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Started the hero facade task the way it has to start - by comparing the reference photograph with the current render rather than with memory of it. Reference: el-capitan-facade-day-wikimedia-2009-10-27.jpg, north elevation, daylight. The model (SM_HeroFacade, 4 materials) is much further along than the review captures suggest: six fluted columns with capitals and abaci, architrave, entablature, cornice with 52 dentils, parapet, motto band with surround and two medallions, three banners, five window pairs, and three portals with jambs, lintels, mullions and five steps each. What it genuinely lacks: surface. Rusticated banding, carved lettering on the motto band, window grilles, and a balustrade with finials on the parapet. And one thing to check before any modelling: the three hero captures show a plain block with six columns and nothing else, while the mesh carries banners, windows and portals and is staged at (-13336, 1307, 0). The likely explanation is that the cameras frame Frontage_SM_ElCapitanTheatre at the origin, or the wrong side of the hero - in which case the rejection is describing a camera error. One render aimed at Hero_Facade from Y -4000 decides it, and three new tasks are recorded with that first.
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.