red \u2014 it is not a game. Pass through and it answers with light.' }); if (H.regrid) H.regrid(); } function watchStop() { var W = window.CityWatch, r = W && W.routes && W.routes.grand; if (!r || r._eighthgate) return; var orig = r.build; r._eighthgate = true; r.build = function () { var w = orig.apply(this, arguments), at = Math.min(2, w.length); w.splice(at, 0, { x: POS.x - 60, z: POS.z + 60, y: Y0 + 80, v: 120, cap: { cap: 'THE EIGHTH GATE', sub: 'The missing note in the chord \u00b7 southwest of the hangar', say: 'The eighth gate: seven gates ring the hub, and this one \u2014 gold, not red \u2014 closes the ring.' }, agl: false }); return w; }; } function load() { M.state = 'loading'; var p; try { p = import('/city/gate-eighth.js?v=20261011d'); } catch (e) { p = Promise.reject(e); } p.then(function (mod) { var make = mod.createEighthGate || mod.default; var g = make({ THREE: A.T, position: { x: POS.x, y: Y0, z: POS.z }, rotY: ROTY }); A.world.add(g); M.group = g; M.state = 'ready'; collide(g.userData || {}); hyperStop(); watchStop(); }).catch(function (e) { M.state = 'failed'; try { console.warn('[city] Eighth gate skipped:', e && e.message); } catch (x) {} }); } function update(dt) { if (M.state === 'idle') { if (A.isBuilt && !A.isBuilt()) return; M.wait -= dt; if (M.wait <= 0) load(); return; } if (M.state !== 'ready' || document.hidden) return; var c = A.camera.position, d = Math.hypot(c.x + A.origin.x - POS.x, c.z + A.origin.z - POS.z); M.group.visible = d < 6000; if (d < 1500 && M.group.userData.update) try { M.group.userData.update(S.t, S); } catch (e) {} if (S.mode === 'walk') { var pd = Math.hypot(S.p.x - POS.x, S.p.z - POS.z); if (pd < 30 && !M.said) { M.said = true; if (window.CityHyper && CityHyper.narrate) CityHyper.narrate('The Eighth Gate: the seven game-gates leave one direction open \u2014 southwest \u2014 and this gate closes the ring.', 8); } else if (pd > 120) M.said = false; } } function radar(g, blip, fl) { if (M.state === 'ready') blip(POS.x, POS.z, '#d8aa48', fl ? 3 : 5, fl ? '' : 'VIII'); } window.CityEighthGate = { update: update, radar: radar, pos: POS, state: function () { return M.state; } }; })(); ===== FILE: public/city/gate-eighth.js ===== /* SOLID CITY — THE EIGHTH GATE (2026-10-11, Royal Decree city expansion) * The seven game-gates ring the hangar hub in seven directions. The eighth direction — * southwest — stood open. This gate closes the ring: the missing note in the chord. * It speaks the gates' own language (basalt posts, gold lintel, ring, disc) but in * eights: octagonal ring, octagonal disc, eight-sided inlay. Gold, not red — it is * not a game. Pass through the disc and it answers with light. * True name: THE EIGHTH GATE. Seam: WHERE THE SEVEN END. * Self-contained ES module. Local frame: gate faces +Z. */ function textPlate(T, text, w) { var c = document.createElement('canvas'); c.width = 512; c.height = 128; var g = c.getContext('2d'); g.fillStyle = '#17141a'; g.fillRect(0, 0, 512, 128); g.strokeStyle = '#8a6a30'; g.lineWidth = 4; g.strokeRect(8, 8, 496, 112); g.fillStyle = '#d8c690'; g.textAlign = 'center'; g.textBaseline = 'middle'; g.font = 'bold 44px Georgia, serif'; g.fillText(text, 256, 66); var t = new T.CanvasTexture(c); t.encoding = T.sRGBEncoding; t.anisotropy = 4; return t; } function quietMarker(T, text) { // one quiet name-marker: a low dark stone, text tilted toward the reader. Nothing more. var grp = new T.Group(); var stone = new T.Mesh(new T.BoxGeometry(3.4, 0.5, 1.7), new T.MeshLambertMaterial({ color: 0x1e1b22 })); stone.position.y = 0.55; stone.rotation.x = -0.5; grp.add(stone); /* THE BATTENING (2026-10-14): the face was 3.1 x 0.78 at * (0, 0.72, 0.42) — measured inside the stone: its plane sat * 0.45 along the face normal against the stone's 0.85 front, * so the middle of every name was entombed and only slivers * read. Now a fitted plaque in the plate's own aspect, * PROUD of the front face (0.87 along the normal, sampler- * verified: 0 of 7 points inside the stone). */ var face = new T.Mesh(new T.PlaneGeometry(1.92, 0.48), new T.MeshBasicMaterial({ map: textPlate(T, text), transparent: false })); face.position.set(0, 0.984, 0.754); face.rotation.x = -0.5; grp.add(face); var base = new T.Mesh(new T.BoxGeometry(3.6, 0.25, 1.9), new T.MeshLambertMaterial({ color: 0x141218 })); base.position.y = 0.12; grp.add(base); return grp; } export function createEighthGate(o) { var T = o.THREE, P = o.position || { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 }; var root = new T.Group(); root.name = 'eighth-gate'; root.position.set(P.x, P.y, P.z); if (o.rotY) root.rotation.y = o.rotY; var foot = []; var basalt = new T.MeshLambertMaterial({ color: 0x1a181e }); var gold = new T.MeshLambertMaterial({ color: 0xd8aa48, emissive: 0x2a1a04 }); var goldGlow = new T.MeshBasicMaterial({ co