Update cthangover_game implementation, assets and documentation

manifest.json

@@ -5,8 +5,34 @@
   "author": "ct",
   "description": "The story content of Cthangover: scenes, scenarios, characters, items, quests and the world map of Marao's very bad night. The machinery lives in engine mods.",
   "category": "story",
-  "depends": ["shell2d_base>=1", "dialog_base>=1", "interactive_base>=1", "skills_base>=1", "map_base>=1", "ui_base>=1", "characters_base>=1", "items_base>=1", "quests_base>=1", "town_pack>=1", "music_pack>=1"],
+  "depends": [
+    "shell2d_base>=1",
+    "dialog_base>=1",
+    "interactive_base>=1",
+    "skills_base>=1",
+    "map_base>=1",
+    "ui_base>=1",
+    "characters_base>=1",
+    "items_base>=1",
+    "quests_base>=1",
+    "town_pack>=1",
+    "music_pack>=1"
+  ],
+  "sources": [
+    "src/**/*.cs"
+  ],
   "test_suites": [
-    {"id": "site_shots", "activate": ["--itest=site_shots"]}
+    {
+      "id": "site_shots",
+      "activate": [
+        "--itest=site_shots"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "marao_avatars",
+      "activate": [
+        "--itest=marao_avatars"
+      ]
+    }
   ]
 }

src/StarterPartyInitializer.cs

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+using Cthangover.Core.Events;
+using Cthangover.Core.Mods;
+using Cthangover.Core.Settings;
+using Cthangover.Mods.Skills;
+
+namespace Cthangover.Mods.StarterParty
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Populates the initial player party with the default starter
+    /// character <c>"Marao"</c> when the cthangover_party mod finishes loading.
+    ///
+    /// The party can only be populated during <c>OnModResourcesReady</c>,
+    /// not earlier. <c>OnModLoaded</c> and the constructor fire inside
+    /// <c>ModRegistry.Initialize</c> → <c>ModCompiler.LoadModCode</c>,
+    /// where mod JSON resources are not yet guaranteed to be accessible.
+    /// <c>AddCharacterToParty</c> chains into <c>CharacterFactory.Get</c>,
+    /// which triggers the shared entity resolver's first scan — this requires
+    /// file providers to be fully set up, which only happens after the
+    /// entire <c>ModRegistry.Initialize</c> pipeline completes.
+    ///
+    /// <c>OnModResourcesReady</c> is invoked by <c>ModInitializerRegistry
+    /// .NotifyResourcesReady</c> at the end of <c>SceneManager.Initialize</c>,
+    /// after <c>ModRegistry</c> finishes discovery, <c>SceneEventRegistry</c>
+    /// is primed, and scene definitions are collected. At that point all
+    /// factories can safely read mod JSON data.
+    ///
+    /// Mods that introduce additional starter characters should implement
+    /// their own <c>IModInitializer</c> and call <c>AddCharacterToParty</c>
+    /// from <c>OnModResourcesReady</c> for their character IDs.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class StarterPartyInitializer : IModInitializer
+    {
+        private static bool newGameHookInstalled;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// No-op: cross-mod lifecycle notifications are not needed for
+        /// starter party setup. Each mod's <c>OnModResourcesReady</c>
+        /// handles its own default characters independently.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void OnModLoaded(string modId) { }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds the cthangover_party mod's default starter character <c>"Marao"</c>
+        /// to both <c>Characters</c> and <c>BattleSet</c> via
+        /// <c>CharacterData.AddCharacterToParty</c>. Called once, after
+        /// all mod file providers and JSON resources are guaranteed to
+        /// be accessible. Also installs the one-time
+        /// <see cref="NewGameStartedEvent"/> hook so the starter party is
+        /// restored after <c>ResetRuntime</c> wipes it at the start of a
+        /// new game. Both operations are idempotent.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void OnModResourcesReady()
+        {
+            SeedStarterParty();
+
+            if (newGameHookInstalled)
+                return;
+
+            newGameHookInstalled = true;
+            ModEventBus.Subscribe<NewGameStartedEvent>(_ => SeedStarterParty());
+        }
+
+        private static void SeedStarterParty()
+        {
+            GameData.Instance.Runtime.CharacterData.AddCharacterToParty("Marao");
+            SkillService.GrantSkill("slave_master");
+        }
+    }
+}

test_suites/marao_avatars/avatars/al_azif.json

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+{
+  "Kind": "avatar",
+  "Items": [
+    {
+      "Id": "cthangover/al_azif_test",
+      "Renderer": "layers",
+      "BaseValues": {
+        "canvas": {
+          "Width": 512,
+          "Height": 768
+        },
+        "layers/character": {
+          "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/01_front_master.png",
+          "Order": 0,
+          "X": 0.0,
+          "Y": 143.0471771075019,
+          "Width": 512.0,
+          "Height": 481.9056457849962
+        }
+      },
+      "Groups": {
+        "emotion": {
+          "Default": "auto",
+          "Priority": 20,
+          "Presets": {
+            "auto": {},
+            "neutral": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/01_front_master.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.0471771075019,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.9056457849962
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "open_mouth": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/05_emotion_open_mouth.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "eye_roll": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/06_emotion_eye_roll.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "confused": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/07_emotion_confused.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "angry_scream": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/08_emotion_angry_scream.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "fear": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/09_emotion_fear.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "embarrassed": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/10_emotion_embarrassed.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "gloating": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/11_emotion_gloating.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "squeamish": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/12_emotion_squeamish.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "disgust": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/13_emotion_disgust.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "talking_a": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/14_talking_a.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "talking_b": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/15_talking_b.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.43122102009275,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.1375579598145
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "view": {
+          "Default": "auto",
+          "Priority": 100,
+          "Presets": {
+            "auto": {},
+            "front": {},
+            "angled": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/02_closed_angle.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "back": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/03_back_spine.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 143.24516627996906,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 481.5096674400619
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "open": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/al_azif_test/04_open.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 185.34831460674158,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 397.30337078651684
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}

test_suites/marao_avatars/avatars/marao.json

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+{
+  "Kind": "avatar",
+  "Items": [
+    {
+      "Id": "cthangover/marao_test",
+      "Renderer": "layers",
+      "BaseValues": {
+        "canvas": {
+          "Width": 512,
+          "Height": 768
+        }
+      },
+      "Groups": {
+        "reaction": {
+          "Default": "neutral",
+          "Priority": 0,
+          "Presets": {
+            "neutral": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/neutral.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 0.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 768.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "hangover": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/hangover.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 0.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 768.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "pants_panic": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/pants_panic.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 0.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 768.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "rag_emperor": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/rag_emperor.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 0.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 768.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "deadpan_azif": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/deadpan_azif.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "poetry_reader": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/poetry_reader.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "police_panic": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/police_panic.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "suspicious": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/suspicious.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "bad_smell": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/bad_smell.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "protective": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/protective.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "emotion": {
+          "Default": "auto",
+          "Priority": 20,
+          "Presets": {
+            "auto": {},
+            "neutral": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/neutral.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 0.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 768.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "open_mouth": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/emotion_open_mouth.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "eye_roll": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/emotion_eye_roll.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "confused": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/emotion_confused.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "angry_scream": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/pants_panic.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 0.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 768.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "fear": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/police_panic.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "embarrassed": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/emotion_embarrassed.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "gloating": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/rag_emperor.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 0.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 768.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "squeamish": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/emotion_squeamish.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "disgust": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/bad_smell.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "talking_a": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/talking_a.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "talking_b": {
+              "Values": {
+                "layers/character": {
+                  "Image": "cthangover/marao_test/talking_b.png",
+                  "Order": 0,
+                  "X": 0.0,
+                  "Y": 256.0,
+                  "Width": 512.0,
+                  "Height": 512.0
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}

test_suites/marao_avatars/docs/en.md

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+# Marao reaction auditions
+
+Opt-in content sample for `avatar_base` + `avatar_layers`, activated by `--itest=marao_avatars`.
+The virtual mod `cthangover_game__marao_avatars` supplies `cthangover/marao_test` with ten named
+`reaction` presets. Four are full-body images; six are waist-up portraits, fitted without
+stretching into a 512x768 canvas and aligned at the bottom. Every PNG has actual alpha.
+
+This is an audition set of complete acting poses, not a modular facial rig. A reaction selects
+one complete character layer. Eyes, mouth, clothes and pose cannot be independently combined
+in these particular assets. The underlying renderer remains capable of multiple independent layers.
+
+Sources, exact cloud prompts, rejected-request records, story references and the offline preview
+are archived outside repositories in `art_sources/cthangover/marao_avatar_test_20261030/`.
+Source images are copied byte-for-byte into the test suite. No production dialogue references change.
+
+```csharp
+IAvatar avatar = AvatarCatalog.Create("cthangover/marao_test");
+avatar.ApplyPresets(new Dictionary<string, string> { ["reaction"] = "deadpan_azif" });
+IAvatarRenderer renderer = AvatarRenderers.Create(avatar);
+host.AddChild(renderer.View);
+// Dispose renderer before destroying host.
+```
+
+Presets: neutral, hangover, pants_panic, rag_emperor, deadpan_azif, poetry_reader,
+police_panic, suspicious, bad_smell, protective.
+
+Runtime audition and comparison export (windowed, via the workspace Windows job bridge):
+
+```text
+godot --path . --rendering-method gl_compatibility -- --frontend --with-mods=cthangover_game --itest=marao_avatars --run-tests --mod=cthangover_game__marao_avatars
+```
+
+The two runtime tests apply every preset, verify distinct rendered output and alpha, round-trip
+saved selections and export a comparison sheet plus individual normalized PNGs under
+`gen/marao_avatar_test_20261030/`. Raw generated images are retained separately.
+
+## Paired Al-Azif update
+
+The suite also supplies `cthangover/al_azif_test`. Both avatars expose `emotion` with
+`auto`, `neutral`, `open_mouth`, `eye_roll`, `confused`, `angry_scream`, `fear`, `embarrassed`,
+`gloating`, `squeamish`, `disgust`, `talking_a`, `talking_b`. Default `auto` contributes nothing:
+Marao keeps the selected story reaction, Al-Azif uses its neutral baseline. An explicit emotion
+at priority 20 replaces the complete character image; select auto to return to story reactions.
+
+Al-Azif additionally exposes `view`: auto/front keep emotion control; angled/back/open at
+priority 100 select the requested structural view, temporarily overriding the emotional image.
+Select view=auto to return to the chosen emotion. No mirroring is applied to book images.
+The two talking presets are not an automatically played or pixel-aligned animation.
+
+The four full-body Marao poses now use softer legs and loose white shorts. Both held-book
+portraits use the canonical Al-Azif design. Selected source PNGs and the updated offline gallery
+live in `art_sources/cthangover/marao_azif_avatar_update_20261030/`. The original generated
+versions remain archived in the earlier source batch. Three page-pulling story frames are
+standalone illustrations in the updated source batch; they do not replace production scenes.
+
+Additional runtime tests exercise the shared emotion vocabulary, all Al-Azif views, JSON
+restore and export `gen/marao_azif_avatar_update_20261030/emotion_comparison.png`.

test_suites/marao_avatars/docs/ru.md

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+# Пробы реакций Марао
+
+Тестовый набор включается флагом `--itest=marao_avatars`. Ресурс аватара:
+`cthangover/marao_test`, группа пресетов: `reaction`.
+
+| Пресет | Реакция |
+| --- | --- |
+| neutral | Спокойный, собранный Марао |
+| hangover | «Кузнец в голове»: похмельная гримаса |
+| pants_panic | «Где мои штаны?!»: возмущённое недоумение |
+| rag_emperor | Самодовольный император красной тряпки |
+| deadpan_azif | «Ты бумажка»: равнодушие перед Аль-Азифом |
+| poetry_reader | Уверенный чтец «казахских стихов» |
+| police_panic | «Я же одет… почти»: комическая паника |
+| suspicious | Подозрение у виллы «Забвение» |
+| bad_smell | «Ну хоть не падалью»: отвращение к запаху |
+| protective | Серьёзная решимость защитить другого |
+
+Первые четыре варианта полноростовые, остальные шесть — поясные. Каждый пресет
+выбирает целую позу с выражением лица: это подборка для выбора образов, а не
+раздельные детали глаз и рта. PNG прозрачные, исходные диалоговые аватарки не заменены.
+
+[Формат и запуск проверки](en.md). Галерея с сюжетными цитатами находится вне
+репозитория: `art_sources/cthangover/marao_avatar_test_20261030/index.html`.
+
+## Обновление: общий набор с Аль-Азифом
+
+Добавлен аватар `cthangover/al_azif_test`. Оба аватара поддерживают группу `emotion`:
+`auto`, `neutral`, `open_mouth`, `eye_roll`, `confused`, `angry_scream`, `fear`, `embarrassed`,
+`gloating`, `squeamish`, `disgust`, `talking_a`, `talking_b`.
+
+По умолчанию emotion=auto сохраняет сюжетную реакцию Марао или спокойную книгу.
+Явная эмоция выбирает готовое изображение целиком и перекрывает сюжетную реакцию;
+для возврата нужно снова выбрать auto. Два кадра речи не образуют готовый lip sync.
+
+У Аль-Азифа есть группа `view`: auto/front оставляют управление эмоции, angled/back/open
+показывают другой ракурс и перекрывают эмоциональную картинку. Для возврата — view=auto.
+
+Четыре полноростовые позы Марао обновлены: ноги мягче, одежда — свободные белые шорты.
+В двух портретах исправлена книга. Обновлённая галерея:
+`art_sources/cthangover/marao_azif_avatar_update_20261030/index.html`.
+Три кадра попытки вырвать страницу находятся там же как отдельные иллюстрации.

test_suites/marao_avatars/manifest.json

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+{
+  "id": "cthangover_game__marao_avatars",
+  "name": "Marao avatar auditions",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "author": "ct",
+  "description": "Ten story-inspired anime reaction presets for the layered avatar renderer.",
+  "depends": [
+    "avatar_layers>=1"
+  ],
+  "test_sources": [
+    "tests/*.cs"
+  ]
+}

test_suites/marao_avatars/tests/MaraoAvatarTests.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Cthangover.Core.Mods.Resolvers;
+using Cthangover.Core.Mods.Testing;
+using Cthangover.Core.Utils;
+using Cthangover.Mods.Avatars;
+using Godot;
+
+namespace Cthangover.Mods.MaraoAvatars.Tests
+{
+    /// <summary>Auditions the actual story PNGs through preset state and the installed layered renderer.</summary>
+    public sealed class MaraoAvatarTests
+    {
+        private const string AvatarId = "cthangover/marao_test";
+        private const string Output = "res://gen/marao_avatar_test_20261030/";
+
+        private static string OutputFile(string name)
+        {
+            // The picture folder may be missing on a fresh checkout (the host has no gen/ subfolder).
+            var dir = ProjectSettings.GlobalizePath(Output);
+            DirAccess.MakeDirRecursiveAbsolute(dir);
+            return dir + name;
+        }
+
+        [ModTest("marao_avatars/all_ten_reactions_render_and_restore", TimeoutSeconds = 45)]
+        public static async Task Reactions(ModTestContext ctx)
+        {
+            ModAssert.True(GameEnvironment.IsRuntime, "visual audition requires the Godot runtime");
+            var tree = (SceneTree)Engine.GetMainLoop();
+            var viewport = new SubViewport { Size = new Vector2I(512, 768), TransparentBg = true,
+                Disable3D = true, RenderTargetUpdateMode = SubViewport.UpdateMode.Always };
+            var avatar = AvatarCatalog.Create(AvatarId);
+            var independent = AvatarCatalog.Create(AvatarId);
+            var definition = Entities.Collect<AvatarDefinition>()[AvatarId];
+            ModAssert.Equal(10, definition.Groups["reaction"].Presets.Count, "all requested reactions installed");
+            using var renderer = AvatarRenderers.Create(avatar);
+            var hashes = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+            try
+            {
+                tree.Root.AddChild(viewport);
+                viewport.AddChild(renderer.View);
+                foreach (var preset in definition.Groups["reaction"].Presets.Keys)
+                {
+                    avatar.ApplyPresets(new Dictionary<string, string> { ["reaction"] = preset });
+                    renderer.Apply(avatar.Resolve());
+                    await tree.ToSignal(RenderingServer.Singleton, RenderingServer.SignalName.FramePostDraw);
+                    using var image = viewport.GetTexture().GetImage();
+                    var visible = 0; var transparent = 0;
+                    for (var y = 0; y < image.GetHeight(); y += 16)
+                        for (var x = 0; x < image.GetWidth(); x += 16)
+                        {
+                            var alpha = image.GetPixel(x, y).A;
+                            if (alpha > 0.9f) visible++;
+                            if (alpha < 0.01f) transparent++;
+                        }
+                    ModAssert.True(visible > 100, preset + ": character has visible pixels");
+                    ModAssert.True(transparent > 100, preset + ": transparent surroundings preserved");
+                    ModAssert.True(hashes.Add(Convert.ToHexString(SHA256.HashData(image.GetData()))),
+                        preset + ": reaction produces a distinct rendered image");
+                    ModAssert.True(image.SavePng(OutputFile(preset + ".render.png")) == Error.Ok,
+                        preset + ": rendered audition exported");
+                    var saved = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AvatarState>(JsonSerializer.Serialize(avatar.CaptureState()));
+                    var restored = AvatarCatalog.Create(AvatarId, saved);
+                    ModAssert.Equal(preset, restored.CaptureState().Presets["reaction"], "JSON save restores selection");
+                }
+                ModAssert.Equal("neutral", independent.CaptureState().Presets["reaction"], "another instance stays unchanged");
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                renderer.Dispose(); viewport.GetParent()?.RemoveChild(viewport); viewport.Free();
+            }
+        }
+
+        [ModTest("marao_avatars/comparison_sheet", TimeoutSeconds = 45)]
+        public static async Task Comparison(ModTestContext ctx)
+        {
+            ModAssert.True(GameEnvironment.IsRuntime, "comparison sheet requires the Godot runtime");
+            var tree = (SceneTree)Engine.GetMainLoop();
+            var viewport = new SubViewport { Size = new Vector2I(1440, 960), TransparentBg = false,
+                Disable3D = true, RenderTargetUpdateMode = SubViewport.UpdateMode.Always };
+            var renderers = new List<IAvatarRenderer>();
+            try
+            {
+                tree.Root.AddChild(viewport);
+                viewport.AddChild(new ColorRect { Color = new Color("e4ded4"), Size = new Vector2(1440, 960) });
+                var index = 0;
+                foreach (var preset in Entities.Collect<AvatarDefinition>()[AvatarId].Groups["reaction"].Presets.Keys)
+                {
+                    var x = (index % 5) * 288; var y = (index / 5) * 480;
+                    viewport.AddChild(new ColorRect { Color = new Color(index % 2 == 0 ? "e4ded4" : "c5c6c5"),
+                        Position = new Vector2(x, y), Size = new Vector2(288, 480) });
+                    var avatar = AvatarCatalog.Create(AvatarId);
+                    avatar.ApplyPresets(new Dictionary<string, string> { ["reaction"] = preset });
+                    var renderer = AvatarRenderers.Create(avatar); renderers.Add(renderer);
+                    viewport.AddChild(renderer.View);
+                    renderer.View.Scale = new Vector2(0.5f, 0.5f);
+                    renderer.View.Position = new Vector2(x + 16, y + 24);
+                    var label = new Label { Text = (index + 1) + ". " + preset, Position = new Vector2(x + 12, y + 426),
+                        Size = new Vector2(264, 36), HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center };
+                    label.AddThemeColorOverride("font_color", new Color("24232b"));
+                    label.AddThemeFontSizeOverride("font_size", 18);
+                    viewport.AddChild(label);
+                    index++;
+                }
+                await tree.ToSignal(RenderingServer.Singleton, RenderingServer.SignalName.FramePostDraw);
+                using var sheet = viewport.GetTexture().GetImage();
+                ModAssert.True(sheet.SavePng(OutputFile("comparison.png")) == Error.Ok,
+                    "comparison sheet exported from actual avatar renderer");
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                foreach (var renderer in renderers) renderer.Dispose();
+                viewport.GetParent()?.RemoveChild(viewport); viewport.Free();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

test_suites/marao_avatars/tests/PairedAvatarTests.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Cthangover.Core.Mods.Resolvers;
+using Cthangover.Core.Mods.Testing;
+using Cthangover.Core.Utils;
+using Cthangover.Mods.Avatars;
+using Godot;
+
+namespace Cthangover.Mods.MaraoAvatars.Tests
+{
+    /// <summary>Both content avatars share the same named emotions while retaining independent view/pose state.</summary>
+    public sealed class PairedAvatarTests
+    {
+        private const string Marao = "cthangover/marao_test";
+        private const string Book = "cthangover/al_azif_test";
+        private const string Output = "res://gen/marao_azif_avatar_update_20261030/";
+
+        private static string OutputFile(string name)
+        {
+            // The picture folder may be missing on a fresh checkout (the host has no gen/ subfolder).
+            var dir = ProjectSettings.GlobalizePath(Output);
+            DirAccess.MakeDirRecursiveAbsolute(dir);
+            return dir + name;
+        }
+
+        [ModTest("paired_avatars/common_emotions_render_and_restore", TimeoutSeconds = 60)]
+        public static async Task CommonEmotions(ModTestContext ctx)
+        {
+            ModAssert.True(GameEnvironment.IsRuntime);
+            var definitions = Entities.Collect<AvatarDefinition>();
+            var states = definitions[Marao].Groups["emotion"].Presets.Keys.OrderBy(Identity, StringComparer.Ordinal).ToArray();
+            var bookStates = definitions[Book].Groups["emotion"].Presets.Keys.OrderBy(Identity, StringComparer.Ordinal).ToArray();
+            ModAssert.Equal(13, states.Length, "twelve shared states plus auto");
+            ModAssert.Equal(string.Join(",", states), string.Join(",", bookStates), "same public emotion names");
+            var tree = (SceneTree)Engine.GetMainLoop();
+            var viewport = new SubViewport { Size = new Vector2I(512, 768), TransparentBg = true,
+                Disable3D = true, RenderTargetUpdateMode = SubViewport.UpdateMode.Always };
+            try
+            {
+                tree.Root.AddChild(viewport);
+                foreach (var id in new[] { Marao, Book })
+                {
+                    var avatar = AvatarCatalog.Create(id);
+                    using var renderer = AvatarRenderers.Create(avatar);
+                    viewport.AddChild(renderer.View);
+                    foreach (var state in states)
+                    {
+                        avatar.ApplyPresets(new Dictionary<string, string> { ["emotion"] = state });
+                        renderer.Apply(avatar.Resolve());
+                        await tree.ToSignal(RenderingServer.Singleton, RenderingServer.SignalName.FramePostDraw);
+                        using var image = viewport.GetTexture().GetImage();
+                        var visible = 0; var transparent = 0;
+                        for (var y = 0; y < 768; y += 24)
+                            for (var x = 0; x < 512; x += 24)
+                            {
+                                var alpha = image.GetPixel(x, y).A;
+                                if (alpha > 0.9f) visible++;
+                                if (alpha < 0.01f) transparent++;
+                            }
+                        ModAssert.True(visible > 40 && transparent > 40, id + "/" + state + ": rendered with alpha");
+                        var saved = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AvatarState>(JsonSerializer.Serialize(avatar.CaptureState()));
+                        var restored = AvatarCatalog.Create(id, saved);
+                        ModAssert.Equal(state, restored.CaptureState().Presets["emotion"]);
+                    }
+                }
+                var book = AvatarCatalog.Create(Book);
+                foreach (var view in new[] { "front", "angled", "back", "open" })
+                {
+                    book.ApplyPresets(new Dictionary<string, string> { ["view"] = view, ["emotion"] = "angry_scream" });
+                    using var renderer = AvatarRenderers.Create(book);
+                    viewport.AddChild(renderer.View);
+                    await tree.ToSignal(RenderingServer.Singleton, RenderingServer.SignalName.FramePostDraw);
+                    using var image = viewport.GetTexture().GetImage();
+                    ModAssert.True(image.SavePng(OutputFile("al_azif_" + view + ".render.png")) == Error.Ok);
+                    var state = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AvatarState>(JsonSerializer.Serialize(book.CaptureState()));
+                    ModAssert.Equal(view, AvatarCatalog.Create(Book, state).CaptureState().Presets["view"]);
+                }
+            }
+            finally { viewport.GetParent()?.RemoveChild(viewport); viewport.Free(); }
+        }
+
+        [ModTest("paired_avatars/emotion_comparison_sheet", TimeoutSeconds = 60)]
+        public static async Task Comparison(ModTestContext ctx)
+        {
+            ModAssert.True(GameEnvironment.IsRuntime);
+            var tree = (SceneTree)Engine.GetMainLoop();
+            var viewport = new SubViewport { Size = new Vector2I(1920, 1920), TransparentBg = false,
+                Disable3D = true, RenderTargetUpdateMode = SubViewport.UpdateMode.Always };
+            var renderers = new List<IAvatarRenderer>();
+            try
+            {
+                tree.Root.AddChild(viewport);
+                viewport.AddChild(new ColorRect { Size = new Vector2(1920, 1920), Color = new Color("e4ded4") });
+                var index = 0;
+                foreach (var emotion in Entities.Collect<AvatarDefinition>()[Marao].Groups["emotion"].Presets.Keys)
+                {
+                    if (emotion == "auto") continue;
+                    var x = (index % 3) * 640; var y = (index / 3) * 480;
+                    viewport.AddChild(new ColorRect { Position = new Vector2(x, y), Size = new Vector2(640, 480),
+                        Color = new Color(index % 2 == 0 ? "e4ded4" : "c6c7c5") });
+                    var side = 0;
+                    foreach (var id in new[] { Marao, Book })
+                    {
+                        var avatar = AvatarCatalog.Create(id);
+                        avatar.ApplyPresets(new Dictionary<string, string> { ["emotion"] = emotion });
+                        var renderer = AvatarRenderers.Create(avatar); renderers.Add(renderer);
+                        viewport.AddChild(renderer.View);
+                        renderer.View.Scale = new Vector2(0.5f, 0.5f);
+                        renderer.View.Position = new Vector2(x + 24 + side * 320, y + 24);
+                        side++;
+                    }
+                    var label = new Label { Text = emotion, Position = new Vector2(x + 12, y + 428),
+                        Size = new Vector2(616, 36), HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center };
+                    label.AddThemeColorOverride("font_color", new Color("24232b"));
+                    label.AddThemeFontSizeOverride("font_size", 22);
+                    viewport.AddChild(label); index++;
+                }
+                await tree.ToSignal(RenderingServer.Singleton, RenderingServer.SignalName.FramePostDraw);
+                using var image = viewport.GetTexture().GetImage();
+                ModAssert.True(image.SavePng(OutputFile("emotion_comparison.png")) == Error.Ok);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                foreach (var renderer in renderers) renderer.Dispose();
+                viewport.GetParent()?.RemoveChild(viewport); viewport.Free();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static string Identity(string value) => value;
+    }
+}