Release Healer Man 0.1.35

PLAYTEST_NOTES.md

@@ -2305,3 +2305,46 @@ Vite's existing large-chunk advisory remains informational.
   compression, and release-bundle verification passed. Existing build-size
   advisories and deprecated physics initialization warnings remain. No hosted
   release was published.
+
+## 2026-09-12 - Non-blocking players and combat actors
+
+- Removed party soft separation and crowd-triggered combat repositioning.
+  Companions may overlap or cross one another without push-apart corrections
+  changing their routes. Normal follow formations and role-specific attack
+  ranges remain; a tank already in melee range does not move just because an
+  ally occupies the same position.
+- Added a shared actor collision layer that interacts only with physical
+  terrain. The player capsule uses this layer. Player controller movement,
+  ground probes, camera sweeps, party direct/route validation, party grounding,
+  and combat ground-position queries use terrain-only filters. Actor body type
+  cannot turn an actor into a floor or movement obstruction. Party members,
+  remote players, mobs, and bosses currently render without physical colliders;
+  any future actor capsule must use the shared actor layer.
+- Walls, floors, ceilings, dungeon objects, and the Stockades walking ramps
+  retain their terrain collision. Target-selection meshes, combat visibility,
+  damage, and attack-range checks were not removed.
+- Ten new Rapier regressions cover overlapping actors with no contacts or
+  displacement, movement through fixed/kinematic/dynamic actors (including an
+  overlapped starting position), continued wall/floor collision, and ignoring
+  actors in ground, party-route, and camera queries. A terrain-layer control
+  confirms real actor/terrain contacts are still detected. Stockades shipping-
+  asset regressions now use the live player collision policy and still pass
+  down/up all three ramps without jumping.
+- Browser smoke pass at 1280 x 720 used offline level-15 Priest Rolecheck with
+  Blood DK, Combat Rogue, Unholy DK, and Frost Mage companions. Inline roster
+  and dungeon screenshots show character bodies, weapons, unchanged visible
+  stairs, and the existing warm lighting. Attack moved companions down from
+  the entrance and out of its view without ROUTE BLOCKED; the tank took aggro
+  and melee/caster combat events continued. Experience rose from 11,098 to
+  13,359. Stop followed by Recall returned the party to the nearby player.
+  Selecting Morvane and casting Power Word: Shield applied the buff successfully.
+- Live QA was an entrance/trash/recall smoke pass, not a full dungeon clear or
+  a manual traversal of both wings. Actor overlap and passage guarantees are
+  backed by the physics regressions; physical Android and multiplayer QA remain
+  open.
+- Validation: all 225 Vitest files passed, 1,390 tests passed, and six existing
+  tests remained skipped. The final focused checks passed again after cleanup.
+  Production TypeScript/Vite build, texture/performance audits, static bundle
+  compression, and release-bundle verification passed. Existing chunk-size
+  advisories and deprecated physics initialization warnings remain. No hosted
+  release was published.

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "healer-man",
-  "version": "0.1.34",
+  "version": "0.1.35",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "healer-man",
-      "version": "0.1.34",
+      "version": "0.1.35",
       "dependencies": {
         "@capacitor/android": "8.4.1",
         "@capacitor/core": "8.4.1",

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "healer-man",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.1.34",
+  "version": "0.1.35",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite --host 0.0.0.0",

release-version.json

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "versionName": "0.1.34",
+  "versionName": "0.1.35",
-  "versionCode": 1034
+  "versionCode": 1035
 }

src/game/partyMovement.test.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   partyNaturalFollowPosition,
   partyPersonalizedCombatMovementGoal,
   partyPresentationY,
-  partySeparationGoal,
   partyShouldRecallForStuck,
   partyShouldMoveToComfortTarget,
   PARTY_STUCK_RECALL_DISTANCE,
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ describe("party world movement", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("uses a stable combat bearing and separates overlapping allies", () => {
+  it("uses a stable combat bearing without forcing in-range actors to reposition", () => {
     const out: [number, number, number] = [0, 0, 0];
     expect(partyPersonalizedCombatMovementGoal(
       [20, 0, 0],
@@ -110,23 +109,20 @@ describe("party world movement", () => {
       true,
       { minimum: 10, preferred: 14, maximum: 18 },
       Math.PI / 2,
-      false,
       out,
     )).toBe("approach");
     expect(out[0]).toBeCloseTo(14);
     expect(out[1]).toBe(0);
     expect(out[2]).toBeCloseTo(0);
 
-    const separated: [number, number, number] = [0, 0, 0];
+    expect(partyPersonalizedCombatMovementGoal(
-    expect(partySeparationGoal(
       [1, 0, 1],
-      [2, 0, 2],
+      [0, 0, 0],
-      [[1, 0, 1]],
+      true,
+      { minimum: 0, preferred: 2.9, maximum: 3.15 },
       Math.PI / 2,
-      separated,
+      out,
-    )).toBe(true);
+    )).toBe("hold");
-    expect(separated[0]).toBeGreaterThan(2);
-    expect(separated[2]).toBeCloseTo(2);
   });
 
   it("recalls only distant allies that should be moving and stopped making progress", () => {

src/game/partyMovement.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export interface PartyBreadcrumbCursor {
   breadcrumbId: number | null;
 }
 
-export type PartyCombatMovementIntent = "hold" | "approach" | "retreat" | "reposition";
+export type PartyCombatMovementIntent = "hold" | "approach" | "retreat";
 
 export interface PartyMovementProfile {
   readonly followDistanceJitter: number;
@@ -427,44 +427,6 @@ export function personalizedPartyCombatRangeBand(
   };
 }
 
-/** Adds a bounded local repulsion so allies do not occupy the same point. */
-export function partySeparationGoal(
-  current: PartyWorldPosition,
-  desired: PartyWorldPosition,
-  peers: readonly PartyWorldPosition[],
-  fallbackAngle: number,
-  out: MutablePartyWorldPosition,
-  separationDistance = 0.85,
-  maximumCorrection = 0.35,
-): boolean {
-  let offsetX = 0;
-  let offsetZ = 0;
-  const safeSeparation = Math.max(EPSILON, separationDistance);
-  for (const peer of peers) {
-    const dx = current[0] - peer[0];
-    const dz = current[2] - peer[2];
-    const distance = Math.hypot(dx, dz);
-    if (!Number.isFinite(distance) || distance >= safeSeparation) continue;
-    const weight = (safeSeparation - distance) / safeSeparation;
-    if (distance <= EPSILON) {
-      offsetX += Math.sin(fallbackAngle) * weight;
-      offsetZ += Math.cos(fallbackAngle) * weight;
-    } else {
-      offsetX += dx / distance * weight;
-      offsetZ += dz / distance * weight;
-    }
-  }
-  const length = Math.hypot(offsetX, offsetZ);
-  out[0] = desired[0];
-  out[1] = desired[1];
-  out[2] = desired[2];
-  if (length <= EPSILON) return false;
-  const correction = Math.min(Math.max(0, maximumCorrection), length);
-  out[0] += offsetX / length * correction;
-  out[2] += offsetZ / length * correction;
-  return true;
-}
-
 /**
  * Chooses an individual combat destination. Melee only closes distance;
  * ranged attackers also back out when a target collapses their preferred band.
@@ -524,7 +486,6 @@ export function partyPersonalizedCombatMovementGoal(
   targetVisible: boolean,
   rangeBand: PartyCombatRangeLike,
   preferredBearing: number,
-  forceReposition: boolean,
   out: MutablePartyWorldPosition,
 ): PartyCombatMovementIntent {
   const intent = partyCombatMovementGoal(
@@ -538,10 +499,10 @@ export function partyPersonalizedCombatMovementGoal(
     Math.sin(preferredBearing),
     Math.cos(preferredBearing),
   );
-  if (!targetVisible || (intent === "hold" && !forceReposition)) return intent;
+  if (!targetVisible || intent === "hold") return intent;
 
   out[0] = target[0] + Math.sin(preferredBearing) * rangeBand.preferred;
   out[1] = target[1];
   out[2] = target[2] + Math.cos(preferredBearing) * rangeBand.preferred;
-  return intent === "hold" ? "reposition" : intent;
+  return intent;
 }

src/game/stockadesNavigation.test.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { derivePartySpawnSlots } from "./partySpawnSlots";
 import { collisionTrimeshes, prepareCollision } from "../scene/productionDungeonCollision";
 import { createPartyDirectSegmentValidator, createPartyRouteSegmentValidator } from "../scene/partyTraversal";
 import { configurePlayerCharacterController, PLAYER_CHARACTER_CONTROLLER_OFFSET } from "./playerMovement";
+import { ACTOR_COLLISION_GROUPS, ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS } from "../scene/actorCollision";
 
 const STOCKADES_NAVIGATION = "public/assets/game/manastorm/34-stormwindjail/navigation.glb";
 const TANK_RANGE = Object.freeze({ minimum: 0, preferred: 2.9, maximum: 3.15 });
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ describe("Stormwind Stockade party navigation", () => {
     const body = world.createRigidBody(RAPIER.RigidBodyDesc.kinematicPositionBased().setTranslation(
       player[0], player[1] + 0.84, player[2],
     ));
-    world.createCollider(RAPIER.ColliderDesc.capsule(0.48, 0.36), body);
+    world.createCollider(RAPIER.ColliderDesc.capsule(0.48, 0.36).setCollisionGroups(ACTOR_COLLISION_GROUPS), body);
     world.step();
     expect(createPartyDirectSegmentValidator(RAPIER, world)(point(0.4), point(0.6))).toBe(true);
     expect(createPartyRouteSegmentValidator(RAPIER, world)(point(0.4), point(0.6))).toBe(true);
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ describe("Stormwind Stockade party navigation", () => {
       const body = world.createRigidBody(RAPIER.RigidBodyDesc.kinematicPositionBased().setTranslation(
         ramp.start[0] + dx * startT, startY + centerHeight + 0.02, ramp.start[2] + dz * startT,
       ));
-      const collider = world.createCollider(RAPIER.ColliderDesc.capsule(0.48, 0.36), body);
+      const collider = world.createCollider(RAPIER.ColliderDesc.capsule(0.48, 0.36).setCollisionGroups(ACTOR_COLLISION_GROUPS), body);
       world.step();
       const controller = configurePlayerCharacterController(world.createCharacterController(PLAYER_CHARACTER_CONTROLLER_OFFSET));
       const progress = () => {
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ describe("Stormwind Stockade party navigation", () => {
             x: dx / length * direction * 4.8 / 60,
             y: -0.5 / 60,
             z: dz / length * direction * 4.8 / 60,
-          }, RAPIER.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS | RAPIER.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_DYNAMIC);
+          }, RAPIER.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS, ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS);
           const position = body.translation();
           const move = controller.computedMovement();
           body.setNextKinematicTranslation({ x: position.x + move.x, y: position.y + move.y, z: position.z + move.z });

src/scene/PartyPopulation.tsx

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import {
   partyNaturalFollowPosition,
   partyPersonalizedCombatMovementGoal,
   partyPresentationY,
-  partySeparationGoal,
   partyShouldRecallForStuck,
   partyShouldMoveToComfortTarget,
   personalizedPartyCombatRangeBand,
@@ -84,12 +83,12 @@ import { registerCombatSpatialProvider } from "../game/combatSpatial";
 import { PLAYER_AGGRO_ID } from "../game/aggro";
 import { hasDungeonLineOfSight } from "./dungeonLineOfSight";
 import { registerCombatEffectAnchor } from "./combatEffectAnchorRegistry";
+import { ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS } from "./actorCollision";
 import {
   createPartyDirectSegmentValidator,
   createPartyRouteSegmentValidator,
   PARTY_FLOOR_RAY_DEPTH,
   PARTY_FLOOR_RAY_HEIGHT,
-  partyTerrainQueryFlags,
 } from "./partyTraversal";
 
 const PARTY_MOVE_SPEED = 5.25;
@@ -300,7 +299,8 @@ function PartyActors({
       ray,
       PARTY_FLOOR_RAY_DEPTH,
       true,
-      partyTerrainQueryFlags(rapier),
+      rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS,
+      ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS,
     );
     const floorY = floor ? ray.origin.y - floor.timeOfImpact : null;
     return partyPresentationY(position[1], floorY, PARTY_MAX_GROUND_CORRECTION);
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ function PartyActors({
         ray,
         20,
         true,
-        rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS | rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_DYNAMIC,
+        rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS,
+        ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS,
       );
       return hit ? [x, ray.origin.y - hit.timeOfImpact, z] : null;
     },
@@ -636,11 +637,9 @@ function PartyActors({
     const nextPosition: MutablePartyWorldPosition = [0, 0, 0];
     const leaderDestination: MutablePartyWorldPosition = [0, 0, 0];
     const naturalFollowTarget: MutablePartyWorldPosition = [0, 0, 0];
-    const separatedDesired: MutablePartyWorldPosition = [0, 0, 0];
     const livingIndices = party.members
       .map((member, index) => member.health > 0 ? index : -1)
       .filter((index) => index >= 0);
-    const livingIds = new Set(livingIndices.map((index) => party.members[index].id));
     const movementProfileFor = (memberId: string, memberIndex: number): PartyMovementProfile => {
       const livingRank = Math.max(0, livingIndices.indexOf(memberIndex));
       const key = `${memberId}|${livingRank}`;
@@ -651,13 +650,6 @@ function PartyActors({
       }
       return profile;
     };
-    const peerPositionsFor = (memberId: string): PartyWorldPosition[] => {
-      const peers: PartyWorldPosition[] = [];
-      for (const [id, position] of positionsRef.current) {
-        if (id !== memberId && livingIds.has(id)) peers.push(position);
-      }
-      return peers;
-    };
     let leaderHasWaypoint = false;
     let leaderMovementExpected = false;
     let leaderFollowingPlayer = false;
@@ -712,15 +704,12 @@ function PartyActors({
           };
           combatAnchorsRef.current.set(leader.id, combatAnchor);
         }
-        const peers = peerPositionsFor(leader.id);
-        const crowded = peers.some((peer) => planarDistance(leaderPosition, peer) < 0.85);
         const movementIntent = partyPersonalizedCombatMovementGoal(
           leaderPosition,
           targetPosition,
           hasStaticLineOfSight(leaderPosition, targetPosition),
           rangeBand,
           combatAnchor.bearing,
-          crowded,
           leaderDestination,
         );
         if (movementIntent === "hold") {
@@ -1039,15 +1028,12 @@ function PartyActors({
             };
             combatAnchorsRef.current.set(member.id, combatAnchor);
           }
-          const peers = peerPositionsFor(member.id);
-          const crowded = peers.some((peer) => planarDistance(current, peer) < 0.85);
           const movementIntent = partyPersonalizedCombatMovementGoal(
             current,
             memberTargetPosition,
             canSeeActiveTarget,
             rangeBand,
             combatAnchor.bearing,
-            crowded,
             desired,
           );
           movementExpected = movementIntent !== "hold";
@@ -1245,23 +1231,6 @@ function PartyActors({
       }
 
       const movementProfile = movementProfileFor(member.id, index);
-      if (hasDesired) {
-        const peers = peerPositionsFor(member.id);
-        if (
-          partySeparationGoal(
-            current,
-            desired,
-            peers,
-            movementProfile.swayPhase,
-            separatedDesired,
-          )
-          && directSegmentAllowed(current, separatedDesired)
-        ) {
-          desired[0] = separatedDesired[0];
-          desired[1] = separatedDesired[1];
-          desired[2] = separatedDesired[2];
-        }
-      }
 
       const currentPlanarDistance = planarDistance(current, playerNavigation);
       if (member.health > 0 && party.command !== "stop" && hasDesired) {

src/scene/PlayerRig.tsx

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import {
 import { activeManastormStageAssetPackage } from "../game/manastormStageLoader";
 import { useGameStore } from "../game/store";
 import { registerCombatEffectAnchor } from "./combatEffectAnchorRegistry";
+import { ACTOR_COLLISION_GROUPS, ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS } from "./actorCollision";
 
 const PLAYER_RADIUS = 0.36;
 const PLAYER_CAPSULE_HALF_HEIGHT = 0.48;
@@ -212,8 +213,8 @@ function PlayerController({
       groundRay,
       groundProbeLength,
       true,
-      rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS | rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_DYNAMIC,
+      rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS,
-      undefined,
+      ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS,
       undefined,
       body,
     );
@@ -267,7 +268,8 @@ function PlayerController({
         y: verticalVelocity * movementDeltaSeconds,
         z: worldZ * MOVE_SPEED * movementDeltaSeconds,
       },
-      rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS | rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_DYNAMIC,
+      rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS,
+      ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS,
     );
     const computedMovement = characterController.computedMovement();
     const nextTranslation = {
@@ -347,7 +349,11 @@ function PlayerController({
         spawn.footPosition[2],
       ]}
     >
-      <CapsuleCollider args={[PLAYER_CAPSULE_HALF_HEIGHT, PLAYER_RADIUS]} friction={0} />
+      <CapsuleCollider
+        args={[PLAYER_CAPSULE_HALF_HEIGHT, PLAYER_RADIUS]}
+        friction={0}
+        collisionGroups={ACTOR_COLLISION_GROUPS}
+      />
       <group ref={avatarRef} position={[0, -PLAYER_CENTER_HEIGHT, 0]}>
         <CharacterModel
           identity={identity}
@@ -408,7 +414,7 @@ function ThirdPersonCamera({
 
     // Cast a small sphere instead of a single ray. This behaves like a camera
     // spring arm and keeps the whole near-camera volume out of walls, pillars,
-    // and low ceilings. The player's own capsule is explicitly ignored.
+    // and low ceilings. All actor capsules are ignored, including the player.
     const hit = world.castShape(
       target,
       shapeRotation,
@@ -417,8 +423,8 @@ function ThirdPersonCamera({
       CAMERA_WALL_GAP,
       fullDistance,
       false,
-      rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS | rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_DYNAMIC,
+      rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS,
-      undefined,
+      ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS,
       undefined,
       body,
     );

src/scene/actorCollision.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import RAPIER from "@dimforge/rapier3d-compat";
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { configurePlayerCharacterController, PLAYER_CHARACTER_CONTROLLER_OFFSET } from "../game/playerMovement";
+import { isWalkableGroundHit } from "../game/playerJump";
+import { ACTOR_COLLISION_GROUPS, ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS } from "./actorCollision";
+import { DUNGEON_PHYSICAL_COLLISION_GROUPS, DUNGEON_WALL_COLLISION_GROUPS } from "./dungeonLineOfSight";
+import { createPartyDirectSegmentValidator, createPartyRouteSegmentValidator } from "./partyTraversal";
+
+const BODY_TYPES = ["fixed", "kinematic", "dynamic"] as const;
+type BodyType = typeof BODY_TYPES[number];
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await RAPIER.init();
+});
+
+function actor(world: RAPIER.World, bodyType: BodyType, z = 0, groups = ACTOR_COLLISION_GROUPS) {
+  const description = bodyType === "fixed"
+    ? RAPIER.RigidBodyDesc.fixed()
+    : bodyType === "kinematic"
+      ? RAPIER.RigidBodyDesc.kinematicPositionBased()
+      : RAPIER.RigidBodyDesc.dynamic();
+  const body = world.createRigidBody(description.setTranslation(0, 0.84, z));
+  const collider = world.createCollider(
+    RAPIER.ColliderDesc.capsule(0.48, 0.36)
+      .setCollisionGroups(groups)
+      .setActiveCollisionTypes(RAPIER.ActiveCollisionTypes.ALL),
+    body,
+  );
+  return { body, collider };
+}
+
+function terrain(world: RAPIER.World, wall = false) {
+  const floor = world.createCollider(RAPIER.ColliderDesc.cuboid(5, 0.1, 8)
+    .setTranslation(0, -0.1, 0).setCollisionGroups(DUNGEON_PHYSICAL_COLLISION_GROUPS));
+  if (wall) world.createCollider(RAPIER.ColliderDesc.cuboid(5, 2, 0.1)
+    .setTranslation(0, 2, 2.5).setCollisionGroups(DUNGEON_WALL_COLLISION_GROUPS));
+  return floor;
+}
+
+describe("non-blocking combat actors", () => {
+  it.each(BODY_TYPES)("has no physical contacts with overlapping %s actors", (bodyType) => {
+    const world = new RAPIER.World({ x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 });
+    const player = actor(world, "dynamic");
+    // Party members, mobs, bosses, and remote players use the same actor policy.
+    const others = ["party", "mob", "boss", "remote-player"].map(() => actor(world, bodyType));
+    world.step();
+    for (const other of others) {
+      world.contactPair(player.collider, other.collider, () => {
+        throw new Error("Actors must not produce physical contacts");
+      });
+      expect(other.body.translation().z).toBeCloseTo(0);
+    }
+    expect(player.body.translation().z).toBeCloseTo(0);
+    world.free();
+  });
+
+  it("detects contacts when an actor mistakenly uses the terrain layer", () => {
+    const world = new RAPIER.World({ x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 });
+    const player = actor(world, "dynamic");
+    const obstacle = actor(world, "fixed", 0.4, DUNGEON_PHYSICAL_COLLISION_GROUPS);
+    world.step();
+    let contacts = 0;
+    world.contactPair(player.collider, obstacle.collider, (manifold) => { contacts += manifold.numContacts(); });
+    expect(contacts).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    world.free();
+  });
+
+  it.each(BODY_TYPES)("walks through %s actors but still stops at a dungeon wall", (bodyType) => {
+    for (const hasWall of [false, true]) {
+      const world = new RAPIER.World({ x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 });
+      terrain(world, hasWall);
+      actor(world, bodyType);
+      actor(world, bodyType, -2); // Start overlapped: no depenetration or detour.
+      const player = actor(world, "kinematic", -2);
+      const controller = configurePlayerCharacterController(world.createCharacterController(PLAYER_CHARACTER_CONTROLLER_OFFSET));
+      world.step();
+      for (let frame = 0; frame < 90; frame += 1) {
+        controller.computeColliderMovement(player.collider, { x: 0, y: -0.5 / 60, z: 4.8 / 60 },
+          RAPIER.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS, ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS);
+        const position = player.body.translation();
+        const movement = controller.computedMovement();
+        player.body.setNextKinematicTranslation({ x: position.x + movement.x, y: position.y + movement.y, z: position.z + movement.z });
+        world.step();
+      }
+      const position = player.body.translation();
+      if (hasWall) {
+        expect(position.z).toBeGreaterThan(1.8);
+        expect(position.z).toBeLessThan(2.1);
+      } else expect(position.z).toBeGreaterThan(5);
+      expect(position.x).toBeCloseTo(0);
+      expect(position.y).toBeCloseTo(0.84, 1);
+      world.removeCharacterController(controller);
+      world.free();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it.each(BODY_TYPES)("never treats a %s actor as ground, a route obstacle, or a camera wall", (bodyType) => {
+    const world = new RAPIER.World({ x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 });
+    const floor = terrain(world);
+    actor(world, bodyType);
+    world.step();
+    const ground = world.castRayAndGetNormal(new RAPIER.Ray({ x: 0, y: 4, z: 0 }, { x: 0, y: -1, z: 0 }),
+      5, true, RAPIER.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS, ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS);
+    expect(ground?.collider.handle).toBe(floor.handle);
+    expect(ground?.timeOfImpact).toBeCloseTo(4);
+    expect(isWalkableGroundHit(ground, 5)).toBe(true);
+    expect(createPartyDirectSegmentValidator(RAPIER, world)([0, 0, -1.5], [0, 0, 1.5])).toBe(true);
+    expect(createPartyRouteSegmentValidator(RAPIER, world)([0, 0, -1.5], [0, 0, 1.5])).toBe(true);
+    expect(world.castShape({ x: 0, y: 0.9, z: -1.5 }, { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 1 },
+      { x: 0, y: 0, z: 1 }, new RAPIER.Ball(0.24), 0.08, 3, false,
+      RAPIER.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS, ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS)).toBeNull();
+    world.free();
+  });
+});

src/scene/actorCollision.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { interactionGroups } from "@react-three/rapier";
+
+export const TERRAIN_COLLISION_GROUP = 0;
+export const ACTOR_COLLISION_GROUP = 1;
+
+// Players, companions, mobs, and bosses never block or push one another.
+// Any actor capsule added in future must use this layer, not the terrain layer.
+export const ACTOR_COLLISION_GROUPS = interactionGroups(
+  ACTOR_COLLISION_GROUP,
+  TERRAIN_COLLISION_GROUP,
+);
+
+// Movement, ground probes, and camera sweeps see only physical terrain,
+// regardless of whether an actor's body is fixed, kinematic, or dynamic.
+export const ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS = ACTOR_COLLISION_GROUPS;

src/scene/dungeonLineOfSight.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { interactionGroups } from "@react-three/rapier";
+import { TERRAIN_COLLISION_GROUP } from "./actorCollision";
 import type {
   QueryFilterFlags,
   Ray,
@@ -17,9 +18,9 @@ interface RapierApi {
 type WorldPosition = readonly [number, number, number];
 
 export const DUNGEON_LINE_OF_SIGHT_GROUP = 15;
-export const DUNGEON_PHYSICAL_COLLISION_GROUPS = interactionGroups(0);
+export const DUNGEON_PHYSICAL_COLLISION_GROUPS = interactionGroups(TERRAIN_COLLISION_GROUP);
 export const DUNGEON_SIGHT_BLOCKER_COLLISION_GROUPS = interactionGroups(DUNGEON_LINE_OF_SIGHT_GROUP);
-export const DUNGEON_WALL_COLLISION_GROUPS = interactionGroups([0, DUNGEON_LINE_OF_SIGHT_GROUP]);
+export const DUNGEON_WALL_COLLISION_GROUPS = interactionGroups([TERRAIN_COLLISION_GROUP, DUNGEON_LINE_OF_SIGHT_GROUP]);
 export const DUNGEON_SIGHT_QUERY_GROUPS = interactionGroups(
   DUNGEON_LINE_OF_SIGHT_GROUP,
   DUNGEON_LINE_OF_SIGHT_GROUP,

src/scene/partyTraversal.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type RAPIER from "@dimforge/rapier3d-compat";
 import type { World } from "@dimforge/rapier3d-compat";
 import type { PartyWorldPosition } from "../game/partyRuntimeRegistry";
+import { ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS } from "./actorCollision";
 
 const COLLISION_RADIUS = 0.34;
 const COLLISION_HALF_HEIGHT = 0.48;
@@ -11,14 +12,6 @@ export const PARTY_FLOOR_RAY_DEPTH = 2;
 const FLOOR_SAMPLE_SPACING = 0.6;
 const MAX_FLOOR_DELTA = 0.55;
 
-export function partyTerrainQueryFlags(rapier: typeof RAPIER) {
-  // Actor capsules are not terrain. Crowd spacing is handled separately by
-  // party separation; counting the player here blocks recalls and replans.
-  return rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS
-    | rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_DYNAMIC
-    | rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_KINEMATIC;
-}
-
 /** Shared by live party routing and collision-backed traversal regressions. */
 export function createPartyDirectSegmentValidator(rapier: typeof RAPIER, world: World) {
   const capsule = new rapier.Capsule(
@@ -26,7 +19,7 @@ export function createPartyDirectSegmentValidator(rapier: typeof RAPIER, world:
     COLLISION_RADIUS,
   );
   const rotation = { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 1 };
-  const flags = partyTerrainQueryFlags(rapier);
+  const flags = rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS;
   return (start: PartyWorldPosition, end: PartyWorldPosition): boolean => {
     const dx = end[0] - start[0];
     const dy = end[1] - start[1];
@@ -43,6 +36,7 @@ export function createPartyDirectSegmentValidator(rapier: typeof RAPIER, world:
       distance,
       false,
       flags,
+      ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS,
     );
     if (obstacle && obstacle.time_of_impact < distance - 0.04) return false;
     const sampleCount = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(distance / FLOOR_SAMPLE_SPACING));
@@ -54,7 +48,7 @@ export function createPartyDirectSegmentValidator(rapier: typeof RAPIER, world:
         y: expectedY + PARTY_FLOOR_RAY_HEIGHT,
         z: start[2] + dz * progress,
       }, { x: 0, y: -1, z: 0 });
-      const floor = world.castRay(ray, PARTY_FLOOR_RAY_DEPTH, true, flags);
+      const floor = world.castRay(ray, PARTY_FLOOR_RAY_DEPTH, true, flags, ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS);
       if (!floor || Math.abs(ray.origin.y - floor.timeOfImpact - expectedY) > MAX_FLOOR_DELTA) return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -63,7 +57,7 @@ export function createPartyDirectSegmentValidator(rapier: typeof RAPIER, world:
 
 /** Triangle corridors need wall/overhang validation, not a second radius erosion. */
 export function createPartyRouteSegmentValidator(rapier: typeof RAPIER, world: World) {
-  const flags = partyTerrainQueryFlags(rapier);
+  const flags = rapier.QueryFilterFlags.EXCLUDE_SENSORS;
   return (start: PartyWorldPosition, end: PartyWorldPosition): boolean => {
     const dx = end[0] - start[0];
     const dy = end[1] - start[1];
@@ -74,7 +68,7 @@ export function createPartyRouteSegmentValidator(rapier: typeof RAPIER, world: W
     const ray = new rapier.Ray({
       x: start[0], y: start[1] + 0.9, z: start[2],
     }, { x: dx / distance, y: dy / distance, z: dz / distance });
-    const hit = world.castRay(ray, distance, true, flags);
+    const hit = world.castRay(ray, distance, true, flags, ACTOR_TERRAIN_QUERY_GROUPS);
     return !hit || hit.timeOfImpact >= distance - 0.04;
   };
 }