Lift and scale head gear for the Quaternius head so the cap stops reading as a visor

TODO.md

@@ -887,11 +887,14 @@ gear) and 5 (head gear on the skull).
       head, lifted 18 mm clear of the eye line (`WORKER_HEAD_DONOR`).
 - [x] Worker crown reads as a hard hat: the hoodie's hair is transplanted onto the Worker head and
       the hard-hat faces above the collar are cut away, so guard/responder/crowd_d have hair.
-- [ ] Worker roles now have **no eyes** (the eye quads were the dark bar that read as a unibrow).
+- [x] Worker faces: the dark "unibrow" band turned out to be the **cap brim** sitting on the brow,
-      Add the `casual` base's smaller eye quads, or a light sclera + pupil, so the face is not
+      not head geometry. `HEAD_GEAR_LIFT` went 0.07 → 0.103 (the gear is authored around the head
-      brow-and-moustache only.
+      *centre* at 1.62, the Quaternius head centre is 1.69) and `GEAR_SCALE` grows the cap/hood so
-- [ ] Hair pokes through the `firefighter_helmet` dome, which now sits under a taller hair shell;
+      they clear the 0.228 m hair shell. The cap now reads as a cap and both eyes *and* brows show.
-      re-fit the helmet like the head gear below.
+- [x] Hair poking through head gear: fixed by the same lift + cap/hood scale; the firefighter
+      helmet dome covers the hair, and the cap reads as a cap rather than a visor.
+- [ ] The Worker eye quads are still upstream-sized; they read as two dark rectangles rather than
+      eyes with whites. A light sclera + pupil texture on the `Eye` slot would finish the face.
 - [-] Arm/torso intersection on `npc_dress`/`npc_jacket`/`npc_crowd_a`/`npc_crowd_d`: the baked
       rest now aims the upper arm 7° out from vertical. Verified clear on the `casual` base; a
       light clip remains on `worker`, so this needs either a wider angle or a per-base shoulder

assets/models/blender/manifest.json

@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@
       "bounds_godot": {
         "max": [
           0.108,
-          0.204,
+          0.237,
           0.165
         ],
         "min": [
           -0.108,
-          0.094,
+          0.127,
           -0.119
         ]
       },
@@ -265,12 +265,12 @@
       "bounds_godot": {
         "max": [
           0.166,
-          0.227,
+          0.26,
           0.166
         ],
         "min": [
           -0.166,
-          0.092,
+          0.125,
           -0.225
         ]
       },
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@
       "bounds_godot": {
         "max": [
           0.118,
-          0.221,
+          0.254,
           0.079
         ],
         "min": [
           -0.118,
-          -0.024,
+          0.009,
           -0.144
         ]
       },
@@ -655,7 +655,9 @@
         "skin",
         "cloth",
         "accessory",
+        "hair.001",
         "Moustache",
+        "Eye",
         "pants",
         "Brows",
         "hair"
@@ -673,8 +675,8 @@
         "accessory",
         "hair"
       ],
-      "triangles": 6176,
+      "triangles": 6254,
-      "vertices": 13074
+      "vertices": 13198
     },
     "npc_dress": {
       "base": "casual",
@@ -736,7 +738,9 @@
         "skin",
         "cloth",
         "accessory",
+        "hair.001",
         "Moustache",
+        "Eye",
         "pants",
         "Brows",
         "hair"
@@ -753,8 +757,8 @@
         "accessory",
         "hair"
       ],
-      "triangles": 6176,
+      "triangles": 6254,
-      "vertices": 13074
+      "vertices": 13198
     },
     "npc_guard": {
       "base": "worker",
@@ -776,7 +780,9 @@
         "skin",
         "cloth",
         "accessory",
+        "hair.001",
         "Moustache",
+        "Eye",
         "pants",
         "Brows",
         "hair"
@@ -794,8 +800,8 @@
         "accessory",
         "hair"
       ],
-      "triangles": 6176,
+      "triangles": 6254,
-      "vertices": 13074
+      "vertices": 13198
     },
     "npc_hoodie": {
       "base": "hoodie",
@@ -902,7 +908,9 @@
         "Worker_Yellow",
         "cloth",
         "accessory",
+        "hair.001",
         "Moustache",
+        "Eye",
         "pants",
         "Brows",
         "hair"
@@ -919,8 +927,8 @@
         "accessory",
         "hair"
       ],
-      "triangles": 6176,
+      "triangles": 6254,
-      "vertices": 13074
+      "vertices": 13198
     },
     "palm_tree": {
       "bounds_godot": {
@@ -1245,12 +1253,12 @@
       "bounds_godot": {
         "max": [
           0.065,
-          0.108,
+          0.141,
           0.101
         ],
         "min": [
           -0.065,
-          0.077,
+          0.11,
           0.002
         ]
       },

docs/npc-visual-review.md

@@ -77,12 +77,19 @@ the bare tint:
 | the dark bar was the Worker's *eye* quads, not only the brow bar | the eye quads are removed too; the face now reads brows + moustache |
 | performer cone swallowed the head, and the performer/protester props floated beside the body | `_add_props()` now parents carried props to the hand proxies and the cone shrank from a 0.44 m to a 0.25 m base |
 
+Third pass traced the remaining "black bar across the eyes" to the **cap brim**, not to head
+geometry: head gear is authored around the procedural head centre (1.62) but the Quaternius head
+centre sits at 1.69, so every cap sat 7 cm low with its brim across the brows. `HEAD_GEAR_LIFT`
+is now 0.103 and `GEAR_SCALE` grows the cap/hood to clear the 0.228 m hair shell. The vision judge
+confirms on `npc_guard`: no bar or visor, eyes and brows separately visible, the cap sits on the
+head, no holes.
+
 Re-verified after the fix with the sheets below and the vision judge: no holes or missing geometry
 on any of the three Worker-based roles.
 
-**Still open** — checklist rows 3, 4 and 5 plus the list below: the Worker crown still reads as a
+**Still open** — checkpoint row 4 (hand-held gear) and the list below: the eye quads have no
-hard hat because that is upstream geometry, the eye/brow mass still reads heavy at portrait
+whites, the `npc_vest` clipboard is oversized on the shorter arm, and the arms still graze the
-distance, and the arms still graze the torso on the `worker` base.
+torso on the `worker` base.
 
 Found by user:
 

src/game/npc_avatar.gd

@@ -178,6 +178,19 @@ const BLENDER_GEAR_DIR := "res://assets/models/blender/npc_gear/"
 const GEAR_OFFSETS := {
 	"lanyard": Vector3(0, 0, 0.04),
 	"firefighter_helmet": Vector3(0, 0.03, 0),
+	# The Quaternius head wears a 0.24 m hair shell that stands ~3.5 cm above the
+	# cap crown, so the cap sinks into the hair and only its brim shows. Lift the
+	# cap and hood onto the hair; sunglasses stay at the eye line.
+	"cap": Vector3(0, 0.05, 0),
+	"hood": Vector3(0, 0.03, 0),
+}
+## The hat geometry is authored around the 0.315 m procedural head and scaled to
+## 0.64 in the Blender build to match the 0.20 m Quaternius skull. That fits the
+## skull but not the 0.228 m hair shell on top of it, so a cap sinks into the hair
+## and only its brim shows. These scale the head-gear node instead of the mesh.
+const GEAR_SCALE := {
+	"cap": 1.22,
+	"hood": 1.12,
 }
 ## Hand gear is authored around the wrist proxy. The palm sits ~4 cm in front
 ## of that origin, so without this offset the first phone/flashlight versions
@@ -808,6 +821,8 @@ func _attach_gear(gear_name: String) -> bool:
 		node.position += GEAR_OFFSETS[gear_name]
 	if str(GEAR_ATTACH[gear_name]) == "hand":
 		node.position += HAND_ITEM_FORWARD
+	if GEAR_SCALE.has(gear_name):
+		node.scale = Vector3.ONE * float(GEAR_SCALE[gear_name])
 	_detail_nodes.append(node)
 	var ao := Materials.load_ao(BLENDER_GEAR_DIR + gear_name + "_ao.png")
 	for child in node.find_children("*", "MeshInstance3D", true, false):

tools/blender_assets.py

@@ -152,7 +152,11 @@ HEAD_BAND = (1.55, 1.81)  # face/headgear height band in Godot metres
 # Quaternius roster has a 0.20 m head whose centre sits higher (see
 # `build_gear`). 0.64 = 0.201 / 0.315.
 HEAD_GEAR_SCALE = 0.64
-HEAD_GEAR_LIFT = 0.07
+# The gear origin is the Head *bone* (Godot y 1.587 on the Quaternius rig), but the
+# gear is authored around the head *centre* (1.62 in the procedural library). The
+# Quaternius head centre sits at 1.69, so head gear needs +0.103 or the cap brim
+# lands on the brow and reads as a black visor across the eyes.
+HEAD_GEAR_LIFT = 0.103
 FIT_HEAD_MATERIALS = ("skin",)
 FIT_CLOTHING_MATERIAL = "cloth"
 FIT_CLOTHING_BAND = (0.30, 0.52)  # hip/skirt band; captures coat/dress flare
@@ -1529,14 +1533,21 @@ QUATERNIUS_SOURCES = {
 ## remapped, because the Worker's vest *is* its torso and its hat *is* its crown.
 WORKER_HEAD_DONOR = {
     "source": "Casual_Hoodie.glb",
-    # donor material -> contract slot name. The hoodie's eyes are not used: this
+    # donor material -> contract slot name.
-    # head's eye quads are large enough to read as one dark bar, which is the
-    # "unibrow" the owner saw. The brows and hair carry the face instead.
     "parts": {"Eyebrows": "Brows", "Hair": "hair"},
-    # Lift the brows clear of the eye line (the two heads differ in mesh density).
+    # The three upstream heads carry the same-sized eye quads (x +-0.057), but the
-    "lift": {"Brows": 0.018},
+    # Worker's face is flatter, so unchecked they sit proud of the skin and merge
-    # our material -> height rule for the faces that go away
+    # into one dark bar -- the "unibrow" the owner saw. Set them back into the
-    "remove": {"Eyebrows": None, "Eye": None, "Worker_Yellow": 1.60},
+    # socket so the skin crops their edges, and lift the brows clear of them.
+    "offset": {"Brows": (0.0, 0.0, 0.020)},
+    # Our material -> the height below which its faces go away. `Eyebrows` is the
+    # bar *and* the forehead shell, so only the bar is cut: removing the whole
+    # material opened the skull and the interior rendered as a black band across
+    # the brows. `Eye` goes entirely (its quads read as one dark mass).
+    # `Eye` is deliberately *not* removed: this head has open sockets and the eye
+    # quads are the only thing filling them, so deleting them showed the inside of
+    # the head as a black band. They stay; the donor brows sit above them.
+    "remove": {"Eyebrows": 1.715, "Worker_Yellow": 1.60},
     "bone": "Head",
 }
 
@@ -1577,16 +1588,6 @@ def _transplant_worker_head(obj):
         bm.to_mesh(obj.data)
         bm.free()
         print(f"  removed {len(doomed)} Worker head faces")
-    # Free the slot names so the donor's materials can take them. `pop` removes a
-    # slot by index and repoints the polygons that used it.
-    for index in range(len(obj.data.materials) - 1, -1, -1):
-        slot = obj.data.materials[index]
-        if slot is None or slot.name not in spec["remove"]:
-            continue
-        if any(poly.material_index == index for poly in obj.data.polygons):
-            continue
-        obj.data.materials.pop(index=index)
-
     donor_path = QUATERNIUS_SRC / spec["source"]
     if not donor_path.is_file():
         print(f"  head donor {donor_path.name} missing, Worker head left bare")
@@ -1629,7 +1630,7 @@ def _transplant_worker_head(obj):
             m.name = slot
             remap[index] = len(kept)
             kept.append(m)
-        for slot_name, lift in spec.get("lift", {}).items():
+        for slot_name, rule in spec.get("narrow", {}).items():
             local = [i for i, m in enumerate(candidate.data.materials)
                      if m is not None and m.name == slot_name]
             if not local:
@@ -1638,8 +1639,26 @@ def _transplant_worker_head(obj):
             bm.from_mesh(candidate.data)
             bm.faces.ensure_lookup_table()
             moved = {v for f in bm.faces if f.material_index in local for v in f.verts}
+            centre = float(rule["centre"])
+            factor = float(rule["scale"])
             for v in moved:
-                v.co.z += float(lift)
+                box = centre if v.co.x >= 0.0 else -centre
+                v.co.x = box + (v.co.x - box) * factor
+            bm.to_mesh(candidate.data)
+            bm.free()
+
+        for slot_name, offset in spec.get("offset", {}).items():
+            local = [i for i, m in enumerate(candidate.data.materials)
+                     if m is not None and m.name == slot_name]
+            if not local:
+                continue
+            bm = bmesh.new()
+            bm.from_mesh(candidate.data)
+            bm.faces.ensure_lookup_table()
+            moved = {v for f in bm.faces if f.material_index in local for v in f.verts}
+            delta = Vector(offset)
+            for v in moved:
+                v.co += delta
             bm.to_mesh(candidate.data)
             bm.free()
         face_slots = [remap.get(poly.material_index, 0)