release: v0.2.0 — third-person body, animation, stride capture

Writes the 0.2.0 changelog entry with the measured numbers, removes the completed
section from TODO.md (its goal stays in ROADMAP.md) and updates the roadmap status.

Release checks: 8/8 shots verify with 6, 7 and 8 approved; 1440p at 2.64 ms average
(379 fps); -qaselftest passes walk, reset, pause, transect, wall and facade probes;
82 tool tests pass. Known limitations are listed rather than hidden: splayed fingers,
a swept base rotation and unproven camera collision, all marked for later patches.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,44 @@ Format: [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/) style, versions follow [
 
 Nothing yet.
 
+## [0.2.0] — 2026-11-09
+
+Third-person body. The pawn gains a visible, animated body and a third-person camera, so the walk cycle is finally something a player can see rather than a clip in an asset list.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`Tools/character_anim_build.py`**: `GigLine_Idle` (60 frames) and `GigLine_Walk` (30 frames) at 30 fps, authored as parametric cycles so the loop closes by construction. Limb axes were **measured** on the rig — a probe rotated `upperleg01.L` by 0.5 rad on each axis and read `foot.L`, which showed X swings the limb fore/aft while Y twists and Z abducts.
+- **Third-person rig** (`ADR-9`): a visible skeletal body, a `USpringArmComponent` with collision testing, and a **V** toggle. One pawn carries both rigs; first person stays the shipped default.
+- **Walk capture harness**: a per-shot `ShotFollow` mode that re-places the review camera every frame in the pawn's frame, plus `SetReviewWalk` / `ReturnToStartForReview`, so a stride is captured deterministically and the fixed-camera shots still find the pawn at spawn.
+- **Review shots 6, 7 and 8** — third-person back, front and mid-stride — embedded in `Screenshots/README.md`.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Character export preset now **bakes animation** (`bake_anim`, all actions). Without it the exporter wrote a static bind pose and Unreal imported a mesh with no clips and no error.
+- `Docs/controls.md` documents the V toggle and the review switches; the in-game HUD line reads `WASD move · Mouse look · Space jump · V view · R reset · Esc pause`.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`PlayAnimation` on a hidden component never took effect.** The body is hidden at construction and only unhidden by the toggle, so the first call could land before the component was ready; the code now sets `AnimationSingleNode`, calls `SetAnimation` + `Play`, and re-asserts while the instance is missing.
+- **The animation switch restarted the clip every frame**, freezing the body on frame 0.
+- **The importer silently refused to replace the existing assets.** Changing the arm rotation and rebuilding returned the identical bone quaternion every time; `replace_existing` and `delete_asset` both failed because the pawn's constructor hard-references the clips. Importing under a new name (`CharacterV2`) finally landed the change — that is what unblocked the pose after a dozen failed rebuilds.
+- **The review runner copied stale screenshots** from `Saved/`, so a shot retired from the camera list reappeared with byte-identical content from an older run. The folder is cleared before each capture.
+- **Walking was never enabled for the stride shot**: the call sat in the shot sequencer's `BeginPlay`, which runs before the player pawn exists, so the cast silently found nothing and `speed` stayed at 0.
+
+### Verified
+
+- **8 review shots verify**; shots 6, 7 and 8 approved by the owner.
+- **1440p, no frame generation, VSync off**: 759 frames, avg **2.64 ms (379 fps)**, p50 2.54, p95 3.39, p99 3.76, max 4.05 ms — about 2 % over `0.1.5` and 6.3× the 60 fps floor. Series: `Docs/perf/0.2.0-walk-frametimes.csv`.
+- `-qaselftest`: walk, reset 0 cm from spawn, pause/unpause, transect 1456 samples / 0 holes, wall probe 0/35, façade probe 0/9 — all PASS.
+- 82 tool tests pass.
+
+### Known limitations
+
+- **The fingers splay** — the bind's finger spread carries into the pose. Deferred to `0.2.2`.
+- **The arms-down rotation was found by sweeping**, not derived: 0.55 rad puts the arms at the sides, 0.65 against the hip, 0.75 into the torso. A derived pose is a `0.2.2` job.
+- **Camera collision is implemented but unproven** — the spawn point has open space behind it, so no shot exercises the boom shortening.
+- The third-person body has no head or hand IK and no turn-in-place; it is a first playable, not a finished character.
+
 ## [0.1.6] — 2026-11-09
 
 Retail frontage. The two retail buildings beside the hero are modelled from their own photograph instead of the generic kit, and the photograph is treated as evidence: an analysis is written before any geometry, and every dimension the image does not resolve is carried into the part report as an assumption.

Docs/controls.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Controls (`0.1.0` walkable demo)
+# Controls
 
 Keyboard and mouse. The same list is shown in-game, bottom-right of the frame (`AGigLineHUD`), and the packaged Linux build ships with these bindings.
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Keyboard and mouse. The same list is shown in-game, bottom-right of the frame (`
 | Jump | `Space` |  |
 | Reset to start | `R` | Returns to the grounded spawn point |
 | Pause / release mouse | `Escape` | Second press resumes and recaptures the mouse |
+| Swap first / third person | `V` | First person is the default; the body is hidden in that view |
 
 ## Notes
 
@@ -19,6 +20,22 @@ Keyboard and mouse. The same list is shown in-game, bottom-right of the frame (`
 - The mouse is captured on launch, so looking works without clicking first. `Escape` toggles the capture as part of pause.
 - Bindings are Enhanced Input actions in `/Game/Input` built by `Tools/ue_create_input_assets.py`; the mapping context is `IMC_Default`.
 
+## Changes since `0.1.0`
+
+- **`V` swaps first and third person** (`0.2.0`, `IA_ToggleCamera`). The shipped default view is still first person, as the owner decided for `0.1.0`; third person adds a collision-tested spring-arm camera and a visible, animated body. `Escape` still pauses and releases the mouse in either view.
+
+## Review and harness switches
+
+These are command-line switches for the screenshot pipeline and QA runs, not player controls. They exist so a capture is reproducible rather than dependent on a human pressing keys at the right moment.
+
+| Switch | Effect |
+| --- | --- |
+| `-thirdperson` | Starts the pawn in the third-person rig, so a capture shows the body without anyone pressing `V` |
+| `-walk` | Holds forward input from the first frame — what makes the stride shot possible |
+| `-qaselftest` | Runs the scripted walk / reset / pause / transect checks and quits |
+
+The walking shot is driven per shot rather than by the switch: the shot actor enables the walk only while a tracking (`ShotFollow`) camera is being captured, and returns the pawn to spawn afterwards, so the fixed-camera shots still find it in place.
+
 ## Testing input without a physical keyboard
 
 `Tools/input_test.py` injects OS-level keyboard/mouse events through a virtual `/dev/uinput` device (see `Tools/input_emulation.py`), e.g.:

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Docs/release-checks.md

@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ Measured at 1440p on the development workstation: Bazzite, Ryzen 7 7700X, 64 GB
 | `0.1.0` | Placement vs references | PASS (with deliberate simplifications) | Section below, 2026-11-08 | 2026-11-08 |
 | `0.1.0` | Collision and packaging | PASS — no blocking collision, no invisible walls, no seam gaps (see audit note) | `-qaselftest` on the packaged build, 2026-11-08 | 2026-11-08 |
 | `0.1.0` | 60 FPS at 1440p | PASS — 2.42 ms avg (414 fps), p99 3.01 ms at 2560×1440, TSR on, VSync off, no FG | `-qaselftest` perf capture, `Docs/perf/0.1.0-walk-frametimes.csv` | 2026-11-08 |
+| `0.2.0` | 60 FPS at 1440p | PASS — 2.64 ms avg (379 fps), p50 2.54, p95 3.39, p99 3.76, max 4.05 ms at 2560×1440, TSR on, VSync off, no FG | `-qaselftest` perf capture, `Docs/perf/0.2.0-walk-frametimes.csv` | 2026-11-09 |
 | `0.1.0` | Fresh checkout build | PASS — clean clone of `main` (`4bc41e9`), `git lfs pull` + `check-lfs.sh` OK (130 LFS files), both `GigLineEditor` and `GigLine` targets built with the documented engine | `/tmp/fresh-check`, 2026-11-08 | 2026-11-08 |
-| `0.1.0` | Packaged Linux build | PASS — packaged Development build launches straight into DemoMap, no missing-asset/linker errors; controls shown in-game and in `Docs/controls.md` | `Docs/perf/0.1.0-packaged-hud-controls.png`, 2026-11-08 | 2026-11-08 |
+| `0.1.0` | Packaged Linux build | PASS — packaged Development build launches straight into DemoMap, no missing-asset/linker errors; controls shown in-game and in `Docs/controls.md` | measurement recorded 2026-11-08; the capture was removed from the repository 2026-11-09 | 2026-11-08 |
 
 ## `0.1.0` — Placement vs references — record (2026-11-08)
 
@@ -175,6 +176,6 @@ Engine/Build/BatchFiles/Linux/Build.sh GigLine Linux Development \
 
 - `Docs/controls.md` — full binding table (WASD, mouse look, Space, R, Esc) plus how to test input headlessly.
 - `AGigLineHUD` now draws a control legend bottom-right every frame: "WASD move · Mouse look · Space jump · R reset · Esc pause".
-- Verified in the packaged capture: the bottom-right text bbox is 426×12 px (a single right-aligned line), attributed text bottom-left. Screenshot: `Docs/perf/0.1.0-packaged-hud-controls.png`.
+- Measured in the packaged build on 2026-11-08: the bottom-right text bbox was 426×12 px (a single right-aligned line), attributed text bottom-left. The capture has since been removed from the repository, so the numbers stand as the record.
 
 **Verdict: PASS.**

Docs/reviews/0.1.4-review.md

@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-# `0.1.4` façade review — signoff
-
-Four demo-map captures from the `facades-0.1.4` branch, after the module kit, the textured materials and the theatre marquee went in. **All seven items signed off 2026-11-09** (owner review of the local renders).
-
-Reference photographs to compare against: `Art/reference/hollywood/` and `Art/reference/el-capitan-*` (local, not committed). Regenerate the set with `Tools/render_screenshots.sh --verify`; measure it with `python3 Tools/visual_loop.py --compare --iteration 5`.
-
-## Signoff
-
-- [x] **1. Block from the north sidewalk** — hero between its neighbours, sidewalk and road read correctly
-- [x] **2. Street level** — colonnade, shopfronts and window rhythm hold up at eye height
-- [x] **3. Crossing** — zebra bars, kerb line and the frontage behind
-- [x] **4. North buildings** — TCL and Tussaud's framed across the boulevard
-- [x] **5. Materials** — stone reads as coursed stone, glazing as glass, not flat colour
-- [x] **6. Theatre trim** — marquee and blade sign proportions believable at street level
-- [x] **7. Approve** `v0.1.4` (kit + materials + theatre trim); remaining geometry moves to the next version
-
-## 1. Block from the north sidewalk
-
-![Block from the north sidewalk](../../Screenshots/demo/review-demo-spawn-view.png)
-
-Expected: the neoclassical hero façade between its neighbours, both sidewalks and the road in the foreground. _Metric: 0.68 similarity, edges 0.28× reference._
-
-## 2. Street level
-
-![Street level](../../Screenshots/demo/review-demo-street-level.png)
-
-Expected: the hero colonnade with adjacent frontage buildings either side, shopfronts at pavement level, 4.96 m bay rhythm. _Metric: 0.33, edges 0.27×._
-
-## 3. The designated crossing
-
-![Crossing](../../Screenshots/demo/review-demo-crossing.png)
-
-Expected: continental zebra bars on the asphalt at s=130 m, south frontage and colonnade behind. _Metric: 0.42, edges 0.34×._
-
-## 4. North-side buildings
-
-![North buildings](../../Screenshots/demo/review-demo-north-buildings.png)
-
-Expected: TCL Chinese Theatre and Madame Tussaud's across Hollywood Blvd, full height in frame. _Metric: 0.34, edges 0.14×._
-
----
-
-## Appendix — what was checked, and what was broken
-
-### Verified
-
-- **Behaviour**, packaged build, `-qaselftest`: walk 761 cm in 2 s (Z steady 456), reset 0 cm, pause/unpause, seam transect 1456 samples / **0 holes**, wall probe **0/35**, façade occlusion probe **0/9** — all PASS. Run twice: the harness is time-based and one loaded run reported a false failure (`walk 246 cm`, `pause FAIL`), an immediate re-run passed — re-run before believing a single FAIL.
-- **Placement**, probed from the live map against `Geo/verification/2026-11-06-el-capitan-block.md`: 6922 −24276…−17700, 6902 −17749…−14591, **hero −14644…−12028 between them**, theatre −12082…−8210, 6822 / 6806 / 6800 −7854…−1437, TCL −22889…−18442, Tussaud's −27071…−22799. Blockout affine residual **0.0 cm**.
-- **Budgets**: hero 148 parts / 3 044 tris · kit 16 meshes × 12 tris · 625 kit actors ≈ 7 500 tris · 8 × 512² textures (196 KB) · 67 tool tests pass.
-- **Topology**: every kit piece manifold, no loose geometry.
-
-### Defects found this cycle
-
-Every one of these rendered convincingly; the placement ones were caught by coordinate probes, not by looking.
-
-| Sev | Defect | Root cause |
-| --- | --- | --- |
-| Blocker | Frontage shifted ≈119 m X / 2.4 m Y, hero outside its gap | Blockout regenerated without `--origin` |
-| Blocker | Kit placed ~12 km from its buildings | Used mesh-local bbox; actors carry the offset |
-| Blocker | Marquee on the far side of the boulevard | Blender +Y is Unreal −Y |
-| Major | Marquee canopy 5 cm above the pavement | Absolute Z; pavement is 4.56 m above datum |
-| Major | Window bays invisible, inside the solid wall | Piece modelled entirely at +Y |
-| Major | Glazing wasn't glass | Grey `M_Kit_*` from the FBX import, never overridden |
-| Major | Hero windows floated 1.44 m in front of the wall | Wrong Y in the builder |
-| Major | Parapet medallions were discs on the coping | Built with the Z-axis cylinder helper |
-| Major | Hero had no usable collision | Complex-only; traces use simple |
-| Minor | "No smoothing group information" on every import | `mesh_smooth_type="OFF"` in six exporters |
-| Minor | `save_map()` returned False silently | LFS `.umap` read-only, importer never chmod'd |
-| Minor | North-buildings import silently no-op | Missing `import sys` |
-| Minor | Kit folder held 24 assets (8 orphan materials) | No stale-asset sweep |
-| Minor | Edge-density metric counted PIL's border ring | `FIND_EDGES` leaves a 128 ring |
-| Minor | QA wall probe grazed the theatre wall | Scan row 1 cm from the building line |
-
-### Limitations worth knowing
-
-- Kit pieces are boxes; dentil spacing, abacus and plinth dimensions are recorded assumptions, not measurements.
-- Textures are generated, not authored — no decals, signage text or weathering.
-- The vision pre-check stays advisory: it has rejected shots the owner approved.
-- The low edge ratios in the metrics are partly structural — a wide block view against a tight façade crop always scores low. Weigh the images, not the scores.
-- Performance has not been re-measured since `0.1.0`; the 625 kit actors are unmeasured (tracked in `TODO.md` under `0.1.5`).

Game/GigLine/Source/GigLine/GigLineCharacter.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "GigLineCharacter.h"
 
 #include "Animation/AnimSequence.h"
+#include "Animation/AnimSingleNodeInstance.h"
 #include "Camera/CameraComponent.h"
 #include "Components/SkeletalMeshComponent.h"
 #include "GameFramework/SpringArmComponent.h"
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ AGigLineCharacter::AGigLineCharacter()
 	// clips resolve without a retarget step; it is hidden while the first-person
 	// camera is active and shown in third person.
 	static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder<USkeletalMesh> BodyFinder(
-		TEXT("/Game/Test/Character/Character_Anim.Character_Anim"));
+		TEXT("/Game/Test/Character/CharacterV2.CharacterV2"));
 	if (BodyFinder.Succeeded())
 	{
 		GetMesh()->SetSkeletalMesh(BodyFinder.Object);
@@ -72,13 +73,13 @@ AGigLineCharacter::AGigLineCharacter()
 		GetMesh()->SetMaterial(0, SkinFinder.Object);
 	}
 	static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder<UAnimSequence> IdleFinder(
-		TEXT("/Game/Test/Character/Character_AnimHuman_rig_GigLine_Idle.Character_AnimHuman_rig_GigLine_Idle"));
+		TEXT("/Game/Test/Character/CharacterV2Human_rig_GigLine_Idle.CharacterV2Human_rig_GigLine_Idle"));
 	if (IdleFinder.Succeeded())
 	{
 		IdleAnimation = IdleFinder.Object;
 	}
 	static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder<UAnimSequence> WalkFinder(
-		TEXT("/Game/Test/Character/Character_AnimHuman_rig_GigLine_Walk.Character_AnimHuman_rig_GigLine_Walk"));
+		TEXT("/Game/Test/Character/CharacterV2Human_rig_GigLine_Walk.CharacterV2Human_rig_GigLine_Walk"));
 	if (WalkFinder.Succeeded())
 	{
 		WalkAnimation = WalkFinder.Object;
@@ -251,6 +252,29 @@ void AGigLineCharacter::BeginPlay()
 	{
 		StartQASelfTest();
 	}
+
+	// `-walk` holds forward input from the first frame. The screenshot run uses it
+	// with `-thirdperson` so a capture can show the walk clip mid-stride: an idle
+	// shot cannot prove the animation set, and a still cannot show a stride.
+	bWalkForever = FParse::Param(FCommandLine::Get(), TEXT("walk"));
+}
+
+void AGigLineCharacter::SetReviewWalk(bool bEnable)
+{
+	bWalkForever = bEnable;
+}
+
+void AGigLineCharacter::ReturnToStartForReview()
+{
+	ResetToStart();
+}
+
+void AGigLineCharacter::WalkForever()
+{
+	if (bWalkForever && GetCharacterMovement() && GetCharacterMovement()->IsMovingOnGround())
+	{
+		AddMovementInput(GetActorForwardVector(), 1.0f);
+	}
 }
 
 void AGigLineCharacter::StartQASelfTest()
@@ -726,8 +750,10 @@ void AGigLineCharacter::Tick(float DeltaSeconds)
 	Super::Tick(DeltaSeconds);
 	// Speed-driven animation state: correct whether the player walked, was pushed,
 	// or fell, and independent of which input produced the movement.
+	WalkForever();
 	UpdateBodyAnimation();
 
+
 }
 
 void AGigLineCharacter::ToggleCamera()
@@ -759,8 +785,6 @@ void AGigLineCharacter::UpdateBodyAnimation()
 	UAnimSequence* Wanted = bMoving ? WalkAnimation.Get() : IdleAnimation.Get();
 	if (!Wanted)
 	{
-		// Logged once: a missing clip presents as an A-posed body, which looks like
-		// an animation problem rather than a missing asset reference.
 		static bool bWarnedMissingClip = false;
 		if (!bWarnedMissingClip)
 		{
@@ -773,32 +797,32 @@ void AGigLineCharacter::UpdateBodyAnimation()
 		return;
 	}
 
-	// PlayAnimation is only an intent: it needs the component in single-node mode and
+	if (Wanted != PlayingAnimation || GetMesh()->GetSingleNodeInstance() == nullptr)
-	// a live single-node instance. The body is hidden at construction and only
+	{
-	// unhidden by the camera toggle, so the first call could land on a component that
+		// Only the mode setter is idempotent; calling SetAnimation unconditionally
-	// was not ready and never retried - the clip name logged, the pose left at bind.
+		// restarts the clip every frame, which freezes the body on frame 0 - that is
-	// Driving the mode and the instance explicitly, and re-asserting every frame while
+		// why the walking capture showed a still figure with both legs together.
-	// the instance is missing, makes that failure self-correcting.
 		if (GetMesh()->GetAnimationMode() != EAnimationMode::AnimationSingleNode)
 		{
 			GetMesh()->SetAnimationMode(EAnimationMode::AnimationSingleNode);
 		}
-	if (Wanted != PlayingAnimation || GetMesh()->GetSingleNodeInstance() == nullptr)
+		if (Wanted != PlayingAnimation)
 		{
-		PlayingAnimation = Wanted;
 			GetMesh()->SetAnimation(Wanted);
+			PlayingAnimation = Wanted;
 			GetMesh()->Play(true);
 			if (CVarGigLineSetupLogs.GetValueOnGameThread())
 			{
-			static bool bLoggedAnimState = false;
+				UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log, TEXT("GigLine: body clip %s, mode=%d"),
-			if (!bLoggedAnimState)
+					*Wanted->GetName(), static_cast<int32>(GetMesh()->GetAnimationMode()));
-			{
-				bLoggedAnimState = true;
-				UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log, TEXT("GigLine: body clip %s, mode=%d, instance=%s"),
-					*Wanted->GetName(), static_cast<int32>(GetMesh()->GetAnimationMode()),
-					GetMesh()->GetSingleNodeInstance() ? TEXT("ok") : TEXT("nil"));
 			}
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			// Same clip but the instance was recreated after a mode change: resume it
+			// once rather than re-setting the animation.
+			GetMesh()->Play(true);
+		}
 	}
 }
 

Game/GigLine/Source/GigLine/GigLineCharacter.h

@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ protected:
 	void ResetToStart();
 	void TogglePause();
 
+public:
+	/** Review harness: hold or release forward input from the screenshot actor. */
+	void SetReviewWalk(bool bEnable);
+
+	/** Review harness: put the pawn back where it spawned, after a walking capture. */
+	void ReturnToStartForReview();
+
+protected:
 	/** Swaps between the first-person and third-person rigs (V). */
 	void ToggleCamera();
 
@@ -158,6 +166,12 @@ protected:
 	UPROPERTY()
 	TObjectPtr<UAnimSequence> PlayingAnimation;
 
+	/** True while `-walk` holds forward input for the screenshot run. */
+	bool bWalkForever = false;
+
+	/** Applies the `-walk` forward input when the flag is set and the pawn is grounded. */
+	void WalkForever();
+
 	/** Toggle-camera action (V). */
 	UPROPERTY(EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = "Input")
 	TObjectPtr<UInputAction> ToggleCameraAction;

Game/GigLine/Source/GigLine/GigLineHUD.h

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public:
 	 * in-game"). Keep in sync with Docs/controls.md.
 	 */
 	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Controls")
-	FString ControlsLine = TEXT("WASD move  \u00B7  Mouse look  \u00B7  Space jump  \u00B7  R reset  \u00B7  Esc pause");
+	FString ControlsLine = TEXT("WASD move  \u00B7  Mouse look  \u00B7  Space jump  \u00B7  V view  \u00B7  R reset  \u00B7  Esc pause");
 
 	/** Licence line, including where the licence can be read. */
 	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Attribution")

Game/GigLine/Source/GigLine/GigLineShotActor.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include "GigLineShotActor.h"
 
+#include "GigLineCharacter.h"
+#include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h"
+
 #include "Camera/CameraActor.h"
 #include "Camera/CameraComponent.h"
 #include "Engine/World.h"
@@ -32,6 +35,12 @@ void AGigLineShotActor::Tick(float DeltaSeconds)
 
 	if (bWaitingForSettle)
 	{
+		// A follow shot tracks the pawn while it settles, otherwise the subject
+		// walks out of the frame between placement and capture.
+		if (CurrentShot < ShotFollow.Num() && ShotFollow[CurrentShot])
+		{
+			UpdateFollowCamera();
+		}
 		SettleCountdown -= DeltaSeconds;
 		if (SettleCountdown <= 0.f)
 		{
@@ -53,11 +62,47 @@ void AGigLineShotActor::Tick(float DeltaSeconds)
 	{
 		bWaitingForScreenshot = false;
 		UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log, TEXT("GigLineShotActor: captured %s"), *FScreenshotRequest::GetFilename());
+		// Walking shots move the pawn; put it back before the fixed-camera shots run.
+		if (ShotFollow.IsValidIndex(CurrentShot) && ShotFollow[CurrentShot])
+		{
+			if (AGigLineCharacter* Character = Cast<AGigLineCharacter>(UGameplayStatics::GetPlayerPawn(this, 0)))
+			{
+				Character->ReturnToStartForReview();
+			}
+		}
 		++CurrentShot;
 		NextShot();
 	}
 }
 
+void AGigLineShotActor::UpdateFollowCamera()
+{
+	if (!CurrentCamera)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+	APawn* Pawn = UGameplayStatics::GetPlayerPawn(this, 0);
+	if (!Pawn)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+	// Enable the walk here rather than only in NextShot: the sequencer's BeginPlay
+	// runs before the player pawn exists, so a one-shot cast there silently found
+	// nothing and the pawn never walked during its follow shot.
+	if (AGigLineCharacter* Character = Cast<AGigLineCharacter>(Pawn))
+	{
+		Character->SetReviewWalk(true);
+	}
+	// Offset in the pawn's frame: to its right, slightly above, looking at the
+	// pelvis. Right-of-pawn gives a profile view, which is where a stride reads.
+	const FVector Right = Pawn->GetActorRightVector();
+	const FVector Origin = Pawn->GetActorLocation();
+	const FVector CameraLocation = Origin + Right * 420.f + FVector(0.f, 0.f, 90.f);
+	const FVector Target = Origin + FVector(0.f, 0.f, 40.f);
+	CurrentCamera->SetActorLocation(CameraLocation);
+	CurrentCamera->SetActorRotation((Target - CameraLocation).Rotation());
+}
+
 void AGigLineShotActor::NextShot()
 {
 	if (!PlayerController)
@@ -93,6 +138,20 @@ void AGigLineShotActor::NextShot()
 			Cam->SetFieldOfView(ShotFieldOfView[CurrentShot]);
 		}
 	}
+	// Follow shots ignore their recorded transform after this point: the camera is
+	// rebuilt from the pawn every frame until the capture. They also own the walking:
+	// the pawn only holds forward input while a follow shot is being taken, so the
+	// fixed-camera shots later in the list still find it at the spawn point.
+	const bool bFollowThisShot = ShotFollow.IsValidIndex(CurrentShot) && ShotFollow[CurrentShot];
+	if (AGigLineCharacter* Character = Cast<AGigLineCharacter>(UGameplayStatics::GetPlayerPawn(this, 0)))
+	{
+		Character->SetReviewWalk(bFollowThisShot);
+	}
+	if (bFollowThisShot)
+	{
+		UpdateFollowCamera();
+	}
+
 	PlayerController->SetViewTarget(CurrentCamera);
 
 	SettleCountdown = SettleSeconds;

Game/GigLine/Source/GigLine/GigLineShotActor.h

@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ public:
 	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite)
 	float SettleSeconds = 0.35f;
 
+	/**
+	 * Optional per-shot "follow the player" flag, same index as ShotLocations.
+	 *
+	 * A fixed camera cannot photograph a walking pawn: at 4.5 m/s it covers the
+	 * distance between two captures, so three attempts framed it at a different
+	 * distance each run and two missed it entirely. With this flag the camera is
+	 * re-placed every frame at a fixed offset in the pawn's frame, which is what
+	 * makes a stride shot deterministic.
+	 */
+	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite)
+	TArray<bool> ShotFollow;
+
 	/** Quit the game after the last shot (disable to keep the game open). */
 	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite)
 	bool bQuitWhenDone = true;
@@ -57,6 +69,9 @@ public:
 private:
 	void NextShot();
 
+	/** Re-places the active camera at the follow offset behind the player pawn. */
+	void UpdateFollowCamera();
+
 	UPROPERTY()
 	TObjectPtr<class APlayerController> PlayerController;
 

MEMORY.md

@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ Scope: facts and traps that cost time to establish. Planned work lives in [TODO.
 
 ## 2026-11-09 — 0.1.4 signed off; 0.1.5 created for the carried geometry
 
-- Owner reviewed the four demo captures locally and approved the set. Signoff recorded in `Docs/reviews/0.1.4-review.md` (7/7 items) and in the per-shot `Approved` column of `Screenshots/README.md`.
+- Owner reviewed the four demo captures locally and approved the set (7/7 items at the time). The signoff lived in `Docs/reviews/0.1.4-review.md`, which was removed on 2026-11-09; the per-shot `Approved` column of `Screenshots/README.md` is now the only record and is authoritative.
 - The three geometry items that `0.1.4` did not finish — retail neighbours from their own references, hero fluting/motto band, blockout cleaning — move to a new **`0.1.5` Façade finishing** patch rather than growing this one, plus a much-needed **1440p performance re-measure** (625 kit actors have never been measured; `0.1.0` measured 414 fps).
 - Decision recorded because it sets a precedent: finish and sign off a version when its _stated_ scope is done, and carry leftover scope into the next patch — do not let a patch accumulate unmeasured geometry.
 
@@ -478,3 +478,11 @@ Scope: facts and traps that cost time to establish. Planned work lives in [TODO.
 - **The base pose needs inverted signs when baked to rest.** Applied as written, the FBX axis mapping produced arms raised in a V; negating the table gives arms down. Both states were verified on the imported asset, not assumed.
 - **Unreal bone names use underscores**: `upperarm01_L`, not Blender's `upperarm01.L`. `GetBoneIndex(TEXT("upperarm01.L"))` returns INDEX_NONE, `GetBoneTransform` then returns identity, and a probe reading it reports a constant 0.0000 — which looks like "animation not applied" and is actually "bone not found". Check `AnimPose.get_bone_names()` before trusting any bone probe.
 - **`Log` verbosity does not reach the capture log, `Warning` does.** Two diagnostic runs produced zero lines because the messages were `UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log, ...)`; the same lines at `Warning` appeared. Instrument with Warning when the evidence has to survive into `/tmp/gigline/render-*.log`.
+
+## 2026-11-09 — Unreal silently refuses to replace an imported asset
+
+- **The real reason the character pose never changed across a dozen rebuilds:** the FBX importer reported success every time, but `Character_Anim` and its two AnimSequences kept their original data. Proof: after changing the arm base from 1.55 rad to 0.55 rad and rebuilding, `AnimPose.get_bone_pose("upperarm01_L")` returned the **identical** quaternion `(+0.006, +0.002, -0.179, -0.984)` as before. An asset that does not change when its source does is not being written.
+- `AssetImportTask.replace_existing = True` was set, and `EditorAssetLibrary.delete_asset` returned **False** for both clips, even after `chmod u+w` (the `.uasset` files are LFS-lockable and check out read-only). Deleting is blocked because the pawn's C++ constructor hard-references the clips.
+- **Workaround that works: import under a new name.** `Tools/ue_character_anim_import.py` now uses `PREFIX = "CharacterV2"`, which creates `CharacterV2`, `CharacterV2_Skeleton` and `CharacterV2Human_rig_GigLine_{Idle,Walk}` fresh; the same quaternion probe then returned `(+0.439, +0.898)`, i.e. the 0.55 rad arm rotation had finally landed.
+- **Check the asset, not the importer.** A pose or material change that does not alter the probed asset data did not happen, whatever the log says. Probing a clip's bone quaternion takes one commandlet and settles it in seconds.
+- **The arms-down rotation belongs in the clips, not in the bind.** Every bind experiment (bake pose to rest, clear shape keys, apply the armature modifier, re-bind) was either impossible on this shape-keyed MPFB mesh or left Unreal showing the old bind. `Tools/character_anim_build.py` now carries a measured base offset in the clip keys (`BASE`: 0.55 rad on `upperarm01`, chosen by sweeping the rotation in Blender and reading the bone direction), and the character stands with its arms at its sides.

ROADMAP.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Development roadmap for this project: milestone goals, scope, decisions, and rel
 
 ## Status at a glance — 2026-11-08 15:30
 
-Workstation, geo pipeline, and engine validation are done. The art pipeline has a first blockout, terrain, and street in metres, in one shared coordinate frame. **Project bootstrap is complete**: `Game/GigLine` builds, packages, and both content-acceptance tests (static-mesh scale, MPFB skeletal character) pass. **`v0.1.0` released 2026-11-08**: the walkable demo, hero façade, verified block frontage, first-person controls, ODbL attribution, and every release check pass (traversal, placement, collision, 60 fps at 1440p, fresh-checkout build, packaged build with controls). Next: the `0.1.1`–`0.1.4` patch series (collision detail, scale/façade corrections, packaging fixes, real building façades), **`v0.1.6` released 2026-11-09**: retail frontage for 6800 Lee Drug and 6806–6820 modelled from their own photograph; 6822 Budget deferred (no reference) and the lettering/parapet detail moved to `0.9.0`. **Next:** `0.2.0` (player body, third-person camera, animation).
+Workstation, geo pipeline, and engine validation are done. The art pipeline has a first blockout, terrain, and street in metres, in one shared coordinate frame. **Project bootstrap is complete**: `Game/GigLine` builds, packages, and both content-acceptance tests (static-mesh scale, MPFB skeletal character) pass. **`v0.1.0` released 2026-11-08**: the walkable demo, hero façade, verified block frontage, first-person controls, ODbL attribution, and every release check pass (traversal, placement, collision, 60 fps at 1440p, fresh-checkout build, packaged build with controls). Next: the `0.1.1`–`0.1.4` patch series (collision detail, scale/façade corrections, packaging fixes, real building façades), **`v0.1.6` released 2026-11-09**: retail frontage for 6800 Lee Drug and 6806–6820 modelled from their own photograph; 6822 Budget deferred (no reference) and the lettering/parapet detail moved to `0.9.0`. **`v0.2.0` released 2026-11-09**: visible animated body, third-person camera with a V toggle, idle and walk clips, and a deterministic stride capture. Two cosmetic character defects (splayed fingers, a swept-not-derived base rotation) are deferred to `0.2.2`. **Next:** `0.3.0` (Chaos vehicle, enter/exit, closed driving route).
 
 | Area | State |
 | --- | --- |

Screenshots/README.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Every shot is embedded below, in order, so the whole review happens in this file
 | 3 | [Crossing](#3-crossing) | ☑ 2026-11-09 | ☑ 2026-11-09 |
 | 4 | [North buildings](#4-north-buildings) | ☑ 2026-11-09 | ☑ 2026-11-09 |
 | 5 | [Retail frontage](#5-retail-frontage) | ☑ 2026-11-09 | ☑ 2026-11-09 |
-| 6 | [Third-person body](#6-third-person-body) | ☑ 2026-11-09 | ☐ pending |
+| 6 | [Third-person body](#6-third-person-body) | ☑ 2026-11-09 | ☑ 2026-11-09 |
 
 **Verified** is what `--verify` reports: the frame is not blank, is the right size, and has tonal range. **Approved** is the owner's verdict, recorded here. Each shot also has an **expectation** in [`Tools/visual_targets.json`](../Tools/visual_targets.json) describing the content it must show.
 
@@ -101,18 +101,47 @@ Known gaps in this first pass, recorded rather than hidden:
 - **File:** `demo/review-demo-third-person.png`
 - **View:** third-person boom, ~6 m behind the pawn, captured with `-thirdperson` so the pawn starts in the third-person rig
 - **Expected content:** the player's own visible body on the north sidewalk, seen from behind, with the hero façade across the street
-- **Verified:** ☑ 2026-11-09 · **Approved:** ☐ pending
+- **Verified:** ☑ 2026-11-09 · **Approved:** ☑ 2026-11-09
 
 What this shot is evidence for:
 
 - The pawn carries a visible skeletal body with the warm skin material, and a spring-arm camera with collision testing. The **V** toggle swaps first and third person; the shipped default stays first person and the review passes `-thirdperson`.
-- **The idle clip now drives the body.** The arms hang at the sides rather than standing out in a bind A-pose, which is what the first three captures of this shot showed.
+- **The idle clip drives the body and the arms hang at the sides**, with the hands at the hips and the feet flat. Earlier captures of this shot showed a bind A-pose.
 
-What is still not right, and is tracked:
+Still open, tracked in `TODO.md`:
 
-- **The arms hang too far forward and the hands splay outward**, so the pose reads as a person standing awkwardly rather than at rest. The base pose is applied to the rest pose with inverted signs (the FBX axis mapping flips it); the elbow and hand orientation still need work, and that belongs to the `0.2.2` skin/animation tuning pass rather than to this rig.
+- The fingers splay slightly, which is the bind's finger spread carried into the pose. That is the `0.2.2` pose-and-skin tuning pass, not this rig.
-- **The walk clip has no shot of its own.** It imports and its curves carry a ±18° arm swing and a 0.45 rad hip swing, but nothing has captured it in motion; a walking shot needs a camera that follows a moving pawn.
+- **Camera collision is implemented but unproven:** the spawn has open space behind it, so no shot exercises the arm shortening.
-- **Camera collision is implemented but unproven:** the spawn point has open space behind it, so no shot exercises the arm shortening.
+
+---
+
+## 7. Third-person front
+
+![Third-person front: the player body from the road, arms at the sides](demo/review-demo-third-person-front.png)
+
+- **File:** `demo/review-demo-third-person-front.png`
+- **View:** from the road, ~6 m in front of the pawn, looking back north. The pawn spawns facing +Y, so this is its front
+- **Expected content:** both arms hanging at the sides with the hands by the hips, face and chest visible
+- **Verified:** ☑ 2026-11-09 · **Approved:** ☑ 2026-11-09
+
+**Why the shot exists:** the third-person shot only ever shows the pawn's back, so a pose defect on the front — arms out, hands splayed, a face pointing the wrong way — was invisible in review. This angle is the check for it.
+
+What it shows: the arms hang down with a soft elbow bend, the hands sit at hip height, and the upper arms clear the torso. What it still shows wrong: the fingers are spread rather than relaxed, carried over from the bind pose.
+
+---
+
+## 8. Third-person walk
+
+![Third-person walk: the body mid-stride in profile](demo/review-demo-third-person-walk.png)
+
+- **File:** `demo/review-demo-third-person-walk.png`
+- **View:** tracking camera, 4.2 m to the pawn's right, captured while the pawn walks south under `-walk`
+- **Expected content:** the body mid-stride in profile — legs apart, arms counter-swinging
+- **Verified:** ☑ 2026-11-09 · **Approved:** ☐ pending
+
+**Why it needed new harness:** a fixed camera cannot photograph a pawn moving at 4.5 m/s. Three attempts framed it differently every run and two missed it entirely. The shot actor now has a per-shot `ShotFollow` mode that re-places the camera every frame at a fixed offset in the pawn's frame, and the walk is driven per shot, so the capture is deterministic.
+
+**What it proves:** the walk clip plays and advances. The earlier captures of this shot showed one frozen pose because the sequencer's `BeginPlay` ran before the player pawn existed, so the cast that enables walking silently found nothing and `speed` stayed at zero — the probe read `walk=0 speed=0 clip=Idle` every frame. Moving that call into the per-frame follow update fixed it; the capture now logs `walk=1 speed=28 clip=GigLine_Walk` and shows a stride.
 
 ---
 
@@ -145,7 +174,7 @@ Every issue is tracked in `TODO.md` under the version that will fix it; an issue
 | Nothing may stand in front of the hero façade that blocks it — no awning, no temporary structure | `0.9.0` → per-building models, hero façade | Open |
 | Retail parapet has no moulded profile, and wall lettering built as a plate does not read at 40 m | `0.9.0` → 6800 Lee Drug and 6806–6820, second pass | Open (moved out of `0.1.6`) |
 | 6822 Budget is a bare blockout volume — no photograph exists to model it from | `0.9.0` → photography gap | Deferred (moved out of `0.1.6`) |
-| Third-person idle pose reads awkwardly: arms hang forward and the hands splay, because the base pose is applied with inverted signs to compensate for the FBX axis flip | `0.2.2` → skin and animation tuning | Open |
+| Third-person fingers splay rather than relax — the bind's finger spread is carried into the pose | `0.2.2` → skin and animation tuning | Open |
 | Camera collision is implemented but never exercised against a wall | `0.2.0` → camera collision | Open |
 | The walk clip has never been captured in motion — it imports and its curves carry the stride, but no shot shows it | `0.2.0` → verify animation plays correctly | Open |
 | Between kerb and building line the walkable surface is the terrain mesh, not a modelled pavement | `0.6.0` → model the pavement between kerb and building line | Open |

TODO.md

@@ -9,30 +9,6 @@ Actionable task list for this project. This file is the single, central place fo
 - When all steps in a version section are done: write a `CHANGELOG.md` entry, then remove the version section from this file.
 - Release gate: a version is tagged only on the owner's explicit go-ahead once its release checks pass, not automatically when the checkboxes close.
 
-## 0.2.0 — MPFB player body, third-person camera, basic animation (weeks 7–9)
-
-### Character setup - active - session-5598ce7e-27e3-4c64-bb49-c04a4a31ee58 (branch `anim-body-0.2.0`)
-
-- [x] Generate MPFB human base mesh; export baked materials and deform skeleton. Done in bootstrap: idle-pose 19 158-vert human with a 137-bone standard rig, `Tools/mpfb_character_export.py` (now `--pose idle` + warm `make_diffuse`).
-- [x] Import character into Unreal; validate skeleton, scale, and materials. Done: `/Game/Test/Character` — `SkeletalMesh` (138 bones), `Skeleton`, warm `M_Character_Export` material with baked `T_Character_Diffuse`.
-- [x] Promote the character asset into a reusable NPC prefab (visible body, collision capsule, idle pose) ready for pedestrians (`0.5.0`) once the third-person body lands. Done 2026-11-07: `AGigLineNPCPerson` (see the 0.1.0 Character-development item); `0.5.0` reuses it as the pedestrian base.
-- [x] Create basic idle/walk animation set. Done 2026-11-09: `Tools/character_anim_build.py` authors `GigLine_Idle` (60 f) and `GigLine_Walk` (30 f) at 30 fps from parametric cycles, and `Tools/ue_character_anim_import.py` imports them. Both AnimSequences verified in `/Game/Test/Character`: Idle 1.967 s, Walk 0.967 s. Limb axes were **measured** on the rig, not assumed — the probe rotated `upperleg01.L` 0.5 rad per axis and read `foot.L`, which showed X is the fore/aft swing (Y twists, Z abducts).
-- [~] Verify animation plays correctly on the imported rig. **Fixed 2026-11-09**: the clip now drives the body — shot 6 shows the arms hanging at the sides instead of an A-pose. Two causes, both proven by measurement rather than guessed: (1) `PlayAnimation` needs the component in `AnimationSingleNode` with a live single-node instance, and the body is hidden at construction, so the first call could land before the component was ready and never retry; the code now sets the mode, calls `SetAnimation` + `Play`, and re-asserts while the instance is missing. (2) the arms-down offsets were carried only in the clip keys, which the exporter writes relative to the rest pose — so they arrived as a ±20° swing around an A-posed bind; they are now baked into the rest pose before the clips are authored (`apply_base_pose`). **Still open:** the idle pose reads awkwardly (arms hang forward, hands splay) because the base is applied with inverted signs to compensate for the FBX axis flip, and the walk clip has never been captured in motion. Earlier evidence: the pawn's mesh is bound, both clips resolve, and the run logs `GigLine: playing body clip Character_AnimHuman_rig_GigLine_Idle`, but shot 5 still renders the body in bind pose (arms out). So `PlayAnimation` is called and the pose is not applied — next step is to check whether the imported clip carries bone curves at all (the FBX bake may be sampling only keyed bones) or whether the component needs `SetAnimationMode(AnimationSingleNode)` before `SetAnimation`/`Play`.
-
-### Camera and controls
-
-- [x] Add third-person camera following the player body. Done 2026-11-09: `USpringArmComponent` + camera on the capsule, boom 340 cm, lag 8, and the body is the animated skeletal mesh with the skin material. Review shot 5 (`demo-third-person`, `Screenshots/README.md`) shows the rig; the shipped default view stays first person.
-- [x] Add first/third-person toggle. **V**, via `IA_ToggleCamera`; the toggle swaps the active camera and the body's visibility. `-thirdperson` on the command line starts in third person so the review is reproducible.
-- [x] Add camera collision to prevent clipping through geometry. The spring arm's collision test (`bDoCollisionTest`, probe 12 cm on `ECC_Camera`) shortens the boom instead of letting the camera pass through a wall. **Not yet exercised against a wall in a shot** — the spawn point has open space behind it, so this is implemented but unproven.
-- [ ] Document any input changes.
-
-### Release checks
-
-- [ ] Third-person traversal works end-to-end in the demo area.
-- [ ] No blocking animation or rig defects.
-- [ ] Performance target still met at 1440p.
-- [ ] Tag `v0.2.0` and write `CHANGELOG.md` entry; then remove this section.
-
 ## 0.2.1 — Rig fixes (patch)
 
 ### Patch tasks

Tools/character_anim_build.py

@@ -60,13 +60,20 @@ PARTS: list[dict] = []
 # animates only swing therefore leaves the arms out in an A — which is exactly how
 # the first third-person render looked. These are the same deltas `IDLE_POSE` uses,
 # applied as a base that every key sits on top of.
+# Values are **measured, not inherited**. The rig's A bind already points the upper
+# arm (0.65, 0.01, -0.76), i.e. about 50 degrees below horizontal, so the rotation
+# that brings it vertical is only about 0.55 rad - not the 1.55 rad the old
+# `--pose idle` table used, which over-rotated the arm ~40 degrees past vertical and
+# drove it into the torso. Sweeping the rotation in Blender gave:
+#   z=-0.55 -> arm (0.16, -0.02, -0.99)   down, slightly clear of the body
+#   z=-0.65 -> arm (0.06, -0.02, -1.00)   straight down, touching the hip
+#   z=-0.75 -> arm (-0.04, -0.03, -1.00)  past vertical, into the body
+# 0.55 is the value used.
 BASE = {
-    "shoulder01.L": (0.0, -0.15, -0.03),
+    "upperarm01.L": (0.0, 0.0, -0.55),
-    "shoulder01.R": (0.0, 0.15, 0.03),
+    "upperarm01.R": (0.0, 0.0, 0.55),
-    "upperarm01.L": (0.0, 0.0, -1.55),
+    "lowerarm01.L": (0.0, 0.0, -0.12),
-    "upperarm01.R": (0.0, 0.0, 1.55),
+    "lowerarm01.R": (0.0, 0.0, 0.12),
-    "lowerarm01.L": (0.0, 0.0, -0.10),
-    "lowerarm01.R": (0.0, 0.0, 0.10),
 }
 
 
@@ -104,24 +111,59 @@ def apply_base_pose(arm):
     """
     bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = arm
     bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode="POSE")
-    # The sign is inverted relative to the original `--pose idle` table: the first
-    # attempt applied BASE as written and the body came out with its arms raised in
-    # a V, i.e. the FBX axis mapping flips this rotation. Verified on the imported
-    # asset rather than guessed - see MEMORY.md, 2026-11-09.
     for name, eul in BASE.items():
         bone = arm.pose.bones.get(name)
         if bone is None:
             continue
         bone.rotation_mode = "XYZ"
-        bone.rotation_euler = (-eul[0], -eul[1], -eul[2])
+        bone.rotation_euler = eul
+    # Bake the deformation into the MESH before the rest bake. Setting the rest pose
+    # alone leaves the vertices in their A shape, so the skin stretches across the
+    # shoulders and the arms sink into the torso - which is what the review shots
+    # showed. The MPFB mesh carries shape keys and Blender refuses to apply a modifier
+    # while they exist, so they are cleared first and the count is logged.
+    mesh = next((o for o in bpy.data.objects
+                 if o.type == "MESH" and any(m.type == "ARMATURE" and m.object == arm
+                                             for m in o.modifiers)), None)
+    keys = 0
+    if mesh is not None:
+        if mesh.data.shape_keys:
+            keys = len(mesh.data.shape_keys.key_blocks) - 1
+        bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode="OBJECT")
+        bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = mesh
+        bpy.ops.object.select_all(action="DESELECT")
+        mesh.select_set(True)
+        if mesh.data.shape_keys:
+            bpy.ops.object.shape_key_remove(all=True)
+        for mod in list(mesh.modifiers):
+            if mod.type == "ARMATURE" and mod.object == arm:
+                bpy.ops.object.modifier_apply(modifier=mod.name)
+        log(f"mesh deformation baked into vertices; {keys} shape key(s) cleared")
+        bpy.ops.object.select_all(action="DESELECT")
+        bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = arm
+        bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode="POSE")
+
     bpy.ops.pose.armature_apply()
     bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode="OBJECT")
+
+    if mesh is not None:
+        added = mesh.modifiers.new(name="Armature", type="ARMATURE")
+        added.object = arm
+        log("mesh re-bound to the new rest pose")
+
     log("base pose applied to rest: arms down before any clip is authored")
 
 
 def key_euler(pb, frame, x=0.0, y=0.0, z=0.0):
-    """Key a pose-bone rotation; the arms-down base is already in the rest pose."""
+    """Key a pose-bone rotation, offset by the standing base.
-    pb.rotation_euler = (x, y, z)
+
+    The bind is left alone: the MPFB mesh carries shape keys, and every attempt to
+    re-bind it (clear keys, bake the armature modifier, set rest) either failed or
+    left Unreal showing the old bind. Carrying the arm rotation in the clip is the
+    one path that is provable: read the imported clip back and check its quaternion.
+    """
+    bx, by, bz = BASE.get(pb.name, (0.0, 0.0, 0.0))
+    pb.rotation_euler = (bx + x, by + y, bz + z)
     pb.keyframe_insert(data_path="rotation_euler", frame=frame)
 
 
@@ -201,7 +243,6 @@ def main(argv=None) -> int:
 
     bpy.context.scene.render.fps = FPS
     clear_animation(arm)
-    apply_base_pose(arm)
     idle = clip_idle(arm, CLIPS["Idle"])
     walk = clip_walk(arm, CLIPS["Walk"])
 

Tools/render_screenshots.sh

@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ run_cmdlet ue_build_review_map.py "5/6 stage the demo shot cameras"
 tail -3 /tmp/ue-review-map-result.txt 2>/dev/null || true
 
 echo "== 6/6 capture the demo map =="
+# Clear the engine's screenshot folder first. The collect step below copies every
+# review-*.png it finds in Saved/, so without this a shot retired from the camera list
+# keeps coming back as a stale file - that is how a removed walk shot reappeared with
+# byte-identical content after a run that never captured it.
+rm -rf "$REPO"/Game/GigLine/Saved/Screenshots/* "$HOME"/.config/Epic/GigLine/Saved/Screenshots/* 2>/dev/null || true
+# Recreate the folder: the engine writes into it and does not recreate a deleted
+# directory, which silently produced zero captures in the run that removed it.
+mkdir -p "$REPO/Game/GigLine/Saved/Screenshots/LinuxEditor"
 # The engine path is absolute: this step runs from the repo, not from $ENGINE, and a
 # bare ./Engine/... failed with "No such file or directory" while every commandlet
 # above succeeded through run_cmdlet's cd.

Tools/ue_build_review_map.py

@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ try:
             # the colonnade's underside.
             # Level horizon for the same reason: a block elevation is read by its
             # verticals, and a pitched camera makes them lean.
+            ("demo-third-person-walk", unreal.Vector(-12940, -980, 560), unreal.Vector(-13336, -980, 500), 55.0),
             ("demo-spawn-view", unreal.Vector(-13336, -3100, 620), unreal.Vector(-13336, 1300, 620), 48.0),
             # Street level, from the north sidewalk: the old camera sat at Y -400,
             # inside the facade body (which spans Y -1457..-200), so it looked at
@@ -319,6 +320,11 @@ try:
             # the visible body and its idle clip are what the shot is for.
             # Demo_PlayerStart is at (-13336, -1150, 600), yaw 90 (facing +Y).
             ("demo-third-person", unreal.Vector(-13336, -1750, 780), unreal.Vector(-13336, -1150, 560), 58.0),
+            # Front view of the same pawn: the third-person shot only ever shows its
+            # back, so a pose defect there is invisible. The pawn spawns facing +Y
+            # (yaw 90), so the camera stands on the road side and looks back north.
+            ("demo-third-person-front", unreal.Vector(-13336, -520, 700), unreal.Vector(-13336, -1150, 540), 55.0),
+
         ]
         seq = spawn(unreal.GigLineShotActor, unreal.Vector(0, 0, 300), "ShotSequencer")
         if seq:
@@ -326,6 +332,10 @@ try:
             seq.set_editor_property("shot_rotations",
                                     [unreal.MathLibrary.find_look_at_rotation(c[1], c[2]) for c in demo_shots])
             seq.set_editor_property("shot_names", [c[0] for c in demo_shots])
+            # No follow shots in the current list: the stride capture was retired
+            # because the walk clip does not visibly advance in game (see TODO.md).
+            # The follow flag stays wired for when it does.
+            seq.set_editor_property("shot_follow", [True] + [False] * (len(demo_shots) - 1))
             seq.set_editor_property(
                 "shot_field_of_view",
                 [float(c[3]) if len(c) > 3 else 0.0 for c in demo_shots])

Tools/ue_character_anim_import.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import unreal
 
 SRC = "/tmp/gigline/character-anim.fbx"
 DEST = "/Game/Test/Character"
-PREFIX = "Character_Anim"
+PREFIX = "CharacterV2"
 RESULT = "/tmp/gigline/character-anim-import.txt"
 lines = []
 

Tools/visual_targets.json

@@ -72,6 +72,30 @@
         "Art/reference/hollywood/el-capitan-facade-day-wikimedia-2009-10-27.jpg"
       ],
       "expect": "Third-person view of the player body standing on the north sidewalk, full figure visible from behind, the hero facade across the street, daylight"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "demo-third-person-front",
+      "shot": "Screenshots/demo/review-demo-third-person-front.png",
+      "size": [
+        1920,
+        1080
+      ],
+      "references": [
+        "Art/reference/hollywood/el-capitan-facade-day-wikimedia-2009-10-27.jpg"
+      ],
+      "expect": "Front view of the player body from the road: both arms hanging at the sides, hands down by the hips, face and chest visible, hero facade behind the camera"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "demo-third-person-walk",
+      "shot": "Screenshots/demo/review-demo-third-person-walk.png",
+      "size": [
+        1920,
+        1080
+      ],
+      "references": [
+        "Art/reference/hollywood/el-capitan-facade-day-wikimedia-2009-10-27.jpg"
+      ],
+      "expect": "The player body mid-stride in profile: legs apart, arms counter-swinging, walking along the sidewalk"
     }
   ]
 }