Plan the finished character development as the 0.10.1 patch; MakeHuman targets 0.11.0

MEMORY.md

@@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ canonical implemented-features list in `docs/development-status.md`.
 The playable build covers the three venues, tutorial/campaign/checkpoints, the 0.9.3–0.9.6
 polish/texture/integration passes and the Blender + realism asset pipeline (see `DONE.md` and
 `CHANGELOG.md`). The 12-character library (realistic face + four crowd variants) and the
-Comedy Store map rebuild are complete. **Priority (2026-11-04, owner):** 1) fix the `Rig` pose
-harness, 2) the MakeHuman character pipeline, 3) re-evaluate the 3D models, 4) ship the **0.11.0**
-minor release — `TODO.md` is the priority source. Test counts as of 2026-11-04: Godot 277/277,
+Comedy Store map rebuild are complete. **Priority (2026-11-04, owner):** 1) finish the MakeHuman
+character, 2) release the finished procedural character development as the **0.10.1 patch**,
+3) re-evaluate the 3D models, 4) the MakeHuman body targets **0.11.0** — `TODO.md` is the
+priority source. Test counts as of 2026-11-04: Godot 277/277,
 Python 161/161, `check_docs` OK.
 
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TODO.md

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 Work is grouped by theme. Each item should be small enough to complete and verify on its own;
 see `AGENTS.md` for the workflow and `MEMORY.md` for the decisions behind these plans.
 
-**Priority order (2026-11-04, owner):** 1) fix the `Rig` pose harness (unblocks pose/weight
-and portrait evidence), 2) the MakeHuman character pipeline (more realistic bodies than the
-procedural generator), 3) re-evaluate the 3D models against the new characters, 4) push the
-**0.11.0** minor release. See `AGENTS.md` §Priority and Versioning and §Local Blender skills.
+**Priority order (2026-11-04, owner):** 1) finish the MakeHuman character (shoulder fixed;
+head/hands swap remains), 2) release the finished procedural character development as the
+**0.10.1 patch**, 3) re-evaluate the 3D models, 4) the MakeHuman body targets **0.11.0**. See
+`AGENTS.md` §Priority and Versioning and §Local Blender skills.
 
 The MIT Blender skill pack lives locally at `.agents/skills/blender-skills/` (gitignored). Every
 3D workstream below names the skills to load; they are guidance only, and the project contract,
@@ -866,23 +866,21 @@ order. Only a release-blocking defect from those tracks may enter this milestone
 - [ ] Exit: the release candidate is content-locked, externally played, legally reviewed,
       documented, reproducibly built, and approved as the 0.10.0 release candidate.
 
-## Milestone 0.11.0 — MakeHuman characters
+## Milestone 0.10.1 — Character development (patch)
 
-Goal: ship the MakeHuman-derived character bodies as a new minor release, with the pose harness
-fixed and the 3D models re-evaluated against them. This follows the 0.10.0 release candidate;
-the sequencing is Rig harness → MakeHuman intake → 3D re-evaluation → release.
+Goal: release the finished procedural character development — the realistic face on all eight
+variants, the four crowd-variety characters and the per-role pools — as a **patch** on top of
+0.10.0. The MakeHuman body is not part of this patch; it continues as unversioned work toward a
+later minor.
 
-- [ ] Fix the `Rig` pose harness and capture the weights/pose evidence (see the top track).
-- [ ] Intake a MakeHuman CC0 body through the `adapt` path (retopology → rig → clothing → AO) and
-      pass `inspect`/`audit`/`fit`/proportions plus the 24-NPC budget.
-- [ ] Re-evaluate the 3D scorecard against the new characters (Section B owner review) and record
-      the accepted limits.
-- [ ] Run the full QA matrix and a local release build for 0.11.0; bump `config/version`, write the
+- [x] Rig pose harness fixed and the weights/pose evidence captured (see the top track).
+- [x] Character work done: 12-character library, realistic face, crowd variants, per-role pools,
+      24-NPC budget 6.94 ms (152,464 tris / 168 meshes).
+- [ ] Run the full QA matrix and a local release build for 0.10.1; bump `config/version`, write the
       `CHANGELOG.md` entry, tag and publish per the Release Procedure.
 
-**Exit:** a 0.11.0 build ships the MakeHuman character pass with the pose harness fixed and the
-scorecard re-reviewed; the runtime contract (13 bones, five tint slots, `npc_base`) is either
-preserved or replaced behind an accepted ADR.
+**Exit:** a 0.10.1 patch ships the 12-character library (face realism + crowd variety) with the
+pose harness fixed; the runtime contract is unchanged. The MakeHuman body is deferred to 0.11.0.
 
 ## Roadmap dependencies and risks
 

docs/npc-model-sourcing.md

@@ -219,10 +219,12 @@ boundaries are rough — refinement work (arm-scale falloff, project head/hands,
 weight tuning) is the next step.
 
 The arm-scale falloff (1.0 at the shoulder tapering to 1.63 at the fingertip) was
-added and the arms now hang cleanly, but the shoulder junction still shows spiky
-geometry and dark gaps between the arm and torso — a proper retopology of the
-deltoid region (merge/redirect the warped triangles) is the remaining manual
-step, and it is not reliably automatable headlessly.
+added, then the arm threshold was raised to x > 0.22 and a rotation falloff was
+added — the deltoid/shoulder junction is now smooth (no spiky triangles or
+arm/torso gaps). Remaining visual defects: the decimated MakeHuman head reads
+dark/featureless, the hands are flat claw-like, and the feet are detached/spiked
+— these are fixed by swapping in the project's `_face`/`_hands_and_shoes`/shoe
+parts, the next step.
 
 - MPFB/MakeHuman is installed and run by a contributor, never by CI or the game
   build.