gig-line/Screenshots/README.md

# 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
```

Rebuilds `Game/GigLine/Content/Test/ReviewMap.umap` from current content, runs
the game on it (and on the DemoMap for the walkable views), walks the fixed
camera list via `AGigLineShotActor`, 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, remove retired ones here.

## Scene conventions

- **Floor**: 160 m square, top face 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 — the scale reference.
- **Lighting**: one warm key light plus sky fill (review rig, not the `0.1.0`
  daytime look). Beyond the floor is open: the horizon is a black band.

## Review-map shots

All ☑ approved 2026-11-07 unless noted. `review-npc-prefab` is new (☐ pending).

> Naming: shots use their stable `Tools/ue_build_review_map.py` camera name (no
> index prefix), so adding or reordering cameras never renumbers files or
> orphans the old ones. Click an image for the full-size PNG.

| File | Preview | View | What it shows |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `review-overview.png` | [<img src="review-overview.png" alt="overview" width="200">](review-overview.png) | 7 m up, NE | Whole review layout: character + both cubes on the floor |
| `review-character.png` | [<img src="review-character.png" alt="character" width="200">](review-character.png) | eye height, south | MPFB mannequin, idle pose + warm skin; feet meet the plane |
| `review-scale-cubes.png` | [<img src="review-scale-cubes.png" alt="scale cubes" width="200">](review-scale-cubes.png) | south | Floating vs grounded cube: cast vs contact shadow |
| `review-player-placement.png` | [<img src="review-player-placement.png" alt="player placement" width="200">](review-player-placement.png) | spawn | The `AGigLineCharacter` pawn, capsule height and landing |
| `review-npc-prefab.png` | [<img src="review-npc-prefab.png" alt="npc prefab" width="200">](review-npc-prefab.png) | mid, west | The `AGigLineNPCPerson` prefab: collision capsule + visible MPFB body, feet on Z 0 (**new 2026-11-07**) |
| `review-ground-contact.png` | [<img src="review-ground-contact.png" alt="ground contact" width="200">](review-ground-contact.png) | knee height, feet | Floating/sinking character is obvious here |
| `review-shadow-compare.png` | [<img src="review-shadow-compare.png" alt="shadow compare" width="200">](review-shadow-compare.png) | low angle | Detached (floating) vs touching (grounded) shadows |
| `review-hero-portals.png` | [<img src="review-hero-portals.png" alt="hero portals" width="200">](review-hero-portals.png) | 8 m, eye height | Three genuine 1.2 m portal recesses with flights and plinth |
| `review-hero-facade-front.png` | [<img src="review-hero-facade-front.png" alt="hero facade front" width="200">](review-hero-facade-front.png) | road side, straight-on | Hero façade elevation and column rhythm |
| `review-hero-facade-oblique.png` | [<img src="review-hero-facade-oblique.png" alt="hero facade oblique" width="200">](review-hero-facade-oblique.png) | north-west | Body depth and column line standing proud of the mass |

## Demo-map views

Rendered from `/Game/Hollywood/DemoMap`, the walkable level. Click an image for the full-size PNG.

| File | Preview | Approval | What it shows |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `demo/review-demo-spawn-view.png` | [<img src="demo/review-demo-spawn-view.png" alt="spawn view" width="200">](demo/review-demo-spawn-view.png) | ☑ | Spawn view: north sidewalk, the hero façade across the road |
| `demo/review-demo-street-level.png` | [<img src="demo/review-demo-street-level.png" alt="street level" width="200">](demo/review-demo-street-level.png) | ☑ | Street level: portals, flights, banners, colonnade |
| `demo/review-demo-crossing.png` | [<img src="demo/review-demo-crossing.png" alt="crossing" width="200">](demo/review-demo-crossing.png) | needs review | The designated mid-block crossing (s=130 m): zebra markings on the road, kerbs flushed to ramps. Camera on the north sidewalk looking south-west. Note: the road renders near-black in shadow — the fixed-daytime-lighting item, not the markings |
| `demo/review-demo-north-buildings.png` | [<img src="demo/review-demo-north-buildings.png" alt="north buildings" width="200">](demo/review-demo-north-buildings.png) | ☑ | North-side background buildings (TCL, Tussaud's) across the Blvd |

## 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 rhythm**: six columns at 4.96 m across 25.75 m should read as the
  photographs in silhouette.

## Known cosmetic issues

- Floor speckle from the `Constant3Vector` wiring in `Tools/ue_build_review_map.py`.
- Hero façade renders pale — Blender flat colours with no normal/roughness, so
  it reads as untextured stone (the `0.1.4` façade patch, not a lighting bug).
- Banners and window panels float detached from the colonnade wall (next
  modelling pass).
- Between kerb and building line, the walkable surface is the terrain mesh, not
  a modelled pavement.