D-244 ratifies what the character architecture (D-159..D-164, runtime
CharacterVisualDescriptor compositing) and the Trellis env pipeline already implied
but no decision had recorded: the in-world view renders 3D objects directly; the only
flattened 2D content is textures + flat 2D artwork (paintings/flags/billboards/signage).
There is no per-object sprite layer.
Roots out the drift: the early-spike 3D->2D sprite pipeline (#541) and the sprite-centric
docs/assets/visual catalog were never cleaned out when the project went 3D, so the
2026-06-12 fable-ous audit read them as live and re-injected the dead sprite model into
T-1049/T-1050. Fix:
- docs/assets/visual/README.md + docs/assets/README.md re-scoped to 3D models + textures
+ flat artwork (dropped the sprites/tilesets-as-entities framing).
- /sprite-gen + renderer/README repurposed as the 2D-artwork generator (paintings/flags/
billboards/signage), not the in-world object format; legacy 4-direction object-sprite
mode flagged as retired.
- T-961/T-1049/T-1050 already held in backlog pending this.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Fix client sprite naming in README (files are _64.png, not .png)
- Clarify --path working directory (renderer/ from repo root)
- Remove /sprite-gen reference (skill not in branch yet)
- Add D-043 citation on outline color in render_export.gd
- Add uid to wall_bar_green.tscn for reproducible imports
- Note wall_bar_green has no rendered sprites yet
- Note npc_generic capsule symmetry is by design (D-044)
- Add outline + D-033 tint compatibility guidance
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update Camera3D to exact D-019 angle (-72.5° from horizontal).
Replace single DirectionalLight with three-point studio rig
(key 1.0, fill 0.4, rim 0.3) for clean silhouettes without
baked shadows. Add generic NPC capsule model (24×32px footprint
per D-044). Document full pipeline spec in renderer/README.md.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Separates the 3D-to-2D render pipeline from the game client into its
own minimal Godot project. No autoloads, no plugins, no game code —
just the render scene, models, textures, and export script. Eliminates
SimBridge parse errors and gdUnit4 scanning during renders.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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