Relocates main_menu, character_creation, settings_dialog, debug_console,
bug_report_dialog, loading_screen from flat client/ui/ into structured
client/ui/meta/screens/<name>/. All six now extend MetaScreen instead
of Control; the base handles open/close lifecycle, visibility,
captures_input, and — for overlays — the sim-pause contract.
Screen policies set per Tyre's proposal:
- settings_dialog: pauses_sim=false, PUSHES onto MetaStack
- debug_console: pauses_sim=true, PUSHES (D-088 routing via base)
- bug_report_dialog: pauses_sim=true, PUSHES
- loading_screen: closable_by_escape=false, PUSHES
- main_menu, character_creation: scene-roots, extend MetaScreen for
the lifecycle contract only, do NOT push onto the stack
character_creation stays at its current surface (tabs, descriptor,
creation_confirmed signal unchanged). Tab consolidation and
CharacterProfile migration happen in Workstreams 5 and 6.
Knock-on changes:
- main.tscn ModalLayer CanvasLayer renamed to MetaLayer; main.gd
@onready refs updated; constants.gd comment updated; test_client_p3
and test_ui_framework_sprint15 assertions updated; test_monologue_display
and .tscn header comments updated.
- OPEN_MENU handler now pushes settings_dialog onto MetaStack before
calling open(). Full ESC priority chain lands in Workstream 4.
- atlas_app.gd: _unhandled_key_input signature widened from
InputEventKey to InputEvent with an is-check, per Godot 4 API. Pre-
existing narrowing was silently tolerated until main.tscn started
fully instantiating under the new pattern.
- test_client_p3: entity_renderer type annotations corrected from
ColorRect to Sprite2D (stale since a prior refactor); facing
indicator rotation assertion switched to angle_difference() for
modular-safe comparison.
Verification:
- gdlint client/scripts/ client/ui/ — zero problems
- godot --headless --path client --quit — no SCRIPT ERROR
- test_client_p3: 24/24 pass
- test_ui_framework_sprint15: 54/54 pass
- test_implant_nav_stack: 52/52 pass
- test_implant_registry: 42/42 pass
- test_implant_app_lifecycle: 36/36 pass
Workstream 1 foundation (84105916) remains unchanged. Workstreams 3-8
follow: protocol layer, Option A sequencing, 3-tab restructure,
Bookmark tab, location picker, Skills stub.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Establishes the faux-game-menu base pattern for non-diegetic UI,
analogous to ImplantApp but for pre-gameplay and meta-overlay
screens (main menu, character creation, settings, debug console,
bug report, loading screen). Workstream 1 of the MetaScreen
refactor — foundation only, no screen migrations yet.
- client/ui/meta/meta_screen.gd: base class (Control) with
HIDDEN/OPENING/OPEN/CLOSING phase tracking, three orthogonal
policy booleans (pauses_sim, closable_by_escape, captures_input),
open/close lifecycle, on_escape contract, closed + escape_pressed
signals, subclass hooks (on_open, on_close).
- client/ui/meta/meta_stack.gd: autoload coordinator. Overlay stack
with push/pop/top/is_active; handle_escape chain; sim-pause
coordination via SimBridge when pauses_sim=true; meta_active_changed
signal. All class references kept inside method bodies — no
top-level class_name refs, matching HudGroups / GameState
autoload parse-order discipline.
- client/scripts/character_profile.gd: Resource wrapping the
visual descriptor with bookmark_id and start_location_id.
Target of the creation_confirmed signal once the character
creation flow migrates.
- client/project.godot: MetaStack registered as autoload after
HudGroups, before ImplantRegistry.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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