Chat voice loading indicator + rebuild combat gating/feedback bundles

Voice button now shows the loading state while the line is being generated (was jumping
straight to stop). Rebuild engine/combo/sandbox bundles for freeCast-off gating, over-head
'no target'/resource feedback, and yellow skill text.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

web/characterChat.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 
 const msgId = () => 'm_' + Date.now().toString(36) + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 6)
 const HISTORY_CAP = 50
-const SPEAKER = '🔊', STOP = '⏹'
+const SPEAKER = '🔊', STOP = '⏹', LOADING = '⏳'
 
 export function mountCharacterChat(host, personaId, { onUpdate, getLive } = {}) {
   const wrap = document.createElement('div'); wrap.style.cssText = 'display:flex;flex-direction:column;height:100%;min-height:0'
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ export function mountCharacterChat(host, personaId, { onUpdate, getLive } = {})
   async function speak(id, text, p, btn) {
     if (playing && playing.id === id) { stopAll(); return } // tap the playing one → stop (toggle off)
     stopAll()                                               // stop any other line first
-    playing = { id, btn }; btn.textContent = STOP
+    playing = { id, btn }; btn.textContent = LOADING        // ⏳ while preparing/generating the voice
+    const toStop = () => { if (playing && playing.id === id) btn.textContent = STOP }
     try {
-      if (activeEngineIsNative()) { await ensureTts(); await speakVoiceLive(p.voiceId || currentVoiceId(), text) }
+      if (activeEngineIsNative()) { await ensureTts(); toStop(); await speakVoiceLive(p.voiceId || currentVoiceId(), text) }
       else {
         let bytes
         const blob = await getChatAudio(id)
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ export function mountCharacterChat(host, personaId, { onUpdate, getLive } = {})
           bytes = wav instanceof Blob ? await wav.arrayBuffer() : wav
           try { await putChatAudio(id, new Blob([bytes.slice(0)])) } catch { /* cache best-effort */ }
         }
-        if (playing && playing.id === id) await playWav(bytes.slice(0)) // skip if stopped during synth
+        if (playing && playing.id === id) { toStop(); await playWav(bytes.slice(0)) } // ⏹ once actually playing; skip if stopped during synth
       }
     } catch { /* voice is best-effort */ } finally { if (playing && playing.id === id) { btn.textContent = SPEAKER; playing = null } }
   }

web/classesSandbox.js

@@ -2588,7 +2588,7 @@ async function createCombatRenderer({ pixi, defsById = {}, layers, coords, getBa
             if (!playGridOnce(v, play?.animGrid)) playAttack(e.who, a);
             spawnEffects(e.who, play?.effects);
           }
-          if (!floatIcon(e.who, e.skillId)) floatText(e.who, e.name + (e.elite ? " \u2605" : ""), 15787730);
+          if (!floatIcon(e.who, e.skillId)) floatText(e.who, e.name + (e.elite ? " \u2605" : ""), 16769357);
           if (e.combo === "dual") floatText(e.who, "\u2726", GOLD);
         }
       } else if (e.kind === "swing") {

web/comboBattler.js

@@ -4942,7 +4942,7 @@ async function createCombatRenderer({ pixi, defsById = {}, layers, coords, getBa
             if (!playGridOnce(v, play?.animGrid)) playAttack(e.who, a);
             spawnEffects(e.who, play?.effects);
           }
-          if (!floatIcon(e.who, e.skillId)) floatText(e.who, e.name + (e.elite ? " \u2605" : ""), 15787730);
+          if (!floatIcon(e.who, e.skillId)) floatText(e.who, e.name + (e.elite ? " \u2605" : ""), 16769357);
           if (e.combo === "dual") floatText(e.who, "\u2726", GOLD);
         }
       } else if (e.kind === "swing") {
@@ -5765,6 +5765,19 @@ function resolveOverlaps(b) {
   }
 }
 var isImmovable = (b, a) => !!a.casting || isKd(b, a);
+function playerActionReason(b, a, action) {
+  if (!a || !action) return null;
+  const foe = nearestFoe(b, a);
+  if (action === "basic") return !foe || edgeGap(a, foe) > reachOf(a) ? "no-target" : null;
+  const s = a.bar.find((x) => x.id === action);
+  if (!s) return null;
+  if (s.cost?.adrenaline && a.adrenaline < s.cost.adrenaline) return "need-adrenaline";
+  if (s.cost?.energy && a.energy < s.cost.energy) return "need-energy";
+  if (b.t < (a.recharge[s.name] || 0)) return "recharging";
+  if (isAttack(s)) return !foe || edgeGap(a, foe) > reachOf(a) ? "no-target" : null;
+  if (!isSupport(s)) return !foe || dist2(a, foe) > SPELL_RANGE ? "no-target" : null;
+  return null;
+}
 function stepPlayer(b, a, foe, dt) {
   const cmd = b.input && b.input[a.id] || {};
   const mx = cmd.moveX || 0, my = cmd.moveY || 0;
@@ -6017,6 +6030,8 @@ async function createEmoteLayer(pixi, parent, { url, unit, sizeTiles = 1.3, head
 
 // ../auto-battler/src/render/comboBattler.js
 var TILE8 = 8;
+var SKILL_YELLOW = 16769357;
+var FEED = { "no-target": "no target", "need-adrenaline": "need adrenaline", "need-energy": "need energy" };
 var SPRITE_TILES = 0.95;
 var STEP = 0.05;
 var SPAWN_TILES = 22;
@@ -6446,12 +6461,20 @@ function mountComboBattler(pixi, host, opts = {}) {
     } else setInput(battle, "P0", { moveX: 0, moveY: 0 });
     if (req.attack) {
       req.attack = false;
-      if (p && nearestFoeDist() <= p.weapon.range + p.radius) setInput(battle, "P0", { action: "basic" });
+      if (p) {
+        const why = playerActionReason(battle, p, "basic");
+        if (why === "no-target") R.floatText(p.id, "no target", SKILL_YELLOW);
+        else setInput(battle, "P0", { action: "basic" });
+      }
     }
     if (req.skill) {
       const s = p?.bar?.[req.skill - 1];
       req.skill = 0;
-      if (s) setInput(battle, "P0", { action: s.id });
+      if (p && s) {
+        const why = playerActionReason(battle, p, s.id);
+        if (why && why !== "recharging") R.floatText(p.id, FEED[why] || "cannot use", SKILL_YELLOW);
+        else setInput(battle, "P0", { action: s.id });
+      }
     }
     if (hitstopT > 0) hitstopT = Math.max(0, hitstopT - dt);
     else {
@@ -6701,7 +6724,7 @@ function mountComboBattler(pixi, host, opts = {}) {
     const pProf = player?.unit?.profession;
     const pSkills = player?.unit?.skills?.length ? player.unit.skills : CB_SKILLS.filter((s) => s.profession === pProf).slice(0, 3).map((s) => s.id);
     const players = [{ ...player?.unit || {}, name: player?.name || "Hero", control: "player", skills: pSkills }];
-    battle = makeTeamBattle({ seed, players, enemies: [], sandbox: true, freeCast: true, world, field });
+    battle = makeTeamBattle({ seed, players, enemies: [], sandbox: true, freeCast: false, world, field });
     const sw = getSpawnWorld();
     const start = worldToField(sw.x, sw.y);
     const p0 = snapField(start.x, start.y);

web/enemiesSandbox.js

@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ async function createCombatRenderer({ pixi, defsById = {}, layers, coords, getBa
             if (!playGridOnce(v, play?.animGrid)) playAttack(e.who, a);
             spawnEffects(e.who, play?.effects);
           }
-          if (!floatIcon(e.who, e.skillId)) floatText(e.who, e.name + (e.elite ? " \u2605" : ""), 15787730);
+          if (!floatIcon(e.who, e.skillId)) floatText(e.who, e.name + (e.elite ? " \u2605" : ""), 16769357);
           if (e.combo === "dual") floatText(e.who, "\u2726", GOLD);
         }
       } else if (e.kind === "swing") {

web/engine.js

@@ -1488,6 +1488,19 @@ function resolveOverlaps(b) {
   }
 }
 var isImmovable = (b, a) => !!a.casting || isKd(b, a);
+function playerActionReason(b, a, action) {
+  if (!a || !action) return null;
+  const foe = nearestFoe(b, a);
+  if (action === "basic") return !foe || edgeGap(a, foe) > reachOf(a) ? "no-target" : null;
+  const s = a.bar.find((x) => x.id === action);
+  if (!s) return null;
+  if (s.cost?.adrenaline && a.adrenaline < s.cost.adrenaline) return "need-adrenaline";
+  if (s.cost?.energy && a.energy < s.cost.energy) return "need-energy";
+  if (b.t < (a.recharge[s.name] || 0)) return "recharging";
+  if (isAttack(s)) return !foe || edgeGap(a, foe) > reachOf(a) ? "no-target" : null;
+  if (!isSupport(s)) return !foe || dist(a, foe) > SPELL_RANGE ? "no-target" : null;
+  return null;
+}
 function stepPlayer(b, a, foe, dt) {
   const cmd = b.input && b.input[a.id] || {};
   const mx = cmd.moveX || 0, my = cmd.moveY || 0;
@@ -1651,6 +1664,7 @@ export {
   FIELD,
   isSupport,
   makeTeamBattle,
+  playerActionReason,
   removeActor,
   runToEnd,
   setInput,