splatter-tennis/config.js

// All tuning and constants. TUNE is live-editable in game via the T panel;
// the exported consts below are structural values that code shares but the panel doesn't show.

export const TUNE = {
  camZ: 42, camY: 9, camF: 406, horizon: 40, // camF/horizon are per-orientation, set in fitViewport
  gravity: 9.2,            // slightly floaty vs 9.8 for readability
  spinFactor: 0.9,         // extra dive on quality shots (fake topspin)
  bounceY: 0.58, bounceXZ: 0.78,
  playerSpeed: 5.4, aiSpeed: 4.3,
  reach: 1.3, aiReach: 1.6, // tight contact radius: the assist positions you, the tap must be honest
  swingWindup: 0.06,       // s before contact window opens
  swingWindow: 0.16,       // s contact window length
  baseShotSpeed: 16, qualityShotSpeed: 12,  // horizontal m/s = base + q*quality; perfect timing = real pace
  serveSpeed: 21, serveQualitySpeed: 7,
  aimError: 2.4,           // m of scatter at quality 0
  perfectMs: 45,           // |offset from window center| for PERFECT
  aiQualityMin: 0.45, aiQualityMax: 0.85, aiFlub: 0.09,
  aiReaction: 0.45,        // s before the CPU reads your shot — well-aimed corners are winners
  autoAssist: matchMedia('(pointer: coarse)').matches ? 1.15 : 0, // auto-run speed factor (mobile)
  zSpeed: 0.7,      // zombie shamble speed m/s
  zSpawnEvery: 3.0, // s between spawns in game 1 — shrinks by zSpawnStep per finished game
  zSpawnMin: 1.0,   // spawn-gap floor late in a run
  zSpawnStep: 0.22, // spawn-gap reduction per finished game
  zMax: 3,          // shamblers on court in game 1 (cap grows +1 per game to zMaxCap; 0 = spawns off, for tests)
  zMaxCap: 14,      // absolute shambler cap
  changeoverT: 4.5, // s the changeover breather lasts (after odd games, as the rules demand)
  gameBeatT: 1.6,   // s the game-end beat lasts on even (non-changeover) games
  eatenR: 0.9,      // m a shambler must close to eat you — matches the visual sprite overlap
  zSnap: 1.4,       // m free-aim magnetism: a zombie this close to your flick's landing point is the target
  killsPerPoint: 3, // splatter: zombie kills to score ONE tennis point (1 = every kill scores, old behavior)
  zSplatQ: 0.5,     // min shot quality to splatter; below = stagger pushback
  zPushback: 1.4,   // m a staggered zombie is knocked back
  splatterOverT: 0.1, // s the spent-ball 'over' beat lasts before the next serve is armed
  zPierce: 0.75,    // pace a ball keeps after a splatter — hot balls plow through lined-up pairs
  ballChangeFirst: 3, // game of the first new-balls delivery (real rule: 7, then every 9 — too sparse here)
  ballChangeEvery: 4, // games between deliveries after the first
  bombMax: 3,       // bomb balls in a fresh tin
  bombRadius: 2.5,  // m blast radius of a bomb ball
  hordeLen: 12,     // s a horde wave lasts
  hordeRate: 2.5,   // zombies spawned per second during a horde
  mgRate: 6,        // machine-gun pellets fired per second during a horde
  mgPickupLen: 8,   // s the machine-gun tin (4th delivery) auto-fires outside hordes
  fps: 60,          // frame cap — 30 halves battery/heat but Oliver felt it; smoothness wins (0 = uncapped)
  runnerSpeed: 3.2, // runner ('f') speed multiplier over the shamble
  runnerVMax: 4.2,  // hard runner speed cap — the late-game ramp must stay humanly reactable
  bruteHp: 2,       // splat-quality hits (or pellets) a brute ('g') soaks before it dies
  shieldDown: 1.5,  // s a shield zombie's ('s') chair stays dropped after a block — the kill window
  meleeRange: 1.7,  // m — a racket swish cleaves shamblers this close to you
  racketHp: 3,      // splat-quality hits a racket zombie (mini-boss) takes before it dies
  racketSpeed: 2.8, // m/s the racket zombie shambles to chase a ball
  racketQMax: 0.55, // its return quality is capped here (slower, sloppier than the tennis CPU)
  racketFlub: 0.2,  // chance the racket zombie whiffs a return
  missHud: 0,       // show the last miss reason on screen (full log: T.G.missLog) — off; dev-only
  killPips: 1,      // splatter: show the kills-to-next-point pips on the scoreboard
};

export const COURT = { L: 23.77, W: 8.23, dblW: 10.97, netZ: 11.885, netH: 0.914, netW: 10.06 };
COURT.svcFar = COURT.netZ - 6.4;   // far service line
COURT.svcNear = COURT.netZ + 6.4;  // near service line

// world sizes (meters)
export const PLAYER_H = 1.88;
export const BOY_H = 1.2;
export const UMP_H = 3.0;
export const UMP_X = 5.6; // chair right beside the doubles line — x 7.1 projected off-screen in portrait

// contact rules: outside this height band the ball can't be hit (below = it's past you)
export const CONTACT = { minY: 0.24, maxY: 2.3 };

// volleys (pre-bounce contact) get extra forgiveness: the ball passes at full speed and
// there's no bounce cue to time against, so reach and swing window widen by these factors
export const VOLLEY = { reach: 1.4, window: 1.8 };

// how deep from the far/near baseline a player's interception zone extends
export const ZONE_DEPTH = 9.5;

// recovery positions between shots
export const HOME = { P: { x: 0, z: 22.8 }, O: { x: 0, z: 2.5 } };

// where the near player is allowed to move
export const P_BOUNDS = { x: 6.5, zMin: COURT.netZ + 1.2, zMax: 26 };

// serve toss: release height and upward speed (apex derives from these + gravity)
export const TOSS = { y0: 1.8, vy: 4.6 };

// shot target depth from the receiving baseline, by aim (up = deep, none = mid, down = short)
export const SHOT_DEPTH = { deep: 3.0, mid: 5.4, short: 8.6 };

// how long swing/serve poses hold before returning to idle (s)
export const POSE_TIME = 0.38;

// the server's idle ball bounce: sideways offset to the free hand, apex height, tempo.
// tempo drives the ball, the hand sprite AND the pock sound — one value, always in sync.
export const BOUNCE_IDLE = { dx: 0.5, apex: 0.55, tempo: 3.6 };

// generated sprite sheets: the idle pose is this many pixels tall; all scales derive from it
export const SPRITE_H = 112;