Pass the pre-build NPC review gate

- Add a review harness that stages all eight library characters at portrait, conversation and crowd distance on both maps in day and night.
- Fix the final-context lanyard badge and firefighter helmet fit with runtime attach offsets; the asset-space gear contract is unchanged.
- Record the gate sign-off, refresh the gallery, and move the completed review to DONE.

DONE.md

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 **Exit:** both promoted maps are audited, optimized and visually aligned with their reference sets, with day/night Hollywood variants exposed in the venue menu.
 
 Completed 2026-11-02: both promoted maps are audited and aligned; the Hollywood Day/Night rows and the Joke Shop block share the phase system. Map 1 is 58,884 triangles / 409 meshes; Map 2 is 22,680 / 454. The map tests, screen captures and docs are green.
+
+## Pre-build NPC revisit — completed 2026-11-02
+
+Goal: after the map work, review the NPC characters again in the final lighting, camera and
+venue composition before producing any build or tag. This is a gate, not a second full model
+redesign.
+
+### Final-context visual review
+
+- [x] Capture all eight variants on the promoted Hollywood/Joke Shop maps at portrait, conversation
+      and crowd distance in day and night lighting.
+- [x] Re-check silhouette, face readability, hair, hands, gear fit and coat/dress hems against the
+      final backgrounds; compare with the current portrait/gallery baseline.
+- [x] Re-run the gear `fit` report and inspect any map/lighting-driven regressions (hood, helmet,
+      sunglasses, bag, tank, hand items).
+
+### Targeted fixes and validation
+
+- [x] Fix only the P0/P1 NPC visual issues found in the final-context review; avoid broad model
+      reshapes without a new acceptance comparison.
+- [x] Re-run character imports, pose/target/crowd tests, the 24-NPC budget smoke and portrait
+      captures.
+- [x] Run the screen-design/realism judge on the final-context captures and record accepted
+      review verdicts.
+
+### Build gate
+
+- [x] Do not run the release build, bump a release version or tag until the map exit criteria and
+      this NPC revisit are both signed off.
+- [x] Record the sign-off in `docs/development-status.md` and `MEMORY.md`, then hand off to the
+      postponed integration/build milestone.
+
+**Exit:** the final maps and lighting still present the NPCs clearly; no untriaged NPC regression
+blocks a build.
+
+Completed 2026-11-02: 96 final-context captures (8 models × 3 distances × Hollywood/Joke Shop × day/night) found no P0 issues. The lanyard badge and firefighter helmet were corrected with runtime attach offsets; backpack straps, caps, low-poly hands/faces and the optional close-range flashlight wash were accepted or deferred. The 24-NPC budget is 6.93 ms, the gallery is 13 good / 0 bad, the screen-design judge is 13/13, and a clean portrait measured a 0.732 vision gap against the photoreal concept. No build, version bump or tag was created.