diff --git a/PROJECT.md b/PROJECT.md index acd7f63..22a2331 100644 --- a/PROJECT.md +++ b/PROJECT.md @@ -948,6 +948,25 @@ strength because the balls kept landing where he wasn't. the state is worn, not reported. At 1 hp the frame is properly blood-rimmed and the court centre stays legible. +**NINETEENTH PASS — pace was the missing dial, and the reachability test finally exists.** Oliver: +*"the vignette can get more pronounced and there are still balls which are basically not reachable +with auto run.. please recheck"* — plus, asked twice and deserving a straight answer: *"did you +write tests for the last issues we encountered?"* **No — the unreachable-balls issue only ever had +config assertions, which is exactly why it came back twice.** +- **Pace, the ladder's FOURTH dial** (`matchOppPace` 0.78, `matchOppPacePer` 0.05/rung): width alone + never fixed reachability because the returns left at ~27 m/s — crossing to your baseline in + ~0.6 s, less than auto-run needs from the far corner. Opponent one now returns at ~20 m/s + (measured live: twelve returns, 20.0-20.7), a quarter more flight time; the rungs take it back. +- **The vignette deepens**: `dmg * 0.8` (was 0.5), cap 0.85, and the clean centre SHRINKS with + damage rather than only the rim darkening. +- **The REACHABILITY REGRESSION** (the test this issue always deserved): a headless 90 s autopilot + soak — auto-run, fixed tap window, no placement — asserting ≥10 returns sampled and ≤15% that + never came within volley reach. Sabotage-verified: cranked knobs trip the suite. + **Its honest limit, recorded so nobody overtrusts it**: the autopilot attends perfectly and taps + frame-precisely, so it OUT-COVERS a human — knob-legal-but-hostile values still pass it. It is a + floor against catastrophic regressions, not a proxy for Oliver's thumb; his playtest stays the + real gate for "reachable". + **Open, and every one of them is Oliver's call after he plays it:** 1. ~~**A ball that carries through the lane can complete two steps at once.**~~ Largely CLOSED by the slice removal (seventh pass) — a cut ball picking its own next victim was the main way this diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 67a311b..0a5424d 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -400,6 +400,6 @@ - + diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js index 4144070..9c40e4e 100644 --- a/src/config.js +++ b/src/config.js @@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ export const TUNE = { matchFlub: 0.08, // the match's own whiff base — the duel's 0.2 gives away a fifth of all // returns, which across a game is an opponent that beats itself matchFlubKeep: 0.82, // ...and it keeps only this much per rung — the ladder now that hp is flat + matchOppPace: 0.78, // scale on the opponent's return SPEED for opponent one (~21 m/s instead + // of ~27) — the flight time auto-run needs. THE reachability dial + matchOppPacePer: 0.05,// ...climbing back per rung, capped at full pace matchWideBase: 2.1, // m either side of centre the FIRST opponent's returns may land — the width an // auto-run player can actually cover. Its scatter painted lines from game one // ("still a LOT of unreachable balls"); now line-painting is the late ladder diff --git a/src/gameplay.js b/src/gameplay.js index 71f9f1c..87d75e5 100644 --- a/src/gameplay.js +++ b/src/gameplay.js @@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ function doHit(ch, quality, aim) { tz = (toFar ? tzBase : COURT.L - tzBase) + err() * 0.8; } tx = Math.max(-5, Math.min(5, tx)); + if (G.match && ch.side !== 'P') { + // ...AND ITS PACE IS THE FOURTH. Width alone did not fix "unreachable" because the returns left + // at ~27 m/s (baseShotSpeed + 0.55 quality) — crossing to your baseline in ~0.6 s, which is less + // time than auto-run needs from the far corner. Opponent one gives you the flight time; the + // rungs take it back. + s *= Math.min(1, TUNE.matchOppPace + (G.match.opp - 1) * TUNE.matchOppPacePer); + } if (G.match) { // THE OPPONENT'S WIDTH IS THE LADDER'S THIRD DIAL. Its returns scatter off aimError x (1 - 0.55 // quality), which paints lines an auto-run player cannot reach — "still a LOT of unreachable diff --git a/src/render.js b/src/render.js index 4a4c9b5..5ca3467 100644 --- a/src/render.js +++ b/src/render.js @@ -1971,9 +1971,12 @@ export function render() { const dmg = 1 - Math.max(0, G.hp) / (G.hpMax || 1); const pulse = G.hurtFlash > 0 ? Math.min(1, G.hurtFlash / 0.3) * 0.3 : 0; if (dmg > 0 || pulse > 0) { - const a = Math.min(0.72, dmg * 0.5 + pulse); - const g = ctx.createRadialGradient(W / 2, H / 2, Math.min(W, H) * (0.52 - dmg * 0.14), - W / 2, H / 2, Math.max(W, H) * 0.74); + // dmg * 0.8: at half health the frame is unmistakably bloodied, at 1 hp it closes in hard + // ("the vignette can get more pronounced") — the inner radius tightens with damage too, so + // deep wounds shrink the clean centre instead of only darkening the rim + const a = Math.min(0.85, dmg * 0.8 + pulse); + const g = ctx.createRadialGradient(W / 2, H / 2, Math.min(W, H) * (0.5 - dmg * 0.22), + W / 2, H / 2, Math.max(W, H) * 0.7); g.addColorStop(0, 'rgba(120,8,12,0)'); g.addColorStop(1, `rgba(120,8,12,${a.toFixed(3)})`); ctx.fillStyle = g; ctx.fillRect(0, 0, W, H); diff --git a/test.js b/test.js index 0dadc63..3c2218b 100644 --- a/test.js +++ b/test.js @@ -607,6 +607,43 @@ test('the placement mark fades on its own clock', () => { assert.equal(G.placeMark, null, 'gone within a second'); }); +test('REACHABILITY: an auto-run player can cover the first opponent\'s returns', () => { + // The test this issue always deserved and never had — "unreachable balls" came back TWICE because + // the suite only asserted the config dials, never the experience. This plays the match headless + // with the same mediocre autopilot the browser uses (auto-run + a fixed tap window, no placement) + // and asserts that the returns actually present themselves: a ball that never comes within volley + // reach of an auto-run player is unreachable BY CONSTRUCTION, whatever the knobs claim. + const assist = TUNE.autoAssist; TUNE.autoAssist = 1.15; + try { + startMatch(); + for (let i = 0; i < 2.2 * 60; i++) update(DT); + const returns = []; + let cur = null; + for (let i = 0; i < 90 * 60 && G.mode !== 'eaten'; i++) { + G.modal = null; G.modalQ.length = 0; + if (G.phase === 'pretoss' && !(G.interlude && G.interlude.introT > 0)) { if (i % 40 === 0) keyPressed('Space'); } + else if (G.phase === 'toss') { if (ball.vy < 0.4 && ball.y > 2.4) keyPressed('Space'); } + else if (G.phase === 'rally' && ball.active && ball.lastHit === 'O') { + const d = Math.hypot(ball.x - P.x, (ball.z - P.z) * 0.8); + if (!cur) cur = { minD: 99 }; + cur.minD = Math.min(cur.minD, d); + if (d < 2.9 && d > 2.2) keyPressed('Space'); + } + if (cur && (!ball.active || ball.lastHit !== 'O')) { returns.push(cur.minD); cur = null; } + update(DT); + } + assert.ok(returns.length >= 10, 'the soak saw a real rally sample: ' + returns.length + ' returns'); + const unreachable = returns.filter(d => d > 2.6).length; // never inside volley reach + assert.ok(unreachable / returns.length <= 0.15, + unreachable + ' of ' + returns.length + ' returns never came within reach of an auto-run player'); + } finally { TUNE.autoAssist = assist; } +}); + +test('the ladder pace dial exists and starts below full pace', () => { + assert.ok(TUNE.matchOppPace < 1, 'opponent one returns slower than the physics maximum'); + assert.ok(TUNE.matchOppPacePer > 0, 'and earns pace back per rung'); +}); + test('THE REAL DEATH LOOP: a toss after their rally touch is not their passing shot', () => { // tossBall left ball.lastHit stale. After any rally the zombie touched last, the fresh toss still // said lastHit 'O' — and the match serves from BEHIND the baseline (z 24.3), past the passing-shot