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zwitschi c11cb4caa4 character: idle standing pose and warm skin, not the grey mannequin
- mpfb_character_export.py: new --pose idle folds the A/T-bind arms down to
  a relaxed standing rest pose (baked via pose.armature_apply before export);
  new make_diffuse synthesizes a warm skin-tone diffuse with a darker
  shorts-suggestive band, replacing the Cycles v2-skin bake that came out
  black and was slow at 1024^2.
- write_png now encodes from img.pixels via numpy (fast) because img.save()
  writes black for an in-memory image.
- Re-exported idle character, re-imported to /Game/Test/Character (138 bones,
  warm M_Character_Export/T_Character_Diffuse); removed stale T_Skin_Diffuse.
- Untracked the review PNGs again: the Screenshots/ gitignore rule had been
  dropped and the parallel session had committed the PNGs, against the
  AGENTS.md 'never commit the PNGs' rule. Restored the ignore rule; only
  Screenshots/README.md stays tracked.
- README/roadmap/memory updated; review-01-character re-pended for approval.
2026-11-07 14:11:06 +01:00

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Screenshots — visual review

Rendered in-game captures of the current project content, generated by Tools/render_screenshots.sh. The PNGs are committed alongside this README so a reviewer sees exactly what the build rendered.

How to regenerate

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: ☑ approved 2026-11-07

Wide scene overview

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, idle pose + warm skin, approval: ☐ pending (regenerated 2026-11-07)

MPFB mannequin, idle pose + warm skin

The imported MPFB character at eye height from the south, in a relaxed standing idle pose (arms down, not A-pose) with a warm skin-tone diffuse instead of the grey mannequin. Check the feet meet the plane: the contact shadow joins the soles.

review-02-scale-cubes.png — Scale cubes, approval: ☑ approved 2026-11-07

Scale cubes

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: ☑ approved 2026-11-07

Player pawn placement

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: ☑ approved 2026-11-07

Ground contact detail

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: ☑ approved 2026-11-07

review-04-hero-facade-front

review-05-hero-facade-oblique.png — review-05-hero-facade-oblique, approval: ☑ approved 2026-11-07

review-05-hero-facade-oblique

review-05-shadow-compare.png — Shadow comparison, approval: ☑ approved 2026-11-07

Shadow comparison

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 portals, approval: ☑ approved 2026-11-07

Hero façade portals

New: generated 2026-11-07 after the portals were rebuilt. Eye height at 8 m, filling the frame with the three doorways, their flights, and the plinth. The doors are now genuine 1.2 m recesses cut through four plinth piers, with stone jambs and lintels standing proud and three mullions in each opening.

What this shot is evidence for: that the entrance is three separate openings with individual flights (not the inherited "eight steps, 12 m wide"), and that the facade stands on Z 0 rather than sinking into the ground.

review-07-hero-facade-front.png — Hero façade, north sidewalk, approval: ☑ approved 2026-11-07

Hero façade, north sidewalk

Closer straight-on view from the road side of the building line.

review-08-hero-facade-oblique.png — Hero façade, oblique, approval: ☑ approved 2026-11-07

Hero façade, oblique

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.

Demo map views (2026-11-07) — ☐ pending

Rendered from /Game/Hollywood/DemoMap, the walkable level rather than the review staging. Cameras are staged by Tools/ue_build_review_map.py and captured with the same shot actor.

Shot Shows
demo/review-00-demo-spawn-view.png The player's own spawn view: north sidewalk, 20 m back, the full 14.5 m of the hero façade across the road
demo/review-01-demo-street-level.png Close street level: portals, flights, banners and the colonnade from the road
demo/review-02-demo-crossing.png From the west end looking along the block

Known issues in this build, visible in the shots and already on the roadmap:

  • The façade renders very pale — the Blender materials came across as flat colours with no normal or roughness, so it reads as untextured stone. That is the 0.1.4 façade patch, not a lighting bug.
  • The banners and window panels stand detached from the wall, floating in the colonnade. They are the next modelling pass.
  • Terrain carries the sidewalks between the kerb and the building line, so the walkable surface there is the terrain mesh, not a modelled pavement.