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fix(engine): C-545 ambient parity for props/actors + Emberwatch baseline - #386

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Contract C-545 — Emberwatch baseline + ambient parity (plan P0/P1).

The review (docs/reference/emberwatch-polish-review-and-plan.md §1.4) said terrain gets the day/night/interior ambient but props might not. B confirmed it: the tilemap shader multiplies every ground texel by uTint, while composePropDisplay() created sprites with size/anchor only, and the LPC/static actor paths sliced frames with no tint at all. This PR applies one documented ambient policy to terrain, props, actors and enemies, with an explicit emissive opt-out, and records the baseline diagnosis for findings 1.2 / 1.3 (diagnosed only — no builder/atlas edits, per the non-goals).

Baseline SHA: 71678c0b828150439e3c34f9e88deae01390fddb (review baseline ee5478cee; only one commit between them — none of the ambient/builder files changed).

Ambient consumer table

Consumer Receives ambient? Where Emissive exception?
Terrain (tilemap chunks) Yes — shader uTint game_world.ts → SceneAmbientController.update → tilemap_chunk_renderer.ts:69,78 No (tiles have no emissive field)
Standalone props Before: No → After: Yes — container tint scene_ambient.ts applyToEntries / ambient_policy.ts applyAmbientToEntity Yes — prop emissive: true
LPC actors (player/NPC) Before: No → After: Yes — container tint over layer sprites entity_appearance.ts:427-443 sprites under RenderEntry.displayObject No
Static actors / enemies Before: No → After: Yes — container tint actor_visual_transport.ts → entity_appearance.ts:162-208 No
Pre-load placeholder squares Worker debug tint, now × ambient entity_display.ts:49-55 No
Contact shadows After: Yes (child Graphics of the tinted container) prop_presentation.ts:87-106 No
HUD No (not in _renderEntries/world container) — N/A
Weather FX / scene-background fallback No (separate controllers) weather_fx_controller.ts, scene_background.ts:226 N/A
  • Interior pinning: _isInteriorMap (from packConfig.interior) feeds the single resolver, so terrain and entities pin to COLOR_INTERIOR together and ignore the clock.
  • Late textures: the tint lives on the container, not the sprite, so a prop whose atlas frame resolves after an hour change inherits the current tint.

Findings (see docs/contracts/C-545-...md for file:line)

Plan finding Verdict Evidence
1.2 flat building shells Confirmed — not fixed emberwatch_map_village.ts:269-299 paintShell/paintInterior place wall/roof ground tiles only; :347-361 building() adds door + landing. No building sprite is placed.
1.3 bridge rails/water per tile Confirmed — not fixed generate_emberwatch_atlas.ts:679-691 paintBridge paints water + rails into every cell; emberwatch_map_village.ts:241-248 (3×2) and generate_emberwatch_maps_extra.ts:109-114 (4×3) repeat it.
1.4 ambient not applied to props Confirmed — fixed here terrain tint game_world.ts (baseline) + tilemap_chunk_renderer.ts:69,78; prop_presentation.ts:125-148 no tint; entity_appearance.ts:427-443 no tint.

What changed

  • New environment/ambient_policy.ts — resolveSceneAmbient({isInterior, environmentUbo}) → {r,g,b,hex} (interior pins COLOR_INTERIOR, outdoors follows the worker UBO, neutral before the first UBO) + applyAmbientToEntity.
  • New game_world/scene_ambient.ts — per-frame controller: resolve → terrain uTint → every entity container. Extracted so game_world.ts stays inside its size waiver (2193 / 2214).
  • Terrain consumes r/g/b as uTint; no double tint (world container/stage never tinted); no HUD tint.
  • Props/actors/enemies consume hex as container tint each frame → covers hour change, map transition, interior enter/exit, late texture load.
  • Optional emissive?: boolean on ContentPackPropSchema (one line, default false) → PropFrameAnchor.emissive → RenderEntry.ambientExempt. Marked only clear light sources: inn_hearth (prop_hearth.png), inn_brazier + shrine_brazier (prop_brazier.png). window/fireplace are tiles, not props, and were left alone.

Tests

  • packages/frontend/engine/src/__tests__/ambient_parity.test.ts (new, behavioural): neutral-grey terrain tile and prop/actor share one multiplier at noon/dawn/night/interior; interior ignores the clock; neutral before the first UBO; emissive prop untouched; late-load prop gets the current tint; interior transition re-tints; re-apply is a no-op.
  • game_world/scene_transition.test.ts — emissive propagates per frame.
  • schemas content_pack.test.ts — emissive schema accept/default.

Verification

  • bun moon run frontend-engine:test → 1820 pass / 0 fail (after seeding the gitignored generated atlas from the matching root checkout; without it 3 pre-existing emberwatch_content_audit texture-existence tests fail for environment reasons).
  • bun moon run schemas:test → 905 pass / 0 fail; typecheck + lint + format clean for frontend-engine, schemas, types, scripts.
  • bun moon ci --base=origin/main → 50 pass, 2 fail: scripts:guard-source-file-size (see below) and client:test-browser (Chromium not installed locally).
  • bun moon run scripts:test → 2011 pass / 9 fail, identical with this PR's changes stashed — pre-existing environment failures (candidate-plane-incomplete etc.); scripts:test is runInCI: false.

What was NOT verified

  • No in-engine screenshots. cd apps/e2e && bun run src/visual/runner.ts --suite=map --capture-only → [runner] ❌ Client dev server unreachable at http://localhost:5274 (and a fresh worktree lacks the gitignored candidate plane; assets are out of scope). No scene was mocked.
  • No human visual acceptance; findings 1.2/1.3 remain diagnosis-only (bridge/building layer-model proposal is documented, not implemented).
  • Pre-existing guard failure, not from this PR: scripts:guard-source-file-size flags packages/frontend/engine/src/worker/ecs_worker.ts (2497 vs 2488 waiver ceiling). That file is untouched here and is already over its ceiling at origin/main; raising a ceiling is forbidden.
  • client:test-browser fails locally on missing Playwright Chromium (CI installs it).

Scope discipline

No asset generation, no map/builder/atlas edits, no UI changes, no guard threshold / golden / evaluator-prompt changes, no deploy/publish, no new scene model. 14 files changed (+786 −52).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Scene lighting now adjusts terrain, props, and characters consistently based on the time of day and whether the scene is indoors.
    • Lit hearths and braziers retain their authored colours instead of being dimmed by ambient lighting.

C-545: terrain received the day/night/interior ambient through the tilemap
uTint, but standalone props, LPC actors and static enemies rendered at full
source brightness. Introduce one documented ambient policy
(environment/ambient_policy.ts) consumed by both paths, applied per frame via
game_world/scene_ambient.ts, plus an explicit per-prop `emissive` opt-out
(hearth + two braziers) so genuine light sources keep their authored colour.

Also records the 71678c0 baseline and diagnoses review findings 1.2 (flat
building shells) and 1.3 (per-tile bridge rails/water gaps) with file:line
evidence; bridge/building layer-model proposal documented, not implemented.
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Walkthrough

The change adds a shared scene ambient multiplier for terrain and entity containers. It introduces an optional emissive prop flag and marks three Emberwatch fire props to skip entity tinting. New tests cover ambient states, exemptions, late-loaded textures, and transitions.

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Scene ambient parity

Layer / File(s) Summary
Declare and propagate emissive props
packages/shared/schemas/src/lib/game/content_pack.ts, packages/shared/schemas/src/lib/game/content_pack.test.ts, scripts/src/lib/ops/sync_emberwatch_props.ts, content/packs/emberwatch/manifest.json, packages/frontend/engine/src/game_world/scene_transition.ts, packages/frontend/engine/src/game_world/scene_transition.test.ts
The content schema and prop definitions add an optional emissive flag. The scene transition metadata combines declarations for each prop frame. The hearth and two braziers are marked emissive.
Resolve and apply scene ambient
packages/frontend/engine/src/environment/ambient_policy.ts, packages/frontend/engine/src/environment/index.ts, packages/frontend/engine/src/game_world/scene_ambient.ts, packages/frontend/engine/src/game_world.ts, packages/frontend/engine/src/game_world/entity_display.ts, packages/frontend/engine/src/game_world/render_entry.ts
The ambient policy resolves RGB factors and a hex tint. SceneAmbientController applies the factors to terrain and entity containers, honors screenshot sampling freezes, and skips exempt entries. GameWorld supplies ambient state and marks emissive props exempt.
Verify and document ambient behavior
packages/frontend/engine/src/__tests__/ambient_parity.test.ts, docs/contracts/C-545-emberwatch-baseline-and-ambient-parity.md
Tests cover lighting states, emissive exemptions, late-loaded textures, transitions, and repeated tint application. The contract document records implementation evidence and test results, and identifies other findings as not fixed.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GameWorld
  participant SceneAmbientController
  participant AmbientPolicy
  participant TerrainUniforms
  participant RenderEntries
  GameWorld->>SceneAmbientController: Update with interior state and environment UBO
  SceneAmbientController->>AmbientPolicy: Resolve scene ambient
  AmbientPolicy-->>SceneAmbientController: Return RGB factors and hex tint
  SceneAmbientController->>TerrainUniforms: Set terrain uTint
  GameWorld->>SceneAmbientController: Apply ambient to render entries
  SceneAmbientController->>RenderEntries: Tint containers except emissive entries
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In `@docs/contracts/C-545-emberwatch-baseline-and-ambient-parity.md`:
- Around line 131-132: Update the stale post-fix ambient citations in sections B
and C to reference the controller call in game_world.ts and the terrain/entity
tint logic in scene_ambient.ts, as appropriate for each row. Keep section A’s
baseline citations unchanged.

In `@packages/frontend/engine/src/__tests__/ambient_parity.test.ts`:
- Around line 43-48: Update terrainTint in the ambient parity tests to exercise
SceneAmbientController.update instead of calling resolveSceneAmbient directly.
Initialize tilemapUniforms with a nonmatching uTint, pass it to the controller
with the test options, and return the written tint channels so the parity
assertions verify the controller’s terrain tint write.

In `@packages/frontend/engine/src/game_world.ts`:
- Around line 1364-1378: Add a caller-level GameWorld test covering
_handleEntityCreated: create an entity with emissive frame metadata, apply
ambient tint, and assert its render entry remains untinted. This should verify
the handoff to createEntityDisplay via ambientExempt rather than testing the
metadata or exemption helper in isolation.

In `@packages/frontend/engine/src/game_world/scene_ambient.ts`:
- Around line 42-43: Update the ambient controller’s update flow so frozen
sampling does not latch or apply ambient until uTint is available and, for
outdoor scenes, environmentUbo is ready; preserve the existing latched-sample
early return once inputs are ready. In _installScene, invalidate the ambient
sample so a same-hour scene transition writes the new terrain uniform and
updates entities.

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… cover emissive handoff

FIX 3/FIX 4 for the C-545 review:
- the noon/dawn/night/interior parity cases now drive SceneAmbientController.update
  with a tilemap-uniform stub seeded at [0.1,0.2,0.3] and read the written
  channels back, then tint a prop through the SAME controller, so terrain and
  entity are proven to share one factor end to end;
- the emissive handoff case now goes through GameWorld._handleEntityCreated with
  an emissive frame and a non-emissive sibling, asserting the emissive container
  stays 0xffffff while the sibling receives the night ambient.
The worker was 2497 lines against a 2488-line size waiver (issue #342), a
pre-existing overage from 71678c0 that failed CI. Move _resolveSpawnInStaging
into worker/spawn_resolution.ts as resolveSpawnInStaging — a pure move, the
call site and logging are unchanged — bringing ecs_worker.ts to 2461 lines
(27 lines of headroom) without touching the guard or the waiver.

The C-138 portal_move_reset_regression test still passes.
Sections B and C now cite the post-fix controller call in game_world.ts and the
resolution/apply logic in scene_ambient.ts and ambient_policy.ts by current line
number. Section A (baseline citations) is unchanged. Adds a Known follow-ups
list: tile-level emissive for window/fireplace, weather FX and sky fallback not
ambient-tinted, emissive is per-frame not per-placement, and the boot-frame
interior pin change.
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