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Add per-layer alpha slider with manifest defaults 🎨 - #5178

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Adds an opacity slider for each map layer in Graphics Settings, allowing players to adjust layer transparency independently. Map authors can set a default alpha value per layer in the manifest (e.g. "alpha": 0.7), which the slider initializes to. If no manifest default is set, layers default to fully opaque (1.0).

The alpha is applied as a uniform multiplier in the layer fragment shader (uAlpha), so the PNG's own alpha channel is preserved and the slider acts as a global opacity control on top. Player overrides are persisted in GraphicsOverrides.mapLayerAlpha (localStorage) and survive context loss/restoration.

Changes across the full stack:

  • MapLayer interface: added optional alpha field
  • GraphicsOverrides schema: added mapLayerAlpha record
  • Layer fragment shader: added uAlpha uniform, multiplies output alpha
  • MapLayerPass: added setAlpha() and uniform upload
  • Renderer / MapRenderer: added setLayerAlpha() with context-restore support
  • MapLayerController: applies saved alpha (user override or manifest default) on init
  • GraphicsSettingsModal: opacity slider per layer (0-1, step 0.01), synced on reset/preset import
  • en.json: added layer_alpha_label translation key

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  • I process any text displayed to the user through translateText() and I've added it to the en.json file
  • I have added relevant tests to the test directory

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Map layers now support manifest and user-controlled opacity. Graphics settings provide per-layer alpha sliders. Alpha values flow through the renderer and persist across WebGL context restoration. Invalid alpha values are rejected during validation.

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Map layer opacity

Layer / File(s) Summary
Opacity contract and validation
src/core/game/TerrainMapLoader.ts, src/client/render/gl/GraphicsOverrides.ts, tests/util/layerValidation.ts, tests/MapLayers.test.ts
Map layers support optional alpha values. Graphics overrides store bounded per-layer alpha values. Runtime and test validation reject invalid, non-finite, and out-of-range values.
Opacity rendering state
src/client/render/gl/passes/MapLayerPass.ts, src/client/render/gl/Renderer.ts, src/client/render/gl/MapRenderer.ts, src/client/controllers/MapLayerController.ts
Renderer APIs apply layer alpha through the uAlpha uniform. MapRenderer restores stored alpha values after context restoration. MapLayerController applies user overrides or manifest defaults during initialization.
Opacity settings UI
src/client/hud/layers/GraphicsSettingsModal.ts, src/client/hud/GameRenderer.ts, resources/lang/en.json
The graphics settings modal displays accessible alpha sliders for visible layers and forwards changes to MapRenderer. The opacity label is localized in English.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e534c

The PR adds persisted per-layer opacity and manifest-defined defaults, but the current tests bypass the production map-loading path, leaving the new defaults and validation insufficiently verified. Generated map metadata also does not yet carry the alpha field, creating a bounded compatibility risk for its consumers; merge should wait for follow-up or explicit owner acceptance.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Player
  participant GraphicsSettingsModal
  participant GameRenderer
  participant MapRenderer
  participant GPURenderer
  participant MapLayerPass
  Player->>GraphicsSettingsModal: Change layer opacity
  GraphicsSettingsModal->>GameRenderer: onLayerAlphaChange(layerId, alpha)
  GameRenderer->>MapRenderer: setLayerAlpha(layerId, alpha)
  MapRenderer->>GPURenderer: setLayerAlpha(layerId, alpha)
  GPURenderer->>MapLayerPass: setAlpha(alpha)
  MapLayerPass->>MapLayerPass: Upload uAlpha during draw
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Suggested reviewers: celant

Poem

Layers fade softly,
Sliders tune the painted world,
Alpha flows downstream,
Context returns, shades remain,
Maps breathe through changing light.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 25.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 10 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding per-layer alpha sliders and manifest defaults.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the per-layer opacity controls, manifest defaults, persistence, rendering changes, UI updates, and tests.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/client/hud/layers/GraphicsSettingsModal.ts`:
- Around line 1587-1598: Add an accessible name to the range input in the layer
opacity control, associating it with the specific layer identified by layer.id
while preserving the existing slider behavior and event handler.

In `@src/client/render/gl/GraphicsOverrides.ts`:
- Around line 108-109: Update the mapLayerAlpha value schema in
GraphicsOverridesSchema to use z.number().min(0).max(1), ensuring imported and
persisted graphics overrides reject opacity values outside the documented 0–1
range.

In `@src/core/game/TerrainMapLoader.ts`:
- Line 53: Validate optional alpha values at runtime in both terrain map
loaders, requiring them to be within the inclusive range 0 to 1 before
loadTerrainMap() forwards them; reject invalid manifest data rather than
allowing MapLayerPass.setAlpha() to clamp it, and add coverage for out-of-range
values.
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Verdict: Approve with one minor fix requested. Findings: 1 low/minor (CLAUDE.md compliance), 0 bugs.

src/core/game/TerrainMapLoader.ts

[Minor] Missing test coverage for the new alpha field (CLAUDE.md compliance)

src/core/game/TerrainMapLoader.ts adds an optional alpha?: number field to the MapLayer interface, and src/client/render/gl/GraphicsOverrides.ts adds a sibling mapLayerAlpha: z.record(z.string(), z.number()) field to GraphicsOverridesSchema. No test file is touched anywhere in this PR.

The root CLAUDE.md states: "src/core/ — Deterministic game simulation... All src/core changes must include tests."

tests/MapLayers.test.ts already has an established pattern for exactly this kind of change — e.g. "layer without nukeable defaults to undefined" tests an individual optional MapLayer field, and "accepts mapLayerVisibility overrides" / "rejects invalid mapLayerVisibility value types" test accept/reject cases for the sibling mapLayerVisibility schema field. The new alpha field and mapLayerAlpha schema field fit this same pattern but weren't covered.

Suggested fix: add to tests/MapLayers.test.ts:

  • A MapLayer test asserting a layer without alpha leaves it undefined (mirroring the nukeable test).
  • GraphicsOverridesSchema accept/reject tests for mapLayerAlpha (e.g. accepts { mapLayerAlpha: { forests: 0.7 } }, rejects { mapLayerAlpha: { forests: "0.7" } }).

No other issues found. I reviewed the full shader/uniform wiring (uAlphaMapLayerPass.setAlphaGPURenderer.setLayerAlphaMapRenderer.setLayerAlpha), the Lit template restructuring in GraphicsSettingsModal.ts (tag balance, slider correctly a sibling of the toggle button rather than nested inside it), clamping behavior, context-loss restore ordering, and the reset/preset-import sync paths (syncLayerAlpha piggybacking on syncLayerVisibility) — all check out correctly.

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tests/MapLayers.test.ts (1)

92-107: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Exercise the real map path in the new layer tests.

These tests construct MapLayer objects and call tests/util/layerValidation.ts directly. They do not use setup() from tests/util/Setup.ts, so they bypass the real map-loading path. Add the alpha cases to a map fixture and assert the loaded layer through the core simulation.

As per coding guidelines, tests under tests/**/*.ts use setup() from tests/util/Setup.ts and exercise the core simulation directly, not mocks.

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In `@tests/MapLayers.test.ts` around lines 92 - 107, Update the alpha-related
tests in MapLayers to use setup() from Setup.ts and a map fixture containing
layers with and without alpha, then load and assert those layers through the
core simulation instead of constructing MapLayer objects or calling
layerValidation directly. Apply the same integration-test pattern to the
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In `@tests/util/layerValidation.ts`:
- Around line 58-64: Update the numeric validation branch in validateLayer so
layer.alpha must be finite, rejecting NaN while preserving the existing 0–1
range validation and error behavior. Add a regression test covering NaN alpha
values.

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In `@tests/MapLayers.test.ts`:
- Around line 92-107: Update the alpha-related tests in MapLayers to use setup()
from Setup.ts and a map fixture containing layers with and without alpha, then
load and assert those layers through the core simulation instead of constructing
MapLayer objects or calling layerValidation directly. Apply the same
integration-test pattern to the additional affected tests.
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  • src/client/hud/layers/GraphicsSettingsModal.ts
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Verdict: Approve with one minor fix requested. Findings: 1 (Low severity — CLAUDE.md test-coverage gap)

src/core/game/TerrainMapLoader.ts

[Low] New src/core validation logic has no direct test coveragesrc/core/game/TerrainMapLoader.ts (loadTerrainMap validation loop)

The PR adds a new branch inside loadTerrainMap():

if (layer.alpha !== undefined && (layer.alpha < 0 || layer.alpha > 1)) {
  throw new Error(
    `Map ${map}: layer "${layer.id}" has invalid alpha ${layer.alpha} (must be between 0 and 1)`,
  );
}

Root CLAUDE.md states: "src/core/ — Deterministic game simulation... All src/core changes must include tests." This is new branching/throw logic in src/core, but no test in the diff exercises it.

The new tests added in tests/MapLayers.test.ts cover:

  • GraphicsOverridesSchema.safeParse() for mapLayerAlpha — a client-side zod schema, unrelated to TerrainMapLoader.
  • The MapLayer TS interface shape only (no runtime call).
  • validateLayer() from tests/util/layerValidation.ts — a standalone, test-only duplicate of the range check that is not imported or used anywhere under src/ (confirmed via grep), so exercising it does not exercise loadTerrainMap's actual code path.

No test in the suite calls loadTerrainMap() with an out-of-range manifest alpha and asserts it throws.

Suggested fix: Add a test that calls loadTerrainMap() (or the manifest-parsing path it uses) with a layer alpha outside [0, 1] and asserts the specific error is thrown, alongside a passing case with a valid alpha.


No bugs were found in the WebGL/shader plumbing, alpha precedence logic (override vs. manifest default vs. 1.0 fallback), context-restore handling, or i18n usage — these were checked and are consistent with existing patterns in the codebase.

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In `@tests/MapLayers.test.ts`:
- Around line 336-364: Replace the local makeLoader mock and its
MapData/GameMapLoader scaffolding with the shared setup helper from
tests/util/Setup.ts. Configure setup() to load an appropriate map fixture from
tests/testdata/maps/ and update the affected tests to invoke loadTerrainMap()
through that real map-data path, preserving their existing terrain assertions.
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