# IdleSpectator

WorldBox NeoModLoader mod: AFK Idle Spectator camera director.

## Controls

- **I** - toggle Idle Spectator on/off
- **F9** - toggle Character Chronicle side panel (non-modal; works with focus)
- Dragging the camera while Spectator is on turns it off (after a short grace period)

## What it follows

The camera follows the developing lives and relationships of a five-character emerging cast. A story
scheduler chooses developments that advance an active character thread, yields to critical world
events, and returns only when the story has new evidence. `EventStrength` still models urgency and
visual value, but it no longer owns continuity. Bounded character/world fill runs when no episode
has a usable development.

While watching, a **character beat caption** shows who they are (Identity), an orange **event
sentence** (Beat), and muted Context (story spine or confirmed pressure). Main characters get
`Name · Title` when they have a real role. The Beat is rendered once from typed event evidence, so
relationship details are not appended a second time.

Routine camera shifts stay with MCs or their confirmed Cast/story context. When a related non-MC is
followed, a muted Connection row explains the MC link. Background lives still accumulate story
potential off-camera and may earn a slot; only typed turning points, consequences, story payoffs,
or critical world/disaster events can give an unrelated background character exceptional screen
time.

Confirmed MC events, threads, consequences, Legacy, and Prefer choices are stored in a versioned
per-world sidecar at the game save boundary. Runtime camera state and episode timing remain
session-only.
See [`docs/life-saga.md`](docs/life-saga.md) and [`docs/event-reason.md`](docs/event-reason.md).

Lingering on someone writes a **Chronicle** line; F9 lists them and click jumps the camera.

## Layout

- `IdleSpectator/` - mod source (`mod.json` + C#), loaded/compiled by NML
- `scripts/verify-nml.sh` - load verification helper
- `docs/event-reason.md` - evidence, orange-reason, and camera-alignment contract

## Deploy

```bash
ln -sfn "$(pwd)/IdleSpectator" \
  "$HOME/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/worldbox/Mods/IdleSpectator"
```

Requires NeoModLoader in `worldbox_Data/StreamingAssets/mods/` and **Experimental Mode** enabled.