Give the street lamps real pools: 10 m range and 8 energy at physical falloff

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Semantic Versioning.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Street lamps now throw a warm pool on the pavement instead of dimly washing the whole walkway.
 - The flashlight actually lights what it points at. It was tuned to a beam so weak it changed the
   frame by less than one 255th of a level; it now throws a visible pool on the door and the pavement
   ahead, in both venues.

MEMORY.md

@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ canonical implemented-features list in `docs/project/development-status.md`.
   gear library. The procedural library + MakeHuman head stay in the tree as the tested fallback
   (`build --source procedural`), not in the shipped roster. Silhouette variety is the known
   regression — three meshes for twelve roles — and the modular part library is the `0.9.10` fix.
+- **Venue lights must keep `omni_attenuation == 1.0`** — `test_world.test_venue_lights_use_physical_falloff`
+  enforces physical falloff on every Omni/Spot in all three venues, so a "pool" cannot come from
+  sharpening the curve. Use `omni_range` + energy instead: 10 m / energy 8 gives a brighter pool and
+  a darker gap than the old 16 m / 2.2.
 - **Tune lights against a measurement, not a look (2026-11-06):** the shipped flashlight changed the
   late-night frame by 0.1/255 and nobody noticed. `capture_realism.gd --stages=late --flashlight`
   renders the same frame with the lamp on and off; mean luminance of the aimed region and the near

TODO.md

@@ -963,9 +963,10 @@ scorecard source, this milestone is the actionable list.
       committed `06-night-flashlight` shot shows the beam on the steps and the NPC in front.
 - [ ] Marquee/event-banner emissive read under the Compatibility renderer: measure the banner
       luminance against the reference night board and adjust only if it still clips.
-- [ ] Street-lamp pools: the night ground sits at 3.8/255 away from the sconces. Raising the lamp
+- [x] **Street-lamp pools.** Added a `lamp_late` shot that frames a lamp, and made the lamps
-      energy was rejected once for washing the sidewalk grey, so this needs a capture-driven
+      `StreetLamp_*` so they tune apart from the sconces. Attenuation must stay 1.0 (the venue test
-      range/attenuation change rather than more energy.
+      requires physical falloff), so the pool comes from range and energy: 16 m/2.2 → **10 m/8.0**
+      takes the pool 14.1 → 16.0 and the gap between poles 2.7 → 1.3, pool/gap 5.2 → 12.3.
 - [x] Refresh `docs/screenshots/` for the whole roster and the new flashlight; `check_screenshots.sh`
       reports 21 good / 0 bad.
 - [ ] Set dressing: fix the Joke Shop queue story (podium/stanchion line at the door), rope

docs/assets/3d-model-review.md

@@ -317,9 +317,24 @@ it was effectively off. The shipped values are 10 energy, 45 m, 24°, tilted 5°
 on the door or person being checked *and* puts a pool on the pavement in front, without flooding the
 facade. Verified in both venues (Hollywood facade and the Joke Shop door).
 
-Still open from the milestone: marquee emissive under Compatibility, and the street-lamp pools — the
+### Street-lamp pools, measured
-night ground sits at 3.8/255 away from the sconces, and raising lamp energy was already rejected once
+
-for washing the sidewalk grey, so those need range/attenuation work rather than more brightness.
+A new `lamp_late` shot frames a street lamp so the pool under it can be sampled. The lamp is
+`StreetLamp_*` (named so `set_night_mode` can tune it apart from the sconce and marquee glows).
+Attenuation stays at 1.0 — the venue test requires physical falloff — so the pool is made by range
+and energy:
+
+| Setting | Pool | Gap | Pool/gap |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| old: 16 m, energy 2.2 | 14.1 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
+| 16 m, energy 4.0 | 21.1 | 6.5 | 3.3 (washed) |
+| 8.5 m, energy 6.5 | 11.5 | 1.3 | 8.9 |
+| **10 m, energy 8.0 (shipped)** | **16.0** | **1.3** | **12.3** |
+
+Mean luminance 0–255. The shipped values brighten the pool past the old setting while darkening the
+gap between poles, which is what "pools, not a wash" means numerically.
+
+Still open from the milestone: marquee emissive under Compatibility.
 
 ## Scorecard skeleton
 

src/game/world_builder.gd

@@ -1953,8 +1953,12 @@ func _build_street_furniture() -> void:
 				180.0 if lamp_pos.x < 0.0 else 0.0)
 			holder.name = "Lamp_%d" % index
 			var omni := OmniLight3D.new()
+			# Named so `set_night_mode` can tune the street pools on their own: a long
+			# range at low energy lit the whole walkway flat, which the night pass
+			# rejected as "washed grey". Short range + more energy makes pools.
+			omni.name = "StreetLamp_%d" % index
 			omni.position = Vector3(-0.85, 4.65, 0)
-			omni.omni_range = 16.0 if Materials.modern_light_falloff() else 12.0
+			omni.omni_range = 10.0 if Materials.modern_light_falloff() else 7.0
 			omni.omni_attenuation = 1.0
 			omni.light_energy = 0.0
 			omni.light_color = Color(1, 0.93, 0.75)
@@ -2349,6 +2353,11 @@ func set_night_mode(night: bool) -> void:
 		var lamp_energy := 2.2
 		if omni.name == "LanternGlow":
 			lamp_energy = 3.0 if venue_id == "joke_shop" else 1.3
+		elif omni.name.begins_with("StreetLamp"):
+			# Measured on the late-night avenue: the walkway sat at 4/255 with a 16 m
+			# range, so the pools never read. A short range with higher energy puts a
+			# warm pool under each pole and keeps the gaps dark.
+			lamp_energy = 8.0
 		omni.light_energy = (lamp_energy if night else 0.0)
 	if _hill_mat != null:
 		# The unshaded hillside has no real lighting, so its tint follows the

src/test/capture_realism.gd

@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ const SHOTS_EVENING := [
 const SHOTS_LATE := [
 	{"name": "entrance_late", "pos": Vector3(0, 0.1, 9.0), "yaw": 0.0, "pitch": 3.0},
 	{"name": "street_late", "pos": Vector3(0, 0.1, 10.5), "yaw": 180.0, "pitch": 2.0},
+	# Framed on a street lamp so the light pool under it is measurable; the avenue
+	# shots above look past the poles.
+	{"name": "lamp_late", "pos": Vector3(0, 0.1, 12.0), "yaw": -65.0, "pitch": 1.0},
 ]
 const SHOTS_JOKE := [
 	{"name": "joke_shop_door", "pos": Vector3(-2.0, 0.1, 13.2), "yaw": 12.0, "pitch": 12.0},