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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During an RMB path-follow the body yaw locks to the leg direction (rig
commit_body_to_motion, from interpolated velocity — immune to SetFacing
interleaving between throttled steps). The mouse instead drives a layered
look-at: LookAtModifier3D pair on Head (±70°) + spine_02 (±30° torso twist
for looking far lateral/behind — past their sum the character physically
cannot look further without turning). Forward axis measured from the
armature rest pose (+Z), not guessed. Influence fades in/out on follow
start/end. Pure client presentation per D-249; SetFacing still rides the
wire, so the server vision cone follows the mouse while walking — the
character looks where the player points.
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New SR_LIVE sandbox scene: CharacterVisual composited in a 3D greybox world
derived from server snapshots. Per-leg constant-velocity interpolation keyed
to the stance throttle, 'server feet / client eyes' facing (wire octant while
moving, client aim octant idle), cadence-synced gait state machine on
AnimationPlayer custom blends, D-148 orthographic follow camera (-30deg
default, T-cycle presets), sim-space grid shader, camera-side wall cutaway,
accumulating never-evict tile store with four-state visibility tint.
Additive seams only: InputMapper.facing_angle_provider (2D path unchanged),
CharacterVisual.play_animation blend_time param + get_animation_player().
Visual harness gains per-scenario scene field + SR_AUTOPILOT input scripting.
210 new gdUnit assertions across five suites; verified live (230/230 total,
clean smoke, screenshot at .cache/screenshots/locomotion_idle_live.png).
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