healer-man/scripts/runewaker-pipeline/RUNEWAKER_NAVIGATION_GAP_REPORT.md

RuneWaker navigation gap analysis

This diagnostic is offline-only. It measures source-authored entrance/objective positions against every raw Recast surface component and against the retained runtime surface. The current boss sequence is HealerMan's distance-from-entrance fallback, not a claimed source-authored order. It does not create links or infer doors/teleports.

Unreachable heuristic legs analyzed: 19 across 8 dungeons.

Dungeon	Ordered leg	Geometry classification	From raw comp/dist	To raw comp/dist	Retained distances
cave-water-dragon	Template 104161 -> Lytfir	separate-recast-surface-components	0/0m	8/0m	0m -> 153.578m
hoto	entrance -> Medusa	separate-recast-surface-components	1/0m	0/0m	60.041m -> 0m
hoto	Geba -> Bloodthirsty Claw	separate-recast-surface-components	0/0m	1/0m	0m -> 30.954m
hoto	Bloodthirsty Claw -> Jiasha	separate-recast-surface-components	1/0m	0/0m	30.954m -> 0m
ice-dwarf-kingdom	Pangkor -> Crasset Hairyfoot	separate-recast-surface-components	0/0m	3/0m	0m -> 31.719m
ice-dwarf-kingdom	Crasset Hairyfoot -> Thynos	separate-recast-surface-components	3/0m	0/0m	31.719m -> 0m
kalins-shrine	entrance -> Iron Rune Warrior	entrance-or-prior-objective-outside-live-start-limit	5/0m	5/0m	293.32m -> 307.606m
kalins-shrine	Iron Rune Warrior -> Yusalien	separate-recast-surface-components	5/0m	2/0m	307.606m -> 245.55m
kalins-shrine	Yusalien -> Locatha	separate-recast-surface-components	2/0m	12/0m	245.55m -> 122.731m
kalins-shrine	Locatha -> Goddess of Art's Disciple	separate-recast-surface-components	12/0m	3/0m	122.731m -> 12.741m
kalins-shrine	Goddess of Art's Disciple -> Ensia	separate-recast-surface-components	3/0m	0/0m	12.741m -> 0m
raksha-temple	entrance -> Shadoj	missing-primary-environment-geometry-source-support-pad	41/0m	165/0m	0.203m -> 200.079m
the-origin	entrance -> Life Leecher	missing-primary-environment-geometry-source-support-pad	106/0m	302/0m	466.405m -> 234.143m
the-origin	Life Leecher -> Holy Tree Falynum	missing-primary-environment-geometry-source-support-pad	302/0m	305/0m	234.143m -> 361.263m
treasure-trove	entrance -> Lookout Luke	missing-primary-environment-geometry-source-support-pad	487/0m	854/0m	0.184m -> 519.5m
treasure-trove	Lookout Luke -> Snow Blake	missing-primary-environment-geometry-source-support-pad	854/0m	490/0m	519.5m -> 525.287m
treasure-trove	Snow Blake -> Boulder Sidaar	missing-primary-environment-geometry-source-support-pad	490/0m	489/0m	525.287m -> 565.311m
ystra-labyrinth-boss1	Specter Guardian Creator -> Raichika the Destroyer	separate-authored-wdb-room-placements	0/0m	1/0m	0m -> 305.636m
ystra-labyrinth-boss1	Raichika the Destroyer -> Rune Guardian Leader	separate-authored-wdb-room-placements	1/0m	2/0m	305.636m -> 317.303m

Per-dungeon surface inventory

• cave-water-dragon: 510 raw vertex-connected surfaces; 1 shared-edge corridors inside the retained surface; 17285 welded nodes discarded by largest-surface retention.
• hoto: 260 raw vertex-connected surfaces; 1 shared-edge corridors inside the retained surface; 5777 welded nodes discarded by largest-surface retention.
• ice-dwarf-kingdom: 599 raw vertex-connected surfaces; 1 shared-edge corridors inside the retained surface; 6237 welded nodes discarded by largest-surface retention.
• kalins-shrine: 93 raw vertex-connected surfaces; 1 shared-edge corridors inside the retained surface; 4858 welded nodes discarded by largest-surface retention.
• raksha-temple: 167 raw vertex-connected surfaces; 1 shared-edge corridors inside the retained surface; 1262 welded nodes discarded by largest-surface retention.
• the-origin: 306 raw vertex-connected surfaces; 1 shared-edge corridors inside the retained surface; 1678 welded nodes discarded by largest-surface retention.
• treasure-trove: 1025 raw vertex-connected surfaces; 1 shared-edge corridors inside the retained surface; 16502 welded nodes discarded by largest-surface retention.
• ystra-labyrinth-boss1: 36 raw vertex-connected surfaces; 1 shared-edge corridors inside the retained surface; 901 welded nodes discarded by largest-surface retention.

Reviewed dispositions

cave-water-dragon

• Disposition: gated-wave-and-door-review.
• Safe automatic link: no.
• Finding: Template 104161 runs the ten-add water-elemental controller, creates a blocking door, and removes it only after the counter reaches ten. Lytfir is on a lower isolated surface, so a permanent link would bypass the preserved gate/drop sequence.
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/01562.lua:1
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/01562.lua:21
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/01562.lua:42

hoto

• Disposition: source-order-required-before-linking.
• Safe automatic link: no.
• Finding: The distance fallback crosses the same 6.65m vertical surface break three times. Preserved local configuration supplies boss anchors but no authoritative encounter order, so these heuristic legs cannot justify a link.
• Evidence: scripts/runewaker-pipeline/build-population.mjs:634
• Evidence: scripts/runewaker-pipeline/recipes/hoto-population.json

ice-dwarf-kingdom

• Disposition: door-gated-room-review.
• Safe automatic link: no.
• Finding: Crasset's isolated surface is separated by a 1.64m/0.60m gap, but his preserved death hook creates an orb that finds and hides door 112321. A permanent bidirectional link would erase that gate state.
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/01356.lua:16
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/01356.lua:36
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/01356.lua:46
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/01356.lua:54

kalins-shrine

• Disposition: teleport-room-mechanic.
• Safe automatic link: no.
• Finding: The preserved server scripts register six Kalin locations as separate keeper rooms and advance with a group teleport. The vertical component gaps are therefore encounter state, not wall seams.
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/03246.lua:713
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/03246.lua:1298
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/03246.lua:1363

raksha-temple

• Disposition: missing-modular-environment-assembly.
• Safe automatic link: no.
• Finding: The environment recipe explicitly adds isolated source-anchor support pads because the single primary ROS does not cover the modular WDB combat anchors. Secondary environment pieces must be assembled before route authoring.
• Evidence: scripts/runewaker-pipeline/recipes/raksha-temple.json:16

the-origin

• Disposition: missing-modular-environment-assembly.
• Safe automatic link: no.
• Finding: Both objectives and the entrance sit on isolated source-anchor support pads. The WDB contains many separately placed cathedral, slope, bridge, and connector ROS pieces that the primary-only environment package does not yet assemble.
• Evidence: scripts/runewaker-pipeline/recipes/the-origin.json:16

treasure-trove

• Disposition: missing-modular-environment-plus-bridge-door-mechanics.
• Safe automatic link: no.
• Finding: Boss anchors are isolated support pads, while preserved Lua requires a boss-enabled drawbridge switch and a key-gated hold door. The modular environment and stateful bridge/door must precede navigation links.
• Evidence: scripts/runewaker-pipeline/recipes/treasure-trove.json:16
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/01159.lua:1
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/01159.lua:38
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/01159.lua:50

ystra-labyrinth-boss1

• Disposition: separate-authored-room-placements.
• Safe automatic link: no.
• Finding: The package intentionally clones three distinct WDB room placements hundreds of meters apart; the preserved travel catalog also treats the boss-room destinations separately. Connecting them through open space would invent geometry.
• Evidence: scripts/runewaker-pipeline/recipes/ystra-labyrinth-boss1.json:16
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/03246.lua:1423
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/03246.lua:1425
• Evidence: ../rom-pvt-server-backups/Runewaker/Resource/luascript/03246.lua:1426