acdream/docs/research/2026-06-26-character-window-retail-reference.md

Character window (Attributes tab) — retail reference + polish targets

Transcribed from two user-provided retail screenshots (2026-06-26): the not-selected state and the Strength-selected state. The PNGs live in the user's chat; this doc is the durable target spec for the remaining polish on acdream's CharacterStatController (LayoutDesc 0x2100002E). "✗" = acdream gap.

State 1 — nothing selected

• Tabs: Attributes (active, gold label), Skills, Titles.
• Name: "Horan" — WHITE (✗ acdream renders the name gold).
• Heritage line: "Female Aluvian Adventurer" — white.
• PK line: "Non-Player Killer" — white.
• Level area (right): small caption "Character Level" (two lines: "Character" / "Level"), then the number "240" as LARGE GOLD SPRITE DIGITS — a number-sprite font, not plain text (✗ acdream draws "126" as plain gold text, and the caption truncates to "Character Le").
• "Total Experience (XP):" caption + value "100,000,017,999" (✗ caption missing in acdream).
• "XP for next level:" caption + value "99,738,801" with the red fill bar behind it (✗ caption + value missing — the value element is consumed by the UiMeter at import).
• Attribute list — 9 rows, each = icon + name + right-aligned value:
  • Row text is LARGER (roughly the icon height ~24px) and rows are TIGHTER (less vertical gap) than acdream's current small-text / wide-spacing.
  • Order: Strength 200, Endurance 10, Coordination 10, Quickness 200, Focus 10, Self 10, Health 5/5, Stamina 10/10, Mana 10/10.
• Footer: "Select an Attribute to Improve" (title) / "Skill Credits Available: 96" / "Unassigned Experience: 87,757,321,741". (acdream now matches — confirm the title says Attribute, not skill.)

State 2 — Strength selected

• Same header.

• Selected row (Strength): highlighted with a DARKER background + bars above/below — retail's selected-row sprite 0x06001397 (Button state 6). (✗ acdream uses a translucent GOLD tint — replace with the dark-bar sprite.)

  CORRECTION 2026-08-24 (Campaign CT, CT1 fix round). The sprite id above is WRONG for this element. Campaign CT's live-DAT probe (docs/research/2026-08-24-campaign-ct-dat-ground-truth.md, §2 "SEALED VERDICT") found the attribute/skill row's actual Highlight media is 0x06000F93, drawn via gmAttributeUI::UpdateSelection @0x0049DEE0's SetState(6) → InfoRegion::SetState @0x004F0EE0 on the row template 0x10000248 itself. 0x06001397 is real, but it belongs to a DIFFERENT mechanism: the spellbook row's separate selected-overlay child element (0x10000342 under prototype 0x10000343, via UIElement_UIItem::SetSelectedState @0x004E1240). This note's "Button state 6" framing was accidentally right about the STATE number but wrong about which sprite that state resolves to on this element. CT5 is the owning slice for the fix.

• Footer flips to:

  • Title: "Strength: 200" — WHITE text (✗ acdream uses the body/gold color).
  • "Experience To Raise:" + "Infinity!" (Strength is maxed → cost is infinite; ✗ acdream shows a numeric/"maxed" placeholder — show "Infinity!" when the attribute is at max).
  • "Unassigned Experience:" + "87,757,321,741".

• Raise buttons (≜10 + triangle) shown at the selected row's right.

Polish checklist (acdream)

1. Name color → white.
2. Level → gold sprite digits (find the number-sprite font/ids); caption "Character"/"Level" 2-line.
3. Add "Total Experience (XP):" caption.
4. Add "XP for next level:" caption + value (un-consume from the meter, or render alongside).
5. Row text larger (≈icon height) + rows tighter.
6. Selection highlight → sprite 0x06000F93 (dark bars), not gold tint. (Corrected 2026-08-24 — see the CORRECTION note above; the sprite id in this checklist item was originally 0x06001397.)
7. Selected footer title → white.
8. Maxed attribute → "Experience To Raise: Infinity!".
9. Footer title wording = "Select an Attribute to Improve" (Attribute).