Use raw world-space terrain heights throughout mesh, camera-floor, shadow, and sun-ray paths while preserving the projection far-plane conversion. Complete the verified selected-camera readback flow with frozen phase sampling, capture tooling, and documentation.
Remove planning and acceptance scaffolding while retaining the native Vulkan mission preview, format readers, runtime algorithms, and ordinary Rust tests. Keep the book aligned with the runnable project and validate checked-in shaders without generated tool metadata.
This commit introduces a new Python script, `terrain_map_doc_validator.py`, which validates terrain and map documentation assumptions against actual game data. The validator checks for the presence and correctness of various data chunks in the `Land.msh` and `Land.map` files, reporting any issues found during the validation process. It also generates a summary report of the validation results, including counts of errors and warnings, and statistics related to the map and mesh data.
- Implemented msh_export_obj.py for exporting NGI MSH geometry to Wavefront OBJ format, including model selection and geometry extraction.
- Added msh_preview_renderer.py for rendering NGI MSH models to binary PPM images, featuring a primitive software renderer with customizable parameters.
- Both tools utilize the same NRes parsing logic and provide command-line interfaces for listing models and exporting or rendering geometry.
- Updated .gitignore to include common Python artifacts and project-specific files.
- Added `archive_roundtrip_validator.py` script for validating NRes and RsLi formats against real game data.
- Created README.md for the tools directory, detailing usage and supported signatures.
- Enhanced nres.md with practical nuances and empirical checks for game data.
Valentin Popov
renovate[bot]