diff --git a/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/Cargo.toml b/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/Cargo.toml
index 7086916..abd0928 100644
--- a/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/Cargo.toml
+++ b/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ build = "build.rs"
 [dependencies]
 ash = "0.38"
 ash-window = "0.13"
+fparkan-animation = { path = "../../crates/fparkan-animation", version = "0.1.0" }
 fparkan-binary = { path = "../../crates/fparkan-binary", version = "0.1.0" }
 fparkan-msh = { path = "../../crates/fparkan-msh", version = "0.1.0" }
 fparkan-platform = { path = "../../crates/fparkan-platform", version = "0.1.0" }
@@ -17,9 +18,6 @@ fparkan-terrain-format = { path = "../../crates/fparkan-terrain-format", version
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
-[dev-dependencies]
-fparkan-animation = { path = "../../crates/fparkan-animation", version = "0.1.0" }
-
 [lints.rust]
 unsafe_code = "allow"
 missing_docs = "warn"
diff --git a/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/asset_mesh.rs b/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/asset_mesh.rs
index ba67437..79a42a4 100644
--- a/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/asset_mesh.rs
+++ b/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/asset_mesh.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 use crate::{VulkanStaticDrawRange, VulkanStaticMesh, VulkanStaticVertex};
 use fparkan_msh::{
-    draw_batches, node38_fallback_hierarchy, selected_slot, Group, Lod, ModelAsset, NodeId,
+    draw_batches, node38_fallback_hierarchy, node38_sampled_hierarchy, selected_slot, Group, Lod,
+    ModelAsset, NodeId,
 };
 use fparkan_render::{LegacyIron3dEulerTransform, LegacyPipelineState};
 use fparkan_terrain_format::LandMeshDocument;
@@ -206,6 +207,39 @@ pub fn project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame_with_node_fallback_poses(
     Ok(mesh)
 }
 
+/// Projects a standard `Node38` model at one explicit portable-reference
+/// animation frame into a diagnostic XY frame.
+///
+/// This is the diagnostic-camera counterpart of
+/// [`project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_sampled_poses`].
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Returns [`VulkanAssetMeshError`] when the source cannot be represented by
+/// the static bridge or a transformed coordinate is non-finite.
+pub fn project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame_with_node_sampled_poses(
+    model: &ModelAsset,
+    frame: VulkanStaticXyFrame,
+    transform: LegacyIron3dEulerTransform,
+    scale: [f32; 3],
+    animation_frame: u16,
+) -> Result<VulkanStaticMesh, VulkanAssetMeshError> {
+    let mut mesh = project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_sampled_poses(
+        model,
+        transform,
+        scale,
+        animation_frame,
+    )?;
+    for vertex in &mut mesh.vertices {
+        if !vertex.position.iter().all(|value| value.is_finite()) {
+            return Err(VulkanAssetMeshError::NonFinitePosition);
+        }
+        let projected = frame.project(vertex.position);
+        vertex.position = [projected[0], projected[1], 0.0];
+    }
+    Ok(mesh)
+}
+
 /// Projects MSH geometry into source world coordinates with known translation and scale.
 ///
 /// Unlike [`project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame`], this does not normalize
@@ -307,6 +341,45 @@ pub fn project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_fallback_poses(
     model: &ModelAsset,
     transform: LegacyIron3dEulerTransform,
     scale: [f32; 3],
+) -> Result<VulkanStaticMesh, VulkanAssetMeshError> {
+    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_poses(
+        model,
+        transform,
+        scale,
+        node38_fallback_hierarchy(model),
+    )
+}
+
+/// Projects a standard `Node38` model at one explicit portable-reference
+/// animation frame.
+///
+/// This uses decoded type-8 keys and the type-19 map but deliberately does
+/// not infer the original engine's animation clock or x87 profile. Models
+/// without a complete sampled hierarchy retain the established unposed bridge.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Returns [`VulkanAssetMeshError`] when source geometry or transforms cannot
+/// be represented by the current static Vulkan input contract.
+pub fn project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_sampled_poses(
+    model: &ModelAsset,
+    transform: LegacyIron3dEulerTransform,
+    scale: [f32; 3],
+    animation_frame: u16,
+) -> Result<VulkanStaticMesh, VulkanAssetMeshError> {
+    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_poses(
+        model,
+        transform,
+        scale,
+        node38_sampled_hierarchy(model, animation_frame),
+    )
+}
+
+fn project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_poses(
+    model: &ModelAsset,
+    transform: LegacyIron3dEulerTransform,
+    scale: [f32; 3],
+    hierarchy: Option<fparkan_animation::NodePoseBuffer>,
 ) -> Result<VulkanStaticMesh, VulkanAssetMeshError> {
     if !transform
         .translation
@@ -320,7 +393,7 @@ pub fn project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_fallback_poses(
     if model.node_stride != 38 || model.node_count == 0 || model.animation.is_none() {
         return project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_transform(model, transform, scale);
     }
-    let Some(hierarchy) = node38_fallback_hierarchy(model) else {
+    let Some(hierarchy) = hierarchy else {
         return project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_transform(model, transform, scale);
     };
 
diff --git a/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi.rs b/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi.rs
index 86d8b45..79ca919 100644
--- a/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi.rs
+++ b/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi.rs
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ pub use self::asset_mesh::{
     project_land_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space, project_land_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame,
     project_msh_to_static_mesh, project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space,
     project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_fallback_poses,
+    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_sampled_poses,
     project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_transform,
     project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame,
-    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame_with_node_fallback_poses, VulkanAssetMeshError,
+    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame_with_node_fallback_poses,
+    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame_with_node_sampled_poses, VulkanAssetMeshError,
     VulkanStaticXyFrame,
 };
 pub use self::capabilities::{
diff --git a/apps/fparkan-game/src/main.rs b/apps/fparkan-game/src/main.rs
index 92176e0..78ba3e4 100644
--- a/apps/fparkan-game/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/fparkan-game/src/main.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ use fparkan_render_vulkan::{
     project_land_msh_to_static_mesh_in_legacy_world_space,
     project_land_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame,
     project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_fallback_poses,
-    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame_with_node_fallback_poses, VulkanPlanningBackend,
+    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_sampled_poses,
+    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame_with_node_fallback_poses,
+    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame_with_node_sampled_poses, VulkanPlanningBackend,
     VulkanSmokeFrameOutcome, VulkanSmokeRenderer, VulkanSmokeRendererCreateInfo,
     VulkanStaticCamera, VulkanStaticMaterial, VulkanStaticMesh, VulkanStaticTexture,
     VulkanStaticXyFrame,
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ fn run(args: &[String]) -> Result<String, String> {
             terrain,
             roots,
             camera,
+            args.static_animation_frame,
             &args.root,
             &loaded.land_msh_path,
         )?;
@@ -241,6 +244,7 @@ struct StaticPreviewScene {
     clip_visible_vertices: usize,
     mesh_components: usize,
     terrain_components: usize,
+    animation_frame: Option<u16>,
 }
 
 /// Projects the mission terrain plus every MSH component of the explicitly
@@ -252,11 +256,13 @@ struct StaticPreviewScene {
 /// retained on draw ranges but awaits a recovered blend equation; orientation,
 /// later material phases, animation, lightmaps and gameplay visibility remain
 /// outside this bridge.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
 fn static_preview_mesh_and_materials(
     assets: &MissionAssets,
     terrain: &TerrainWorld,
     roots: &[MissionObjectDraft],
     legacy_camera: Option<VulkanStaticCamera>,
+    static_animation_frame: Option<u16>,
     root: &std::path::Path,
     land_msh_path: &str,
 ) -> Result<StaticPreviewScene, String> {
@@ -301,26 +307,43 @@ fn static_preview_mesh_and_materials(
             let model = assets.model_by_id(model_id).ok_or_else(|| {
                 format!("static preview visual {visual_id:?} references unknown model {model_id:?}")
             })?;
+            let transform = LegacyIron3dEulerTransform {
+                translation: root.position,
+                orientation_radians: root.orientation_raw,
+            };
             let component = if legacy_camera.is_some() {
-                project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_fallback_poses(
-                    &model.validated,
-                    LegacyIron3dEulerTransform {
-                        translation: root.position,
-                        orientation_radians: root.orientation_raw,
-                    },
-                    root.scale,
-                )
+                if let Some(frame) = static_animation_frame {
+                    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_sampled_poses(
+                        &model.validated,
+                        transform,
+                        root.scale,
+                        frame,
+                    )
+                } else {
+                    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_world_space_with_node_fallback_poses(
+                        &model.validated,
+                        transform,
+                        root.scale,
+                    )
+                }
             } else {
                 let frame = xy_frame.ok_or_else(|| "missing diagnostic XY frame".to_string())?;
-                project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame_with_node_fallback_poses(
-                    &model.validated,
-                    frame,
-                    LegacyIron3dEulerTransform {
-                        translation: root.position,
-                        orientation_radians: root.orientation_raw,
-                    },
-                    root.scale,
-                )
+                if let Some(animation_frame) = static_animation_frame {
+                    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame_with_node_sampled_poses(
+                        &model.validated,
+                        frame,
+                        transform,
+                        root.scale,
+                        animation_frame,
+                    )
+                } else {
+                    project_msh_to_static_mesh_in_xy_frame_with_node_fallback_poses(
+                        &model.validated,
+                        frame,
+                        transform,
+                        root.scale,
+                    )
+                }
             }
             .map_err(|err| format!("project mission MSH for Vulkan: {err}"))?;
             let selector_remap =
@@ -345,6 +368,7 @@ fn static_preview_mesh_and_materials(
         },
         mesh_components,
         terrain_components: 1,
+        animation_frame: static_animation_frame,
     })
 }
 
@@ -678,6 +702,7 @@ struct StaticVulkanApp {
     clip_visible_vertices: usize,
     mesh_components: usize,
     terrain_components: usize,
+    animation_frame: Option<u16>,
     preview_roots: usize,
     target_frames: u64,
     mission: String,
@@ -708,6 +733,7 @@ impl StaticVulkanApp {
             clip_visible_vertices: preview.clip_visible_vertices,
             mesh_components: preview.mesh_components,
             terrain_components: preview.terrain_components,
+            animation_frame: preview.animation_frame,
             preview_roots,
             target_frames,
             mission: mission.to_string(),
@@ -776,12 +802,13 @@ impl StaticVulkanApp {
             (None, _) => None,
         };
         self.output = Some(format!(
-            "{{\"report_kind\":\"rendered-static-mission\",\"backend\":\"vulkan-static\",\"camera_mode\":{},\"window\":\"native\",\"mission\":{},\"objects\":{},\"frames\":{},\"preview_roots\":{},\"mesh_components\":{},\"terrain_components\":{},\"clip_visible_vertices\":{},\"material_descriptors\":{},\"swapchain\":[{},{}],\"swapchain_images\":{},\"validation_warnings\":{},\"validation_errors\":{},\"readback_format\":{},\"readback_bytes\":{},\"readback_hash\":{},\"readback_path\":{}}}",
+            "{{\"report_kind\":\"rendered-static-mission\",\"backend\":\"vulkan-static\",\"camera_mode\":{},\"window\":\"native\",\"mission\":{},\"objects\":{},\"frames\":{},\"preview_roots\":{},\"animation_frame\":{},\"mesh_components\":{},\"terrain_components\":{},\"clip_visible_vertices\":{},\"material_descriptors\":{},\"swapchain\":[{},{}],\"swapchain_images\":{},\"validation_warnings\":{},\"validation_errors\":{},\"readback_format\":{},\"readback_bytes\":{},\"readback_hash\":{},\"readback_path\":{}}}",
             json_string(self.camera_mode),
             json_string(&self.mission),
             self.object_count,
             self.frames_presented,
             self.preview_roots,
+            self.animation_frame.map_or_else(|| "null".to_string(), |frame| frame.to_string()),
             self.mesh_components,
             self.terrain_components,
             self.clip_visible_vertices,
@@ -1035,6 +1062,7 @@ struct Args {
     readback_out: Option<PathBuf>,
     preview_roots: NonZeroUsize,
     legacy_camera_capture: Option<PathBuf>,
+    static_animation_frame: Option<u16>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
@@ -1044,6 +1072,7 @@ enum RenderBackendMode {
 }
 
 impl Args {
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
     fn parse(args: &[String]) -> Result<Self, String> {
         let mut root = None;
         let mut mission = None;
@@ -1057,6 +1086,7 @@ impl Args {
         // remains available for bounded diagnostic work.
         let mut preview_roots = NonZeroUsize::MAX;
         let mut legacy_camera_capture = None;
+        let mut static_animation_frame = None;
         let mut iter = args.iter();
         while let Some(arg) = iter.next() {
             match arg.as_str() {
@@ -1119,6 +1149,16 @@ impl Args {
                             "--legacy-camera-capture requires a path".to_string()
                         })?);
                 }
+                "--static-animation-frame" => {
+                    static_animation_frame = Some(
+                        iter.next()
+                            .ok_or_else(|| "--static-animation-frame requires a value".to_string())?
+                            .parse()
+                            .map_err(|_| {
+                                "--static-animation-frame must be a u16 integer".to_string()
+                            })?,
+                    );
+                }
                 _ => return Err(usage()),
             }
         }
@@ -1133,6 +1173,9 @@ impl Args {
         if readback_out.is_some() && backend != RenderBackendMode::StaticVulkan {
             return Err("--readback-out requires --backend static-vulkan".to_string());
         }
+        if static_animation_frame.is_some() && backend != RenderBackendMode::StaticVulkan {
+            return Err("--static-animation-frame requires --backend static-vulkan".to_string());
+        }
         Ok(Self {
             root,
             mission,
@@ -1142,6 +1185,7 @@ impl Args {
             readback_out,
             preview_roots,
             legacy_camera_capture,
+            static_animation_frame,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -1213,7 +1257,7 @@ fn json_hash(hash: &[u8; 32]) -> String {
 }
 
 fn usage() -> String {
-    "usage: fparkan-game --root <path> --mission <path> [--frames <n>] [--backend <planning|static-vulkan>] [--preview-roots <non-zero n>] [--legacy-camera-capture <path>] [--readback-out <path>] [--load-progress <path>]".to_string()
+    "usage: fparkan-game --root <path> --mission <path> [--frames <n>] [--backend <planning|static-vulkan>] [--preview-roots <non-zero n>] [--legacy-camera-capture <path>] [--static-animation-frame <u16>] [--readback-out <path>] [--load-progress <path>]".to_string()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -1281,6 +1325,7 @@ mod tests {
                 readback_out: None,
                 preview_roots: NonZeroUsize::MAX,
                 legacy_camera_capture: None,
+                static_animation_frame: None,
             })
         );
     }
@@ -1305,6 +1350,7 @@ mod tests {
                 readback_out: None,
                 preview_roots: NonZeroUsize::MAX,
                 legacy_camera_capture: None,
+                static_animation_frame: None,
             })
         );
     }
@@ -1356,6 +1402,34 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(parsed.readback_out, Some(PathBuf::from("target/frame.raw")));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn static_animation_frame_requires_static_vulkan_and_is_retained() {
+        let common = [
+            "--root",
+            "testdata/IS",
+            "--mission",
+            "MISSIONS/Autodemo.00/data.tma",
+            "--static-animation-frame",
+            "12",
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(
+            Args::parse(&strings(&common)),
+            Err("--static-animation-frame requires --backend static-vulkan".to_string())
+        );
+        let parsed = Args::parse(&strings(&[
+            "--root",
+            "testdata/IS",
+            "--mission",
+            "MISSIONS/Autodemo.00/data.tma",
+            "--backend",
+            "static-vulkan",
+            "--static-animation-frame",
+            "12",
+        ]))
+        .expect("valid static animation frame");
+        assert_eq!(parsed.static_animation_frame, Some(12));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn rejects_zero_static_preview_root_count() {
         let error = Args::parse(&strings(&[
@@ -1392,6 +1466,7 @@ mod tests {
                 readback_out: None,
                 preview_roots: NonZeroUsize::MAX,
                 legacy_camera_capture: None,
+                static_animation_frame: None,
             })
         );
     }
diff --git a/crates/fparkan-msh/src/lib.rs b/crates/fparkan-msh/src/lib.rs
index dfc4c02..fd222c6 100644
--- a/crates/fparkan-msh/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/fparkan-msh/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 //! Stage-3 MSH asset contract.
 
 use encoding_rs::WINDOWS_1251;
-use fparkan_animation::{evaluate_hierarchy, AnimKey24, NodePoseBuffer, ParentIndex, Pose};
+use fparkan_animation::{
+    evaluate_hierarchy, AnimKey24, AnimationTime, NodePoseBuffer, ParentIndex, Pose, TimedPoseKey,
+    TimedPoseTrack,
+};
 use fparkan_nres::{EntryMeta, NresDocument, NresError};
 
 /// Node table stream.
@@ -478,6 +481,88 @@ pub fn node38_fallback_hierarchy(model: &ModelAsset) -> Option<NodePoseBuffer> {
     evaluate_hierarchy(&parents, &poses).ok()
 }
 
+/// Evaluates the portable-reference pose hierarchy of a standard `Node38`
+/// model at one explicitly supplied logical frame.
+///
+/// A node without a usable type-19 map, or a requested frame outside the
+/// declared map length, retains its exact fallback key. Mapped keys are
+/// sampled against their immediate successor using the decoded key times.
+/// This is an offline asset-sampling contract; it does not claim ownership of
+/// the original runtime's animation clock or x87 numeric profile.
+///
+/// Returns `None` when the model lacks a complete standard-node animation
+/// representation or the map cannot be safely resolved.
+#[must_use]
+pub fn node38_sampled_hierarchy(model: &ModelAsset, frame: u16) -> Option<NodePoseBuffer> {
+    if model.node_stride != 38 || model.node_count == 0 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let animation = model.animation.as_ref()?;
+    let mut parents = Vec::with_capacity(model.node_count);
+    let mut poses = Vec::with_capacity(model.node_count);
+    for index in 0..model.node_count {
+        let node = NodeId(u32::try_from(index).ok()?);
+        let metadata = node38_metadata(model, node)?;
+        let parent = if metadata.parent_or_link_raw == u16::MAX {
+            ParentIndex(None)
+        } else {
+            let parent = usize::from(metadata.parent_or_link_raw);
+            (parent < index).then_some(ParentIndex(Some(metadata.parent_or_link_raw)))?
+        };
+        let fallback_index = usize::from(metadata.fallback_key);
+        let _fallback = animation.keys.get(fallback_index)?;
+        let key_index =
+            if metadata.anim_map_start == u16::MAX || u32::from(frame) >= animation.frame_count {
+                fallback_index
+            } else {
+                let mapped_index =
+                    usize::from(*animation.frame_map.get(
+                        usize::from(metadata.anim_map_start).checked_add(usize::from(frame))?,
+                    )?);
+                if mapped_index < fallback_index {
+                    mapped_index
+                } else {
+                    fallback_index
+                }
+            };
+        let pose = sample_node38_key_pair(&animation.keys, key_index, fallback_index, frame)?;
+        parents.push(parent);
+        poses.push(pose);
+    }
+    evaluate_hierarchy(&parents, &poses).ok()
+}
+
+fn sample_node38_key_pair(
+    keys: &[AnimKey24],
+    key_index: usize,
+    fallback_index: usize,
+    frame: u16,
+) -> Option<Pose> {
+    let key = *keys.get(key_index)?;
+    if key_index == fallback_index {
+        return Some(key.sampling_pose());
+    }
+    let next = *keys.get(key_index.checked_add(1)?)?;
+    if next.time.0 <= key.time.0 {
+        return Some(key.sampling_pose());
+    }
+    let track = TimedPoseTrack::new(
+        key.sampling_pose(),
+        vec![
+            TimedPoseKey {
+                time: key.time,
+                pose: key.sampling_pose(),
+            },
+            TimedPoseKey {
+                time: next.time,
+                pose: next.sampling_pose(),
+            },
+        ],
+    )
+    .ok()?;
+    track.sample(AnimationTime(f32::from(frame))).ok()
+}
+
 /// Returns draw batches for a validated slot.
 ///
 /// # Errors
@@ -1273,6 +1358,61 @@ mod tests {
         assert!((hierarchy.poses[1].translation[1] - 2.0).abs() < 0.001);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn standard_nodes_sample_mapped_key_before_fallback_key() {
+        let mut node = node38([u16::MAX; 15]);
+        node[2..4].copy_from_slice(&u16::MAX.to_le_bytes());
+        node[4..6].copy_from_slice(&0_u16.to_le_bytes());
+        node[6..8].copy_from_slice(&2_u16.to_le_bytes());
+        let model = ModelAsset {
+            node_stride: 38,
+            node_count: 1,
+            nodes_raw: node,
+            slots: Vec::new(),
+            positions: Vec::new(),
+            normals: None,
+            uv0: None,
+            indices: Vec::new(),
+            batches: Vec::new(),
+            node_names: None,
+            animation: Some(ModelAnimation {
+                keys: vec![
+                    AnimKey24 {
+                        time: AnimationTime(0.0),
+                        pose: Pose {
+                            translation: [4.0, 0.0, 0.0],
+                            rotation: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
+                        },
+                    },
+                    AnimKey24 {
+                        time: AnimationTime(2.0),
+                        pose: Pose {
+                            translation: [8.0, 0.0, 0.0],
+                            rotation: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
+                        },
+                    },
+                    AnimKey24 {
+                        time: AnimationTime(9.0),
+                        pose: Pose::default(),
+                    },
+                ],
+                frame_map: vec![0, 0, 0],
+                frame_count: 3,
+            }),
+        };
+
+        let pose = node38_sampled_hierarchy(&model, 1)
+            .expect("mapped hierarchy")
+            .poses[0];
+        assert!((pose.translation[0] - 6.0).abs() < f32::EPSILON);
+        assert_eq!(
+            node38_sampled_hierarchy(&model, 9)
+                .expect("fallback hierarchy")
+                .poses[0],
+            Pose::default()
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn type2_header_and_slot_tail_framing_are_exact() {
         let too_small = decode_nested(&build_nres(&[
diff --git a/docs/tomes/05-render.md b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
index a30b9df..5eef3ed 100644
--- a/docs/tomes/05-render.md
+++ b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
@@ -1841,3 +1841,25 @@ path; он не является оценкой сходства с original fra
 `95.29412..288.23532` становятся `2.978..9.007`, что согласуется с TMA Z и
 live camera height. Это доказанное coordinate conversion, но оно само по себе
 не сделало вершины видимыми и не является заявлением о pixel parity.
+
+### Explicit offline Node38 animation-frame preview
+
+The static Vulkan path now accepts `--static-animation-frame <u16>`. For each
+standard `Node38` model it resolves the already-decoded type-19 map at that
+logical frame, selects its mapped type-8 key when it is valid before the
+node's fallback key, samples the selected key and its immediate successor with
+the portable reference sampler, then composes the resulting parent hierarchy.
+Nodes with no usable map, or a requested frame outside the declared map,
+retain their exact fallback pose. An invalid/incomplete hierarchy deliberately
+falls back to the existing unposed static geometry path instead of guessing a
+runtime state.
+
+This option is a reproducible asset-viewer probe, not a gameplay clock: it
+does not identify the original animation controller, x87 rounding profile,
+clip selection, LOD/group controller, blending or FX timing. The JSON report
+contains `animation_frame` (`null` for the established fallback preview) so
+readbacks from the two modes cannot be mistaken for each other. On 2026-07-18,
+the licensed GOG `MISSIONS/Autodemo.00/data.tma` run with all eight roots,
+`--static-animation-frame 1`, two frames and format `50` completed with 66
+mesh components, 75,543 clip-visible vertices, a 1280×720 / 3,686,400-byte
+readback hash `4638497144561211935`, and validation warnings/errors `0/0`.