D-252 (new record, amends D-054/D-249, resolves Q-084's walk-vs-aim split):
Facing is view-only; movement no longer writes it. Client side: the rig's
moving-body yaw now always derives from leg velocity (the wire octant is the
VIEW and must never rotate the body — the follow-only commit flag
generalizes and disappears); the layered head/torso look-at runs during any
movement, WASD included; the ~100ms post-step re-assert mitigation is
removed as dead (server-side facing_from_delta removal lands separately).
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Live finding: during a path-follow the cone snapped to path-forward on every
accepted step (server facing_from_delta overwrites Facing; the change-gated
SetFacing never re-sends an unchanged octant) and stayed there until the
mouse crossed an octant boundary. The follower now re-asserts the current
mouse octant 100ms (~2 ticks) after each emitted step — same-tick re-asserts
lose, movement wins within a tick — shrinking the flap to a ~100ms blip.
Full stability needs server-side aim-lock: filed T-1093 (Q-084's walk-vs-aim
split, now with play evidence); wire semantics untouched per the sidequest's
presentation-layer constraint.
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Hover marker + optimal path line over the KNOWN tile store only — the
character plans through what they know; fog is unpathable (info boundary at
the planning layer; the follower additionally revalidates every remaining
tile per step). Pure static 8-dir A*: uniform cost 1 incl. diagonals (D-248
time-optimal, no sqrt2), no corner-cutting, terrain-cost provider seam for
Phase-4 terrain. Execution streams ordinary Move* steps through the existing
throttle — zero protocol change, server validates every step.
RMB vocabulary (live-session spec): click = walk there at current stance;
double-click = sprint there (ToggleStanceUp burst — server toggle handler
verified cooldown-free so bursts climb deterministically — with net-zero
restore on arrival; a double upgrades the active follow in place);
long-press >=400ms = go there then Crouch on arrival, no restore (input-
vocabulary prototype; real cover mechanics are future combat design).
Cancellation: WASD override (stance kept), invalidation, teleport,
suppression. Two additive InputMapper seams (queue_move_step,
queue_stance_toggle); mouse unproject shared with the facing provider
(ground_hit_local). 44 new gdUnit tests across finder + follower ladders.
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