Release 0.9.5 texture and material refinement

docs/architecture.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ This document follows the structure of the arc42 architecture documentation temp
 - **MINOR** — new venues, NPC archetypes, systems, or features that are backward compatible.
 - **PATCH** — bug fixes and small polish that do not change behavior.
 
-The single source of truth for the version is `config/version` in `project.godot` (currently `0.9.4`). Each release is tagged in git as `v<version>` (e.g. `v0.6.0`). The `0.x` series is pre-stable, so MINOR bumps may introduce breaking changes while the prototype is still stabilizing. `tools/build_releases.sh` and `tools/publish_release.sh` read the version from `project.godot`, so bumping it there is the only required step before a release. The full bump checklist lives in [`RELEASING.md`](RELEASING.md).
+The single source of truth for the version is `config/version` in `project.godot` (currently `0.9.5`). Each release is tagged in git as `v<version>` (e.g. `v0.6.0`). The `0.x` series is pre-stable, so MINOR bumps may introduce breaking changes while the prototype is still stabilizing. `tools/build_releases.sh` and `tools/publish_release.sh` read the version from `project.godot`, so bumping it there is the only required step before a release. The full bump checklist lives in [`RELEASING.md`](RELEASING.md).
 
 ## 3. Context and Scope
 

docs/asset-tooling.md

@@ -235,12 +235,13 @@ godot --path . --script res://src/test/capture_npc_baseline.gd -- \
 python3 tools/npc_baseline.py sheet --dir tmp/npc-baseline
 ```
 
-`capture_realism.gd` runs nine stages (day, Hollywood surface close-ups, Joke Shop surface close-ups, portrait, evening, late, Joke Shop day, Joke Shop night, studio);
-`--stages=day,late` limits it while tuning; `--flashlight` turns on the guard lamp for
-night stages (used by the Desktop HQ A/B). The `portrait` shot freezes one NPC on open sidewalk
-and frames the face, which is the only capture that can judge avatar detail
-(`--portrait-type=N` picks a role). For the 0.9.5 texture audit, run the surface
-stages directly; the HUD is hidden for them:
+`capture_realism.gd` runs nine stages in this order: day, Hollywood surface close-ups,
+portrait, evening, late, Joke Shop day, Joke Shop surface close-ups, Joke Shop night,
+studio; `--stages=day,late` limits it while tuning; `--flashlight` turns on the guard
+lamp for night stages (used by the Desktop HQ A/B). The `portrait` shot freezes one
+NPC on open sidewalk and frames the face, which is the only capture that can judge
+avatar detail (`--portrait-type=N` picks a role). For the 0.9.5 texture audit, run
+the surface stages directly; the HUD is hidden for them:
 
 ```bash
 godot --path . --script res://src/test/capture_realism.gd \
@@ -249,11 +250,24 @@ godot --path . --script res://src/test/capture_realism.gd \
 
 The generated realism runs under
 `docs/screens/realism/` are **local, gitignored QA artifacts**; commit only the
-resulting decisions/docs, not the run folders. The texture-adoption run compared
-the pre-adoption captures with the current build: on the shots both sets captured,
-the judge's like-for-like means rose on every sub-score (overall 0.8 → 1.0,
-backdrop 0.6 → 1.6) and the Pillow metric gap fell 0.444 → 0.348. The character
-pass added the portrait shot and recorded the new faces, hands and sleeve cuffs.
+resulting decisions/docs, not the run folders. The 0.9.5 texture/UI audit checked actual screen sizes: all screen art is
+1280×720, access cards are 256×128 and HUD icons are 64×64; no runtime texture
+was oversized or unused. The 24-NPC smoke now reports 168 meshes / 131,616
+triangles / 6.94 ms. Compressed payloads are 24.55 MB of surface picks, 22.67 MB
+of screen art and 0.48 MB of NPC maps.
+
+The 0.9.5 realism judge ran once per shot with `z-ai/glm-5.3-flash`
+(`python3 tools/scene_concepts.py realism --run docs/screens/realism/2026-11-02-tex
+--judge`). Its mean `after` scores were overall 1.8, lighting 2.3, materials 1.8,
+texture detail 1.2, backdrop 2.0 and characters 1.2; the Pillow metric gap was
+0.306. The judge still ranks the painted concept targets above the stylized build,
+particularly lit night facades and dense backdrop detail. That is expected: the
+pass validated close-range surfaces and promoted the texture repairs, not a
+photoreal renderer. The 0.9.5 before/after close-up sheet is
+[`blender_previews/sheet_texture_refinement_0.9.5.jpg`](blender_previews/sheet_texture_refinement_0.9.5.jpg);
+the texture-adoption run itself was the earlier 0.8-style candidate comparison,
+and its report remains local/gitignored.
+
 The Forward+ A/B compared the Compatibility entrance with the optional Desktop HQ
 preset. The gear-fit run checked the sunglasses, bag and helmet against measured
 head/skirt bounds with `python3 tools/blender_assets.py fit`; it also fixed the

docs/blender_previews/README.md

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Committed contact sheets and local Blender renders for the character, gear and p
 | <img src="sheet_npc_baseline_compare-shoes.jpg" width="280" alt="sheet_npc_baseline_compare-shoes.jpg"> | [`sheet_npc_baseline_compare-shoes.jpg`](sheet_npc_baseline_compare-shoes.jpg) |
 | <img src="sheet_npc_baseline_compare-tex256.jpg" width="280" alt="sheet_npc_baseline_compare-tex256.jpg"> | [`sheet_npc_baseline_compare-tex256.jpg`](sheet_npc_baseline_compare-tex256.jpg) |
 | <img src="sheet_npc_baseline_compare-texuv.jpg" width="280" alt="sheet_npc_baseline_compare-texuv.jpg"> | [`sheet_npc_baseline_compare-texuv.jpg`](sheet_npc_baseline_compare-texuv.jpg) |
+| <img src="sheet_texture_refinement_0.9.5.jpg" width="280" alt="sheet_texture_refinement_0.9.5.jpg"> | [`sheet_texture_refinement_0.9.5.jpg`](sheet_texture_refinement_0.9.5.jpg) |
 | <img src="sheet_npc_gear.jpg" width="280" alt="sheet_npc_gear.jpg"> | [`sheet_npc_gear.jpg`](sheet_npc_gear.jpg) |
 | <img src="sheet_props.jpg" width="280" alt="sheet_props.jpg"> | [`sheet_props.jpg`](sheet_props.jpg) |
 | <img src="shoulder_bag.png" width="280" alt="shoulder_bag.png"> | [`shoulder_bag.png`](shoulder_bag.png) |

docs/development-status.md

@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ Implemented so far:
 - NPC torso/hip transition (0.9.4 work): the pelvis and chest are slightly wider than the waist, giving shirts and jackets a readable taper into the hips without changing the build multipliers or the skeleton. The comparison is `sheet_npc_baseline_compare-torso.jpg`.
 - Release v0.9.4 (2026-11-02): the tagged commit `a57b86c` passed the Gitea checks and full build and published seven artifacts (Linux, Windows, macOS, NSIS setup, AppImage, Web and Desktop HQ). Release page: <https://git.allucanget.biz/zwitschi/security-game/releases/tag/v0.9.4>.
 - Environment texture pass (0.9.5 work): `capture_realism.gd` now has hidden-HUD `surfaces`/`surfaces_joke` close-up stages. The Walk of Fame band uses the paver texture as dark terrazzo, the neighbour awning keeps its cream stripe, and the skyline shader blends its lower 42 m toward a per-phase haze colour. Brick, asphalt, limestone and paver UV scales/profiles passed without replacement.
+- Texture/prop audit (0.9.5 work): all 21 screen-art textures are 1280×720 and referenced; access cards are 256×128 and HUD icons 64×64. No oversized or unused runtime texture was found; the legacy root textures remain only as the texture-generator/asset-test fallback. The 24-NPC smoke now reports 168 meshes, 131,616 triangles and 6.94 ms (50 ms budget); compressed payload is 24.55 MB of surface picks, 22.67 MB of screen art and 0.48 MB of NPC maps.
 - NPC texture pass (0.9.5 work): the NPC base and all eight library characters now use 256² albedo/normal/ORM maps instead of 128². Cloth and pants use `NPC_FABRIC_UV_SCALE` (4× weave) and skip the baked per-character AO, removing the large blotchy patches in portraits; skin, hair and gear keep baked AO. The base and eight GLBs plus AO maps were rebuilt; the 24-NPC smoke remains green.
+- Texture visual verification (0.9.5 work): the nine-stage realism run used `z-ai/glm-5.3-flash` once per shot; mean `after` scores were overall 1.8, lighting 2.3, materials 1.8, texture detail 1.2, backdrop 2.0 and characters 1.2, with a Pillow metric gap of 0.306. The judge remains an optional review aid, not a CI gate. The committed before/after close-up sheet is [`blender_previews/sheet_texture_refinement_0.9.5.jpg`](blender_previews/sheet_texture_refinement_0.9.5.jpg); it records that the paver/Walk of Fame and NPC fabric repairs are visible, while asphalt, limestone and skyline picks held without a replacement. `tools/check_screenshots.sh` passed 21 good / 0 bad and the screen-design judge passed 21/21 match with 0 review.
 - NPC visual optimization (0.9.4, complete 2026-11-02): all eight variants passed the portrait/readability, proportion, gear, foot/shoe, headgear and final-context gates. The library uses an 8,000-triangle / 8,000-glTF-vertex cap (up from 6,000/5,000; `npc_base` fallback remains 6,000/4,000); current characters measure 4,482–5,474 triangles and 4,260–5,494 vertices. The 48-frame baseline and 96-frame final-context review pass, the hand/gear offset and shoes are in, and the accepted stylized limits are documented in `npc-visual-review.md`.
 - NPC face-detail pass (0.9.4 work): ala wings and a smaller nose bridge/tip, one rounded mouth slot, and a darker ear concha; all eight rebuilt. The comparison is `sheet_npc_baseline_compare-face-detail.jpg`.
 - NPC headgear clearance (0.9.4 work): the 96-frame final-context review after the face-detail pass confirms the cap, firefighter helmet, hood and sunglasses clear the refined brow and eyes; no gear rebuild was needed.
@@ -74,6 +76,6 @@ Implemented so far:
 - Keyboard/gamepad focus pass (0.9.3 work): `UiFocus` rings wrap through visible/enabled controls, hidden Continue and disabled timeline actions are skipped, each modal has a default focus, and A/B are bound to `ui_accept`/`ui_cancel` for pad-only navigation. Recorded in `docs/ui-copy.md`.
 - Button-state pass (0.9.3 work): a shared `UiStyles` helper now gives every action button explicit normal, hover, pressed, focus and disabled styles; the timeline disables Previous/Next at its boundaries, while hidden continue states and the keyboard-only tutorial skip remain intentional. Recorded in `docs/ui-copy.md`.
 - Dialogue pass (0.9.3 work): NPC reason answers now use the authored `reason` context, with an in-character answer for every shared archetype; Hollywood and Studio gained door-staff lines; radio cancellation, tutorial Ask terminology, help, start hints and campaign reset copy were clarified. Audit recorded in `docs/ui-copy.md`.
-- Pre-build NPC review (2026-11-02): all eight library characters were staged at portrait, conversation and crowd distance on Hollywood and the Joke Shop, in day and night lighting, with the normal crowd hidden (`src/test/capture_npc_review.gd`). No P0 issues were found. Two P1 gear-fit issues were fixed with runtime attach offsets: the authorized-guest lanyard badge now clears the jacket and the firefighter helmet sits above the eyes. Backpack straps, caps, hands and the intentionally low-poly faces were accepted for the stylized target; close-range flashlight wash remains an optional-lighting follow-up. The 24-NPC budget stayed at 6.93 ms, the gallery passed 13 good / 0 bad and the screen-design judge stayed 13/13, and a clean portrait scored a 0.732 vision gap against the photoreal concept.
+- Pre-build NPC review (2026-11-02): all eight library characters were staged at portrait, conversation and crowd distance on Hollywood and the Joke Shop, in day and night lighting, with the normal crowd hidden (`src/test/capture_npc_review.gd`). No P0 issues were found. Two P1 gear-fit issues were fixed with runtime attach offsets: the authorized-guest lanyard badge now clears the jacket and the firefighter helmet sits above the eyes. Backpack straps, caps, hands and the intentionally low-poly faces were accepted for the stylized target; close-range flashlight wash remains an optional-lighting follow-up. The 24-NPC budget stayed at 6.94 ms, the gallery passed 13 good / 0 bad and the screen-design judge stayed 13/13, and a clean portrait scored a 0.732 vision gap against the photoreal concept.
 
 Current gaps for the 0.x release line: deeper authored content/dialogue, animation and audio production, localization/accessibility expansion, 24-NPC/platform profiling, external playtesting, and signed/notarized release packaging. The full gap analysis and milestone plan live in [`TODO.md`](../TODO.md); the current architecture and documentation ownership map are in [`docs/architecture.md`](architecture.md).

docs/npc-visual-review.md

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ pass every applicable item before a library rebuild is accepted.
    authored grip points.
 8. **Crowd and performance:** the silhouette remains readable at the 8 m crowd
    frame and the LOD/impostor tiers match the full mesh; the 24-NPC budget stays
-   within the existing 6.93 ms baseline (no regression beyond the measured
+   within the existing 6.94 ms baseline (no regression beyond the measured
    variance), and no new per-frame material or mesh churn is introduced.
 
 Asset-space `fit` values are measurements of the untouched GLBs, not a pass/fail
@@ -224,11 +224,14 @@ The face-detail pass is [`sheet_npc_baseline_compare-face-detail.jpg`](blender_p
 The hand pass is [`sheet_npc_hands_compare.jpg`](blender_previews/sheet_npc_hands_compare.jpg);
 the forward-grip pass is
 [`sheet_npc_hands_grip_compare.jpg`](blender_previews/sheet_npc_hands_grip_compare.jpg).
-Keep the baseline sheet as the before artifact and add a new comparison sheet
-rather than replacing it.
+The 0.9.5 texture pass adds
+[`sheet_texture_refinement_0.9.5.jpg`](blender_previews/sheet_texture_refinement_0.9.5.jpg),
+which pairs the close-range surface and cloth comparisons. Keep the baseline
+sheet as the before artifact and add a new comparison sheet rather than
+replacing it.
 
 ## Next implementation order
 
-0.9.4 is closed. The next visual work belongs to the 0.9.5 texture pass and the
+0.9.4 and the 0.9.5 texture pass are closed. The next visual work belongs to the
 0.10.0 acceptance review; keep the NPC baseline/final-context commands as the
 regression gate for any future character edit.