCellId,
                    ok: ok,
                    groundedIn: isOnGround,
                    contact: transition.ObjectInfo.Contact,
                    onWalkable: transition.ObjectInfo.OnWalkable,
                    contactPlaneValid: ci.ContactPlaneValid,
                    contactPlane: ci.ContactPlane,
                    contactPlaneCellId: ci.ContactPlaneCellId,
                    contactPlaneIsWater: ci.ContactPlaneIsWater,
                    contactPlaneSource: PhysicsDiagnostics.ContactPlaneSource,
                    lastKnownValid: ci.LastKnownContactPlaneValid,
                    lastKnownPlane: ci.LastKnownContactPlane,
                    terrainSampled: terrainSampled,
                    terrainZ: terrainZ,
                    terrainNormal: terrain?.Plane.Normal ?? Vector3.Zero,
                    terrainCellId: terrain?.CellId ?? 0u,
                    terrainIsWater: terrain?.IsWater ?? false,
                    walkablePolygon: sp.HasWalkablePolygon,
                    lastWalkablePolygon: sp.HasLastWalkablePolygon,
                    stepUpHeight: stepUpHeight,
                    stepDownHeight: stepDownHeight,
                    velocity: body?.Velocity ?? Vector3.Zero);
            }

            // Phase W Stage 0 (2026-06-02): [cell-swept] probe — swept cell vs static-derived cell.
            // Emits before the ResolveResult is built so it shows what BOTH paths would return.
            // No ResolveCellId call here (it has a CellGraph.CurrCell side effect). No behavior change.
            if (PhysicsDiagnostics.ProbeSweptEnabled)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(System.FormattableString.Invariant(
                    $"[cell-swept] ent=0x{movingEntityId:X8} ok={ok} inCell=0x{cellId:X8} curCell=0x{sp.CurCellId:X8} checkCell=0x{sp.CheckCellId:X8} curPos=({sp.CurPos.X:F3},{sp.CurPos.Y:F3},{sp.CurPos.Z:F3}) checkPos=({sp.CheckPos.X:F3},{sp.CheckPos.Y:F3},{sp.CheckPos.Z:F3})"));
            }

            ResolveResult resolveResult;
            if (ok)
            {
                bool inContact = ci.ContactPlaneValid;
                bool onWalkable = PhysicsObjUpdate.IsWalkableContact(
                    inContact,
                    ci.ContactPlane.Normal);
                bool onGround = inContact
                    || (transition.ObjectInfo.State & ObjectInfoState.OnWalkable) != 0;

                resolveResult = new ResolveResult(
                    sp.CheckPos,
                    // Phase W Stage 1: return the transition's SWEPT cell (retail SetPositionInternal
                    // reads sphere_path.curr_cell), not a static re-derive from the resting origin.
                    // ValidateTransition advances sp.CurCellId only on accepted moves / reverts on
                    // blocks, so push-back or standing still cannot flip it. The render root
                    // (CellGraph.CurrCell) is NOT written here — this runs for EVERY entity; it is set
                    // from this id only by the player's UpdateCellId (see UpdatePlayerCurrCell).
                    sp.CurCellId,
                    onGround,
                    collisionNormalValid,
                    collisionNormal,
                    Orientation: sp.CurOrientation,
                    InContact: inContact,
                    OnWalkable: onWalkable);
            }
            else
            {
                // Transition failed (e.g., stuck in corner, too many steps).
                // Use whatever position the transition reached (partial movement)
                // instead of falling back to the no-collision Resolve.
                // If CheckPos hasn't moved from CurPos, the player stays put —
                // this is correct behavior when completely blocked.
                bool partialOnGround = ci.ContactPlaneValid
                    || (transition.ObjectInfo.State & ObjectInfoState.OnWalkable) != 0
                    || isOnGround;

                uint partialCellId = sp.CheckCellId != 0 ? sp.CheckCellId : cellId;
                resolveResult = new ResolveResult(
                    sp.CheckPos,
                    // Phase W Stage 1: prefer the swept cell; fall back to partialCellId only when
                    // sp.CurCellId is zero (transition never advanced — teleport or physics reset).
                    // (Render root set by the player's UpdateCellId, not here — see UpdatePlayerCurrCell.)
                    sp.CurCellId != 0 ? sp.CurCellId : partialCellId,
                    partialOnGround,
                    collisionNormalValid,
                    collisionNormal,
                    Ok: false,
                    Orientation: sp.CurOrientation);   // Render Residual A — the sweep failed (find_valid_position == 0)
            }

            // A6.P3 #98 capture: emit one JSON Lines record per player call,
            // with bodyBefore snapshot (taken at method entry, before any
            // engine mutation) + bodyAfter snapshot (taken now, after the
            // engine wrote back the contact plane / walkable / sliding state
            // to the body). Loaded by CellarUpTrajectoryReplayTests.cs.
            if (captureEnabled)
            {
                PhysicsResolveCapture.LogCall(
                    new ResolveCallInputs(
                        CurrentPos: currentPos,
                        TargetPos: targetPos,
                        CellId: cellId,
                        SphereRadius: sphereRadius,
                        SphereHeight: sphereHeight,
                        StepUpHeight: stepUpHeight,
                        StepDownHeight: stepDownHeight,
                        IsOnGround: isOnGround,
                        MoverFlags: (uint)moverFlags,
                        MovingEntityId: movingEntityId),
                    bodyBeforeSnap,
                    new ResolveCallResult(
                        Position: resolveResult.Position,
                        CellId: resolveResult.CellId,
                        IsOnGround: resolveResult.IsOnGround,
                        CollisionNormalValid: resolveResult.CollisionNormalValid,
                        CollisionNormal: resolveResult.CollisionNormal),
                    body is not null ? PhysicsResolveCapture.Snapshot(body) : null);
            }

            return resolveResult;
        }
        finally
        {
            ReturnTransition(transition);
        }
    }
}