Milestone 1: Proxy actors now equip remote players' right-hand weapons and play armed idle/locomotion poses when weaponDrawn=true. Adds rightHand weapon slot to equippedItems protocol, weapon graph variable support (iSyncGunDown: 0=drawn, 1=holstered), and weapon FSM events (weaponDraw, readyStateEnter, gunDownStateEnter). Fixes two critical animation state churn bugs: frustum-visibility flicker no longer resets animation state on every update tick, and idle proxies no longer register as changed on every frame. Includes WeaponBehavior graph loading via AIProcess::RequestLoadAnimationsForWeaponChange() and manual weapon attachment fallback. New docs/weapon-animation-sync.md reference guide maps animation events and variables from F4-Animation-Research. Experimental alert-state reassertion for armed proxies to test NPC combat state gating of weapon-ready poses.
Introduce complexionFormId (TXST) into RemoteAppearance and the appearance protocol so complexion textures are captured and serialized. Updates: header/state, Networking JSON parse/serialize, proxy actor comparisons, main capture logic, protocol docs, fake client/player samples, changelog and dev-log. Capture reads PlayerCharacter::complexion and serializes it, but applying to proxies is intentionally a no-op because TESNPC proxies lack a complexion field (documented in comments/dev-log). Files: plugin/include/F4TRemotePlayerState.h, plugin/src/*, protocol/packets.md, server/fake_client.py, server/fake_player.py, changelog.md, docs/dev-log.md.
Introduce tint syncing for skin/complection/makeup/beard by adding RemoteAppearanceTint and a tints vector, and bump appearance payload version to 3. Parse/emit tints in networking and update fake server/client test payloads. Capture live Player/NPC tintingData during appearance capture. Apply tints to proxies by updating existing entries or reconstructing missing ones via template resolution and MakeTintEntry (game allocator + vtable fixup); unresolved templates are skipped with throttled warnings. Update docs/changelog and add logging for applied tints. Backwards compatible with v1/v2 packets.
Bump appearance payloads to version 2 and add `morphRegions` and `facialBoneMorphs` capture, serialization, and proxy application. Also fix head-part syncing when sender and proxy counts differ by reallocating the proxy array instead of deferring the whole list, and update the Python harness and protocol docs to match.
Adds optional `isPipboyOpen` to transform packets, remote player state, proxy animation logging, and fake client/player samples. Updates protocol and architecture docs to describe the new Pip-Boy open/raising/closing state and related movement-state handling.
Adds optional `appearance` snapshots to transform packets, applies supported appearance data to runtime proxies, and has the server replay stored transforms to newly connected clients so late joiners receive current visuals immediately.
Introduce an optional equippedItems transform extension to snapshot tracked visible apparel slots. Plugin: capture local equipped ARMO form IDs on the game-thread, include equippedItems in transform packets, parse equippedItems on the networking thread, and apply/clear synced apparel on runtime proxies (with defensive logging for missing forms). Server: fake_client parses and prints equippedItems. Docs and protocol updated; changelog and dev-log entry added. Backwards-compatible: equippedItems is optional and empty formId denotes intentional unequip.
Replace occurrences of "Fallout 4 Together" with "Commonwealth Online" across docs and testing guidance. Add Interface assets and tooling: MainMenu/Pipboy SWFs, translation/fonts, exported scripts (Interface/exported/scripts/MainMenu.as) and a PATCH_MainMenu_Multiplayer.md describing how to add a Multiplayer menu entry that calls root.f4se.plugins.commonwealthOnline.openManager(). Also add build/run batch scripts and apply assorted updates to README, plugin, server and protocol documentation/source to align with the rename and UI changes.
Add optional movement-state fields (isMoving, isSprinting, isSneaking, isJumping, weaponDrawn, movementSpeed) to transform packets and wire them end-to-end. Plugin changes: extend F4TNetworking API and RemotePlayerState, derive movement speed/jump state on the game-thread, validate values, include fields when formatting transform JSON, and add throttled remote movement-state logging. main.cpp adds sampling, speed/vertical calculations, jump hold logic, and change-detection to avoid extra sends. Networking parsing (F4TNetworking.cpp) reads optional booleans/floats safely, preserves backwards compatibility, and clears movement-state logs on disconnect. Proxy controller includes a TODO note for future animation use. Server and docs: update protocol and packet docs, dev-log, server README, and fake_client.py to parse/display optional fields safely. Also add several .cursor rule files for coding, documentation, protocol, project overview, and testing guidance. This milestone prepares the data model for later animation/behavior work while keeping existing relay behavior unchanged.
Add a networking receive loop and in-plugin remote-player storage. Introduces F4TRemotePlayerState (header + implementation) to track assigned playerId and remote player snapshots with thread-safe access. Expands F4TNetworking to start/stop a background receive thread, parse newline-separated JSON packets (welcome, transform, disconnect), validate fields, update remote state, throttle logs, and handle socket/thread synchronization. Add nlohmann_json to xmake and plugin build. Update docs and dev log to reflect the new receive behavior and current prototype scope.
Expand documentation to describe the current local networking prototype and its protocol. Adds a Current Architecture section and Fake Client responsibilities, clarifies that the Fallout 4 plugin currently only sends transforms (no receive loop yet), and documents implemented message types (welcome, transform, disconnect) with packet field descriptions and examples. Update player-sync and packets docs to reflect movementType, server/client timestamps, and the in-memory remote player state model used by server/fake_client.py. Flesh out server/README with run/test flow and implemented behavior. Revise dev-log with milestone entries, testing notes, and an entry template for future updates.
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