acdream/docs
Erik ec50455a63 feat(CT6): character window Y-resize clamped at retail's authored host minimum + shrink-and-scroll list contract
CT6 (Campaign CT slice 6): the resize clamp source is the SHARED
gmPanelUI host (0x100005FE in LayoutDesc 0x2100006E), not 0x2100002E's
own root and not the Character/Skills slot 0x1000018E either — live
probe confirmed the host authors MinWidth=MaxWidth=310 (fixed — no
horizontal Resizebar authored), MinHeight=372, MaxHeight=1000, and that
the bottom Resizebar (0x10000660) and top Dragbar (0x1000065C) are
direct children of the host, not the content parent. Decomp chain:
UIElement_Resizebar::StartMouseResizing @0x0046B7E0 calls
UIElement::StartResizing(this->GetParent(), ...), stashing drag state on
that parent; UIElement::MouseResizeElement @0x00461130 then reads
GetAttribute_Int(this, 0x3C..0x3F) off that same element every
mouse-move.

RetailUiRuntime.MountCharacter now imports the host element and passes
it as RetailWindowFrame.Options.DatConstraintSource, matching the
existing MountSideVitals pattern.

CharacterStatController.RebuildActiveList now wraps BOTH the Attributes
and Skills tabs' rows in the same UiScrollablePanel viewport (previously
only Skills got one; Attributes rows had no clipping/scrolling and the
shared scrollbar was force-hidden — owner report item 2). The shared
scrollbar is now always bound + visible; UiScrollbar's own
IsPresentationVisible/IsModelDisabled already draw the correct
full-track "disabled" thumb when content fits. This surfaced and fixed
a real #372/#412-class anchor-baseline bug: the viewport's
Left|Top|Bottom anchor was capturing its baseline margins lazily on its
own first ApplyAnchor call, which happens AFTER the ListBox has already
grown from its raw DAT height to its mounted height, permanently
capping the viewport short on every later resize. Fixed with an eager
CaptureCurrentAnchorBaseline() call, mirroring UiTemplateListBox
.Viewport's own lazy getter.

CharacterTitlesController.Bind gained the same defensive
Anchors = Left|Top|Bottom fallback for the Titles ListBox that
CharacterStatController already had (a no-op on the real DAT — both the
Titles page and its ListBox already carry a real authored LayoutPolicy
that stretches correctly).

Standardization audit: UiElement.MinWidth/MinHeight/MaxWidth/MaxHeight,
set once at RetailWindowFrame.Mount, are the ONLY clamp fields — read
identically by interactive drag, RetailWindowManager.ResizeTo, and
RetailWindowLayoutPersistence's restore clamp. No gaps found; no
register row (every number is a live-probed authored DAT value or a
structural correctness fix, nothing inferred).

Tests: CharacterStatControllerTests
.CharacterWindow_ResizesYWithinAuthoredHostClamp_AndReflowsListAndScrollbar,
CharacterTitlesControllerTests
.TitlesList_ReflowsWithWindowResize_AndScrollbarOverflowFlips,
RetailWindowFrameTests
.NineSlice_ChatShapedConstraints_ClampProgrammaticResizeAtAuthoredBounds
(shared-mechanism regression pin), CharacterPanelLiveDatTests
.PanelHost_AuthorsFixedWidthAndBottomOnlyResizeContract (InstalledDat
pin). Existing attribute-row tests updated from list.Children to
Descendants(list) for the new nested-viewport shape (the pattern skill
rows already needed).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-25 02:21:56 +02:00
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architecture feat(ui): Campaign CT slice CT5 — attribute/skill row geometry + selection media 2026-08-25 01:15:32 +02:00
audit docs: update audit — Sprint 1 items verified (sequence counters + scenery LCG) 2026-04-13 13:51:39 +02:00
plans feat(CT6): character window Y-resize clamped at retail's authored host minimum + shrink-and-scroll list contract 2026-08-25 02:21:56 +02:00
reference docs(reference): preserve local ACE command catalog 2026-07-27 00:03:58 +02:00
render-packs fix(render): correct foliage-wind classification, receiver/caster desync, and frame binding (Campaign VM VM6 review) 2026-08-23 01:54:36 +02:00
reports docs: the overnight consolidation report, open questions first 2026-07-29 03:54:43 +02:00
research feat(CT6): character window Y-resize clamped at retail's authored host minimum + shrink-and-scroll list contract 2026-08-25 02:21:56 +02:00
reviews docs: close r3 test cleanup 2026-08-18 17:02:15 +02:00
superpowers feat(launcher): complete Campaign LA11 pre-gate support 2026-08-15 00:02:04 +02:00
bugs.md docs: reconcile project status and navigation 2026-07-20 13:00:41 +02:00
ci-and-releases.md docs: note that docs-only pushes skip the pipeline 2026-08-19 16:15:04 +02:00
ISSUES.md fix(ui): tooltip wrap bound comes from the popup text child's authored P0x3D, and tooltip text left-aligns 2026-08-24 18:29:03 +02:00
launch-options.md docs: correct the probe-debt callout — 31 temporary probes remain, all attributed 2026-08-24 12:33:46 +02:00
README.md docs: launch-options reference + the test that keeps it honest 2026-08-24 10:28:59 +02:00
release-gate.md feat(render): implement Campaign AR and terrain fidelity 2026-08-22 13:13:29 +02:00

acdream documentation map

This page is the entry point for project documentation. It distinguishes current sources of truth from implementation history so an old plan or issue banner cannot silently override the current program state.

Current snapshot — 2026-07-27

  • Milestone state: M3, “Cast a spell,” landed 2026-07-21. M4, “Live in the world,” is active.
  • M4 gameplay program: resume the pre-M4 world-interaction completion program. Favorite-spell overflow, status Use/Assess, and the complete assessment surface are user-accepted. Equipped-child picking and vendor browse/transactions remain Slices 46.
  • Structural/runtime state: all eight GameWindow decomposition slices, Modern Runtime Slices AJ, and the connected visual/lifecycle gates are complete. GameWindow is a 1,622-line composition/callback shell. AcDream.Runtime.GameRuntime owns canonical session, entity/object, gameplay, movement, physics, projectile, environment, and portal state; graphical and no-window hosts borrow the same owner graph.
  • Headless state: Slice K is complete. AcDream.Headless is a presentation-free Windows/Linux host with deterministic commands/events, shared immutable content, multi-session isolation, reconnect, resource telemetry, and 1/5/10/30-session gates. The final two-account native-Linux soak completed ten minutes, logged out through ACE, and converged every ownership ledger.
  • Linux graphical state: Slice L0 and the L1 implementation checkpoint are complete at 66f114b2 and 11501d52. Native Windows passes the active modern-GL/audio/window smoke. WSLg X11/Wayland correctly reject their missing GL_ARB_bindless_texture. Physical-Linux validation and L2L6 are explicitly deferred; resume at the supported AMD/NVIDIA L1 gate.
  • Completed gameplay gates: R6 locomotion/collision/projectile/teleport/ radar, two-client portal-out/materialization, indoor prepared collision, loot ordering, local/remote ground drops, and selection-marker lifetime.
  • Separate visual verification: issue #225, the shared-alpha lifestone/particle result; its connected resource-lifetime and performance routes pass.
  • Carried behaviour debt: issue #153 (far teleport onto an unstreamed edge), #116 (narrowed slide response), #235 (capped/RDP jump cadence), and the active temporary-stopgap rows in the divergence register.
  • Divergence audit: 189 active rows — IA 18, AD 38, AP 91, TS 38, and UN 4 — plus retained struck/retired historical rows such as TS-37.
  • Latest automated baseline: the Release build succeeds with the 17 test-project warnings tracked by issue #228; 8,826 tests pass and five are intentionally skipped. App passes 3,763 / 3 skips. The L1 Windows supported smoke and WSLg X11/Wayland negative-capability reports all end with zero window/GL/input/audio ownership.

Sources of truth

Read these in this order when deciding what to do next:

  1. plans/2026-05-12-milestones.md — the active playable outcome, freeze boundaries, and visual gates.
  2. plans/2026-04-11-roadmap.md — strategic phase ledger: shipped, active, deferred, and future work.
  3. ISSUES.md — tactical defects and small follow-ups. The status inside an issue is authoritative; physical order is not.
  4. architecture/retail-divergence-register.md — every known place runtime behavior can differ from retail.
  5. architecture/acdream-architecture.md and architecture/code-structure.md — ownership, dependency, update-thread, and extraction rules.
  6. architecture/worldbuilder-inventory.md — rendering/DAT code already owned in-tree versus mechanisms still ours to port.

If these disagree, milestones control the current outcome, the roadmap controls work ordering, the issue status controls the individual defect, and the architecture documents control implementation shape. Reconcile the stale document in the same change; do not leave both claims standing.

Research and implementation records

  • research/named-retail/ is the primary retail oracle: named pseudo-C, headers, symbols, and types from the Sept 2013 build.
  • research/decompiled/ is the older Ghidra fallback.
  • research/ contains focused pseudocode, traces, fixtures, and gate reports. A dated research note records evidence; it does not become a new roadmap.
  • superpowers/specs/ and superpowers/plans/ are per-slice design and execution records. Completed plans remain historical.
  • ci-and-releases.md is the SSOT for the Gitea CI pipeline, the self-hosted runners, and how alpha releases are published. Load-sensitive tests live in Lane=Timing; see release-gate.md before adding to it.
  • launch-options.md is the SSOT for every environment variable and command-line argument the client reads, including what each one changes about the run beyond its obvious effect. Read the side-effects column before trusting any measurement. Enforced by LaunchOptionsDocumentationTests: a flag without a row fails the build, and so does a row whose read site was deleted.
  • audit/ contains completion and conformance audits.
  • reference/ace-commands.md preserves the local ACE server's complete in-game command catalog and points to the authoritative per-command help surface.

Durable memory

  • ../claude-memory/MEMORY.md indexes the live subsystem memories and the render/physics digests. Read a domain digest before changing that subsystem, especially its DO-NOT-RETRY table.
  • ../memory/ contains stable engineering references such as the modern rendering pipeline, two-tier streaming, and toolchain notes.

Memory accelerates recall; it does not outrank the canonical documents above. When current truth changes, update the relevant canonical document and distill only the durable lesson into memory.

Historical and deprecated documents

  • bugs.md is the April 2026 bug snapshot. It is preserved for archaeology and is not an active ledger.
  • Dated plans and specs describe the decision at that time. Their completion wording is historical unless the current milestone/roadmap explicitly links the item as active.
  • Old R1→R8 architecture sequencing is superseded. Current execution comes from the milestones and strategic roadmap.

Documentation maintenance rules

  • Update milestone, roadmap, issue, divergence, architecture, and memory claims in the same commit when a shipped change affects them.
  • Keep one issue ID per defect. Narrow an issue in place; do not reuse another issue's number as a shorthand.
  • Mark automated, connected, and visual gates separately. An automated pass is not a visual acceptance, and an RDP throughput sample is not a local-display visual comparison.
  • Preserve research history, but remove stale “current/next” claims from living documents once the state advances.