docs: bring setup and toolchain in line with a finished bootstrap

Initial setup is complete: setup.md opens with a per-section status table and
drops the stale blockers, toolchain.md records that every pin has been exercised
on real work (engine compile + package, Blender/MPFB/Blosm assets, PROJ origin),
and MPFB's load-and-export check moves from pending to verified. Records the one
unexercised path — a fresh checkout — as a v0.1.0 release check.
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Anything marked **human step** needs credentials, licence acceptance, or a decision that cannot be automated. Never store Epic credentials, tokens, or licence keys in the repository.
## Status — 2026-11-07
**Initial setup is complete.** Sections 1 to 4 are done and verified; the project builds, packages, and imports Blender assets with the pinned toolchain. What remains in section 3 is one optional geo environment.
| Section | State |
| --- | --- |
| 1. System | done — Bazzite `45.20261105`, driver `615.78.08`, Vulkan verified, host build tools layered |
| 2. Engine | done — UE `5.8.4` at `/run/media/system/DATA/Engines/UE_5.8.4`, editor launches with Vulkan on the 5070 Ti |
| 3. Tooling pins | done except the optional geo venv; Blender 5.2, MPFB 2.0.18, Blosm 2.7.28, QGIS 4.2.3 all verified |
| 4. Project bootstrap | done — C++ project, packaged blank build, static-mesh scale test, MPFB character import |
| 5. Repository | procedure documented; a fresh checkout has not yet been exercised end to end |
Next: `0.1.0` content work (façade, block frontage, gameplay). Current board is [ROADMAP.md](../ROADMAP.md).
## 1. System
- `[x]` Update Bazzite with its supported mechanism.
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- `[x]` Blender 5.2 LTS (Flatpak) and MPFB 2.0.18 recorded.
- `[x]` Install QGIS and record its version. QGIS **4.2.3**, Flatpak `stable`, runtime `org.kde.Platform 6.11`, bundled PROJ `9.9.0`. The stale `lts` 3.28.9 install was uninstalled 2026-11-07; only `stable` remains.
- `[x]` Install Blosm in Blender, record its version, and confirm it loads on Blender 5.2. Blosm **2.7.28** imports the block extract headless in `3Dsimple` mode; the exact command and the two required headless workarounds are in `Art/blender/README.md`. No second Blender version was needed.
- `[ ]` Confirm the geo tool Python environment (venv with `pyproj`, `GDAL`, `shapely` from the QGIS or distrobox environment) and record it.
- `[ ]` **Optional.** Confirm the geo tool Python environment (venv with `pyproj`, `GDAL`, `shapely`). Not needed so far: every geo script in `Geo/scripts/` is standard-library only, and PROJ 9.9.0 is invoked from the QGIS Flatpak (`LD_LIBRARY_PATH` trick in `Geo/manifests/local-origin.md`). Add the venv only when a step genuinely needs `pyproj` or GDAL in-process.
## 4. Project bootstrap
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Sizes: the engine lives outside the repository (pinned install path recorded in `toolchain.md`). The repository holds the Unreal project, Blender sources, geo sources, and tooling.
**Fresh checkout not yet tested end to end.** The build procedure in [build.md](build.md) was produced from a working tree, not from a clean clone. Exercise it before `v0.1.0` is tagged — it is a release check on the board.
## Known blockers
| Blocker | Owner | Needed for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Delete the fallback 5.2.0 engine archive once the 5.8.4 pin is trusted through asset production | agent | Disk hygiene, pin safety |
| Delete the fallback 5.2.0 engine archive (`/run/media/system/DATA/Downloads/Linux_Unreal_Engine_5.2.0.zip`) once the 5.8.4 pin is trusted through asset production | agent | Disk hygiene (19.6 GiB), pin safety |
| Fresh-checkout build exercised against the documented procedure | agent | `v0.1.0` release check |
Closed 2026-11-07: Epic account and engine download, QGIS `lts` removal, Blosm and MPFB on Blender 5.2 (headless invocation fix in `Art/blender/README.md`), engine validation on Bazzite, full project bootstrap. Earlier closed: Bazzite update and reboot, driver and Vulkan verification, `git-lfs`/`clang`/`cmake`/`ninja` layering.
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Audited 2026-11-06, updated 2026-11-07 on the development workstation.
**State:** initial setup is complete. Every pinned tool below has been exercised on real work — the engine compiled game code and packaged a build, Blender/MPFB/Blosm produced committed assets, and QGIS's PROJ produced the project origin. The only unexercised path is a fresh checkout, tracked as a `v0.1.0` release check.
## Pins
| Component | Pinned | Source | Status |
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| Bazzite | `45.20261105` (Kinoite, `bazzite-dx-nvidia`), kernel `7.2.15-ogc1.1.fc45` | `ujust update` / `rpm-ostree upgrade` | Booted and default. `44.20261026` retained as rollback. |
| NVIDIA driver | `615.78.08`, open kernel module | Bazzite image | Verified: desktop session renders through the RTX 5070 Ti; Vulkan GPU0 is the RTX 5070 Ti on driver `615.78.08`, conformance `1.4.3.3`. |
| Unreal Engine | `5.8.4` — CL 58902052, `++UE5+Release-5.8`, promoted build | Epic download | Fully extracted to `/run/media/system/DATA/Engines/UE_5.8.4` (73 GiB on disk). **Validated 2026-11-07:** headless `-NullRHI` smoke test and full editor GUI launch with Vulkan RHI on the RTX 5070 Ti (loader 1.4.350, `VULKAN_SM5`, map check 0 errors). Pin is final. The verified 5.2.0 archive stays as fallback. |
| Unreal Linux toolchain | system `clang 23.1.4` (Fedora 45) | `rpm-ostree` layer | This 5.8.4 build ships **no** bundled Linux clang (no `clang++` anywhere in the engine tree, verified 2026-11-07); UBT compiles game code with the system toolchain. **Accepted 2026-11-07:** first game-module compile and link succeeded (`GigLineEditor` target, `libUnrealEditor-GigLine.so`). Note: game targets must use `BuildSettingsVersion.V7` to share the engine's build environment. |
| Unreal Linux toolchain | system `clang 23.1.4` (Fedora 45) | `rpm-ostree` layer | This 5.8.4 build ships **no** bundled Linux clang (no `clang++` anywhere in the engine tree, verified 2026-11-07); UBT compiles game code with the system toolchain. **Accepted 2026-11-07:** game-module compile and link (`GigLineEditor`, `libUnrealEditor-GigLine.so`) and a packaged Development build. Game targets use `BuildSettingsVersion.V7` + `EngineIncludeOrderVersion.Latest` (`Source/GigLine.Target.cs`, `Source/GigLineEditor.Target.cs`) to share the installed editor's build environment. |
| Blender | `5.2.0` LTS (build 2026-07-14) | Flatpak `org.blender.Blender` | Installed. Run headless from the app tree with `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` + `BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS`; `flatpak run` is unavailable to the agent shell. |
| MPFB | `2.0.18` (extension `bl_ext.blender_org.mpfb`, `blender_version_min 4.2.0`) | Blender extensions platform | Installed. **Headless-verified 2026-11-07 on 5.2:** enables and generates a default human (19 158-vert mesh, UVs) via `Tools/addon_compat_probe.py`. Headless runs must set `XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.var/app/org.blender.Blender/config` or the extension is not discovered (see `Art/blender/README.md`). Load-and-export (skeleton + baked materials) check still pending. |
| MPFB | `2.0.18` (extension `bl_ext.blender_org.mpfb`, `blender_version_min 4.2.0`) | Blender extensions platform | Installed. **Fully verified 2026-11-07:** generates a default human (19 158 verts, UVs), standard 137-bone rig with weights, and a baked 1024² skin; the character imports into Unreal as a `SkeletalMesh` with Skeleton, Material, and Texture. Headless runs must set `XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.var/app/org.blender.Blender/config` or the extension is not discovered (`Art/blender/README.md`). |
| Blosm | `2.7.28` (legacy add-on, `bl_info.blender = (4, 5, 0)`, manifest min 4.2) | blosm.com | Installed and importing on Blender 5.2 in `3Dsimple` mode. Two headless workarounds are required; see `Art/blender/README.md`. Paid material asset pack lives in `~/Downloads/blosm-assets/` and is not committed. |
| QGIS | `4.2.3`, Flatpak `stable`, runtime `org.kde.Platform 6.11`; bundled PROJ `9.9.0` | flathub | Installed 2026-11-06. Stale `lts` branch (`3.28.9`, EOL Qt5 runtime) uninstalled 2026-11-07; only `stable` remains. |
| Git | `2.56.0` | Bazzite image | Installed. |