DazedAnon 58a67a198d feat(saga): replace tabs with character beat captions

- Compose Identity, Beat, and Context without mutating camera labels
- Move Cast and Legacy details into a hover-only panel
- Centralize relation, title, stake, and legacy prose
- Make rail clicks toggle Prefer without pinning a Saga subject
- Add harness coverage for caption composition and hover behavior

2026-07-22 17:09:13 -05:00

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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 ranked events from live feeds (wars, fights, relationships, buildings, statuses, plots, …). EventStrength decides who wins; quieter events still take the shot when nothing stronger is pending. Character fill only runs when the event queue is empty (no orange reason; task chip shows the live job).

While watching, a character beat caption shows who they are (Identity), an orange event sentence (Beat), and muted Context (story spine or open stake). Main characters get Name · Title when they have a real role; tips may gain a self-explanatory relation clause. See docs/life-saga.md and 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 - events-own-camera + EventReason contract

Deploy

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

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