The body stood in an A-pose while the log said the clip was playing. Two independent defects, found by querying the imported asset instead of guessing: 1. PlayAnimation needs the component in AnimationSingleNode with a live single-node instance. The body is hidden at construction and only unhidden by the camera toggle, so the first call could land before the component was ready, and the Wanted == PlayingAnimation guard then returned forever. UpdateBodyAnimation now sets the mode, calls SetAnimation + Play, and re-asserts while the instance is missing. 2. The arms-down offsets lived only in the clip keys. The exporter writes clip data relative to the rest pose, so they arrived as a ±20 degree swing around an A-posed bind - which is exactly what the pose probe measured. apply_base_pose now bakes them into the rest pose before any clip is authored, the same trick mpfb_character_export.py --pose idle uses. The table is applied with inverted signs: as written, the FBX axis mapping produced arms raised in a V. Shot 6 confirms it: the arms hang at the sides. Still open and recorded - the idle pose reads awkwardly (arms forward, hands splayed) and the walk clip has no shot in motion; both are marked in TODO.md and Screenshots/README.md. Instrumentation removed; the diagnostics that remain are behind gigline.SetupLogs.
Gig Line
A Linux-first Unreal Engine game about walking and driving through a real city. The first release, 0.1.0, is a walkable exterior demo around 6840 Hollywood Blvd / El Capitan Entertainment Centre, covering the south-side frontage between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive plus the north-side frontage within 50 m of the boulevard.
Status
0.1.0 is in progress. The workstation, engine, geo pipeline and project bootstrap are done and verified; a walkable DemoMap exists with terrain, street, sidewalks, kerbs and the hero façade placed from measured coordinates. Façades are still blockouts, and materials are flat colours — both are planned patches.
Current tasks are in TODO.md and the development plan is in ROADMAP.md; what was learned the hard way is in MEMORY.md.
Layout
| Path | Contents |
|---|---|
Game/ |
Unreal project, configuration, source, game-ready content |
Art/ |
Editable Blender sources, blockouts, terrain, street, hero façade, and a local (uncommitted) reference library |
Geo/ |
Source manifests, permitted geographic data, and every geographic tool |
Tools/ |
Unreal-side importers, level builders, and reference gathering |
Docs/ |
Setup, toolchain pins, build and content pipeline, licensing, release checks |
Screenshots/ |
Rendered review captures and their approval state |
Getting started
git lfs install # required: content, images, audio, and geo files are LFS-tracked
git lfs pull
Tools/check-lfs.sh # verifies the lfs filter is active and files are stored as pointers
The engine is installed outside the repository and pinned in Docs/toolchain.md. Setup is in Docs/setup.md; building and the content pipeline are in Docs/build.md.
Documents
- TODO.md — living task list, source of truth for progress
- ROADMAP.md — development plan: milestone goals, scope, and release gates
- MEMORY.md — shared session memory: discoveries, traps, decisions
- AGENTS.md — contributor and agent rules
- PLAN.md — scope, stack, release policy, timeline
- Docs/toolchain.md · Docs/environment.md — pins and workstation audit
- Docs/build.md — fresh-checkout build and content pipeline
- Docs/release-checks.md — release gates
- Docs/licensing.md · THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md — licensing
- CHANGELOG.md — release history
Licensing
Code licence is an open decision (MIT proposed). Engine, art, and geographic data are licensed separately; see Docs/licensing.md.