> Current ground style/detail — 18 October 2026: following the grass/desert/wetland correction, meadow, woodland, upland, tundra and snow now use native materials derived from the original regional art direction. All nine land profiles have explicit Region and Hex context coverage. Geography, source scale and world simulation are unchanged. Earlier galleries retain their dated runtime context. Current material-family review regional-review/vision-ground-detail.json.

> Current Region ground correction — 18 October 2026: user feedback reopened background-detail acceptance after runtime b4a39c6. Grass, desert and wetland floors now use sharper exact native materials at the existing four-hex scale. All current cameras, geometry and biome blending remain in place. Earlier whole-goal completion and screenshot galleries describe their historical runtime, rather than acceptance of the reported ground blur. Ground-detail review regional-review/ground-detail-regression.json.

> Current regional art-direction acceptance — 18 October 2026: production runtime 43ea180 is visually accepted in132 actual connected native panels, with274 scoped checks per workspace. This current decision supersedes older pending regional review entries below. The final evidence publication is verified separately. Production acceptance regional-review/region-vision-production-acceptance.json.

Complete regional landscapes — visual goal reopened

Current acceptance: reopened on 17 October 2026 after the user-facing production comparison. Visual parity has not been achieved. The fresh comparison supersedes the earlier completion claim; repeated terrain, shoreline/beach naturalism and landmark surroundings must be resolved and production screenshots shown before closure. Historical evidence remains below. Historical 16 October implementation acceptance: The final acceptance table and combined evidence below supersede earlier dated open/pending increment notes. Corrected implementation release 3bdf8c70c340e05d51061a39de86b525f3e2ed1c is verified live; the closing documentation-only deployment is checked before the goal service is marked complete.

Started October 11, 2026 at 15:18:32 UTC (17:18:32 Copenhagen). Maximum deadline: October 18, 2026 at 15:18:32 UTC (17:18:32 Copenhagen). The user explicitly requested completion of all six remaining regional-design gaps. The previous woodland/grassland/lake pilot is a released baseline; its completion does not satisfy this goal.

Required outcome

Bring a connected group of real production regions visibly close to the supplied painterly reference, then extend those proven landscape, location and building families throughout the supported world. Preserve canonical geography and the persistent player simulation. Rendering must respond to actual vegetation, occupation, construction, damage, land use and water state. Region ownership and planning borders must never reset textures, positions, shorelines, waterways, light or detail density.

Six completion gates

Inventory and progress

scripts/regional-coverage.js derives building requirements from src/living-world/catalog.js, expands legal fields terrain into fields/grasslands/hills, and admits only the exact production approval contracts. docs/regional-review/world-coverage.json records the current inventory. It is an audit, not a claim of visual completion. Hash changes or broader manifest contexts cannot silently satisfy it.

The starting release has 44 structure definitions, artwork for five building families, eleven painted ground profiles, limited woodland/shore/relief scenery and no accepted connected river presentation. The first exact audit finds 167 legal building/profile contexts and 835 stage/profile combinations, of which 30 have reviewed art. No building family covers all its legal contexts yet. The exact gaps remain explicit in the inventory. All six gates start open. New reusable architecture and additional assets are intermediate milestones; only the combined evidence and verified worldwide release close the goal.

The initial contextual audit also found that authoritative woodland distinguishes conifer from mixed broadleaf, while the pilot's canopy source pool is broadleaf. Matched species presentation must be included in terrain-context coverage. The first landscape increment implements exact conifer mature/young/sapling sources, a second mature silhouette, low scrub and subdued mineral contacts. Six native files are approved in declared forest/grasslands contexts. Mature canonical woodland and surrounding open ground passed native Region/Hex and phone review; younger conifers passed a labeled illustration contact study. Paid warm-woodland clearing/planting/construction and saved reload exercise both canopy and low foliage. This is a limited accepted increment: natural detail covers 2/11 profiles, building coverage remains 30/835 stage/profile combinations, and every full-goal gate remains open. Native study evidence does not stand in for paid cold-settlement or worldwide acceptance.

Execution order

1. Audit existing sources against exact roles and contexts; record missing structure/location/terrain coverage and select a connected real neighborhood.
2. Compose landscape edge/detail families and state-grounded water geometry in shared world coordinates; visually reject candidates that do not mesh.
3. Expand distinct canonical locations and all legal building families/stages, reusing suitable approved originals and generating only missing source pieces.
4. Exercise lifecycle, real neighborhood transitions, cold/warm phone and desktop navigation, reload and cache budgets across the complete coverage matrix.
5. Publish accepted increments under the existing live-release authorization. Complete only when every gate passes; report unresolved work plainly if the one-week maximum is reached.

The pilot acceptance in the earlier goal remains historical evidence. The current goal is the completion scope above; no pilot-only acceptance or paperwork closes it.

The second exact increment adds five reviewed low terrain contacts and narrow scrub/stone context extensions, bringing natural detail presence to 11/11 profiles and the whitelist to 73 files. Dark arctic slate was rejected. Actual desktop/phone Region/Hex evidence is in terrain-detail-increment.json regional-review/terrain-detail-increment.json. Shared current-water junction geometry and false clearing-scar correction preserve authoritative state. These are accepted small-source improvements, not reference-level scene richness or complete location/building/waterway coverage. Building stage coverage stays 30/835 and all six gates remain open.

The third accepted increment adds two distinct native rural portraits each for actual village, cottage and farm features on fields, grasslands and hills. Eighteen source/profile contexts passed real canonical Region/Hex desktop and phone contact review; 72 captures and the rejected saturated village source are retained in rural-place-increment.json regional-review/rural-place-increment.json. Native transparent gaps share ground and player structures take precedence. The whitelist advances to 79 exact files. This closes only those narrow illustration contacts, not the full location gate: city/town/castle/magic/ruins/resource families, colder rural contexts and the natural-feature variety matrix remain incomplete. Building stage coverage stays 30/835, reference-level connected scene richness remains open, all six gates remain open and the one-week deadline is unchanged.

The fourth accepted increment adds two native layouts each for town, city and castle in fields, grasslands and hills. Eighteen exact source/profile contexts passed actual canonical desktop/phone Region/Hex review, retained in 72 fully rendered captures with local state-reload evidence. The whitelist advances to 85 unchanged exact sources. The full-world census now records sixteen feature types in sixty-two actual terrain contexts, nineteen with two exact native sources; source inventory is not a scene-quality gate. Urban evidence regional-review/urban-place-increment.json and location census regional-review/location-coverage.json preserve the coordinates and current gaps. City contexts in arctic/desert/forest/mountain/wetlands, cold settlement contexts, magic/ruins/resource, natural-feature varieties, rich connected neighborhoods, full building lifecycle families and water acceptance remain incomplete. Building stage coverage remains 30/835 and all six full-goal gates remain open. The goal stays active within the unchanged one-week deadline.

The fifth accepted increment improves continuous landscape composition: smooth shared-world shrub/mineral masses, canonical moisture/elevation density and a re-reviewed three-hex woodland floor scale. No native image bytes or canonical geography changed; 85 exact sources remain approved. Eleven actual terrain contacts passed 44 desktop/phone Region/Hex captures; the connected pilot and west/east/lake approaches passed 16 ordinary/close Region captures. Existing occupied and cultivated plots were inspected; paid in-memory vegetation/construction/reload regressions passed. Fresh browser-funded clearing tests remain pending explicit authorization after automatic approval review rejected the isolated localhost click. Mass composition evidence regional-review/landscape-masses-increment.json records the narrow acceptance and performance observations. All six full-goal gates remain open: reference-level scene richness, graduated connected banks, missing location/terrain variants, full building lifecycle families and broad production/state/performance acceptance are still required. Building coverage stays 30/835 and the deadline remains October18,2026 at15:18:32UTC.

The sixth accepted increment adds six exact native transparent sources: two ruins and two magic layouts in fields/grasslands/hills/forest, and two natural resource-site silhouettes in those profiles plus wetlands/mountain/desert. Thirty actual source/profile contacts passed120 source-verified desktop/phone Region/Hex captures, including replacement of a transitional wetland phone frame. Recorded original-library references and full prompts accompany the unchanged generated native PNGs. Reload retained the forest resource layout; the backed-up local save stayed byte-identical and no funded browser or production commands ran. The whitelist advances to91 and the full-world location census to34/62 contexts with two exact sources. This is an inventory and narrow visual acceptance increment, not full-goal completion. Cold location families, other ruin/magic contexts, natural-feature variety, full building stage families, graduated connected banks, reference-level connected richness and broad world/state/performance acceptance remain incomplete. Building coverage stays30/835, all six gates stay open and the deadline is unchanged. See site evidence regional-review/site-place-increment.json.

The seventh accepted increment adds native graduated banks on existing canonical ocean/lake shores, with separate land and shallow-water clips and palettes for all nine real land rendering profiles. Seventy-two completed, visually inspected actual desktop/phone captures cover ordinaryRegion0.3082, closeRegion0.5617 and Hex, including three connected coast approaches. Initial restored-zoom captures were replaced before acceptance. Twenty-six regressions include paid in-memory authority, wet/dry observed transfers, geometry, caches and clipping; read-only page reload preserves the backed-up local save. No raster source or geography changed;91 exact files remain approved, location coverage stays34/62 and buildings30/835. This improves bank contact only. Reference-level connected scenery richness, complete waterways/works/state visual acceptance, missing location/building families and broad world validation remain unfinished. All six gates remain open within the unchanged one-week deadline. See bank evidence regional-review/connected-banks-increment.json.

The eighth accepted increment adds four native transparent geographic ridge/cliff components on real mountain land. Fixed shared irregular placement and canonical elevation connect relief across planning borders;15 contact probes protect actual occupied/worked footprints. Eight source/feature contexts and five mixed coast/upland/woodland approaches passed68 visually inspected actual desktop/phone Region/closeRegion/Hex captures; initial repetition, small-screen framing and loading-stage proof issues were corrected before acceptance. Original source alpha/bytes and full prompts remain intact. This improves composed geology only:95 exact approved files, location census34/62, building stages30/835. The connected scenes still need richer forest hierarchy and observed-water/actual-works integration to meet the reference. All six full completion gates remain open under the unchanged one-week deadline. See ridge evidence regional-review/ridge-mass-increment.json.

Ninth reviewed increment — shared woodland hierarchy

Five mature native crown contacts (two broadleaf groups, the new spreading oak and two northern conifer groups) and five connected coast/upland approaches have 42 actual desktop1280/phone375CSS Region/close-Region/Hex captures. Shared 672/176-unit woodland fields, a jittered40-unit grid, variable mature crowns and native age/species/root source selection improve forest massing across neighboring regions. The new oak adds one exact approved file; all original files retain their bytes. Real paid in-memory clearing/planting/construction and saved reload drive the new presentation correctly. See evidence regional-review/woodland-hierarchy-increment.json.

All six completion gates remain open. World location coverage stays34/62 two-source contexts; building coverage stays30/835 stage/profile contexts with5/44 definitions having any matched art and0 complete. Remaining natural/cold/context families, fuller landmark/lifecycle coverage, richer state-grounded water/actual-work composition and broad performance validation still require work. This increment is not a full-reference-quality or one-week-goal completion claim.

Tenth reviewed increment — five building families across legal terrain

Thirty explicitly labeled read-only desktop/phone contact sheets compare the five native stages for every legal terrain of the existing forest lodge, village center, community field, lumbermill and registry office. Exact source/context review accepts25 native files, including a newly generated damaged forest lodge that retains its intact building's architecture and footprint. The renderer preserves native aspect and anchor contact. The current whitelist contains97 exact files. The complete inventory now has5/44 definitions,15/167 contexts and75/835 stage/profile contexts covered. Thirty-nine definitions and760 stage/profile combinations remain missing. See contact evidence regional-review/structure-context-increment.json and whole-world building audit regional-review/world-coverage.json.

This is artwork inventory/contact completion for five families, not full paid live lifecycle or rich scene acceptance. Paid in-memory lifecycle/reload tests remain separate; pending funded browser authorization was not retried or bypassed. Full natural/cold/location contexts, connected water/actual works, live scene integration and broad navigation/reload/performance validation remain incomplete. All six full-goal gates remain open, and the deadline remains18 October2026 at15:18:32UTC.

Eleventh reviewed increment — distinct housing/storage lifecycle families

Twenty-five native transparent sources add all five native stages for storehouse, elevated storehouse, town house, timber house and stone house on fields/forest/grasslands/hills. Forty actual desktop/phone contact captures review100 new stage/profile contexts. Elevated storage retains piers/open undercroft; houses retain distinct scale, construction material and roof silhouettes. Actual paid in-memory construction/repair/rebuild, damage/ruin and five-stage reload pass after real founding, research, finite tool trade, quarry supply and material production. These tests and controlled artwork contacts do not certify saved live neighborhoods. See review regional-review/housing-storage-increment.json and funded lifecycle evidence regional-review/housing-storage-paid-lifecycle.json.

Current exact inventory is122 approved files,10/44 complete definitions,35/167 complete legal contexts and175/835 stage/profile combinations. Remaining34 definitions/132 contexts/660 combinations, canonical location gaps, connected water/actual works, reference-level continuous landscapes and broad device/reload/performance validation remain required. All six full-goal gates remain open and the maximum deadline remains18 October2026 at15:18:32UTC. Existing saved worlds are preserved; pending paid browser authorization was not retried or bypassed.

Twelfth reviewed increment — sparse connected observed-flow banks

Twenty-six actual desktop/phone ordinary/close Region and Hex captures review current saved observation114 across upstream/main/downstream regions, existing paid village, lake and coast. Shared endpoint quantities/tangents drive graduated bank geometry and fading; high current connected transfers receive muted water contact. Small/potential/historical/isolated routes do not become a blue grid. Terminal receiving-leg continuation was corrected after Hex review. Existing geography, native source bytes, save and water accounting stay unchanged; paid in-memory wet/dry/reload regressions separately exercise authority. See evidence regional-review/observed-bank-increment.json.

This is narrow current-flow presentation progress, not full connected-waterway or reference-quality acceptance. Live dry/resumed/engineered works, remaining34 building families, canonical location gaps, richer connected neighborhoods and broad world/navigation/performance validation remain required. Exact coverage stays122 approved files,10/44 complete definitions and175/835 stage/profile combinations. All six gates remain open within the unchanged18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline.

Thirteenth increment — irregular native detail groups

regional-landscape-4 composes small native shrub/mineral contacts into irregular shared-world groups with quiet gaps, independent actual-state checks per member, and current painted-water root clearance. This addresses confetti-like low detail and shrubs standing inside observed channels while preserving source bytes, geography and simulation. Region-cache evidence now requires the exact current-view serving predicate and restored native zoom/resolution. Thirty-two scoped checks pass. Sixty-eight final native unedited screenshots were visually reviewed across all eleven profiles at ordinary/close Region zoom, connected coast west/main/east, forest/coast, occupied/worked plots, actual current flow Region/Hex and saved reload on1280CSS desktop and375CSS phone. Rejected loading frames are not accepted evidence. The unchanged funded save and the previous coast view are recorded in review regional-review/neighborhood-clumps-increment.json.

All six gates remain open. These shared groups improve composition but do not establish the reference-level connected production neighborhood. No assets are added; approvals remain122 exact files. Building gaps remain34 definitions,132 legal contexts and660 stage/profile combinations. The62-context location census still has only34 contexts with two exact native sources. Cold location coverage, live engineered-water wet/dry/resumed acceptance and broad world performance remain unfinished. Deadline remains18 October2026 15:18:32UTC.

Fourteenth reviewed increment — watchtower and forester lodge lifecycle families

Ten original transparent sources add five matched stages each for watchtower and forester-lodge. Watchtower is reviewed on fields/forest/grasslands/hills/mountain; forester lodge on fields/forest/grasslands/hills. Eighteen actual desktop/phone source-contact sheets plus nine native mobile bottom supplements cover all45 new stage/profile contexts at regional and portrait scale. Tower and cabin keep distinct architectural identities, exact native alpha, source canvas and fixed ground contact. Separate actual paid memory-only construction, repair, collapse, rebuilding and five-stage inventory-preserving reload pass. See review regional-review/timber-families-increment.json and paid lifecycle evidence regional-review/timber-families-paid-lifecycle.json.

The exact production inventory becomes132 approved files,12/44 complete building definitions,44/167 legal contexts and220/835 stage/profile combinations. Remaining32 definitions/123 contexts/615 combinations, canonical cold/location gaps, rich connected production scenes, evolving engineered water and broad navigation/reload/performance acceptance remain required. Controlled contact illustrations and isolated paid tests do not establish full live neighborhood acceptance. All six full-goal gates remain open within the unchanged18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline. Pending paid-browser authorization was not retried or bypassed; existing local/live saves remain intact.

Catalog verification also found three older retained candidate files missing permanent IDs. They now have reference-only records with approval false and no production contexts. The catalog test resolves the public-root regional manifest correctly; these inventory fixes leave the132-source whitelist and its exact approval version unchanged.

Fifteenth increment — repeatable canonical connected-region views

The normal game now provides ••• → Link to this view in Region/Hex, with validated world binding, selected canonical cell, bounded zoom and independent Region camera. It is applied once through ordinary worker preparation, can be replaced by user navigation and carries no art-review, actor or session keys. This enables real production neighboring-region reference comparisons on desktop and phone without injecting browser state or issuing gameplay orders. The existing coast scene is still too sparse in architectural focal points/connective richness to close the reference-composition gate.

No artwork or coverage is added in this increment:132 approved files,12/44 complete definitions,44/167 legal building contexts and220/835 stage/profile combinations. Remaining32 definitions,123 contexts,615 combinations, location census gaps, evolving connected water and broad performance/reload acceptance stay required. All six gates remain open and the deadline remains18October2026 15:18:32UTC. Read-only canonical view checks are distinct from funded saved-world lifecycle acceptance.

Sixteenth increment — visible castle scale and landscape hierarchy

Two existing native castle sources are calibrated by visible alpha subject rather than equal canvas dimensions, with exact reviewed160-world-unit subject framing in Hex and a phone control-rail offset. Original source bytes, distinct variants and canonical feet remain intact. Region guides are subdued and skip shared ocean/lake seams while retaining selected-board and hex navigation. World membership, saves and authoritative simulation do not change. Source-contact illustrations on each of the three approved ground profiles are separate from ordinary-game/live evidence.

This improves the reproducible coastal castle/town/ruin neighborhood without adding coverage:132 approved files;12/44 complete definitions,44/167 legal contexts,220/835 stage/profile combinations;34/62 location contexts have two exact sources. Remaining32 definitions,123 contexts,615 combinations, connected/evolving water, eleven-profile reference richness, natural shoreline composition and broad performance/reload checks stay required. All six gates remain open and the deadline remains18October2026 15:18:32UTC.

Seventeenth increment — shared coast curvature and Hex loading

Canonical ocean/lake contours now have gentler transitions through a shared shape-preserving field, with bounded world-seeded near-shore variation. The radial candidate was rejected for repetitive bead edges. Canonical centers, administrative identity, original terrain/source bytes and occupancy remain authoritative. Native local coast, adjacent-region and lake checks are separate from production acceptance. Hex catalog loading now clears stale portraits and publishes source names only with actual painted identity; asset-driven redraw updates completed labels.

This is progress toward the connected coastal neighborhood, not reference completion. Coast stretches still reflect discrete canonical geography, and repeated agricultural terrain needs a separate natural/worked-state audit. Coverage remains 132 approved files, 12/44 complete building definitions, 44/167 legal contexts, 220/835 stage/profile combinations and 34/62 location contexts with two sources. Remaining 32 definitions, 123 legal contexts, 615 combinations, connected/evolving waterways, full eleven-profile richness and broad reload/performance validation remain required. All six gates are open. Deadline: 18 October 2026 15:18:32 UTC.

Eighteenth increment — natural fertile meadow and actual cultivation

One original native meadow source replaces both approved crop-pattern fields foundations. Approval is exact fields ground only, regional-ground-1, span10; the two former files remain retained but unapproved. This addresses repeated crop plots across undeveloped land and supersedes the preceding natural/worked-state audit gap for this narrow fields foundation. Actual soil-condition/fallow overlays remain authoritative. Native source/contact review plus fifteen normal desktop/phone coast, neighboring-region, two Hex, northern cold contact, unaffected grassland control and reload captures verify the declared local scope. Separate connected production verification follows publication. Navigation hint backdrop blur is removed after native review identified a horizontal strip.

Inventory is131 exact approved files with all eleven ground profiles. Building/location coverage stays12/44 complete definitions,44/167 legal contexts,220/835 stage/profile combinations and34/62 location contexts with two sources. Remaining32 definitions,123 legal contexts,615 combinations, richer connected production neighborhoods, evolving live water/works and broad worldwide terrain/navigation/performance acceptance are still required. Limited northern preparation slices remain above a16ms frame budget, so performance acceptance remains open. All six gates remain open, deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC. Existing live/local saved geography and inventories are preserved.

Final meadow library review found the default Production inventory view hid the new source as a reference. Current exact approved-world ground routing now controls its production grouping, with checksum/profile/span rejection checks and no automatic approval. This closes the narrow library visibility issue; all six full-goal gates, remaining coverage gaps and18October deadline stay open.

Nineteenth increment: cohesive towns

Two native transparent coherent town groups replace the earlier detached house arrangements in exact fields/grasslands/hills/tundra contexts. Source/contact and24 normal local map captures validate actual native scale, shared ground, cross-region placement and desktop/phone framing. Existing geography and saved state are preserved; the exact source whitelist is regenerated and live release acceptance remains separate. Current paired location inventory is35/62 actual contexts; building coverage remains12/44 definitions,44/167 terrain contexts and220/835 state/profile combinations. Three tundra towns all occupy the same unchanged variant bucket, so their actual diversity remains open. All six full-goal gates remain open. Next work must improve connected landscape composition and missing state/context families, connected evolving waterways and broad production/performance validation; this town increment is not full-goal completion.

Twentieth reviewed increment — military fortress lifecycle artwork

Ten native transparent keep/castle sources add five distinct matched states each on all four legal profiles.16desktop/390CSS phone source-contact sheets and8native bottom supplements review40stage/profile combinations at ordinary region and close portrait scale. Square keep and larger round-tower castle retain transparent ground gaps and distinct silhouettes. Exact reviewed208/260canvas widths, stage anchors and composer6 prevent arbitrary unreviewed scaling; older sources keep110. Original source pixels/bytes and complete built-in prompts remain intact. See review regional-review/fortress-families-increment.json.

Actual paid memory-only construction, repair, collapse/rebuild and five-stage footprint/inventory-preserving reload use the existing military charter/research fixture with an explicit finite late-game opening stock boundary. This verifies command debits and state-driven artwork, not production of initial stock or funded existing live forts. Full-footprint clearing is required. Bounded evidence regional-review/fortress-families-lifecycle.json preserves those limits. No existing local or live save changes.

Exact artwork inventory becomes141approved sources,14/44 complete definitions,52/167 legal contexts and260/835 stage/profile combinations. Remaining30definitions/115contexts/575combinations,27actual location contexts without two exact native variants, connected reference-quality landscape, evolving waterways and broad device/navigation/performance acceptance still require work. All six gates remain open and the18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline is unchanged.

The full-map memory checkpoint review additionally found and corrected keep artwork originating at one footprint corner. Complete real footprint coordinates now determine a compound center; six-orientation and incomplete-loading tests pass. Single-plot buildings and the symmetric castle retain their centers. This fixes placement without inventing clearing, buildings or live stock.

Fortress Hex framing review: the close view now fits the exact reviewed keep/castle canvas around its actual footprint center and contact anchor. This fixes clipping caused by the previous single-plot camera span; phone framing reserves space beside the existing map controls. Other structure sizes and construction controls remain unchanged. The beginner, first-village and affected navigation tutorials were reviewed; this camera correction changes no prerequisites, orders, stock or timing. Actual live fortress lifecycle and full regional acceptance remain open.

Twenty-first reviewed increment — continuous meadow habitat groups

Two unchanged native transparent sprites, meadow-herb-ribbon-v1 and meadow-broken-scrub-v1, add low decorative ground cover in fields, forest, grasslands and hills. Their exact feature is none and states are wild/regrowth. This decorative layer creates no timber stock, tree coverage, crops or water. Both sources retain original1536x1024 pixels, reviewed widths96/92 and anchors. Eight native desktop/390CSS phone source-contact sheets cover the four ground profiles. See habitat review regional-review/meadow-habitat-increment.json and complete built-in prompts ../public/assets/region-composition/meadow-habitat-prompts.json.

Regional landscape version5 retains fixed shared-world groups and smooth432/192-world-unit density fields. Reviewed wide temperate foliage now forms7–11 members over60–112-world-unit irregular ellipses with quiet gaps; mineral groups and other profiles retain their established size ranges. Material-kind selection precedes source selection so more foliage variants cannot dilute mineral groups. Each individual and grouped land sprite checks its center and four root-contact samples against exact source/profile/feature/state availability, occupation, worked land, disturbance and current painted water. Unknown terrain is tracked as a cache dependency and fails closed until it arrives. Existing192-world-unit overhang covers the larger ensemble. Reload and adjacent views never use a region-specific seed. The canvas diagnostic regionalLandscapeSources reports actual selected source IDs, not approval inventory. No authoritative simulation rule or saved geography changes.

Inventory becomes143 exact approved files. Building coverage remains14/44 definitions,52/167 legal contexts and260/835 stage contexts; location variety remains35/62 actual contexts with two native sources. Source contacts and focused shared-boundary/state regressions do not establish reference-level landscape, all terrain/location gaps, coherent evolving waterways, all building families or broad world/device/performance acceptance. All six full-goal gates remain open. The maximum deadline remains18October2026 15:18:32UTC.

Twenty-second reviewed increment — continuous geographic shores

regional-water-4 replaces the stepped row/column shoreline field with broad normalized geographic domain weights and smooth exact-center constraints. A first narrower inverse-distance candidate was rejected for repeated rounded cell lobes. The replacement preserves canonical material centers and current saved geography while keeping the same coastline through neighboring regional views. Missing terrain is now an explicit bounded-cache dependency shared by ground masks and bank sprites. See native evidence regional-review/curved-shore-increment.json for the exact local comparison and separate production verification scope.

No source approval or simulation rule changes. Inventory remains 143 approved files, 14/44 complete definitions, 52/167 legal building contexts, 260/835 stage contexts and 35/62 actual paired location contexts. The remaining 30 definitions/115 contexts/575 stages, 27 location contexts, full reference-level connected scene richness, evolving authoritative waterways/works and broad device/navigation/performance validation are still required. All six completion gates remain open. Deadline 18 October 2026 15:18:32 UTC is unchanged.

Canonical-node metadata is memoized within each sampler to reduce repeated work without changing field arithmetic. All polygons, bank segments, materials and missing-coordinate lists remain exactly identical across 53 chunks in ten real mixed-profile windows. The current building audit is recalculated and native location-source bindings are refreshed to approval version a57abc85a31655bf against the unchanged full-world census; current counts and location coordinates are unchanged.

Production shoreline verification, 13 October 2026: cdcffc2 deployed successfully as 28da7df0, with wiki check 38390689518 passing. Exact client/library/catalog/index, all 143 native source hashes and unchanged canonical world/instance are verified. Ten native connected desktop/390CSS phone views cover neighboring approaches, tundra/desert shores, forest-bank Hex and both reloads. These are actual unmodified production views; no gameplay orders were issued. Limited preparation slices still exceed a 16 ms frame budget in several views, so broad performance and all six whole-goal gates remain open. The initial guarded merge preserved the 3600385-byte design prefix; subsequent unrelated concurrent design edits are retained separately. Saved-world SHA 111bb4dda2ac5c8b40dcfe35f4962c6c9f96e5a63f022ad6e3a447b2dc2a154f and every catalog record/header remain unchanged.

Twenty-third increment — integrated mountain hierarchy

The client now avoids small peak illustrations stacked over loaded larger ridges when both the canonical footprint and actual ground contact agree. Isolated or uncovered peaks remain distinct. This is a modest presentation improvement, not completion of the reference-level connected landscape. The approved native source files, canonical geography, saves and simulation remain unchanged. Local native desktop/phone Region/Hex and adjacent-view/reload evidence is recorded in review regional-review/ridge-hierarchy-increment.json; connected production acceptance follows deployment.

Coverage remains143 exact sources,14/44 complete building definitions,52/167 legal contexts,260/835 stage contexts and35/62 location contexts with two native sources. The remaining30 definitions/115 contexts/575 stages,27 location contexts, richer connected landmark composition, evolving authoritative waterways/works and broad world/device/performance acceptance still require completion. All six gates remain open. Deadline18 October2026 15:18:32UTC is unchanged.

Production mountain hierarchy verification,13 October2026:61aa209 deployed successfully as8427d132 with wiki38395470371 passing. Exact live renderer/library and all143 native source hashes match; canonical world and instance identities are unchanged. Ten native unmodified connected desktop/390CSS phone captures verify three neighboring approaches, the actual covered-peak Hex scene and map reload. No world-command was emitted. The guarded28-file merge preserved the3605579-byte shared design prefix, saved world111bb4dda2ac5c8b40dcfe35f4962c6c9f96e5a63f022ad6e3a447b2dc2a154f, every source catalog record/header and the shared Git index. Preparation slices still reach26.7ms desktop and25.2ms phone in this limited review; broad performance and all six goal gates remain open. Two denser native city candidates are retained separately for exact source/contact and ordinary-map review; they are unapproved and unused by the live renderer.

Twenty-fourth increment — connected city source families

Two distinct coherent city silhouettes are reviewed for exact existing-city fields/grasslands/hills/forest contexts at the same shared-world scale and foot anchor. Twelve source contacts and42 controlled canonical proposal captures cover both source identities, eight real cities, desktop/390 CSS phone Region/Hex and the connected city-lake-mountain neighborhood from both sides and after reload. Approvals stayed false during that controlled review; normal generated-whitelist and connected live validation are separate required evidence in review regional-review/cohesive-city-increment.json. Prior source bytes are retained unchanged. Inventory remains143 approved files, with paired exact location coverage36/62 and26 missing contexts. No building or simulation coverage is added:14/44 definitions,52/167contexts,260/835 stages. All six whole-goal gates remain open; the reference-rich worldwide landscape and broad performance acceptance are still required. Deadline18 October 2026 15:18:32UTC unchanged.

Normal city release verification, 13 October 2026: the actual generated whitelist 0ade0a4393d177d8 contains 143 exact approved files. All 153 bounded regression checks pass, and all 14 native unmodified desktop/390 CSS phone captures were visually reviewed for both real forest-city variants, the connected grassland city, Region/Hex and reload. These supplement the earlier 12 contact and 42 explicitly controlled source-proposal captures; the evidence scopes remain separate. Source binding refresh confirms 36/62 paired location contexts against the unchanged full-world census, including 41 forest cities. No simulation, geography, saved world or player order changes. Connected production verification is still pending. All six whole-goal gates remain open.

Production city verification, 13 October 2026: 14d1446 deployed successfully as 252236b2 with wiki check 38406716030 passing. Exact live client, asset library catalog/sortable index, approved plan 0ade0a4393d177d8 and all 143 native source hashes match the release. Canonical world and instance identities are unchanged. Fourteen native connected desktop/390 CSS phone views were inspected for the main city, both neighboring approaches, both forest-city variants, main-city Hex and reload; no world-command was sent. The guarded 82-file merge preserved the 3607879-byte shared design prefix, unrelated catalog records/header, saved-world SHA111bb4dda2ac5c8b40dcfe35f4962c6c9f96e5a63f022ad6e3a447b2dc2a154f and the shared Git index. Limited preparation slices still reach 27.4ms desktop and 27.6ms phone. This confirms the city increment is live; all six whole-goal gates remain open, including reference-level connected richness,26 missing paired location contexts,30 building definitions/115 contexts/575 stages, evolving authoritative waterways and broad world/device/performance acceptance.

Twenty-fifth increment — matched bakery lifecycle and small-building phone framing

Five exact original native bakery sources add matched foundation/frame/operational/damaged/ruined states on all four legal rendered profiles, with 110 width and reviewed per-stage anchors.32 source-contact captures and 28 controlled real paid checkpoint desktop/phone Region/Hex/neighbor/reload captures are individually inspected. The first phone Hex frame overlapped controls and was rejected; every ready approved structure now uses the existing native source-frame phone clearance, including smaller buildings. No source pixels, geography or existing saves change.

Actual ordinary founding/research/tool-import/grain-mill/bakery construction, repair/rebuild and all five inventory/footprint-preserving reloads pass in memory. A real staffed receipt consumes 12 flour and 4 logs for 48 food. Opening stock is the normal finite founding package, and explicit damage is a test fixture. Normal generated-whitelist and connected production verification remain separate pending acceptance. See review regional-review/bakery-family-increment.json.

Inventory becomes 148 exact approved source files,15/44 complete building definitions,56/167 legal contexts and 280/835 stage contexts; remaining 29 definitions/111 contexts/555 stages. Paired location inventory remains 36/62 with 26 missing contexts. Reference-rich connected landscape, full terrain/context variety, state-grounded evolving waterways and broad worldwide/device/reload/performance acceptance still require work. All six full-goal gates remain open. Deadline 18 October 2026 15:18:32 UTC unchanged.

Bakery normal-whitelist verification, 14 October 2026: all 157 bounded checks pass. All 28 native actual paid local checkpoint desktop/phone Region/Hex/neighbor/reload captures were individually inspected using the real 148-file generated approval plan 679d19195b12c933, without source overrides. Complete corrected small-building phone framing is accepted; five-stage inventories and footprints remain unchanged on restore. Source-contact, controlled proposal, normal approved checkpoint and connected production scopes remain separate. Existing shared saves and geography are preserved. Production verification is still pending, and all six full-goal gates remain open.

Bakery production verification, 14 October 2026: release98e6c18 deployed successfully asb153af9f with wiki workflow38515204454 passing. Exact live client, approved plan679d19195b12c933, catalog/sortable index and all148native hashes match. World and instance identities are unchanged. All14native connected city/neighbor/forest/Hex/reload views and12native library captures were individually inspected; the latter include targeted phone-bottom supplements after lazy-loaded content grew. Five bakery sources, exact approval filtering, approval-date descending order and19sortchoices are verified. No production gameplay order was sent. Paid bakery lifecycle evidence remains local. Limited preparation slices still reach24.9msdesktop and24.8msphone, so broad performance acceptance remains open. The guarded112-file merge preserves the3614767-byte shared design prefix, unrelated catalog records/header, original saved-world hash and shared Git index. All six whole-goal gates remain open, including29remaining building definitions/111contexts/555stages and26missing paired location contexts. Final metadata/evidence follow-up verification remains separate.

Twenty-sixth increment — distinct matched grain-mill lifecycle

Five original native transparent grain-mill sources provide five distinct states on all four legal rendered profiles at110width and[.5,.9]contact.32native source-contact and28controlled actual paid checkpoint desktop/phone Region/Hex/neighbor/reload captures are individually inspected. A transitional phone reload was rejected and recaptured after real Hex material/source/ready state and CSS fade completion; renderer and native pixels are unchanged. Actual ordinary founding/research/tool caravan, construction/repair/rebuild, explicit fixture damage and all five inventory/footprint-preserving reloads pass; actual staffed16grain-to12flour production passes. Normal generated-whitelist and connected production acceptance remain pending. See review regional-review/grain-mill-family-increment.json.

Inventory becomes153approved files,16/44complete building definitions,60/167legal contexts and300/835stage contexts. Remaining28definitions/107contexts/535stages and26missing paired location contexts require work. The connected production scene still needs less repetitive rock groups and stronger natural landscape transitions; current source contact acceptance does not prove reference-level regional richness. Evolving authoritative waterways and broad world/device/reload/performance acceptance remain open. All six full-goal gates remain open. Deadline18October2026 at15:18:32UTC unchanged.

Grain mill normal-whitelist verification, 14 October 2026: all 161 bounded checks pass. All 28 native actual paid local checkpoint desktop/phone Region/Hex/neighbor/reload captures were individually inspected using the real 153-file generated approval plan 3a2f7f9d3b9653ab, without source overrides. Complete native sail and phone framing is accepted; five-stage inventories and footprints remain unchanged on restore. Source-contact, controlled proposal, normal approved checkpoint and connected production scopes remain separate. Existing shared saves and geography are preserved. Production verification is still pending, and all six full-goal gates remain open.

Grain-mill production verification, 14 October 2026: release 99caa3b deployed successfully as 0af04f4c, with wiki workflow 38538941231 passing. The exact client, catalog, sortable index and all 153 native image hashes match the release; world and instance identities are unchanged. All 14 normal connected city, neighbor, forest, Hex and reload map views and 10 final native library previews were individually inspected. Each of the five approved grain-mill stages is visible on desktop and phone. The library retains 19 sorting choices and approval-date descending order. Two earlier gallery captures were rejected for incomplete asynchronous previews and replaced after explicit image decoding and settled scrolling. No production gameplay order was sent; actual funded grain-mill lifecycle evidence remains local. Limited preparation reaches 26.8 ms on desktop and 22.8 ms on phone, so broad performance acceptance stays open. The guarded 110-file merge preserves the 3618431-byte concurrent primary-design prefix, every old catalog record and its header, the original saved-world hash and the shared Git index. All six full-goal gates remain open, including 28 building definitions, 107 legal contexts, 535 stage/profile combinations and 26 missing paired location contexts. Verification of the final evidence-only follow-up remains separate.

The read-only reference ridge-density audit regional-review/reference-ridge-density-audit.json quantifies the next connected-scene priority. The approximate main desktop window has 11 canonical peak cells, seven shared ridge groups, two peaks integrated into those groups and nine isolated peak portraits. Western and eastern approaches also retain seven and ten isolated portraits. This records the current plan; it adds no geography or rendering behavior. Next work should integrate varied geological masses and slope contacts while preserving canonical peaks, exact source approvals and shared positions across regions.

Twenty-seventh increment — canonical geological focal masses

Sixteen original native controlled baseline/proposal views compare the real connected city/lake/forest/upland neighborhood on desktop and phone: ordinary and close Region zoom, both approaches, promoted-peak Hex and reload. Individually reviewed larger native groups reduce repeated isolated peaks and form connected slopes. Full root occupation/worked exclusions, shared neighboring identity, exact unchanged source contracts and missing-neighbor invalidation are checked separately. Normal release and connected production verification remain pending. See review regional-review/peak-masses-increment.json.

The runtime changes to regional-ridges-2 while native approval remains regional-ridges-1. Inventory stays 153 files, 16/44 complete building definitions, 60/167 legal contexts, 300/835 stage/profile combinations and 36/62 paired location contexts. All six full-goal gates remain open; richer complete reference scenes, remaining 28 definitions/107 contexts/535 stages and 26 locations, authoritative evolving waterways and broad world/device/reload/performance acceptance still require work. Limited preparation slices exceed 16 ms. The deadline remains 18 October 2026 at 15:18:32 UTC.

Geological mass normal-release verification, 14 October 2026: all 166 bounded checks pass, and all 14 native views through the normal accepted composer were individually inspected. Ordinary and close Region, promoted-peak Region/Hex, both approaches and reload are covered on desktop and phone, without module, source or approval overrides. Source approval stays 3a2f7f9d3b9653ab with 153 original native files; inventory and geography do not change. Limited preparation reaches 31 ms on desktop and 24.5 ms on phone, so worldwide performance acceptance remains open. These local canonical views contain no connected simulation or funded orders. Connected production verification remains separate. All six full-goal gates stay open.

Geological mass production verification, 14 October 2026: release aad0c95 deployed successfully as 68fd1d65, with wiki workflow 38548313843 passing. The exact composer, client, catalog, sortable index and all 153 native image hashes match; world and instance identities are unchanged. All 16 native connected desktop and phone views were individually inspected at ordinary and close Region zoom, both approaches, promoted-peak Region/Hex, city Hex and reload. The larger geological masses align with existing peak locations and retain the same shared positions across surrounding regions. No production world-command was emitted. Limited preparation still reaches 25 ms on desktop and 23.4 ms on phone. Some City panels show Refreshing, so this art review does not establish full City UI acceptance. The guarded 40-file merge preserves the 3622591-byte primary-design prefix, every catalog record and its header, the original saved-world hash and the shared Git index. All six full-goal gates remain open, with unchanged 16/44 building definitions, 60/167 legal contexts, 300/835 stage contexts and 36/62 paired location contexts. Verification of the final evidence-only follow-up remains separate.

Twenty-eighth increment — distinct desert cities and ruins, 14 October 2026: two city quarters (courtyard tower and twin-gate market) and two abandoned ruins (broken arches and dry cistern/chamber) now have exact native desert-only illustration contracts. Their irregular transparent feet reveal the same shared desert ground; no saturated orange hex terrain plate is added. Actual canonical feature and world/cell identity select the family and variant; coordinate names never create a city or ruin, and occupied player plots take precedence. All 30 accepted candidate desktop/390-CSS-phone ordinary/close Region, Hex, visible-approach and reload views were individually inspected. Four earlier large-offset approach frames are retained separately because they did not reliably keep the source visible. Original 1536×1024 RGBA bytes, native widths (city256, ruin128) and reviewed anchors [.5,.86] are preserved without raster processing. Normal release and connected production acceptance remain separate. Exact paired location coverage rises from36/62 to38/62; 24 location contexts still lack paired art. Building coverage remains16/44 definitions,60/167 contexts and300/835 stage contexts. All six full-goal gates remain open. See desert review regional-review/desert-place-increment.json.

Desert normal-release review, 14 October 2026: all30native desktop/phone source, ordinary/close Region, Hex, visible approaches and reload views were individually inspected through the normal157-file generated whitelist961cefcd17ed2ea2, without candidate/module/approval overrides. All four native sources retain their exact original bytes and desert-only feature contracts. No connected simulation or gameplay order was used in these local canonical checks. Limited preparation reaches38.7msdesktop/19.5msphone; some capture work overlapped the regression runner, so this is bounded observation, not isolated performance acceptance. All six whole-goal gates stay open. Connected production verification remains separate.

Desert production verification, 14 October 2026: release33c6ac0 deployed as8e0b9956 with wiki workflow38554319180 passing. All30native connected desktop/phone ordinary/close Region, Hex, fully visible approach and reload views were individually inspected. All157 native image hashes, renderer text, exact catalog and sortable index match; the existing153 sources are unchanged. World and instance identities are preserved. Desert city and ruin families remain distinct and share the actual surrounding ground. No production gameplay order was emitted. Limited preparation reaches39.9msdesktop/18.9msphone; this does not close broad performance acceptance. The guarded82-file shared merge preserved the3626109-byte primary-design prefix, every old catalog record/header, original saved-world hash and shared Git index, adding only the four approved source records. Location coverage is38/62 paired contexts; building coverage remains16/44 definitions,60/167 contexts and300/835 stages. All six whole-goal gates remain open. Final evidence-only publication verification remains separate.

Twenty-ninth increment — cooperative shoreline preparation, 14 October 2026: geometry staysregional-water-4, whilecooperative-shore-1 replaces atomic whole-chunk/global-path assembly with exact row steps and32-polygon independent chunk-path batches. A conservative known-uniform-domain proof skips only geometry that cannot cross zero. Finished native paths share the existing128-entry plan lifetime through weak references; partial work is never published. Missing geography arriving during rows or after an earlier path is assembled causes a retry before mask publication. Scene cancellation retains the exact active-revision guard. All136 released complete geometry plans remain byte-for-byte equal as serialized data, and all26 baseline/proposal completed terrain pixel buffers match exactly across52 individually inspected native desktop/phone-sized views covering all eleven actual rendering contexts and two rich neighborhoods. Maximum preparation slices fall49.2→12.0msdesktop and27.5→10.0msphone-sized viewport in this bounded comparison. The initial row-only proposal did not solve growing-path assembly; a separate diagnostic measured43.3ms path append versus0.1–0.2ms mask fill. A lake capture assertion was corrected after confirming the scene was already ready with cached geometry. No source, approval, simulation, geography or save changes. Normal release and connected production acceptance remain separate. This improves one required performance mechanism; all six full-goal gates remain open. See exact-geometry performance review regional-review/cooperative-shore-increment.json.

Cooperative shore normal-client review, 14 October 2026: all171 bounded regressions pass. All14 normal native desktop/390-CSS phone-sized views were individually inspected, including both600-unit neighboring approaches, ordinary/close Region, peak Region/Hex and fresh reload. The wide phone approaches establish adjacent terrain continuity; the central city is outside their frame. Quiet preparation samples reached12.6msdesktop and9.2msphone-sized viewport on one host. No source/module/approval overrides, connected simulation, funded orders or player-save changes. Geometry staysregional-water-4 and all157 exact native source approvals remain961cefcd17ed2ea2. Connected production and broad physical-device/worldwide acceptance remain pending; all six full-goal gates remain open.

Cooperative shoreline production verification, 14 October 2026: release 32d984f deployed successfully as c8f3d428-981c-4f8c-8c79-fb2a85ad1f2f, with wiki 38565645585 SUCCESS. Exact renderer/library/catalog/index and all157 original native image hashes match; world and instance identities are unchanged. All38 native normal connected desktop/390-CSS phone-sized views were individually inspected across13 actual canonical cameras per device, both600-unit neighboring approaches, close city, city/peak Hex and reload. Bounded normal live preparation maxima were12.2msdesktop/12.2msphone-sized viewport. This is distinct from the26controlled exact static-terrain pixel comparisons; broader physical-device/worldwide/navigation acceptance remains open. No production world-command was emitted; City panels may still show Refreshing and this art review does not establish full City UI or funded production lifecycle acceptance. The guarded77-content-write merge preserved the3629222-byte primary-design prefix, every catalog record/header, saved-world hash and shared Git index. All six full-goal gates remain open; coverage stays16/44definitions,60/167legal contexts,300/835stage contexts and38/62paired locations. Four initial Hex frames showed the procedural fallback and were rejected; targeted replacements additionally wait for loaded approved ground and a visible portrait, with original frames retained. The existing shore-adjacent fields castle remains crowded against the water edge and needs a separate footprint/clearance composition review; this preparation release preserves its previous placement and does not close full scene blending. Final evidence-only follow-up verification remains separate.

Thirtieth increment — full native castle feet on shared ground, 14 October 2026: two original castle layouts now carry exact reviewed convex ground-foot polygons. Stable world-coordinate placement keeps the anchor inside its original canonical cell, preserves full source pixels/aspect/light and prefers the largest fit on the unchanged regional-water-4 dry-land triangles. At the observed shore castle1483799, the round keep stays95%of nominal size and the courtyard80%, both shifted southwest within the same logical cell; Hex framing preserves full illustration detail. All54labelled contacts across both sources/all3legal profiles, ordinary/close Region, Hex, visible approaches and reload, plus8corrected boundary views, were individually inspected. Eight ordinary/close Region terrain pixel pairs remain exact. The2252800-cell audit resolves all518supported castles at75–100%of nominal scale; the existing unapproved tundra castle remains outside coverage. Nine new ground/cache/revision/occupation/depth checks and two material-edge regressions cover concrete counterexamples. Unknown in-world data waits; outside-world absence is permanent non-placeable ground. A full foot cannot cross a missing world parcel. Cooperative row/candidate work shares a1.5msframe budget and128entry numeric cache; jobs retain dimensions, not decoded images. Active player structures on any actually intersected foot parcel suppress the neutral illustration without moving its cached pose; planned work does not. Depth follows the fitted foot. The newregional-ground-2runtime extends only actual neighboring material color to playable world-edge half-cells, clipped to real parcels and the existing shore mask; regional-ground-1source contracts and all157original file hashes are unchanged. Two earlier eight-view edge proposals are retained as superseded, not accepted evidence. A preview strip outside playable parcels remains a separate world-boundary limitation. Normal and connected production verification are pending. All six full-goal gates stay open, with unchanged16/44complete definitions,60/167contexts,300/835stages and38/62paired locations. See ground-foot review regional-review/place-ground-increment.json.

Normal ground-foot review, 14 October 2026:182bounded regressions pass and all44normal native desktop/390-CSS phone-sized views were individually inspected. These cover both original castle variants in all3legal profiles, actual shore placement at ordinary/close Region and Hex, both visible neighboring approaches, reload and two real world-boundary roots. Full source framing and dry textured playable ground are retained. Actual source whitelist isf9a15a087bd8e6ad/157; only two exact footprint metadata contracts changed. No source, module, approval or painter overrides, simulation commands, saved state or funded orders. An unplayed world-edge preview strip remains visible separately. Limited maxima {"desktop":{"groundStepMs":1.7,"groundFrameMs":2.4,"terrainSliceMs":14.2},"phone":{"groundStepMs":2,"groundFrameMs":2.4,"terrainSliceMs":9.4}}do not close physical-device/worldwide performance. Connected production verification is pending. All six full-goal gates remain open.

Ground-foot production verification, 14 October 2026: release 3fe8c32 deployed successfully as ad8afd99-3cb0-432c-b7cf-0d2eb421ecf3, wiki 38590971865 SUCCESS. Exact client/module/library/catalog/index and all157native image hashes match; world and instance identities are unchanged. All44normal connected native desktop/390-CSS phone-sized Region/Hex/source-profile/coast-close/neighbor/reload/world-edge views were individually inspected. Full-source feet fit dry textured playable ground; numerical2252800-cell census resolves all518supported castles. Bounded live maxima {"desktop":{"groundStepMs":1.5,"groundFrameMs":2.5,"terrainSliceMs":12.1},"phone":{"groundStepMs":1.8,"groundFrameMs":2.3,"terrainSliceMs":14.2}}are one-host observations, separate from8exact controlled static-terrain pairs. Physical-device/worldwide/navigation/FPS acceptance stays open. No production world-command or funded order was emitted. Guarded140contentwrites preserve the3633333-byte original shared design prefix, all unrelated catalog records/header, source bytes, saved-world hash and shared Git index. Only2exact footprint annotations changed. Outside-playable-world preview strip remains a separate limitation. All six full-goal gates and unchanged16/44definition,60/167context,300/835stage and38/62paired-location coverage remain open. Final evidence-only follow-up verification is pending.

Thirty-first increment — distinct clay, quarry and iron lifecycle

Fifteen unchanged native transparent sources add five dedicated stages each for clay-pit,stone-quarry andiron-mine.72individually inspected native source contacts cover60legal stage/profile pairs;84controlled actual paid checkpoint desktop/phone Region/Hex/reload/neighbor views pass visual review. Fullnative outlines fit controls; independent terrain stays visible around irregular worksite ground. A quarry desktop approach crosses Golden Vale into Hidden Reach continuously. This does not establish all world borders. Actual ordinary finite founding/research/tool trade, surveys, conditional titles, physically arriving founders and supplies, local food support, construction/repair/rebuild and15stock/footprint-preserving restores pass in independent local branches; staffed receipts produce12clay,6roughStone with.25tools, and7ironOre. Explicit damage is a fixture. See review regional-review/extraction-family-increment.json. Normal approved-whitelist and connected production acceptance remain pending.

Inventory becomes172approved files,19/44complete building definitions,72/167legal building contexts and360/835stage contexts; paired location coverage remains38/62. Remaining25definitions/95contexts/475stages and24paired location contexts need work. Richer connected landscape composition, evolving authoritative waterways and broad world/device/navigation/performance acceptance remain open. All six full-goal gates stay open; deadline18October2026 at15:18:32UTC is unchanged.

Extraction local acceptance:186/186bounded regressions pass in both isolated and merged workspaces. The real generated172-source whitelist6a7b2981c691313a passes36individually inspected normal approved-art local operational/reload/neighbor views. All prior shared catalog records, design prefix, save and Git index are preserved. These local checkpoint views are distinct from connected production verification, which remains pending.

Extraction production verification,15October2026:adeed1a deployed successfully asc7f77893, wiki38668551540 passed. All172native image hashes, exact client/catalog/sortable index,5generatedwiki pages andunchangedworld/instance identities match.14normal connected desktop/phone Region/Hex/neighbor/reload scenes and6native operational library views were individually inspected; all15stage previews per device load and19sortchoices remain available. Initialrollouthealth502was rejected; repeatedexactverificationishealthy. No production gameplay order was sent. Actual funded extraction lifecycle remains local. Limitedneighborhoodmaxpreparationslices are10.7msdesktop/11.1msphone; broadacceptanceremainsopen. All six full-goal gates remainopen, with25buildingdefinitions/95legalcontexts/475stagecontexts and24pairedlocationcontexts still missing. Final evidence-only follow-up verification remains separate.

Thirty-second increment — distinct marsh foliage and complete phone framing

Two original native transparent wetland reed groups add an irregular ribbon and a cattail crescent. Eight source/painter comparisons and 28 real canonical desktop/phone ordinary/close Region, Hex, reload and neighboring query views are individually inspected. Four initial phone Hex views extended behind controls; they are retained as rejected evidence and replaced after fitting the full ready native canvas. Root contact exclusions, ready-source diagnostics and Hex landscape cache invalidation preserve truthful state. Current centered reed probes already fit their canonical hexes; the neighboring-root API fixture is defensive coverage. No geography, source pixels, simulation rule or saved world changes. See review regional-review/marsh-family-increment.json. Normal generated-whitelist and connected production verification remain pending.

Inventory advances to 174 exact approved files and 39/62 paired location contexts; 23 location contexts remain. Building coverage stays 19/44 definitions, 72/167 legal contexts and 360/835 stage contexts. The connected marsh still needs richer landscape masses and authoritative evolving-water acceptance; two source variants do not meet reference-level scene richness. All six full-goal gates remain open within the unchanged 18 October 2026, 15:18:32 UTC deadline.

Marsh local acceptance: 190/190 bounded regressions pass in both isolated and merged workspaces. The normal generated 174-source whitelist ee4587b639179298 passes 28 individually inspected native canonical views, including full phone portraits, neighbor approaches and reloads. The initial cache-key regression fixture reused a VM scope; that fixture was corrected before repeating the full suite. Existing catalog records, primary design prefix, saved world and shared Git index remain preserved. Connected production verification remains separate and pending.

Marsh production verification, 15 October 2026: f9d100c deployed successfully as a831f4a0; wiki 38671919819 passed. All 174 original source hashes, exact client/catalog/sortable index, five generated wiki pages and unchanged world/instance identities match. All 28 connected desktop/390 CSS phone Region/Hex/neighbor/reload views of both actual canonical reed variants, plus four native live approved library previews, were individually inspected. Original alpha and native dimensions are preserved. The full source canvas fits the phone Hex controls. Limited maximum preparation slices are 18.8 ms desktop / 15.1 ms phone; broad acceptance remains open. Current root-probe checks support neighboring dependencies defensively; the present centered 96-unit reeds do not establish a previously observed neighboring-root bug. No production gameplay order was sent. All six full-goal gates remain open, including 25 building definitions / 95 legal contexts / 475 stage contexts and 23 paired location contexts. Final evidence-only deployment verification remains separate.

Thirty-third increment — distinct desert palm silhouettes

Two unchanged original transparent palm sources appear only at actual desert/palms/wild locations, with no terrain platform, simulation mutation or renderer change. Four source/painter studies and28 real canonical desktop/phone ordinary/close Region, Hex, neighboring approaches and reload scenes were individually inspected. Both unequal-aspect native canvases fit existing phone controls. Full prompts, original dimensions, hashes and exact scope are retained in palm evidence regional-review/palm-family-increment.json. Normal whitelist and connected production verification remain pending.

Inventory advances to176 exact approved files and40/62 paired location contexts;22 paired contexts remain. Building coverage stays19/44 definitions,72/167 legal contexts and360/835 stage contexts. The world remains short of reference-level connected richness, evolving authoritative waterways and broad validation. All six gates remain open within the unchanged18October2026,15:18:32UTC deadline.

Palm local acceptance: 192/192 bounded regressions pass in both isolated and merged workspaces. The normal generated 176-source whitelist ab394a8476591f76 passes 28 individually inspected native canonical views, including full phone portraits, neighbor approaches and reloads. Existing catalog records, primary design prefix, saved world and shared Git index remain preserved. Connected production verification remains separate and pending.

Palm production verification, 15 October 2026: d128b69 deployed successfully as d67e5cfe; wiki 38673765263 passed. All 176 original source hashes, exact client/catalog/sortable index, five generated wiki pages and unchanged world/instance identities match. All 28 connected desktop/390 CSS phone Region/Hex/neighbor/reload views of both actual canonical palm variants, plus four native live approved library previews, were individually inspected. Original alpha and native dimensions1341by1173/1536by1024 are preserved. No renderer change was needed. The full source canvas fits the phone Hex controls. Limited maximum preparation slices are 14.6 ms desktop / 9.3 ms phone; broad acceptance remains open. No production gameplay order was sent. All six full-goal gates remain open, including 25 building definitions / 95 legal contexts / 475 stage contexts and 22 paired location contexts. Final evidence-only deployment verification remains separate.

Thirty-fourth draft increment — stop native image loading churn

The exact released client reproduced an unfinished detailed Region view in a real mixed-terrain saved-water neighborhood. Its native image working set exceeded the decode LRU budget. The draft adds a separate32MiB regional display cache and readiness based on prepared display records. Hex retains full original sources and reviewed building-foot aspect remains exact. Original native budgets, images, approvals, geography, player state and hydrology are unchanged. Four causal regressions cover convergence, warm reuse, native Hex, approval/version, resolution and extended travel; final full/merged/low-memory/native/live acceptance is pending.

Ordinary weather in an independent actual saved-state clone produces strong current flow at114, no current transfer at116 and resumed strong flow at119; reloaded projections match. The observed channel crosses a canonical cottage illustration, so full water/location contact remains explicitly unaccepted. Evidence regional-review/display-cache-water-increment.json separates these scopes. Coverage stays176 exact approved files,19/44 complete building definitions,72/167 legal contexts,360/835 stages and40/62 paired locations. All six full-goal gates and the18October2026,15:18:32UTC deadline remain unchanged.

Regional display local acceptance,15October2026:196/196 regressions pass in both isolated and guarded merged workspaces. All42 final native wet/dry/resumed Region/Hex/neighbor/reload captures,12 explicit128MiB-tier platform-emulation captures and6same-page authoritative updates were individually inspected. Two initial frames were rejected: an invisible static scene and a source-unready procedural Hex; replacements require actual visible serving/native source readiness. The old exact client loading loop is retained as rejected evidence. Canonical building aspect and full native Hex sources are preserved; all176 original approvals, catalog records/header and the original QA save remain unchanged. Observed channel/cottage contact remains explicitly unaccepted. All six full-goal gates remain open; connected production verification is pending.

Regional display production verification,15October2026: b312604 deployed successfully as22d845f5; wiki38676962073 passed. Exact176 original native hashes, client, source manifest/catalog/sortable index, five generated wiki pages and unchanged world/instance match. All28connected desktop/phone map views were individually inspected, including4explicit128MiB-tier platform-emulation views, mixed-region broad/close/west/east, reload, rich main, forest cities and full original city/castle Hex subjects. Separate display-cache maximum in these views is5.9MiB under its32MiB limit. No production gameplay order was sent. Actual wet114/dry116/resumed119 snapshots and6same-page updates remain local evidence only; canonical cottage/channel contact remains unaccepted. These cache diagnostics do not measure total memory or physical-device performance. All six full-goal gates remain open; final evidence-only deployment verification remains separate.

Thirty-fifth increment — exact cottage foundation/current-water contact

Two existing native cottage originals now have exact reviewed foundation annotations. The renderer preserves their canonical anchors and the actual observed graph/quantities while routing the coarse visual channel around the solid foot, then retaining the published land clip. Forty-two native local views and six same-page128MiB-tier platform-emulation updates were individually reviewed; actual normal drags replace twelve rejected reset-camera frames. Eight causal regressions extend the regional suite to204 checks. The preceding specific shingle cottage contact is resolved locally, superseding that narrow unaccepted-contact note; other foundation families, water artistry and actual engineered-work evolution remain incomplete. Evidence regional-review/foundation-water-increment.json preserves these limits. No source bytes/alpha, simulation, inventory, canonical geography or building locations change. Production verification is the next acceptance step. Coverage remains176 exact files,19/44 complete definitions,72/167 legal contexts,360/835 stages and40/62 paired locations. All six full-goal gates remain open within the unchanged18October2026,15:18:32UTC deadline.

Thirty-sixth increment — native cartwright lifecycle family

Five original transparent cartwright sources pass exact source/state/profile review,24native painter contacts,28actual finite-resource saved-state candidate views and12normal-whitelist desktop/phone views. The first foundation draft was rejected and replaced against its own frame. Ordinary supported Joinery, real imports, paid construction/repair/rebuild, inventory/footprint-preserving five-stage reload and actual handcart output drive the family; no image or state is fabricated. Same-page stage updates, operational reload and verified real pans are inspected. Evidence regional-review/cartwright-family-increment.json keeps final merged/production validation separate.

The prior foundation/water build7feba7f is verified live ase1af394b with wiki38679757334SUCCESS, exact176original hashes/client/catalog/index/fivewiki/world identities and30individually inspected connected frames. This cartwright source-only addition brings inventory to181exact files,20/44complete building definitions,76/167contexts and380/835stages; canonical location variety remains40/62paired contexts. Remaining gaps are24definitions/91contexts/455stages,22paired location contexts, reference-level connected richness, broader actual water/works/state contact and world validation. All six full-goal gates and the18October2026,15:18:32UTC deadline remain unchanged.

A separate finite-resource engine replay also completed actual demolition and salvage, verified the cleared canonical plot and unchanged stock/occupation after save/reload, and paid for a new cartwright on the same cell. Supporting production and ordinary imports supplied the replacement; no goods were injected. This is engine evidence, not an additional inspected production lifecycle.

Cartwright local acceptance:204/204regional and approval regressions pass in both the isolated release and guarded merged workspace. The normal181-source whitelist66bd87cab00b4e02 passed12individually inspected operational Region/Hex/reload/actual-pan views after24source contacts and28paid-state candidate views. All previous shared catalog records/header, the3651431-byte design prefix, original saved world and root Git index are preserved. Exact live publication remains pending.

Thirty-seventh increment — quieter geological slopes across neighboring regions

Two unchanged native low shelves/talus sources replace repetitive tall background geology in reviewed mountain contexts. Exact source envelopes test every intersecting canonical hex including corner slivers. Canonical focal peaks keep their previous source identities, positions and priority; lower slopes never hide a peak. Four source palette sheets, ten exact prior-release comparisons, ten candidate ordinary/broad/neighbor/reload Region views and four actual source-qualified Hex views were individually inspected on desktop/390CSSphone. Dawn Hollow/Silver March approaches remain continuous. This is a limited improvement toward the reference; full connected richness remains open. Evidence regional-review/geological-slope-increment.json keeps normal, full/merged regression and live verification separate.

The preceding cartwright release17c2387 /16ac8ef8 /wiki38684069757 is verified SUCCESS with exact181native hashes/client/catalog/index/fivewiki/world identities and28individually inspected live map/library frames. The new geological inventory becomes183exact approved files, with building/location coverage unchanged at20/44definitions,76/167contexts,380/835stages and40/62paired canonical contexts. Remaining24definitions/91contexts/455stages,22paired locations, wider reference richness, actual evolving water/works and broad world validation are still required. All six gates and the18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline remain unchanged.

Geological slope local acceptance:209/209regional and approval regressions pass in both isolated and guarded merged workspaces. All14normal183-source whitelistfce85178ab5ead5d Region/Hex/reload/neighbor views were individually inspected after28source/comparison/candidate views. Exact canonical peak focal choices remain unchanged; lower slopes do not represent or erase a canonical peak. All previous shared records are preserved except five verified cartwright metadata/live-gap status updates; two new slope records are added. Primary design prefix, original saved world and shared Git index are preserved. Connected production acceptance remains pending.

Thirty-eighth increment — two distinct metal-production families

Ten unchanged native charcoal-kiln/smithy sources provide five matched stages each on four exact ground profiles.16source-contact sheets and56actual paid-state Region/Hex/reload/neighbor-camera frames were individually inspected on desktop/390CSSphone. Actual finite mined/collected ore and harvested/sawn timber funded49orders;10save restores, both production receipts and demolition/salvage/cleared reload/newpaidconstruction passed in a disposable local clone. Damage/collapse are explicit fixtures. Evidence regional-review/metal-families-increment.json separates local, final normal/regression and live acceptance.

The preceding geological release ef0205b/e997c368/wiki38686348220 is verified SUCCESS:183native hashes/client/catalog/index/fivewiki/world identities and32individually inspected connected/library frames, including actual neighboring-region approaches. Inventory now193approved originals;22/44building definitions,84/167contexts,420/835stage contexts and40/62paired canonical contexts. Remaining22definitions/83contexts/415stages and22paired locations, richer connected composition, evolving waterways/engineered works and broad world acceptance are still required. All six gates and18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline remain unchanged.

Metal-family local acceptance:209/209regional/approval/cache/navigation/lifecycle regressions pass in both isolated and guarded merged workspaces. All96native local frames (16contact sheets,56actual paid stages,24normal-whitelist views) were individually inspected. Existing gameplay costs/controls and all previous source pixels remain unchanged. Every old shared catalog record/header, original saved world, primary design prefix and root Git index are preserved. Connected production acceptance remains pending; all six full-goal gates remain open.

Thirty-ninth increment — distinct tundra rural locations

Six unchanged native sources add two recognizable cottage, village and farm layouts each in actual tundra contexts.12finalsource contacts and56finalcanonical desktop/390CSSphone frames were individually inspected at ordinary/close Region/fullHex, samezoom reload and actual camera pans in two tundra neighborhoods. A coastal overlap in initial hamlet widths142/154was rejected before approval; full native width100keeps foundations on land without image processing. Northern desktop approach crosses Silver Wilds/Silver March continuously. Evidence regional-review/cold-rural-increment.json separates normal/regression/live acceptance and excludes superseded geometry frames.

Prior metal-family release12233ba /ca2addf4 /wiki38691485712 is verified SUCCESS with193exact original hashes/client/catalog/index/fivewiki/world identities and44inspected connected/library frames. Inventory now199approved originals; paired canonical contexts43/62. Building coverage remains22/44definitions,84/167contexts,420/835stages. Remaining22definitions/83contexts/415stages,19paired canonical contexts, reference richness, actual evolving waterways/works and broad world acceptance are required. All six gates and18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline remain unchanged.

Tundra rural local acceptance: 209/209 regional, approval, cache, navigation and lifecycle checks pass in both isolated and guarded merged workspaces. Twelve final source contacts and 56 final canonical frames were individually inspected. All 36 normal frames passed: 29 whole screenshot files match previously inspected candidate frames byte for byte, and seven additional native frames were individually inspected. Exact whitelist 29f861dcd75dc5b2 has 199 originals and 43/62 paired canonical contexts. All old source pixels, catalog records/header, primary design prefix, saved world and root Git index are preserved. Connected production acceptance remains pending; all six full-goal gates stay open.

Fortieth increment — exact stone-site terrain permissions

Six existing unchanged native sources gain sixteen reviewed terrain contacts: paired magic sites in tundra, desert, mountain and wetlands; paired ruins in mountain and wetlands; paired neutral exposed-rock sites in arctic and tundra. These are exact source/profile permissions. Native transparent gaps expose the same shared world ground across neighboring regions. Geography, seed, player occupation, simulation and source pixels stay unchanged. Arctic magic was rejected for conspicuous warm mossy bases on snow. The tundra castle extension was rejected because its actual coastal layout crowds a neighboring town.

40native contacts and84canonical desktop/390CSSphone frames were individually inspected, retaining rejected proposals.15accepted actual locations cover16new source/profile contacts; singleton tundra magic has one actual normal occurrence. Evidence regional-review/stone-context-increment.json separates final normal/regression/live checks. Prior fa9d120 /dd294ef8 /wiki38695595051 is verified live with199exact hashes/client/catalog/index/fivewiki/world identities and48inspected connected/library frames.

Paired canonical contexts51/62; approved originals199; building coverage22/44definitions,84/167contexts,420/835stages. Remaining22definitions/83contexts/415stages,11paired canonical contexts, reference richness, actual evolving waterways/works and broad world acceptance are required. All six gates and18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline remain unchanged.

Stone-context normal acceptance: all70source/camera/readiness assertions passed on desktop/390CSSphone.53whole-file screenshots match individually inspected canonical candidates;17additional native screenshots were separately inspected.209isolated regression checks passed. Final permissions cover six existing originals and sixteen source/profile contacts across eight paired contexts. Rejected arctic magic/tundra castle extensions remain excluded. Merged regression and connected production acceptance remain separate.

Stone-context release acceptance:209isolated and209merged checks passed;70normal canonical views accepted. The exact eight additional paired contexts bring location coverage to51/62; all six full-goal gates remain open. Connected production verification follows deployment and is not implied by local results.

Forty-first increment — bare cold sites and compact keeps

Six new unchanged native transparent originals fill four cold location contexts: paired bare-stone arch/round ruins in arctic and tundra, paired pierced/levitating monolith sites in arctic, and paired compact square/drum keeps in tundra. Open interiors and detached stones expose the same surrounding ground across region borders. Grey bare masonry replaces the unsuitable cold-context proposal of warm mossy bases. Both full-native keep canvases use72world-unit widths, keeping their foundations dry and separate from the actual neighboring town. No old source pixels, renderer, geography, seed, save, occupation precedence or authoritative simulation changed.

16native contacts,48actual canonical frames and4explicit alternate-castle study frames were individually inspected on desktop/390CSSphone. Seven actual canonical locations cover eight new exact source/profile contacts. Evidence regional-review/cold-stone-increment.json separates normal/regression/live acceptance; singleton alternate study is not a second normal occurrence. Prior1aa2457 /81e76a59 /wiki38699913447 is verified live with199exact source/client/catalog/index/fivewiki/world identity checks and54inspected connected/library frames.

Inventory205approved originals; paired canonical contexts55/62; building coverage22/44definitions,84/167contexts,420/835stages. Seven paired canonical contexts,22building definitions/83contexts/415stages, reference-level connected richness, actual evolving waterways/works and broad world acceptance remain required. All six gates and18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline remain unchanged.

Cold stone normal acceptance: all40source/camera/readiness assertions passed on desktop/390CSSphone. 30whole-file screenshots match individually inspected canonical candidates; 10additional native screenshots were separately inspected.209isolated checks passed. Six new unchanged originals cover eight exact source/profile contacts/four paired contexts. The alternate drumkeep remains an explicit singleton contact study, never a second normal world occurrence. Merged regression/connected production acceptance remain separate.

Cold stone release acceptance:209isolated and209merged checks passed;40normal canonical views accepted. Six unchanged new originals bring approved inventory to205 and exact paired location contexts to55/62. Four alternate drumkeep study frames remain explicitly separate from the only normal tundra castle occurrence. All six full-goal gates remain open. Connected production verification follows deployment and is not implied by local results.

Forty-second increment — compact cold and stone cities

Four unchanged native transparent city originals fill the arctic, mountain and wetland city contexts with paired silhouettes. Northern gateward and longward use cold slate and bare stone; neutral marketward and gatecluster suit mountain and wetland ground. Open crooked lanes and broken edge groups expose the existing shared terrain. Each source has an exact reviewed conservative convex foot envelope under regional-place-ground-1, using the existing dry-land fitter; this does not paint, clear or change land. Complete canonical enumeration found115cities in these contexts; all full envelopes fit dry land at their original scale and anchors, so this world required no coastal adjustment. No raw source pixels, old source contracts, renderer, seed, geography, saved state, occupation precedence or authoritative simulation changed.

12native contacts and42actual canonical frames individually inspected;115city envelopes audited across the complete world. Evidence regional-review/cold-city-increment.json keeps normal/regression/live checks separate. Prior3bfa1dd /37c603ad /wiki38703929923 verified live with205exact sources/client/catalog/index/fivewiki/world identities and52inspected connected/library frames. Inventory209approved originals and58/62paired canonical contexts. Four natural-feature paired contexts,22building definitions/83contexts/415stages, reference-level connected richness, evolving waterways/works and broad world acceptance remain required. All six gates and18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline remain unchanged.

City normal acceptance: all36source/camera/readiness assertions passed on desktop/390CSSphone. 29whole-file screenshots match individually inspected canonical candidates; 7additional native screenshots were separately inspected.209isolated checks passed. Four unchanged originals cover six exact source/profile contacts/three paired contexts. All115actual city envelopes fit published dry land. Merged regression/connected production acceptance remain separate.

Forty-third increment — natural identities and complete neighboring ground

Eight unchanged native transparent natural landmarks add distinct paired dunes, ice formations, broadleaf groves and conifer stands. Their irregular silhouettes expose the existing shared terrain rather than adding enclosing soil tiles. Four tree sources have exact speciesGroups contracts: mixed-broadleaf groves and conifer stands follow current vegetation, with the canonical climate fallback used only when no authoritative species override exists. Species-only changes invalidate the landscape cache. Existing cover, maturity, disturbance, hazards, occupation, worked ground and water eligibility remain in force. Canonical neighbors revealed missing terrain triangles in ice portraits: the horizontal cell margin was only two radii, shorter than a slanted lattice face. Three radii now include the full face origins using real canonical neighboring cells, without filling unknown terrain or changing geography.

16native contact sheets and60corrected canonical frames individually inspected; earlier failed species/padding studies retained separately. Evidence regional-review/natural-identities-increment.json separates normal/regression/live acceptance. Prior82790d3 /c99f840c /wiki38708253019 verified live with209exact originals/client/catalog/index/fivewiki/world identities and44inspected connected/library frames.217approved originals now provide62/62paired native canonical contexts. This closes that inventory gap only: all six goal gates remain open, including22building definitions/83contexts/415stages, reference-level connected richness, evolving waterways/works and broad state/performance acceptance. Deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC unchanged.

Natural identity normal acceptance: all52source/camera/readiness assertions passed on desktop/390CSSphone. 39whole-file screenshots match individually inspected corrected canonical candidates; 13additional native screenshots were separately inspected.214isolated checks passed, including actual eight-source state and species regressions and complete canonical ice-border viewport coverage. Eight unchanged originals cover four paired natural identity contexts. Merged regression/connected production acceptance remain separate.

Forty-fourth increment — brick kiln and fish smokehouse families

Brick kilns and fish smokehouses now have separate exact native transparent foundation, frame, operational, damaged and ruined sources. Their small irregular contact grounds sit on the shared regional terrain without enclosing hex soil tiles. The kiln shows its brick firing chamber, yard and chimney; the smokehouse shows a timber curing shed, racks and working materials. Kiln sources are approved only for fields/grasslands/hills/forest; smokehouses only fields/grasslands/hills/wetlands. These reviewed presentation contexts do not expand actual construction permissions. All original1536x1024RGBA files are unchanged, with nativeWidth110 and anchor[0.5,0.8]; no raster processing, simulation or renderer change. Existing stage, readiness, occupation and canonical neighboring-ground rules remain in force.

16native contact and56corrected canonical frames individually inspected;43resource-funded local orders across two independent worlds,10reloads, two demolition/salvage/replacement routes and actual firing/preservation receipts. Evidence regional-review/firing-families-increment.json separates normal/regression/connected live acceptance. Priorfbf263b /4bd67b71 /wiki38838583745 verified live:217exact originals and68inspected connected/library frames.227approved originals,24/44definitions,92/167contexts,460/835stages,62/62paired canonical identities. All six full-goal gates remain open;20definitions/75contexts/375stages plus richer connected landscapes, evolving waterways/works and broad acceptance remain. Deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC unchanged.

Kiln/smokehouse normal acceptance: all24normal source/camera/readiness assertions and all24individual native screenshot reviews passed on desktop/390CSSphone.217isolated checks passed, including exact stage/profile/native hashes, unavailable/loading rejection and complete phone Hex framing. Ten unchanged originals cover40reviewed stage/profile pairs. Actual finite local lifecycle receipts, reloads and demolition/replacement are separate from unobserved production building stages. Merged and connected live acceptance remain separate.

Forty-fifth increment — working coast without painted water patches

The coastal fishery, fishing landing and fish market now use separate exact native transparent foundation, frame, operational, damaged and ruined sources. The fishery is a compact pair of boats and moorings on the existing coastal ocean; the landing is a small net/boat gear shelter on land; the market is two open fish sales stalls. Their irregular silhouettes and open gaps reveal the same continuous world terrain. Fishery art is restricted to ocean; landing and market to fields/grasslands/hills/wetlands, without expanding legal construction rules. All fifteen1536x1024RGBA originals retain nativeWidth110 and anchor[0.5,0.8], with no raster processing, renderer, simulation or geography change. The rejected first fishery painted water around the hulls; the selected object-only original lets canonical water supply the whole surrounding sea.

18native contacts and84corrected canonical frames individually inspected;17resource-funded local orders across three independent finite founding worlds,15reloads,three demolition/salvage/replacement routes and actual surveyed fishery receipt. Evidence regional-review/coastal-work-families-increment.json separates normal/regression/connected live acceptance and rejected13frame cross-world cache study. Priorb7040b5 /27dcfd09 /wiki38843870929 verified live:227exact originals and40inspected live ground/library frames.242originals,27/44definitions,101/167contexts,505/835stages and62/62paired canonical identities are inventory progress. All six full-goal gates stay open;17definitions/66contexts/330stages plus richer connected landscapes, evolving waterways/works and broad acceptance remain. Deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC unchanged.

Fishery/landing/fish-market normal acceptance: all36normal source/camera/readiness assertions and all36individual native screenshot reviews passed on desktop/390CSSphone.220isolated checks passed, including exact stage/profile/native hashes, unavailable/loading rejection and complete phone Hex framing. Fifteen unchanged originals cover45reviewed stage/profile pairs. Actual finite local lifecycle receipts, reloads and demolition/replacement are separate from unobserved production building stages. Merged and connected live acceptance remain separate.

Forty-sixth increment — community, care and nursery families

School, care hall, community refuge and tree nursery now have distinct exact native transparent foundation, frame, operational, damaged and ruined artwork. The school keeps its schoolroom/bell/books, care hall its low hip roof and open care porch, refuge its broad braced gable and sleeping benches, and nursery its separate potting benches. Open gaps reveal the independently painted shared terrain on fields, grasslands, hills and forest. Twenty unchanged1536x1024RGBA originals use nativeWidth110 and anchor[0.5,0.8], without raster/alpha processing, crop or conversion. Authoritative building identity, stage, plot suitability, moisture, research, staff and actual resources remain decisive; no renderer, simulation, geography or construction-rule change.

32native contacts,112actual canonical frames,43finite paid research/resource orders,20reloads,four demolition/salvage/replacement routes and one actual sapling receipt pass. Evidence regional-review/community-care-families-increment.json separates normal/regression/live validation. Prior36a777f /bc9f0f94 /wiki38848305890 verified live:242exact originals and60inspected connected-ground/library views, unchanged world/instance.262originals,31/44definitions,117/167contexts,585/835stages and62/62paired canonical identities remain inventory progress. All six full-goal gates open.13definitions/50contexts/250stages plus richer connected landscapes, evolving waterways/works and broad acceptance remain. Deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC unchanged.

School/care/refuge/nursery normal acceptance: all48normal source/camera/readiness assertions and all48individual native screenshot reviews passed on desktop/390CSSphone.223isolated checks passed, including exact stage/profile/native hashes, unavailable/loading rejection and complete phone Hex framing. Twenty unchanged originals cover80reviewed stage/profile pairs. Actual finite local lifecycle receipts, reloads and demolition/replacement are separate from unobserved production building stages. Merged and connected live acceptance remain separate.

Forty-seventh increment — less repetitive dominant mountain forms

A wider shared-world priority ellipse gives the largest real mountain silhouettes more space, while existing smaller exact relief still represents secondary canonical peaks. Root contacts and the physical low-slope exclusion remain unchanged; canonical geography, source bytes and saved simulation are preserved.24released baseline+24refined normal-approved native views were individually compared across the connected reference neighborhood, west/east neighbors, ordinary/close/detail zoom, reload and actual desktop/phone pans, with a separate mixed-terrain control. See composition evidence regional-review/connected-focal-increment.json. Regression/guarded merge/live acceptance remain pending. This narrows the repeated-rock issue but does not close the reference-quality or broad worldwide performance gate.

Release46 (3a90cb3/8aac7b1f; wiki38853206751SUCCESS) is verified live:262exact originals/client/catalog/index/fivewiki pages, unchanged world identities and80individually reviewed live ground/library frames. Fourcamera targets include connected rich main/west/east and the local branch home; there are TWOdistinct selected canonical cell IDs. No production world command or local stage injection occurred. Inventory remains31/44complete building definitions,117/167contexts,585/835stages and62/62paired location contexts.13definitions/50contexts/250stages, full connected reference richness, engineered works and broad state/navigation/performance acceptance remain. All six full-goal gates remain open within the unchanged18October2026 15:18:32UTC maximum.

Forty-eighth increment — workyard and agriculture families

Mason workshop, textile workshop, livestock enclosure, managed pasture and waste yard have their own transparent foundation, frame, operational, damaged and ruined illustrations. Mason stone benches, textile loom/wheel, roofed enclosure, open pasture fence/trough and waste bins/cart retain distinct silhouettes through the lifecycle. Their open surroundings reveal the same independently painted terrain as adjacent cells and regions. Twenty-five unchanged1536x1024RGBA originals use nativeWidth110 and anchor[0.5,0.8]; no raster/alpha processing, crop or conversion. Mason/textile/enclosure/waste art is restricted to fields, grasslands, hills and forest; pasture to fields, grasslands and hills. Existing authoritative identity, stage, location, research, staffing and resources decide behavior. No renderer, simulation, geography or construction-rule change.

38source contacts,140actual canonical frames,66finite resource-funded orders,25reloads,five demolition/replacement routes and three production receipts passed. Evidence regional-review/workyard-families-increment.json separates normal/regression/live checks. Prior ada021a /5477abba /wiki38855954802 verified live with262exact hashes and24native connected views.287sources,36/44definitions,136/167contexts,680/835stages,62/62paired place contexts. All six full-goal gates remain open. Remaining8definitions/31contexts/155stages, richer connected scene acceptance, waterworks/evolution and broad world validation. Deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC unchanged.

Mason/textile/enclosure/pasture/waste-yard normal acceptance: all60normal source/camera/readiness assertions and all60individual native screenshot reviews passed on desktop/390CSSphone.225isolated checks passed, including exact stage/profile/native hashes, unavailable/loading rejection and complete phone Hex framing. Twenty-five unchanged originals cover95reviewed stage/profile pairs. Actual finite local lifecycle receipts, reloads and demolition/replacement are separate from unobserved production building stages. Merged and connected live acceptance remain separate.

Forty-ninth increment — civic, culture and military families

Academy, scriptorium, barracks and theater now have separate transparent foundation, frame, operational, damaged and ruined illustrations. The academy keeps its two-wing hall, scriptorium its copying porch, barracks its elongated hall/equipment porch and theater its open stage/separate benches. Their gaps expose the same continuous ground as adjacent cells and regions. Twenty unchanged1536x1024RGBA originals use nativeWidth110 and anchor[0.5,0.8] across fields, grasslands, hills and forest. Existing authoritative identity, stage, plot, research/adoption, staffing and resources still determine availability and behavior. No simulation, geography, construction-rule or renderer change.

32source contact sheets,112actual canonical frames,95finite resource-funded orders and20stage reloads passed. All four paid construction/repair/rebuild/demolition/salvage/clearedreload routes pass; scriptorium/barracks additionally have replacement builds. Evidence regional-review/civic-families-increment.json separates normal/regression/live validation. Previous1d429c9 /91dcddf1 /wiki38861929796 verified live287exact hashes and50ground+50library views.307sources,40/44definitions,152/167contexts,760/835stages,62/62paired place contexts. Remaining4definitions/15contexts/75stages; founding-only/prototype/legacy constraints must not be changed to obtain test states. All six full-goal gates remain open, including richer connected regions, evolving/engineered waterways and broad navigation/cache/state/performance acceptance. Deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC unchanged.

Academy/scriptorium/barracks/theater normal acceptance: all48normal source/camera/readiness assertions and all48individual native screenshot reviews passed on desktop/390CSSphone.225isolated checks passed, including exact stage/profile/native hashes, unavailable/loading rejection and complete phone Hex framing. Twenty unchanged originals cover80reviewed stage/profile pairs. Actual finite local lifecycle orders, reloads and demolition/salvage/clearedreload (two optional replacements) are separate from unobserved production building stages. Merged and connected live acceptance remain separate.

Fiftieth increment — complete supported building artwork inventory

The stone civic works hall, secondary groundwater well, founded outpost camp and legacy stable each have dedicated transparent foundation, frame, operational, damaged and ruined illustrations. Hall buttress feet and planning porch, open well ring/windlass, canvas camp/depot and empty two-bay stable remain distinct on shared ground. Twenty unchanged1536x1024RGBA originals use110world-unit canvas width and anchor[0.5,0.8], across the fifteen legal terrain contexts; camp excludes forest. True transparent exterior/interior gaps expose the existing ground across neighboring cells and regions. Planned/site preparation stays procedural. No simulation, geography, construction availability or renderer rule changed.

30native full contact sheets and112actual canonical desktop/phone frames individually inspected;299finite resource-funded orders,20stage reloads,fourcompleted repair/rebuild/demolition/salvage/clearedreloadroutes and nine real tool-forging batches. Camp and legacy stable restrictions remain explicit. Evidence regional-review/final-families-increment.json separates normal/regression/production acceptance. Previous302105c2 /b58de239 /wiki38869169840 verifiedlive307exact sources,50connectedground+40libraryframes. The exact inventory becomes327sources,44/44definitions,167/167contexts,835/835stages,62/62paired place contexts. This supersedes the prior four-definition art gap only. Allsixfull-goalgatesremainopen; combined reference-level connected landscapes, evolving/engineered waterworks and worldwide terrain/location/state/occupation/navigation/cache/performance evidence remain required. Deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC unchanged.

Hall/well/camp/legacy stable normal acceptance: all48normal source/camera/readiness assertions and all48individual native screenshot reviews passed on desktop/390CSSphone.225isolated checks passed, including exact stage/profile/native hashes, unavailable/loading rejection and complete phone Hex framing. Twenty unchanged originals cover75reviewed stage/profile pairs. Actual finite local lifecycle orders, reloads and demolition/salvage/clearedreload (zero optional replacements) are separate from unobserved production building stages. Merged and connected live acceptance remain separate.

Fifty-first increment — combined world acceptance and final corrective release

The complete inventory is now supported by a combined audit:146actual normal production Region/Hex desktop/phone views cover eleven actual mixed-profile neighborhoods and all sixteen canonical feature types. Close shoreline corners and foreground canopy hiding magical/resource sites were rejected. The candidate refines the shared fixed shoreline mesh without altering its continuous field, preserves readable native location cores, and connects actual surveyed channel sections with a latest-conserved-interval wet indication that retires through sparse updates. Twenty shore,20forest,8actual conifer and36physical-route candidate views pass scoped review. All233isolated checks pass, including current commissioning/reservation tests;44/44building definitions,167/167legal contexts,835/835stage contexts and62/62paired locations are complete with cumulative source/contact and actual paid lifecycle evidence.

Combined acceptance regional-review/combined-world-acceptance.json links the concrete six-area evidence and separates baseline findings, native candidate checks and controlled physical integration prerequisites. No water, terrain, ownership, species, source pixels or production buildings are injected. Current Pinewood species wins over its category label. Release50is independently verified live at9532c7a/b2977536/wiki38879546399, all327original hashes and twelve ground/eight library views. Final merged233check, generated wiki, exact new deployment and connected updated-production reference/shore/landmark/reload acceptance remain before goal completion. The maximum deadline remains18October2026 at15:18:32UTC.

Fifty-second increment — reject and correct a connected loading race

Release51is healthy and exact327sources/client/catalog/index/fivewiki/world identities were verified; all58focused connected live views were reviewed. One phone Region magical site still had an old foreground canopy plan despite its correct Hex view, so final visual acceptance was rejected. The native-place manifest can arrive after a plan is cached under the same world approval version. Composer9includes actual place eligibility/width in plan revisions; the actual renderer-cache test fails with8and passes with9. Deliberately delayed unchanged manifest responses reproduce early plans on both devices; six final Region/reload/Hex frames pass individual review while two incomplete timing frames remain negative evidence. Eight actual warm-browser pre-pulse/measured-pulse/closed checkpoint views also confirm that constructed-channel wet indication retires. Evidence regional-review/native-place-readiness-increment.json. All source/context coverage remains complete. Corrected exact production acceptance and final documentation remain before goal completion; deadline unchanged18October2026 at15:18:32UTC.

Final acceptance — 16 October 2026

The six documented regional visual-completion gates are accepted against the cumulative evidence, including corrected regional-composition-9 production 3bdf8c70c340e05d51061a39de86b525f3e2ed1c / 631509df-7ef2-4357-b5dc-566bcf647460 / wiki38891357235 SUCCESS. Regional ground and scenery continue across neighboring planning/ownership borders; native landmarks remain distinct and legible, current species/occupation/land use control scenery, matched building families evolve through their real stages, and waterways follow current authoritative geography and measured state. All 327 source originals and approvals remain exact. Existing player geography, ownership and saves are preserved.

The prior release 51 phone Region failure is retained and corrected, rather than counted as a pass. The supplied art direction is assessed through shared composition and appropriate state-grounded details; source counts alone did not close this goal. Combined evidence regional-review/combined-world-acceptance.json links the full source/context, actual paid lifecycle, controlled physical waterwork, broad-world and corrected connected-production records. No production world commands, paid money, player/save resets, fake geography or source raster edits were used. Headless desktop/mobile viewport/cache evidence is explicitly scoped; full physical-device FPS and unrelated complete City-panel certification are outside this visual goal. Completion documentation is released with unchanged implementation, then its exact wiki/client/source/health checks close the goal service. Deadline18 October 2026 at15:18:32UTC is preserved.

First reopened visual increment — local review

The original artistic goal is active. Three genuinely adjacent boards, sandy and marsh ocean contact, and mixed cold/lake/upland cases have fourteen individually reviewed native desktop/phone candidate panels. A uniform bright beach treatment was rejected before release. Current candidate adds shared material variation, finer natural contour detail, distinct bank/beach treatment and low native location contacts. 197 affected checks pass; exact live publication and screenshots remain pending. These are incremental improvements, not final artistic acceptance. Comparison and open gaps regional-review/reopened-regional-art-direction.json.

Reopened increment: native beach roots and quiet wetland floor

The prior36782aa increment is verified live with14connected desktop/phone panels and exact327-source/client/wiki/catalog checks. The next accepted increment adds compact dune-grass roots on suitable undisturbed temperate sandy ocean edges and replaces the visibly striped wetland foundation with a quieter eight-hex native painting. The broad pale sand-strip draft was rejected.36actual canonical candidate panels were inspected; normal and live checks remain separate. See native coast/floor review regional-review/native-coast-floor.json. The goal remains reopened and active: do not treat contextual source approval or automated checks as proof of parity with the original vision.

Reopened increment: quiet dry ground and visible phone peaks

The preceding680e6ad native wetland/coast release is verified live with 36 connected native scenes, exact 328-source/client/wiki/catalog checks and user-visible neighboring-region/coast screenshots. The next contextual increment replaces five directional dry-ground paintings with two quiet native earth sources for grasslands/hills/mountain and fixes ready peak framing beside phone Hex controls. The grey mineral draft was rejected; 40 corrected material panels and two corrected phone portraits were individually inspected. Normal and live acceptance are separate. See quiet-upland review regional-review/quiet-upland.json. Coast/beach refinement, remaining desert repetition, richer landmark surroundings and preparation performance remain open. The original one-week deadline and active goal are unchanged.

Reopened increment: actual-depth coasts, quiet beaches and desert earth

The precedingc3daf80 release is verified live with40actual connected desktop/phone scenes, exact325original/client/wiki/catalog checks and screenshots shown to the user. The next increment replaces equal-label smoothing with existing canonical elevation/basin reconstruction to remove repeating hex scallops, softens beach/bank falloff, reviews safe native mineral contacts and retires two baked desert textures for one quiet native ground source. Saved geography, world generator6and simulation are unchanged.46canonical candidate panels cover three real neighboring boards, sand/marsh/cold coasts, six mineral ocean/lake contexts, actual landmarks and desert Region/Hex/overlap/reload. Exact normal, merged and live verification remain separate. Evidence regional-review/natural-banks.json. The original goal stays active for final reference-level composition, landmark surroundings and preparation performance; deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC is unchanged.

Reopened increment: quiet cold earth and integrated woodland floor

The preceding natural-bank releasecfdc498is fully verified live with50actual connected native panels, exact324source/client/wiki/catalog/health/world checks, real warm navigation and neighboring-region/coast screenshots shown to the user. The next increment retires four baked repeated cold-ground ridge/rock paintings and one directional woodland floor for three exact native earth sources. Initial directional edits and a flat woodland candidate were rejected; richer corrected olive forest earth at six-hex span reconnects actual tree feet, while quiet snow/tundra use eight-hex spans. Fifty actual canonical desktop/phone panels cover neighboring boards, three profiles Region/Hex/neighbor/reload, six coast/lake contexts and actual native landmark surroundings. World, water geometry, species, stocks and gameplay are unchanged. Evidence regional-review/quiet-cold-floor.json. Normal/merged/connected live verification and final comparison with the original vision remain separate requirements before completion; the goal and original deadline stay active.

Final coastal refinement under review —17October2026

The quiet-cold-floor releaseba749b3is fully verified live with50actual connected native panels, exact322original/client/wiki/catalog checks and neighboring-region screenshots shown. The final close-coast refinement replaces large close-up facets with a2unit mesh in120unit chunks, adds bounded shared-world edge erosion, and keeps ordinary Region8/480 and60row preparation jobs. The16private prototype panels were individually reviewed; actual normal32panel, affected-suite, merged and connected-live acceptance remain pending. Source identities, native pixels, saved geography and current player state are unchanged. Evidence regional-review/close-shores.json. The goal remains active until final reference comparison, fresh production screenshots and release verification; original deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC remains.

Reopened visual acceptance and final publication — 17 October 2026

The reopened terrain, shore/beach, landmark-surrounding and neighbor-continuity gates are accepted on connected production4e2d145 after32normal and36live native frames and217isolated/217merged affected checks. Three genuinely adjacent boards, four coast kinds in Region/Hex, three lake contacts, actual landmark surroundings and real warm navigation were reviewed on desktop/phone. Fresh production screenshots were shown before closure. Eight new exact native sources and thirteen archived ground approvals yield322current originals;38unique place hashes have zero cross-feature identical-byte aliases. Existing44definition/167context/835matched-stage and16feature/62paired-context audits remain applicable through unchanged identity/context hashes and current state-driven rendering.

Final reference-trait comparison regional-review/reopened-final-acceptance.json contains exact native source provenance, retained rejected drafts, unchanged original reference, actual production gallery, scope and explicit limitations. The earlier16October completion was reopened and is superseded by this evidence; historical records remain. The supplied illustration guides composition rather than fixed placement over actual saved geography. Final evidence/wiki release and exact production checks must succeed before marking the goal service complete. Original deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC is preserved.

Reopened again: remaining regional art direction — 17 October 2026

The user's renewed request supersedes the previous17October completion. Repeated low rock chains, forest carpet, isolated landmark surroundings and synthetic smooth coasts remain visible against the original vision. Do not close this goal on source counts, automated checks or the first distribution improvement. The first identity-preserving scenery increment fixes correlated incidental member angles/radii/source choices while keeping known natural-feature silhouettes, native pixels, approvals and saved world state unchanged. Current review and explicit remaining work regional-review/vision-distribution.json. Normal and connected production visual acceptance remain separate. Keep publishing verified live increments and show real neighboring regions/coasts before completion. Original deadline18October2026 15:18:32UTC is unchanged.

Reopened low-slope increment — 17 October 2026

Distribution c38ba777 is verified live. Two exact native compact rock shoulders replace two repeated bright low-slope sources; quieter world-priority spacing and actual-relief density preserve canonical focal peaks and regional continuity. Twenty actual normal desktop/phone panels and221isolated checks accept only this increment. Evidence and explicit remaining work regional-review/vision-outcrop.json. Overall vision completion remains open for continuous terrain relief, varied woodland, connected landmark settings and natural coast/beach composition. Keep publishing and checking actual connected neighboring regions; preserve the18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline.

Woodland-only regional increment — 17 October 2026

Low outcrops90229068 are verified on live production with20connected native frames. Woodland composition10 opens stronger shared glades and varies individual/group crowns with habitat. Eight actual normal neighboring/upland panels accept this increment; native art, approvals, saved terrain and simulation remain unchanged. The independent height-lighting experiment remains private. Evidence and remaining work regional-review/vision-woodland.json. Keep the goal active for continuous relief, connected landmark settings, natural shores/beaches and final actual-production reference comparison. Preserve18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline.

Scoped beach-material increment — 17 October 2026

Woodland7a9d5176 is verified live in16native connected frames. One exact native fine sand material and shared mixed-contact shore refinement improve ocean beach substrate and overly smooth edges, with34private canonical source/context panels and26focused normal checks. Approval becomes323originals/version4d8d1c59d90db875; all preceding322image hashes remain. Evidence and remaining work regional-review/beach-material.json. Overall vision completion remains open for continuous terrain relief, connected landmark surroundings and fresh production comparison. Keep publishing verified increments, show real neighboring regions and retain18October2026 15:18:32UTC deadline.

Canonical terrain form and coherent landmark settings — 17 October 2026

The preceding native-beach increment is verified on production at commit 595be6048dd333ebabf3ac1f3933152ffb62722c, deployment 5996f161-ed21-4a14-aecb-0da60b961d24: 34 connected native panels, 323 exact approved originals and unchanged authoritative world/instance. This next renderer increment adds restrained directional relief lighting from actual canonical elevation. A compact world-space quadratic reconstruction preserves affine slopes without hex-grid lighting artifacts; neighboring viewports share the same 16-unit raster phase. Preparation yields after at most 256 samples inside the existing scene frame budget. Incomplete elevations remain neutral, oversized views fail safely, and cancelled builds never publish partial lighting. Lighting composites over existing ground before the authoritative shore mask; uniform inland Hex views use the same pass. Original source pixels, water topology, resource yields, saves and commands are unchanged.

Incidental mineral ensembles now contain one or two members and occur less often, particularly on temperate ground; canonical grove, pine, dune, ice, geology and resource identities retain their existing hash and anchors. Real native landmarks may receive at most two compact groups of three small compatible details. Material follows actual surrounding climate, the source width respects focal scale, and all root samples still reject water, occupied, worked or incompatible ground and missing source readiness. Existing natural state changes continue to clear and regrow eligible vegetation.

The optional Regional hex grid defaults off for fresh preferences, giving terrain a continuous presentation. Existing explicitly saved on/off preferences survive; Settings → Map & controls → Regional hex grid restores the grid. Selected-hex and regional boundary cues remain. Getting started, Beginner guide and Start guide were reviewed: selection, founding reviews, staffing, food and first-project requirements are unchanged. The overall original-vision goal remains active pending continued visual comparison, connected landscape and coastline review; this increment does not claim the painterly reference has been fully matched.

Hex native-source readiness — 17 October 2026

Connected production review of the terrain-form increment exposed premature Hex readiness: a cold-load portrait could be labelled ready while its approved ground or canopy was still loading. The artwork was able to refresh, but that state could falsely accept fallback graphics as a completed scene. Hex now tracks the exact selected/visible terrain and native object source requests, includes their readiness stamp in its portrait cache key, and reports preparing until those requests settle. Unavailable requested art is reported separately as fallback; unrelated distant requests do not hold the local view. Image errors trigger the same bounded refresh as successful loads. This changes no original image, geography, save, costs or gameplay orders.

Getting started, Beginner guide and Start guide: your first village were reviewed: keep Global / Region / Hex and current site-inspection controls; allow the reviewed illustration to finish loading before judging the terrain or landmark. Founding, food, staffing, first projects and their live quotes remain unchanged. Overall original-vision goal remains active. The preceding deployment e9677dc30b9b3c5c2f06d850ce374894a3c48a56 passed243isolated/merged checks and exact323source/18client/wiki/catalog/world checks, but its full cold-load live visual acceptance was withheld for this fix.

Native crown keep and independent ground variation — 17 October 2026

The terrain-form and Hex-readiness release3ad6f881 is verified on live production:42completed native panels,246isolated/merged checks, exact323images/18clients/library/wiki/catalog and unchanged world/instance. This increment retains the existing feathered world-space material painter while strengthening its patch-parameter hash. The previous x/y and y/size correlations(-.256 and-.445 over6904patches) fall to-.020 and-.016. Native image pixels, source angles, material scales, physical terrain and shoreline contours remain unchanged. Opaque native-phase experiments were rejected for visible tile edges.

One exact new native transparent crown-keep castle adds a stronger connected skyline and a transparent courtyard showing the actual ground. It is an additional existing-castle variant on fields, grasslands and hills; the original courtyard and round keep remain. The actual stable three-variant selection resolves all518eligible castles:164new keeps,178courtyards and176round keeps. Two narrow shores rejecting a forced larger source retain their round keeps under actual selection; no foot/anchor/scale or water guard is relaxed. Original source/context review covered20native panels, and material review covered30neighbor/terrain panels. Approval becomes324exact images and306regional library cards; every prior323image file and preceding catalog record remains unchanged.

Getting started, Beginner guide and Start guide: your first village were reviewed against current navigation, site inspection, separate order reviews, staffing, food and first projects. This is presentation only: it creates no settlement, building, ownership, stock or order and changes no cost or prerequisite. The overall original-vision goal stays active for broader connected landforms and natural coastline composition.

Finer native ground and quiet water — 17 October 2026

The crown-keep and independent material-variation increment 6d1a89f4 is verified on live production: 50 completed native views, 251 isolated and shared-tree checks, 324 exact source files and unchanged authoritative world/instance. The next scoped increment keeps the same geography and height lighting while reducing land material span to four hexes and using two quieter native ocean/lake sources at two-hex span. Four older broad-ripple water variants are archived and lose AI approval; their original files remain. Every other 320 approved original is retained. Approval becomes 322 exact images and 308 regional library cards. All 74 private native contexts were inspected, including neighboring regions, eleven terrain profiles, actual castle surroundings and sand, marsh and cold banks. A brighter ocean candidate was rejected.

Existing feathered material preparation continues up to a bounded 4,096-patch estimate so finer regional materials do not prematurely switch to hard rectangular native repeats. Sixteen-patch steps use the remaining existing eight-millisecond frame budget; slow work and cancellation retain their guards. Building placement always uses the full native source geometry, including when Region paints a smaller display image. Hex readiness includes the actual placement job as well as image loading; a loading fit cannot be labelled complete. Narrow coastal-castle checks also verify that the foreground really contains painted native pixels. Unavailable fits remain explicit fallback, without relaxing dry-ground or occupation checks. Old links and restored region cameras use the same lower zoom limit as ordinary Region navigation, avoiding a stuck oversized shoreline request.

Getting started, Beginner guide and Start guide: your first village were reviewed against Global / Region / Hex, site inspection, founding reviews, staffing, food and first projects. No cost, prerequisite, timing, saved world, ownership or gameplay order changes. This scoped increment does not finish the original-vision goal: broad landform composition and straighter marsh-shore segments remain under review. Native provenance and review regional-review/quiet-water-ground-increment.json.

Connected natural shores — 17 October 2026

The shoreline display now applies four gentle, seeded world-coordinate displacements to the previous canonical-depth field. This gives beaches and marsh banks less regular bends while preserving the existing field’s connected components. Each displacement has a conservative Lipschitz bound below 0.83 and is pinned at saved cell centers, every same-domain edge and uniform-domain triangles. A protected neighborhood around each saved center retains the complete previous eight-unit display triangle; this also preserves its actual painted material, rather than only the scalar at an infinitesimal point. Neighboring regions use the identical world function. A stronger additive erosion trial was rejected because it introduced an isolated water pocket beside an actual beach. The selected coordinate mapping leaves that witness connected. The mathematical guarantee concerns the continuous field; actual Region and Hex mesh output is separately checked.

Actual ocean/lake ownership and shore treatment still use the original point’s canonical neighbors. Geometry remains eight-unit Region / two-unit Hex, sixty resumable rows per chunk, with existing missing-geography, cancellation and occupied/worked-ground guards. The previous v9 module and 136-chunk fixture remain immutable regression history; the new v10 fixture covers the same locations. All 322 exact approved images, their pixels, source contexts and catalog records are unchanged. Existing worlds and player orders are unchanged.

This increment addresses coastline shape; the original-vision goal remains active through actual normal and connected production screenshots and final broad-landform comparison. See connected-shore evidence regional-review/connected-shores.json.

Mountain scale and current coastal verification — 17 October 2026

The connected shore release (12c835e) is verified on live production: 74 completed native panels, all 322 exact image hashes, client files, guides, catalog and healthy unchanged world identity. Both workspaces passed 264 scoped checks. Saved centers retain their complete coarse display neighborhoods; beaches, marshes and cold coasts share continuous neighboring geometry.

The two existing transparent granite peak sources now use a reviewed 104-world-unit width, replacing 168. Every actual secondary peak retains its canonical identity, position, anchor and full original aspect. Existing dominant 256-unit ridge masses, woodland, landmarks and actual living-world changes retain their own scales. This clearer size hierarchy makes repeated smaller silhouettes less prominent and leaves room around main terrain forms. Original source pixels, all other approval contexts and saved geography are unchanged. Both source shapes were inspected at actual uncovered canonical peaks in Region and Hex, alongside neighboring regions, eleven terrain profiles, castles and coasts: 82 private native contexts. Normal and connected production acceptance remain separate; the original-vision goal remains active until final live comparison. Scale review regional-review/secondary-relief.json.

Continuous Hex surroundings — 17 October 2026

The preceding mountain/shore release (75942ce) is verified live in 82 native desktop/phone panels, with all 322 exact image hashes and client, guide and catalog checks. Both workspaces passed 264 scoped checks.

Hex now gathers the same real canopy chunks, ridges, relief and landscape/shore props throughout its visible world bounds as Region. An inspected woodland glade can show neighboring trees rather than appearing bare because no tree is rooted in its center cell. Selected structures and canonical places retain their subject framing; natural woodland uses a wider context. Shared chunk revision keys and the foreground stamp follow actual neighboring growth, clearing, fire and occupation. Source readiness includes the whole painted foreground. The existing chunk budget is checked before surrounding cells are materialized.

A private full-context trial exposed oversized wetland reeds and was rejected. The three existing native reed sources now use widths24/40/40 instead of52/96/96, consistently in Region and Hex. Original pixels, approved climates/roles/states, saved geography and simulation remain unchanged. Private native visual acceptance is recorded separately from normal and live verification. The original-vision goal remains active until fresh production screenshots are assessed. Review regional-review/hex-botany.json.

Prepared terrain and close-view readiness — 17 October 2026

Shared Hex surroundings and smaller wetland reeds are deployed in 39e20e3. All 322 native image hashes, client files, wiki pages, catalog, health and world identity were verified; both workspaces passed 267 regional checks and 132 normal panels were accepted. Live visual review accepted 131 of 132 panels and rejected one magical-site desktop capture with flat green ground. Four fresh loads and 50 navigation views showed correct textured raw canvases; the cause of that single frame is not conclusively attributed. The failed frame remains recorded.

Hex readiness now waits for relevant terrain bitmap preparation as well as loaded source images. A late successful terrain bitmap increments a revision included in the Hex cache key and schedules a rebuild. Worker failure releases the preparation request into the existing main-thread fallback; unrelated jobs do not hold source readiness open. This closes an independently verified missing cache dependency without claiming a confirmed cause for the isolated rejected frame. Three behavior checks cover late completion, failure and relevant readiness. Eighteen private native desktop/phone panels were accepted, including actual ground-pixel diagnostics; normal and connected live verification remain separate. All source artwork, approvals, shared scenery identities, coast geometry, saves and simulation are unchanged. The regional art-direction goal remains active for final coast and original-vision review. Readiness review regional-review/hex-ground-readiness.json.

Natural coast release candidate — 18 October 2026

The goal is active. Production 'c84d012' passed all 132 actual connected native views, including all 96 close-view ground-pixel checks. The next increment has passed private artistic review in 132 panels: radial saved-center protection permits more natural connected bay/beach variation, and duplicate native bank groups from paired mesh triangles are reduced deterministically. No artwork, approval context, saved geography or gameplay rules change. All 518 canonical castles retain a valid existing native source fit. Normal-renderer and actual production acceptance are still required for this increment. Final screenshots must be compared with the original vision before completion; passing counts alone do not complete the goal. Evidence regional-review/natural-coast-composition.json.

Coast publication cache correction — 18 October 2026

The first pre-deployment readiness probe cached the prior shoreline module at the proposed new asset URL. Production now uses a fresh coastline cache version; no renderer logic, approved source, geography, saved world or gameplay instruction changes. The accepted132normal native panels and274scoped checks remain applicable to the identical renderer bytes. Fresh standard connected production loads must verify the new module before live artistic acceptance. Beginner and village-start controls, prerequisites, costs, timing and success checks were reviewed and remain unchanged.

Final current acceptance — 18 October 2026

The requested regional visual implementation is accepted on connected production 43ea180: shared neighboring landscapes, quieter texture repetition, differentiated native locations, integrated landmark surroundings and natural connected beaches/coasts. All132live native views are accepted; all 96 Hex groundsamples are textured. Both workspaces passed 274 scoped checks, with exact 322 source/client/library/wiki/catalog/healthy-world verification. Five native live screenshots have independent source provenance. Earlier pending and rejected entries remain historical; the current acceptance evidence supersedes their open status. The final evidence package publishes the acceptance record and screenshots; its deployment receipt is recorded separately. Acceptance regional-review/region-vision-production-acceptance.json.

Reopened ground-detail finding — 18 October 2026

The previous completion decision was premature for Region background fidelity. The player's grass/desert examples reopened that acceptance. The correction replaces three soft native material sources—grassland/hill, desert and wetland ground—with three sharper source outputs at the same 4-hex scale. Larger-scale and full-sampling drafts are retained as unshipped comparisons. Existing biome transitions, connected coast geometry, neighboring scenery, source-role restrictions, world state and gameplay remain unchanged. 44 private native source/context panels are reviewed; normal and actual connected production acceptance are recorded separately. Earlier dated galleries remain historical evidence. Current correction regional-review/ground-detail-regression.json.

Land-material family follow-through — 18 October 2026

After the three-source correction, retained upland and cold ground still exhibited a different, softer treatment. Five further native material replacements align those surfaces and meadow/woodland ground with the original painterly miniature-world direction. All nine land profiles have Region and Hex desktop/phone review coverage in the 54-panel private set. Exact production checks follow normal-build acceptance. This changes artwork and source approvals only; world identity, evolving land use, neighboring geography, coast geometry and source scales remain unchanged. Broad region-layout/repetition work remains distinct from acceptance of this background-material correction. Current source/context review regional-review/vision-ground-detail.json.