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zwitschi e46a877556 review: split the rounds into named shots and stage the player pawn
Roadmap gains two sections: 'Review scene and player placement' (this pass) and
'Character development' (follow-on). The camera list is now one table of
(name, location, target) with look-at rotations computed from the pairs, so a
camera cannot drift out of aim when one number changes.

New shots: player-placement (the real pawn, staged in the build script),
ground-contact (knee height, feet on the plane), shadow-compare (floating vs
grounded cube from a low angle), and hero-portals (whole elevation).

The review floor grows to 160 m so the facade stands on ground rather than the
horizon band. Retired: the first-person shot.

Honest gap recorded in the roadmap: the hero portals sit behind the colonnade and
do not resolve from the review floor; that needs a camera on the plinth or a
portal rebuild, not another angle.
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# Screenshots — visual review
Rendered in-game captures of the current project content, generated by
[`Tools/render_screenshots.sh`](../Tools/render_screenshots.sh). The PNGs are committed alongside
this README so a reviewer sees exactly what the build rendered.
## How to regenerate
```bash
Tools/render_screenshots.sh
```
The script rebuilds `Game/GigLine/Content/Test/ReviewMap.umap` from the current content, runs the
game on it, lets `AGigLineShotActor` walk the fixed camera list, captures each shot, copies the
PNGs here and exits. About a minute. The camera list lives in `Tools/ue_build_review_map.py`;
add new shots there and delete retired ones from this folder.
## Scene conventions
- **Floor**: 160 m square, 10 cm thick, top face exactly at Z 0. Anything standing on it has bounds
starting at Z 0; the character measures Z 0..83 cm.
- **Cubes**: `Cube_ScaleTest_A` floats at Z 2 m, `Cube_ScaleTest_B` rests on the floor. Both are
exactly 1 m, so they double as the scale reference.
- **Lighting**: one warm directional key light plus a sky fill. This is the review rig, not the
`0.1.0` daytime look.
- **Known limitation**: outside the floor there is no geometry, so the horizon is a black band.
## Shots
## review-00-overview.png — Wide scene overview, approval: ☐ pending
![Wide scene overview](review-00-overview.png)
Character and both cubes on the 160 m floor, camera 7 m up looking north-east. Reads the whole review layout at once.
## review-01-character.png — MPFB mannequin, mid shot, approval: ☐ pending
![MPFB mannequin, mid shot](review-01-character.png)
The imported MPFB character at eye height from the south. Check the feet meet the plane: the contact shadow joins the soles.
## review-02-scale-cubes.png — Scale cubes, approval: ☐ pending
![Scale cubes](review-02-scale-cubes.png)
Both 1 m cubes from the south: the left one floats at 2 m, the right one rests on the floor. Compares cast shadow against contact shadow.
## review-03-player-placement.png — Player pawn placement, approval: ☐ pending
![Player pawn placement](review-03-player-placement.png)
The pawn the game actually spawns (`AGigLineCharacter`) at the spawn point, with the floating cube behind. Confirms capsule height and where the player lands.
## review-04-ground-contact.png — Ground contact detail, approval: ☐ pending
![Ground contact detail](review-04-ground-contact.png)
Low camera, knee height, close on the mannequin's feet. A floating or sinking character is obvious here without measuring.
## review-04-hero-facade-front.png — review-04-hero-facade-front, approval: ☐ pending
![review-04-hero-facade-front](review-04-hero-facade-front.png)
## review-05-hero-facade-oblique.png — review-05-hero-facade-oblique, approval: ☐ pending
![review-05-hero-facade-oblique](review-05-hero-facade-oblique.png)
## review-05-shadow-compare.png — Shadow comparison, approval: ☐ pending
![Shadow comparison](review-05-shadow-compare.png)
Low angle, both cubes side by side with the character between them. The detached shadow of the floating cube against the grounded one.
## review-06-hero-portals.png — Hero façade, whole elevation, approval: ☐ pending
![Hero façade, whole elevation](review-06-hero-portals.png)
Straight-on from eye height 25 m out. Six columns, plinth, entablature, parapet; the three portals sit behind the colonnade at this distance.
## review-07-hero-facade-front.png — Hero façade, north sidewalk, approval: ☐ pending
![Hero façade, north sidewalk](review-07-hero-facade-front.png)
Closer straight-on view from the road side of the building line.
## review-08-hero-facade-oblique.png — Hero façade, oblique, approval: ☐ pending
![Hero façade, oblique](review-08-hero-facade-oblique.png)
From the north-west, showing the 12 m body and the column line standing proud of the mass.
## What to look for
- **Ground contact**: feet meet the plane with no gap and no shadow seam.
- **Scale**: everything checks against the 1 m cubes.
- **Façade proportions**: six columns at 4.96 m centres across 25.75 m; check the rhythm reads as the
photographs do in silhouette.
## Known cosmetic issues
- The floor renders with a faint speckle from the `Constant3Vector` wiring in
`Tools/ue_build_review_map.py`. Cosmetic only.
- The hero façade still has flat Blender colours; surfaces are a later materials pass.