# M03-RND-WMO-PLACEMENT-RESOLVER-001 — WMO placement resolver

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## Ownership

- Target: M03
- Program: RND
- Owner/Agent ID: sindo-main-codex
- Branch: `work/sindo-main-codex/m03-wmo-placement-resolver`
- Lease expires UTC: 2026-07-20
- Integrator: M03 milestone integrator

## Outcome

Extract pure WMO cache-path normalization, placement identity and world-transform
resolution from the loader into a scene-free service.

## Non-goals

- Change WDT/ADT coordinate conversion or WMO placement values.
- Own WMO registry references, tile lifecycle, jobs, queues or retries.
- Load cached/live WMO resources or validate cache format versions.
- Create Nodes, Mesh/MultiMesh, materials or RIDs.
- Change portal/room/material/occlusion behavior or claim WMO parity.

## Paths

- Exclusive: `src/render/wmo/wmo_placement_resolver.gd`,
  `src/tools/verify_wmo_placement_resolver.gd`,
  `docs/modules/wmo-placement-resolver.md`, this claim
- Shared/hotspots: `src/scenes/streaming/streaming_world_loader.gd`,
  `docs/modules/world-renderer.md`, `docs/modules/README.md`, `RENDER.md`,
  `targets/03-renderer-facade.md`
- Generated/ignored: `.godot`, native DLL, generated ADT/WMO resources, caches
  and proprietary renderer corpus

## Contracts and data

- `normalize_relative_path`: replace backslashes, lowercase entire cache key
- `resolve_unique_key`: positive `unique_id` becomes `uid:<decimal>`; otherwise
  preserve `tile:<tile-key>:<placement-index>` fallback
- `resolve_world_transform`: defaults position/rotation to zero and scale to one;
  compose the same Godot Euler basis and un-clamped uniform scale
- Three transform consumers: render-cache root, cached scene and live prototype
- Cache/schema/coordinate/profile versions: unchanged

## Dependencies

- Requires: current master `4f40c77`
- Blocks: WMO registry/build decomposition
- External state: none; tests use synthetic paths and placement dictionaries

## Verification

- Commands: dedicated path/identity/default/rotation/scale/source and bounded
  timing verifier; M2/terrain/facade/internal-access/manifest/shutdown/scheduler/
  streaming/coordinate/documentation/coordination gates
- Fidelity evidence: exact normalization, identity and property-transform rules
  moved unchanged
- Performance budget: constant-time string/value math; no Node, Resource, RID,
  task, queue, mutex, cache or file access

## Documentation deliverables

- Inline resolver API documentation
- New module spec with inputs/outputs, data-flow, lifecycle, ownership, failure,
  performance, fidelity limitations and source map
- Renderer/module registry and `RENDER.md` updates

## Simplicity and naming

- Important name: `WmoPlacementResolver`
- Simplest solution: one stateless service with three explicit pure queries
- Rejected complexity: placement class hierarchy, generic model resolver,
  Resources, strategies, callbacks or registry framework
- Unavoidable complexity: raw placement Dictionary remains parser boundary
- Measured optimization evidence: bounded synthetic resolver loop

## Status

- State: accepted
- Done: resolver, seven loader adapters, regressions and documentation verified
- Next: WMO registry/build extraction and asset-backed placement evidence
- Blocked by:

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## Handoff

- Commit: `05e216a` (`refactor(M03): extract WMO placement resolver`)
- Results: dedicated resolver PASS (`cases=9`, `iterations=20000`,
  `elapsed_ms=28.332`), including historical Node3D property equivalence;
  renderer materials, M2 planner/grouper/transform/registry/dedupe, terrain
  cache/LOD/queue, facade, internal-access, manifest, shutdown, scheduler,
  streaming planner/focus, terrain-query and coordinate-boundary suites PASS;
  editor import parsed with only expected missing private corpus diagnostics;
  documentation PASS (`module_specs=19`, `required_files=7`); coordination PASS
  with 23 pre-existing expired M00/M01 warnings; checkpoint dry-run planned `7/7`.
- Remaining risks: no private asset-backed WMO placement/visual/p95/p99 evidence;
  old caches without positive UID retain per-tile fallback; raw Dictionaries and
  WMO registry/build/resource state remain loader-owned; scale stays unclamped.
- Documentation updated: inline public API; new
  `docs/modules/wmo-placement-resolver.md`; renderer module registry,
  `docs/modules/world-renderer.md` and `RENDER.md`.
- Integration: accepted in master merge `d2cb52f`; post-merge resolver
  (`cases=9`, `iterations=20000`, `elapsed_ms=27.919`), renderer materials,
  shutdown, internal-access, facade, manifest, documentation and coordination
  gates passed.