diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 011eb88..bdc0d78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Open source проект с реализацией компонентов игр
 - [apps/fparkan-cli](apps/fparkan-cli) — CLI для архивов, графов и acceptance-отчетов.
 - [apps/fparkan-viewer](apps/fparkan-viewer) — inspection-only CLI для archive/model/texture/map без live Vulkan draw path.
 - [apps/fparkan-headless](apps/fparkan-headless) — headless runtime composition root.
-- [apps/fparkan-game](apps/fparkan-game) — mission composition root: по умолчанию выдаёт planning report; opt-in `--backend static-vulkan` открывает native Vulkan окно для первой подготовленной MSH-модели миссии.
+- [apps/fparkan-game](apps/fparkan-game) — mission composition root: по умолчанию выдаёт planning report; opt-in `--backend static-vulkan` использует bounded preview loader и открывает native Vulkan окно для первой mesh-backed MSH-модели.
 
 ## Текущий статус рендера
 
diff --git a/apps/fparkan-game/src/main.rs b/apps/fparkan-game/src/main.rs
index d8958f2..0da0ba8 100644
--- a/apps/fparkan-game/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/fparkan-game/src/main.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ use fparkan_render_vulkan::{
     VulkanSmokeRenderer, VulkanSmokeRendererCreateInfo, VulkanStaticMesh,
 };
 use fparkan_runtime::{
-    create, frame, load_mission, loaded_mission_assets, EngineConfig, EngineMode, EngineServices,
-    MissionAssets, MissionObjectDraft, MissionRequest,
+    create, frame, load_mission, load_mission_static_preview, loaded_mission_assets, EngineConfig,
+    EngineMode, EngineServices, MissionAssets, MissionObjectDraft, MissionRequest,
 };
 use fparkan_vfs::DirectoryVfs;
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -74,12 +74,14 @@ fn run(args: &[String]) -> Result<String, String> {
         services,
     )
     .map_err(|err| err.to_string())?;
-    let loaded = load_mission(
-        &mut engine,
-        MissionRequest {
-            key: args.mission.clone(),
-        },
-    )
+    let request = MissionRequest {
+        key: args.mission.clone(),
+    };
+    let loaded = if args.backend == RenderBackendMode::StaticVulkan {
+        load_mission_static_preview(&mut engine, request)
+    } else {
+        load_mission(&mut engine, request)
+    }
     .map_err(|err| err.to_string())?;
 
     if args.backend == RenderBackendMode::StaticVulkan {
diff --git a/crates/fparkan-runtime/src/lib.rs b/crates/fparkan-runtime/src/lib.rs
index 6a4e478..a7c9932 100644
--- a/crates/fparkan-runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/fparkan-runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use fparkan_path::{normalize_relative, NormalizedPath, PathError, PathPolicy};
 use fparkan_prototype::{
     build_prototype_graph_report, PrototypeGraph, PrototypeGraphFailure, PrototypeGraphReport,
 };
-use fparkan_resource::{resource_name, CachedResourceRepository};
+use fparkan_resource::{resource_name, CachedResourceRepository, ResourceRepository};
 use fparkan_vfs::{Vfs, VfsError};
 use fparkan_world::{
     construct_object, new as new_world, register_object, step, InputSnapshot, ObjectDraft,
@@ -182,6 +182,17 @@ pub struct MissionObjectDraft {
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
 struct MissionLoadOptions {
     fail_after_registered_objects: Option<usize>,
+    asset_scope: MissionAssetScope,
+}
+
+/// Selects how much of the resolved mission asset graph to prepare.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
+enum MissionAssetScope {
+    /// Prepare every reachable asset; required by normal runtime loading.
+    #[default]
+    Full,
+    /// Prepare one root at a time until a mesh-backed preview model is found.
+    FirstMeshPreview,
 }
 
 /// Loaded mission.
@@ -462,6 +473,33 @@ pub fn load_mission(
     load_mission_with_trace(engine, request).map(|(loaded, _trace)| loaded)
 }
 
+/// Loads a mission using the bounded static-preview asset scope.
+///
+/// This mode preserves map, TMA, graph, construction and registration work,
+/// but prepares only the first root that supplies a mesh-backed model. It is
+/// intended solely for the opt-in static Vulkan preview and must not be used
+/// for normal gameplay, where all reachable assets remain required.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Returns [`EngineError`] under the same decoding, graph, terrain and world
+/// conditions as [`load_mission`], plus asset errors for the roots examined by
+/// the preview scope.
+pub fn load_mission_static_preview(
+    engine: &mut Engine,
+    request: MissionRequest,
+) -> Result<LoadedMission, EngineError> {
+    load_mission_with_options(
+        engine,
+        request,
+        MissionLoadOptions {
+            asset_scope: MissionAssetScope::FirstMeshPreview,
+            ..MissionLoadOptions::default()
+        },
+    )
+    .map(|(loaded, _trace)| loaded)
+}
+
 /// Loads mission transactionally and returns a diagnostic trace.
 ///
 /// # Errors
@@ -564,15 +602,22 @@ fn load_mission_with_options(
             failures: prototype_report.failures.clone(),
         });
     }
-    let mission_assets = AssetManager::new(repository)
-        .prepare_mission_assets(
+    let asset_manager = AssetManager::new(repository);
+    let mission_assets = match options.asset_scope {
+        MissionAssetScope::Full => asset_manager.prepare_mission_assets(
             &prototype_graph.root_prototype_request_spans,
             &resolved_prototypes,
-        )
-        .map_err(|source| EngineError::AssetPreparation {
-            mission: request.key.clone(),
-            source,
-        })?;
+        ),
+        MissionAssetScope::FirstMeshPreview => prepare_first_mesh_preview_assets(
+            &asset_manager,
+            &prototype_graph.root_prototype_request_spans,
+            &resolved_prototypes,
+        ),
+    }
+    .map_err(|source| EngineError::AssetPreparation {
+        mission: request.key.clone(),
+        source,
+    })?;
     let mission_asset_plan = mission_assets.to_plan();
     let object_drafts: Vec<_> = mission
         .objects
@@ -672,6 +717,21 @@ fn load_mission_with_options(
     Ok((summary, trace))
 }
 
+fn prepare_first_mesh_preview_assets<R: ResourceRepository>(
+    asset_manager: &AssetManager<R>,
+    root_spans: &[std::ops::Range<usize>],
+    prototypes: &[fparkan_prototype::EffectivePrototype],
+) -> Result<MissionAssets, AssetPreparationError> {
+    for span in root_spans {
+        let assets =
+            asset_manager.prepare_mission_assets(std::slice::from_ref(span), prototypes)?;
+        if !assets.models.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(assets);
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(MissionAssets::default())
+}
+
 /// Steps headless mode.
 ///
 /// # Errors
@@ -1063,6 +1123,7 @@ mod tests {
             },
             MissionLoadOptions {
                 fail_after_registered_objects: Some(1),
+                ..MissionLoadOptions::default()
             },
         )
         .expect_err("forced registration failure");
diff --git a/docs/rendering/renderer_truth_table.md b/docs/rendering/renderer_truth_table.md
index 26b113a..14cf198 100644
--- a/docs/rendering/renderer_truth_table.md
+++ b/docs/rendering/renderer_truth_table.md
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@
 - `apps/fparkan-game` по умолчанию выдает `render-planning` JSON report поверх
   synthetic window descriptor и `VulkanPlanningBackend`. Opt-in `--backend static-vulkan`
   уже создаёт native `winit` window и передаёт первую подготовленную MSH модели миссии в
-  `VulkanSmokeRenderer` с пустым списком materials (явный white-fallback). Это не является
-  rendered acceptance: fresh GOG `MISSIONS/Autodemo.00/data.tma` test не дошёл до окна за
-  локальный 120-second runner limit, поэтому нет live report, pixel artifact или validation
-  evidence именно для game path.
+  `VulkanSmokeRenderer` с пустым списком materials (явный white-fallback). Режим использует
+  отдельный bounded preview loader: normal `load_mission` по-прежнему готовит все reachable
+  assets, тогда как preview останавливает asset preparation после первого root с mesh-backed
+  model. Это не является rendered acceptance: fresh GOG `MISSIONS/Autodemo.00/data.tma` test
+  с этим scope всё равно не дошёл до окна за локальный 120-second runner limit, поэтому нет
+  live report, pixel artifact или validation evidence именно для game path.
 - `apps/fparkan-viewer` сейчас inspection-only CLI и не открывает live Vulkan
   asset viewer.
 - Следующий реальный milestone для rendered acceptance: `VulkanAssetRenderer`
diff --git a/docs/tomes/05-render.md b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
index be60d30..34bf873 100644
--- a/docs/tomes/05-render.md
+++ b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
@@ -951,6 +951,14 @@ WEAR/MAT0/TEXM material data, or establish a game camera. A GOG
 limit before the window/report, so this mode has implementation and unit/lint
 evidence only, not a corpus GPU acceptance claim.
 
+The preview now asks `load_mission_static_preview` for assets. Normal mission
+loading remains full and transactional; the preview scope walks root spans in
+TMA order and stops asset preparation after the first mesh-backed model. It is
+therefore not a hidden relaxation of gameplay validation. A second GOG
+`Autodemo.00` attempt with this narrower asset scope still exceeded 120 seconds
+before opening a window, which locates the remaining startup cost before the
+Vulkan draw loop but does not identify it as terrain versus graph work.
+
 `Land.msh` использует отдельный geometry-only bridge: validated `TerrainFace28`
 сохраняет source triangle order, а его positions и packed UV0 попадают в тот же
 static vertex/index upload path. Для текущего диагностического viewer XZ bounds