Jonas Reith
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Adds the slow real-time "Live World" mode (key W on a settled world) that runs the finished planet on an hours->weeks/months clock (liveTime/liveRate, [ / ] ramp the rate) with geology frozen. Everything new is a derived per-cell field flowed over the fixed grid. Day/night & seasons (PlanetLive.cpp): a raylib-free per-cell insolation field (computeInsolation) drives a moving day/night terminator (N) from time-of-day rotation + seasonal declination (axialTilt); a live seasonal temperature cycles the static summer/winter fields over the year (computeLiveSeason); a moving snow/sea-ice line tracks it. Day/night + snow are render overlays over any colour mode (3D + 2D). Save v8 stores the live clock. Sky & tides (PlanetOcean.cpp): 1-3 random moons (separate RNG, saved v9) orbit on the clock and, with the now small/distant sun, raise an equilibrium tide (computeTides -> sTide), shown as a tide-coloured coastline (T, buildCoastline + tideColor). Moons render with sun-lit phases, orbit rings and eclipses (solar shadow spot in the day/night overlay, lunar dimming). The 2D map is left-aligned; the freed space holds a Live-World "Sky & tides" panel (per-moon phase + a selected coastal tile's tidal phase). Ocean currents + climate feedback (PlanetOcean.cpp): computeOceanCurrents builds a per-ocean-cell tangent velocity from wind stress + Coriolis deflection + coast-following (gyres); computeClimate feeds warm (poleward) / cold (equatorward) currents back into sTemp as a bounded coastal anomaly (climateCurrentFactor) before seasons, so biomes shift. Rendered as warm/cold current arrows (O). Config: dayLengthHours/yearLengthDays/snowTemp/seaIceTemp/tideAmplitude/tideSunFactor/ climateCurrentFactor. Save header v7->v9 (version-gated; older saves load fine). Headless test_live.cpp + test_ocean.cpp; test_logic/test_biota still pass; GUI build clean. Docs updated. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Design notes (durable context)
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These are the non-obvious decisions/conventions that were previously only in Claude's
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auto-memory (which lives under `~/.claude/` and does **not** travel with the repo). Captured
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here so the context survives a move to another machine/server. `CLAUDE.md` has the
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authoritative current-state changelog; this is the "why / where things live" summary.
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## Framing: World Creation → Live World
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The roadmap is no longer rigid numbered "phases". **World Creation** is a set of
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continuous, overlapping stages on a geological clock (My): tectonics → continental drift &
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erosion → hydrology → climate → biomes → (fauna & flora, next). The long-term goal is a
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separate **Live World** mode that runs the *finished* planet at a much slower real-time
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clock (hours/days/weeks/months) with dynamic weather (clouds, rain, storms) and living
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ecosystems/civilization. **Internal code still uses `phase*` names** (`Planet::drifting`,
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the `phase3` flag, `phase3AfterMy`/`phase3DtScale` config keys) for save/config
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compatibility — only display strings and docs use the new framing.
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## Code module layout
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Split into a raylib-free **engine** (`src/sim/`, headless-testable) and a raylib **viewer**
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(`src/render/`); `src/main.cpp` is a ~10-line entry point. CMake adds both dirs to the
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include path, so includes stay flat (`#include "Planet.hpp"`, `"Viewer.hpp"`).
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`Planet` is **one class implemented across several .cpp files** (all share `Planet.hpp`):
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- `PlanetTypes.hpp` — `Cell` / `Plate` / `SubGrid` / `Biome` enum / `PlanetConfig`.
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- `Planet.cpp` — generation, geometry, plate seeding, RNG + shared helpers, subgrid, min/max.
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- `PlanetTectonics.cpp` — `step()` (stress→uplift→relax; orogeny boosts gated on `drifting`).
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- `PlanetDrift.cpp` — `cflDtMy`/`advect` + plate lifecycle (fission/kick/baby/fuse/enclosed).
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- `PlanetErosion.cpp` — `erode` + `adjustSeaLevel`.
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- `PlanetHydrology.cpp` — `routeFlow`/`computeHydrology`/`hydrology` (depression-fill→lakes,
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steepest-descent→rivers, mass-conserving stream-power incision).
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- `PlanetClimate.cpp` — `computeClimate()` (temperature + orographic precipitation).
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- `PlanetLive.cpp` — `computeInsolation()`/`computeLiveSeason()` (Live World: day/night + live
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seasonal temperature; derived, not saved).
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- `PlanetOcean.cpp` — moons (`generateMoons`, `moonDirection`/`sunDirection`/`moonOrbitNormal`) +
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`computeTides()` (Live World sky & equilibrium tides). Moons are saved (v9); tides derived.
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- `PlanetBiomes.cpp` — `classifyBiomes()` (per-cell `Cell.biome` from elevation + climate).
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- `PlanetBiota.{hpp,cpp}` — Biota types + archetype table + slot/point draw +
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`computeBiotaDensity()`/`generateBiota()` (flora/fauna/funga).
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- `PlanetFloraGen.cpp` / `PlanetFaunaGen.cpp` / `PlanetFungiGen.cpp` — per-kind density +
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per-cell `fill*` (fauna gates carnivores on local prey; funga is moisture/organic-led).
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- `PlanetIO.cpp` — text config + binary save/load.
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The viewer is one `Viewer` struct: `Viewer.{hpp,cpp}` (state + setup + sim orchestration),
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`ViewerInput.cpp` (camera/picking/keys), `ViewerRender.cpp` (globe/map/panels/HUD/prompt),
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plus topical helpers `Colors` / `Map2D` / `Overlays` / `Picking` / `Panels`.
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Per-tick order in `Viewer::refreshView()`: `computeHydrology()` (if hydrology on) →
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`computeClimate()` → `classifyBiomes()` → `computeBiotaDensity()` → `recolor()`. The discrete
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biota *population* (`generateBiota()`) is NOT in this per-tick path — it's on-demand (key `L`).
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## Core principle (do not violate)
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Geometry is **fixed** — cells (icosphere vertices) never move. Only per-cell *properties*
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flow over the fixed grid + neighbor adjacency (Eulerian). New phenomena = new per-cell
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fields flowed over the grid, never moving cells.
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## Axial tilt render convention (non-obvious)
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The 3D globe is rendered leaned by `cfg.axialTilt` via `rlRotatef(tilt,0,0,1)` wrapping all
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3D content in `renderGlobe3D`. Because that rotation isn't in the data, anything mapping
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between world and model space must compensate with `rotateZ(v, ±tilt)` (src/render/
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Picking.cpp): 3D picking un-rotates the ray hit by `−tilt` before `nearestCell`; 3D plate
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labels rotate by `+tilt` before projecting. The 2D map + biome/climate are tilt-independent.
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## Save format (v7) — self-describing config + biota population
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`planet.save` stores `PlanetConfig` as a **self-describing key=value text block** (not a raw
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POD dump), parsed like `planet.cfg` (`writeConfigFields`/`parseConfigStream` shared in
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PlanetIO.cpp), written at `precision(17)` so doubles round-trip exactly. Consequence:
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**adding/removing PlanetConfig fields no longer breaks saves** (unknown keys ignored, missing
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keys keep defaults). v6 cannot load pre-v6 saves (one-time break; a length guard fails it
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gracefully). Per-cell `Cell.biome` is saved (a byte appended after `invader`). **v7** appends
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the **biota population** (`sBiota`): a flag byte, then three `Organism{uint16 archetype, uint8
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biome}` lists per cell. Densities are derived (not saved). Older saves without the block load
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fine with an empty population (`readState(is, hasBiome, hasBiota)`; `hasBiota = ver>=7`).
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## Biota (flora / fauna / funga) — density + slot/point population
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Two layers (`PlanetBiota.cpp` + the three `*Gen.cpp`): (1) derived per-cell **density** scalars
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(0..1) recomputed each tick like climate — flora = Liebig-min(temp, moisture), fauna ∝ flora
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(carnivores gated on neighbourhood prey ≥ `bioCarnPreyMin`), funga = moisture/organic-matter-led
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+ cold-tolerant; 0 on water/Ice. (2) On-demand discrete **population** `generateBiota()`: each
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land cell draws broad archetypes from the comprehensive append-only `biotaArchetypes()` table
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into a per-kind slot cap + density-scaled point budget (size → cost Tiny=1…Huge=5), weighted by
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biome/climate suitability and a **regional bonus** for archetypes already in same-biome
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neighbours (single index-ordered pass → homogeneous regions, boundary variety). Organisms are
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labelled by **taxonomy** — Family + Size + role (full `Class > Order > Family` in
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`organismTaxonomy()`), never informal common names ("Felidae", not "cat"); generalist families
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get a biome adjective ("Desert Muridae"). Generation uses a **separate RNG seeded from `cfg.seed`** (not
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`Planet::rngState`) so populating biota never perturbs tectonic determinism — asserted in
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`test_biota.cpp`. The archetype table is **append-only** (indices are serialized in v7 saves).
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## Climate + biome model (derived, not saved)
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`computeClimate()` builds two derived per-cell fields:
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- **Temperature** (°C) = latitude curve (`biomeEquatorTemp/PoleDrop/LatExp`, super-linear so
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cold concentrates at poles) − `biomeElevLapse` × elevation. This is the **annual mean**; the
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**Seasons** pass adds derived `sTempSummer`/`sTempWinter` = mean ± `A`, where the seasonal
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half-amplitude `A = seasonAmpMax · sin(axialTilt)/sin(23.44°) · latShape · continentality`.
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Continentality is a multi-source-BFS ring distance from ocean cells (oceans/coasts muted by
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thermal inertia; interiors swing most). `classifyBiomes()` blends winter temp into the
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Tundra/Taiga cold cutoffs via `biomeSeasonWeight` (0 = mean only → unchanged biomes), so
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cold-winter continental interiors turn boreal/tundra. Seasonal fields are derived/not-saved.
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**Ocean currents** add a bounded coastal warm/cold anomaly to this mean before the seasons pass
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(`climateCurrentFactor`; see the Ocean section).
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- **Precipitation**: zonal prevailing winds (easterly tropics/poles, westerly mid-lat); ocean
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cells are a moisture source; each land cell takes its **upwind** neighbour's moisture, rains
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out more on windward upslopes (orographic), loses a multiplicative fraction per cell
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(continentality) → leeward/interior drying. The raw field is near-binary, so it's
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**diffused** (`climateMoistureSmooth` passes) into transition zones, then normalized to
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`sMoist∈[0,1]` by anchoring the **median land precip → 0.5** (robust to orographic spikes).
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`classifyBiomes()` reads `sTemp` + `sMoist` (not a latitude hack) → rain-shadow/interior
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deserts emerge; 13 biomes incl. polar Ice; wetlands require water adjacency. All biome &
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climate thresholds are tunable `biome*` / `climate*` keys in `planet.cfg`.
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## Live World (slow real-time clock) — day/night + live seasons (derived, not saved)
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The arc after World Creation: the finished planet runs on a slow real-time clock instead of
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the geological My clock. `PlanetLive.cpp` (raylib-free) builds two derived per-cell fields,
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recomputed each frame like climate (never saved):
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- `computeInsolation(dayOfYear01, timeOfDay01)` → `sInsolation` ∈ [0,1], the instantaneous
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solar incidence `max(0, cell.unit · sunDir)`. `sunDir = lonLatToDir(λ, δ)` with declination
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`δ = axialTilt·sin(2π·dayOfYear01)` (0 at equinox, ±tilt at solstice → polar day/night) and
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sub-solar longitude `λ = π·(1−2·timeOfDay01)` sweeping once per day. **This is the hook the
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future weather sim reads** (daytime heating). Computed in **model space** (the fixed cell
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units) so it stays consistent with both the tilted 3D globe (the lit pattern rotates with the
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globe; the seasonal lean is carried by `δ`, not the render tilt) and the model-space 2D map.
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- `computeLiveSeason(dayOfYear01)` → `sLiveTemp`, the annual-mean `sTemp` swung toward the
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static `summerTemp`/`winterTemp` by the seasonal phase `g = sin(2π·doy)·sign(lat)`
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(`liveTemp = mean + A·g`, `A = (summer−winter)/2`), anti-phased across hemispheres.
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Viewer (Eulerian, geometry fixed — all overlays are per-cell render passes): key `W` (settled
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world) toggles `liveWorld`; drift freezes and `liveTime` (hours) advances at `liveRate` (sim
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hours/real-second, ramped hour→month with `[`/`]`). `rebuildLiveOverlay()` builds `illum` (soft
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day/night terminator over `sInsolation`, dim night floor) + `shadedColors` (base colour → snow
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on cold land / sea-ice on cold ocean via `snowTemp`/`seaIceTemp` → day/night dim); both the 3D
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globe and 2D map draw `displayColors()` (the overlay over **any** colour mode). `N` toggles the
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terminator. Save **v8** appends a Live World flag + `liveTime` (header, version-gated). Knobs:
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`dayLengthHours`/`yearLengthDays`/`snowTemp`/`seaIceTemp` in `planet.cfg`.
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## Moons & tides (Live World sky/oceans)
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`PlanetOcean.cpp` (raylib-free): `generateMoons()` seeds **1–3 `Moon`s** from a **separate RNG**
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(`cfg.seed ^ 0x900D5EED`) so it never touches the tectonic `rngState` — moons are world objects
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(not cells) and are **saved (v9)** via `writeState`/`readState(..., hasMoons)` (pre-v9 saves
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synthesize them from the seed). Sky geometry is one source of truth: `sunDirection(doy,tod)` =
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celestial dir leaned by declination then spun `-2π·tod` about +Y; `moonDirection(i,tod,days)` =
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inclined orbit circle `Ω=2π·days/period+phase` then the same spin (so a fixed cell sees ≈one
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lunar pass/day). `computeInsolation` now calls `sunDirection`. **Tides** (`computeTides` →
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`sTide`, derived/not saved): equilibrium two-bulge potential `Σ_body w·(cosθ²−⅓)` over the moons
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(weight `tideWeight`) + sun (`tideSunFactor`), scaled `tideAmplitude` — zero-mean, high under a
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body and its antipode, low at 90°, sweeping ≈twice/day.
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Render (Viewer): the coastline is traced once per terrain change (`buildCoastline`, dual-contour
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on the land/ocean split, recording the adjacent ocean cell per segment) and coloured by
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`tideColor(sTide[oceanCell])` (`T`; auto-scaled), in 3D + 2D. The 3D sun is small/distant with a
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halo; moons render at a visible orbit band with a sun-lit **phase** (offset-dark-sphere trick),
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faint **orbit rings** (great circle ⟂ `moonOrbitNormal`), and **eclipses** — solar darkens a spot
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in `rebuildLiveOverlay`'s `illum` near the sub-solar point when a moon transits the sun; lunar
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dims a moon reddish in the planet's shadow.
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**Ocean currents** (`computeOceanCurrents`, also `PlanetOcean.cpp`): a per-ocean-cell tangent
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velocity `sCurrent` from wind stress (`sWind`) rotated by a **Coriolis** deflection (right N /
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left S about the cell normal), with the across-shore component removed at land neighbours so the
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stream follows the coast (gyres), then smoothed and re-tangented (zero on land). `computeClimate`
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calls it right after the wind pass and feeds **warm (poleward) / cold (equatorward)** currents
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back into `sTemp` as a bounded coastal anomaly (`climateCurrentFactor`, smoothed onto coasts,
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applied before seasons → biomes shift with it). Rendered as warm/cold arrows over the sea
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(`buildCurrents`, key `O`). Currents/feedback are derived (not saved).
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## Headless testing
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Engine is raylib-free, so logic is tested without a display. Build/run:
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```
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g++ -std=c++17 -O2 -Isrc/sim test_logic.cpp src/sim/IcoSphere.cpp src/sim/Planet.cpp \
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src/sim/PlanetTectonics.cpp src/sim/PlanetDrift.cpp src/sim/PlanetErosion.cpp \
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src/sim/PlanetHydrology.cpp src/sim/PlanetBiomes.cpp src/sim/PlanetClimate.cpp \
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src/sim/PlanetLive.cpp src/sim/PlanetOcean.cpp \
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src/sim/PlanetBiota.cpp src/sim/PlanetFloraGen.cpp src/sim/PlanetFaunaGen.cpp \
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src/sim/PlanetFungiGen.cpp src/sim/PlanetIO.cpp -o /tmp/t && /tmp/t
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# test_biota.cpp uses the same source list (Biota suite).
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```
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(add new `src/sim/*.cpp` to that list as stages are added). `Planet::step()` passes are
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data-parallel + double-buffered → bit-identical for any OpenMP thread count (determinism).
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