Refine environment surfaces and skyline haze

TODO.md

@@ -57,16 +57,22 @@ Compatibility/Web parity, deterministic assets and offline CI.
 
 ### Environment textures and materials
 
-- [ ] Audit the v2 picks (brick, sidewalk pavers, dry/wet asphalt, awning canvas,
+- [x] Audit the v2 picks (brick, sidewalk pavers, dry/wet asphalt, awning canvas,
       day/dusk/night skylines) at close range and in the entrance/street shots for
-      seams, tiling, scale, contrast and normal-map strength.
-- [ ] Refine brick mortar/wear, paver joints/stains, asphalt aggregate/wet response
+      seams, tiling, scale, contrast and normal-map strength. (New `surfaces` and
+      `surfaces_joke` capture stages; no seam or UV-scale failures found.)
+- [x] Refine brick mortar/wear, paver joints/stains, asphalt aggregate/wet response
       and awning weave using the existing image/asset tooling; never overwrite a
-      pick, use `-vN` candidates and promote validated results.
-- [ ] Check UV scales and material roughness/metallic profiles; keep day/night
-      phase behavior and the wet-street transition intact.
-- [ ] Review distant skyline haze and foliage/planter surfaces against the concept
-      references; fix obvious flatness without regressing readability.
+      pick, use `-vN` candidates and promote validated results. (The Walk of Fame
+      band now uses the paver/terrazzo texture; the neighbour awning keeps its
+      cream stripe via a neutral tint and 4× UV. Brick/asphalt picks held up.)
+- [x] Check UV scales and material roughness/metallic profiles; keep day/night
+      phase behavior and the wet-street transition intact. (Profiles and UV
+      scales passed; dry/wet asphalt and phase switching unchanged.)
+- [x] Review distant skyline haze and foliage/planter surfaces against the concept
+      references; fix obvious flatness without regressing readability. (Added
+      world-height haze fade to the skyline shader; foliage/planters stayed
+      stylized and readable, so no mesh change.)
 
 ### Character and prop textures
 
@@ -74,7 +80,8 @@ Compatibility/Web parity, deterministic assets and offline CI.
       refine fabric weave, skin variation and fixed detail materials. (256² maps rebuilt; fabric
       now uses a 4× UV weave and skips baked per-character AO, removing the portrait blotches;
       skin/hair/gear keep AO. Comparison `sheet_npc_baseline_compare-texuv.jpg`.)
-- [ ] Re-bake AO where geometry changes; verify the 256² maps and material wiring.
+- [x] Re-bake AO where geometry changes; verify the 256² maps and material wiring.
+      (No character geometry changed in the texture pass; asset/base audits pass.)
 - [ ] Audit library props and UI/card/icon textures at their actual screen sizes;
       remove blurry/oversized or unused textures where safe.
 - [ ] Run texture audits, import, and the full asset test suite; record texture memory