diff --git a/assets/_runroll.py b/assets/_runroll.py
index 5f180c0..2d047a1 100644
--- a/assets/_runroll.py
+++ b/assets/_runroll.py
@@ -98,12 +98,21 @@ def prompt(k):
'garments, the hair and every one of its colours exactly. The poses in image 1 exist only to '
'show the character — do NOT copy the poses.\n\n'
f'EVERY ONE OF THE {N} FIGURES GRIPS THE WOODEN TENNIS RACKET IN THE RIGHT HAND, carried low '
- 'at the side mid-run. A figure with an empty hand is WRONG.\n\n'
+ 'at the side mid-run. A figure with an empty hand is WRONG. THE RACKET STAYS ON THE RIGHT '
+ 'SIDE OF THE BODY IN EVERY SINGLE FIGURE — it never swings across the body, never tucks '
+ 'behind the back to the left, never changes sides between neighbouring figures. The right '
+ 'arm swings a LITTLE; the racket head stays visibly right of the body\'s midline throughout. '
+ 'A single figure with the racket on the left side makes the whole animation flicker and is '
+ 'WRONG.\n\n'
f'THE {N} FIGURES ARE ONE CONTINUOUS RUN CYCLE, {c["view"]}. Evenly spaced, every figure on '
- 'one shared ground line, every figure at the same scale as its neighbours.\n\n'
+ 'one shared ground line, every figure at the same scale as its neighbours. THE FIGURES '
+ 'NEVER TOUCH OR OVERLAP: leave a clear band of empty magenta between every pair of '
+ 'neighbours — no part of any figure, the racket included, reaches into its neighbour\'s '
+ 'space. A racket overlapping the next figure is WRONG.\n\n'
'The cycle, frame by frame: 1 the right foot planted under the body, left knee driving up and '
'forward; 2 push-off, the right leg trailing straight behind, the left leg reaching forward; '
- '3 full flight, both feet off the ground, the stride at its widest; 4 the left foot landing '
+ '3 full flight, both feet off the ground, the stride at its widest — THE RACKET STILL '
+ 'GRIPPED IN THE RIGHT HAND in this airborne figure, exactly as in every other; 4 the left foot landing '
'ahead of the body. Frames 5 to 8 are the SAME four moments with the legs swapped — the left '
'foot planted, the right knee driving. Across the row the gap between the feet opens, closes, '
'opens and closes again. The arms counter-swing: the opposite arm to the driving knee comes '
@@ -194,6 +203,19 @@ def cut(k, install=False, n=0):
pad = Image.new('RGBA', (im.width + abs(off), im.height), (0, 0, 0, 0))
pad.paste(im, (0 if off > 0 else abs(off), 0))
pad.save(o)
+ # THE RACKET-SIDE GATE. One frame with the racket swung across the body makes the whole cycle
+ # flicker left-right at stride rate — Oliver: "the racket she is holding flashing left and
+ # right very fast" (the female cycle's frame 4 was the offender). racket_side locates the bed
+ # (pale blob or keyed hole); every frame must keep it right of centre, or at worst dead-centre.
+ # ...as a WARNING, not a gate: on back-view art the bed is part-occluded and the centroid
+ # reads ±0.05 of noise — it never flagged the original offender (old frame 4 measured -0.02).
+ # The montage review is the real gate; a strongly negative number here is what to look at.
+ from _famref import racket_side
+ sides = [racket_side(Image.open(o)) for o in outs]
+ print(' racket sides:', ['%s%+.2f' % ('?' if s is None else '', s or 0) for s in sides])
+ crossed = [i + 1 for i, s in enumerate(sides) if s is not None and s < -0.12]
+ if crossed:
+ print(f' WARNING: racket may cross LEFT in frame(s) {crossed} — check the montage hard')
# THE STRIDE GATE, on what was actually cut: every neighbouring pair (wrapping — it loops) must
# differ in the legs, or the cycle holds a duplicated pose. Threshold calibrated against
# _famref's (30% = a real stride pair; 12 catches only true near-duplicates).
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diff --git a/assets/p_run6.png b/assets/p_run6.png
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diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index cf3c19c..d4fd954 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -431,6 +431,6 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one') {
-
+