debug/visual_capture.gd

@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ func _process(_delta: float) -> bool:
 			aerial.current = true
 	elif _frames == 340:
 		_shot("aerial")
+		# Fixed street-level view for deterministic style comparisons
+		var cam := root.get_camera_3d()
+		if cam:
+			cam.global_position = Vector3(3, 2.2, 20)
+			cam.look_at(Vector3(-8, 4, -18), Vector3.UP)
+	elif _frames == 360:
+		_shot("street")
 		return true
 	return false
 

scenes/maps/level_materials.gd

@@ -51,6 +51,26 @@ static func tinted(tint: Color, dark: bool = false) -> Material:
 	return mat
 
 
+static var _flat_cache: Dictionary = {}
+
+## Flat cel color: toon banding with NO grid texture — the full stylized
+## look for dressed maps (vs. tinted()'s greybox grid for blockouts).
+## Rim/specular stay off (they blob on large level surfaces).
+static func flat(tint: Color) -> Material:
+	var key := tint.to_html()
+	if _flat_cache.has(key):
+		return _flat_cache[key]
+	var mat := ShaderMaterial.new()
+	mat.shader = load(TOON_SHADER)
+	mat.set_shader_parameter("has_texture", false)
+	mat.set_shader_parameter("use_triplanar", false)
+	mat.set_shader_parameter("albedo_color", tint)
+	mat.set_shader_parameter("rim_strength", 0.0)
+	mat.set_shader_parameter("specular_strength", 0.0)
+	_flat_cache[key] = mat
+	return mat
+
+
 ## Toon version of an arbitrary material (usually a character's imported
 ## StandardMaterial3D): keeps its albedo texture/color, swaps the shading.
 static func toonify(src: Material) -> Material:

scenes/maps/neon_alley/neon_alley_builder.gd

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ const ASPHALT := Color(0.24, 0.24, 0.31)
 const PAVING := Color(0.4, 0.38, 0.44)
 const CONCRETE := Color(0.52, 0.5, 0.55)
 const CONCRETE_DARK := Color(0.38, 0.37, 0.44)
-const WOOD := Color(0.45, 0.3, 0.18)
+const WOOD := Color(0.52, 0.34, 0.2)
-const WOOD_DARK := Color(0.32, 0.21, 0.13)
+const WOOD_DARK := Color(0.36, 0.24, 0.15)
-const VERMILION := Color(0.82, 0.25, 0.16)   # torii / shrine red
+const VERMILION := Color(0.88, 0.26, 0.16)   # torii / shrine red
 const METAL := Color(0.42, 0.46, 0.52)
 const GLASS := Color(0.6, 0.78, 0.82)
 const ROOF_TILE := Color(0.25, 0.3, 0.42)
@@ -39,6 +39,23 @@ const SPAWNS: Array[Vector3] = [
 ]
 
 
+## Full cel treatment: every structure gets a FLAT toon color (no greybox
+## grid texture) plus an ink outline hull scaled to its size — the same
+## inked-silhouette language as the characters. Ground-scale slabs skip the
+## outline (a hull around an 80m floor just z-fights the sidewalks).
+func _box_static(pos: Vector3, size: Vector3, color: Color, node_name: String = "",
+		acoustic: String = "") -> StaticBody3D:
+	var body := super._box_static(pos, size, color, node_name, acoustic)
+	for mi in body.find_children("*", "MeshInstance3D", false, false):
+		mi.mesh.surface_set_material(0, LevelMaterials.flat(color))
+		# Ink outlines on prop-scale pieces only: on building-scale boxes the
+		# inflated hull plates read as smears at close range.
+		if maxf(size.x, maxf(size.y, size.z)) < 10.0:
+			var w := clampf(maxf(size.x, maxf(size.y, size.z)) * 0.008, 0.02, 0.05)
+			mi.material_overlay = LevelMaterials.outline(w)
+	return body
+
+
 func _build_environment() -> void:
 	var env := LevelEnvironment.add_to(self, "sunset")
 	# The sunset sky is too dark to light street canyons — use a fixed dusk
@@ -242,7 +259,7 @@ func _build_pylons() -> void:
 		var wire := MeshInstance3D.new()
 		var wm := BoxMesh.new()
 		wm.size = Vector3(0.06, 0.06, 16.0)
-		wm.material = LevelMaterials.tinted(Color(0.1, 0.1, 0.12))
+		wm.material = LevelMaterials.flat(Color(0.08, 0.07, 0.1))  # ink line in the sky
 		wire.mesh = wm
 		wire.position = Vector3(x - 7.5 * side, 10.0, z + 9.0)
 		add_child(wire)