Add MVP character proxy selection

AGRARIAN_DEVELOPMENT_ROADMAP.md

@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ Target deliverable: A small group can join a server, spawn into one biome, gathe
 - [x] Replace the native painted MVP frontend with a proper UMG menu flow using real button widgets, hover/pressed states, keyboard/controller focus, mouse click targets, and predictable back/escape behavior. Converted the MVP frontend to a WidgetTree-built UMG flow with UButton/UTextBlock controls, hover/pressed button styling, focusable primary actions, mouse-click character selection, back handling, and save/quit actions while preserving the existing player-controller API.
 - [x] Make startup credits, character selection, server/join, loading, pause, save, and quit feel like separate intentional segments, with no impression that gameplay has started underneath the UI. Switched startup/menu control to UI-only input, added explicit segment labels for character selection, server join, loading, pause, and saving, and made Save & Quit transition through a dedicated saving screen before issuing save/quit.
 - [x] Add a visually verified packaged-client startup test using Sunshine/Moonlight or another real GPU desktop capture path, because QEMU guest-agent screenshots cannot validate the interactive rendered desktop. Added a packaged-client GPU startup visual test runbook, a Windows helper that checks the packaged demo and Sunshine service before capture, and verifier coverage requiring Moonlight/Sunshine evidence instead of QEMU guest-agent screenshots.
-- [ ] Add first realistic playable character proxies for the selected young adult male and female archetypes, replacing the default mannequin/dummy presentation for investor builds.
+- [x] Add first realistic playable character proxies for the selected young adult male and female archetypes, replacing the default mannequin/dummy presentation for investor builds. Added selected male/female MVP proxy application to the player controller, workwear material generation, cook coverage for Agrarian character assets, documentation, and verification so the menu-selected archetype changes the possessed pawn instead of leaving one default dummy presentation.
 - [ ] Replace box/sphere/cylinder survival objects with readable MVP meshes for campfires, primitive shelter pieces, resource pickups, water sources, wildlife, and gathered items.
 - [ ] Replace the placeholder Ground Zero environment presentation with investor-facing biome dressing: believable terrain material, grass, brush, shrubs, bushes, trees, rocks, water visuals, and local coastal-scrub color variation.
 - [ ] Add a real water-source visual pass with surface material, edge treatment, scale, and placement that reads as collectable freshwater instead of a placeholder plane.

Config/DefaultGame.ini

@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ IncludePrerequisites=True
 IncludeAppLocalPrerequisites=False
 Build=IfProjectHasCode
 +MapsToCook=(FilePath="/Game/Agrarian/Maps/L_GroundZeroTerrain_Test")
++DirectoriesToAlwaysCook=(Path="/Game/Agrarian/Characters")

Docs/Characters/MvpCharacterProxies.md

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# MVP Character Proxies
+
+The 0.1.O investor visual pass introduces first playable character proxies for
+the startup character selection flow. These are not final production humans;
+they are practical, human-scale stand-ins that remove the single default dummy
+presentation while the final realistic character art pipeline is still pending.
+
+## Current Proxies
+
+- Young adult male:
+  `/Game/Characters/Mannequins/Meshes/SKM_Manny_Simple`
+- Young adult female:
+  `/Game/Characters/Mannequins/Meshes/SKM_Quinn_Simple`
+- Male workwear material:
+  `/Game/Agrarian/Characters/Materials/M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Male`
+- Female workwear material:
+  `/Game/Agrarian/Characters/Materials/M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Female`
+
+The materials use muted earth-tone workwear colors so the character reads as an
+Agrarian survivor/pioneer proxy instead of an untouched template dummy.
+
+## Runtime Flow
+
+The MVP frontend stores the selected young-adult archetype. When the loading
+segment closes, it issues `AgrarianSelectCharacter male` or
+`AgrarianSelectCharacter female`. The player controller records the selected
+proxy and applies the matching mesh/material to the possessed Agrarian player
+character.
+
+The character asset folder is always cooked for investor builds so both proxy
+materials remain available in packaged clients.
+
+## Replacement Path
+
+Final character work should replace these proxies with grounded realistic human
+assets, production clothing, age/condition variation, and replication/persistence
+of visual state. The current C++ selection path is intentionally simple so final
+assets can slot into the same male/female archetype switch without reworking the
+menu flow.

Scripts/setup_mvp_character_proxies.py

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import unreal
+
+
+MATERIAL_FOLDER = "/Game/Agrarian/Characters/Materials"
+CHARACTER_PROXY_MATERIALS = {
+    "M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Male": {
+        "color": unreal.LinearColor(0.23, 0.20, 0.15, 1.0),
+        "roughness": 0.88,
+    },
+    "M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Female": {
+        "color": unreal.LinearColor(0.20, 0.24, 0.18, 1.0),
+        "roughness": 0.88,
+    },
+}
+
+
+def ensure_character_proxy_materials():
+    unreal.EditorAssetLibrary.make_directory(MATERIAL_FOLDER)
+    asset_tools = unreal.AssetToolsHelpers.get_asset_tools()
+    created = []
+
+    for asset_name, spec in CHARACTER_PROXY_MATERIALS.items():
+        asset_path = f"{MATERIAL_FOLDER}/{asset_name}"
+        material = unreal.EditorAssetLibrary.load_asset(asset_path)
+        if not material:
+            material = asset_tools.create_asset(asset_name, MATERIAL_FOLDER, unreal.Material, unreal.MaterialFactoryNew())
+            if not material:
+                raise RuntimeError(f"Could not create character proxy material: {asset_path}")
+
+            base_color = unreal.MaterialEditingLibrary.create_material_expression(
+                material, unreal.MaterialExpressionConstant3Vector, -420, -120
+            )
+            base_color.set_editor_property("constant", spec["color"])
+            unreal.MaterialEditingLibrary.connect_material_property(
+                base_color, "", unreal.MaterialProperty.MP_BASE_COLOR
+            )
+
+            roughness = unreal.MaterialEditingLibrary.create_material_expression(
+                material, unreal.MaterialExpressionConstant, -420, 80
+            )
+            roughness.set_editor_property("r", spec["roughness"])
+            unreal.MaterialEditingLibrary.connect_material_property(
+                roughness, "", unreal.MaterialProperty.MP_ROUGHNESS
+            )
+
+            unreal.MaterialEditingLibrary.recompile_material(material)
+            created.append(asset_path)
+
+        unreal.EditorAssetLibrary.save_loaded_asset(material)
+
+    return created
+
+
+def main():
+    created = ensure_character_proxy_materials()
+    if created:
+        for asset_path in created:
+            unreal.log(f"Created MVP character proxy material: {asset_path}")
+    else:
+        unreal.log("MVP character proxy materials already exist.")
+
+
+main()

Scripts/verify_mvp_character_archetype_choice.py

@@ -27,15 +27,17 @@ EXPECTED = {
         "Selected",
         "Click a card or use Left/Right",
         "GetSelectedCharacterLabel",
-        "NativeOnMouseButtonDown",
-        "IsPointInside(LocalMousePosition, MaleCardPosition, CardSize)",
-        "IsPointInside(LocalMousePosition, FemaleCardPosition, CardSize)",
+        "HandleMaleCharacterClicked",
+        "HandleFemaleCharacterClicked",
+        "AgrarianSelectCharacter male",
+        "AgrarianSelectCharacter female",
     ],
     "AgrarianGamePlayerController.h": [
         "AgrarianSelectCharacter",
     ],
     "AgrarianGamePlayerController.cpp": [
         "AgrarianSelectCharacter",
+        "ApplyMvpCharacterProxyToPawn",
         "SetSelectedCharacterArchetype(EAgrarianMvpCharacterArchetype::YoungAdultMale)",
         "SetSelectedCharacterArchetype(EAgrarianMvpCharacterArchetype::YoungAdultFemale)",
     ],

Scripts/verify_mvp_character_proxies.py

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Verify first MVP male/female playable character proxy setup."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+CONTROLLER_H = ROOT / "Source" / "AgrarianGame" / "AgrarianGamePlayerController.h"
+CONTROLLER_CPP = ROOT / "Source" / "AgrarianGame" / "AgrarianGamePlayerController.cpp"
+FRONTEND_CPP = ROOT / "Source" / "AgrarianGame" / "AgrarianMvpFrontendWidget.cpp"
+CONFIG = ROOT / "Config" / "DefaultGame.ini"
+DOC = ROOT / "Docs" / "Characters" / "MvpCharacterProxies.md"
+SETUP = ROOT / "Scripts" / "setup_mvp_character_proxies.py"
+ROADMAP = ROOT / "AGRARIAN_DEVELOPMENT_ROADMAP.md"
+MALE_MATERIAL = ROOT / "Content" / "Agrarian" / "Characters" / "Materials" / "M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Male.uasset"
+FEMALE_MATERIAL = ROOT / "Content" / "Agrarian" / "Characters" / "Materials" / "M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Female.uasset"
+
+
+def require(condition: bool, message: str) -> None:
+    if not condition:
+        raise SystemExit(f"FAILED: {message}")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    controller_h = CONTROLLER_H.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    controller = CONTROLLER_CPP.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    frontend = FRONTEND_CPP.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    config = CONFIG.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    doc = DOC.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    setup = SETUP.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    roadmap = ROADMAP.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    for token in (
+        "ApplyMvpCharacterProxyToPawn",
+        "SelectedMvpCharacterProxyId",
+    ):
+        require(token in controller_h, f"controller header missing {token}")
+
+    for token in (
+        "SKM_Manny_Simple",
+        "SKM_Quinn_Simple",
+        "M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Male",
+        "M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Female",
+        "SetSkeletalMesh",
+        "SetMaterial",
+        "SelectedMvpCharacterProxyId = TEXT(\"male\")",
+        "SelectedMvpCharacterProxyId = TEXT(\"female\")",
+        "ApplyMvpCharacterProxyToPawn();",
+    ):
+        require(token in controller, f"controller implementation missing {token}")
+
+    for token in (
+        "AgrarianSelectCharacter female",
+        "AgrarianSelectCharacter male",
+        "practical workwear proxy",
+    ):
+        require(token in frontend, f"frontend character proxy flow missing {token}")
+
+    for token in (
+        "M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Male",
+        "M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Female",
+        "MaterialFactoryNew",
+        "MP_BASE_COLOR",
+        "MP_ROUGHNESS",
+    ):
+        require(token in setup, f"setup script missing {token}")
+
+    require(
+        '+DirectoriesToAlwaysCook=(Path="/Game/Agrarian/Characters")' in config,
+        "character proxy folder is not always cooked",
+    )
+
+    for token in (
+        "SKM_Manny_Simple",
+        "SKM_Quinn_Simple",
+        "not final production humans",
+        "Final character work should replace these proxies",
+    ):
+        require(token in doc, f"character proxy doc missing {token}")
+
+    require(
+        "- [x] Add first realistic playable character proxies for the selected young adult male and female archetypes" in roadmap,
+        "0.1.O character proxy roadmap item is not checked off",
+    )
+    require(MALE_MATERIAL.exists(), "male character proxy material asset is missing")
+    require(FEMALE_MATERIAL.exists(), "female character proxy material asset is missing")
+
+    print("OK: MVP male/female playable character proxy flow is wired and documented.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

Source/AgrarianGame/AgrarianGamePlayerController.cpp

@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@
 #include "AgrarianPersistenceSubsystem.h"
 #include "AgrarianShelterActor.h"
 #include "AgrarianSurvivalComponent.h"
+#include "Components/SkeletalMeshComponent.h"
 #include "EnhancedInputSubsystems.h"
 #include "Engine/LocalPlayer.h"
+#include "Engine/SkeletalMesh.h"
 #include "GameFramework/Character.h"
 #include "GameFramework/CharacterMovementComponent.h"
 #include "InputCoreTypes.h"
 #include "InputMappingContext.h"
+#include "Materials/MaterialInterface.h"
 #include "Blueprint/UserWidget.h"
 #include "TimerManager.h"
 #include "AgrarianGame.h"
@@ -75,6 +78,20 @@ namespace
 
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	const TCHAR* GetMvpCharacterProxyMeshPath(const FName ProxyId)
+	{
+		return ProxyId == TEXT("female")
+			? TEXT("/Game/Characters/Mannequins/Meshes/SKM_Quinn_Simple.SKM_Quinn_Simple")
+			: TEXT("/Game/Characters/Mannequins/Meshes/SKM_Manny_Simple.SKM_Manny_Simple");
+	}
+
+	const TCHAR* GetMvpCharacterProxyMaterialPath(const FName ProxyId)
+	{
+		return ProxyId == TEXT("female")
+			? TEXT("/Game/Agrarian/Characters/Materials/M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Female.M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Female")
+			: TEXT("/Game/Agrarian/Characters/Materials/M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Male.M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Male");
+	}
 }
 
 void AAgrarianGamePlayerController::BeginPlay()
@@ -258,6 +275,30 @@ void AAgrarianGamePlayerController::HandleMvpEscapeInput()
 	ShowMvpPauseMenu();
 }
 
+void AAgrarianGamePlayerController::ApplyMvpCharacterProxyToPawn()
+{
+	AAgrarianGameCharacter* AgrarianCharacter = GetPawn<AAgrarianGameCharacter>();
+	USkeletalMeshComponent* MeshComponent = AgrarianCharacter ? AgrarianCharacter->GetMesh() : nullptr;
+	if (!MeshComponent)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (USkeletalMesh* ProxyMesh = LoadObject<USkeletalMesh>(nullptr, GetMvpCharacterProxyMeshPath(SelectedMvpCharacterProxyId)))
+	{
+		MeshComponent->SetSkeletalMesh(ProxyMesh);
+	}
+
+	if (UMaterialInterface* ProxyMaterial = LoadObject<UMaterialInterface>(nullptr, GetMvpCharacterProxyMaterialPath(SelectedMvpCharacterProxyId)))
+	{
+		const int32 MaterialCount = FMath::Max(1, MeshComponent->GetNumMaterials());
+		for (int32 MaterialIndex = 0; MaterialIndex < MaterialCount; ++MaterialIndex)
+		{
+			MeshComponent->SetMaterial(MaterialIndex, ProxyMaterial);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 void AAgrarianGamePlayerController::AgrarianGrantItem(FName ItemId, int32 Quantity)
 {
 	if (ItemId == NAME_None || Quantity <= 0)
@@ -498,14 +539,18 @@ void AAgrarianGamePlayerController::AgrarianSelectCharacter(FName Archetype)
 
 	if (Archetype == TEXT("male") || Archetype == TEXT("YoungAdultMale"))
 	{
+		SelectedMvpCharacterProxyId = TEXT("male");
 		MvpFrontendWidget->SetSelectedCharacterArchetype(EAgrarianMvpCharacterArchetype::YoungAdultMale);
+		ApplyMvpCharacterProxyToPawn();
 		ClientMessage(TEXT("Selected MVP young adult male character archetype."));
 		return;
 	}
 
 	if (Archetype == TEXT("female") || Archetype == TEXT("YoungAdultFemale"))
 	{
+		SelectedMvpCharacterProxyId = TEXT("female");
 		MvpFrontendWidget->SetSelectedCharacterArchetype(EAgrarianMvpCharacterArchetype::YoungAdultFemale);
+		ApplyMvpCharacterProxyToPawn();
 		ClientMessage(TEXT("Selected MVP young adult female character archetype."));
 		return;
 	}

Source/AgrarianGame/AgrarianGamePlayerController.h

@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ protected:
 	void HandleMvpConfirmInput();
 	void HandleMvpBackInput();
 	void HandleMvpEscapeInput();
+	void ApplyMvpCharacterProxyToPawn();
+
+	FName SelectedMvpCharacterProxyId = TEXT("male");
 
 public:
 	UFUNCTION(Exec)

Source/AgrarianGame/AgrarianMvpFrontendWidget.cpp

@@ -226,6 +226,13 @@ void UAgrarianMvpFrontendWidget::CompleteFrontendFlow()
 {
 	if (APlayerController* PlayerController = GetOwningPlayer())
 	{
+		if (ActiveScreen == EAgrarianMvpFrontendScreen::Loading)
+		{
+			PlayerController->ConsoleCommand(SelectedCharacterArchetype == EAgrarianMvpCharacterArchetype::YoungAdultFemale
+				? TEXT("AgrarianSelectCharacter female")
+				: TEXT("AgrarianSelectCharacter male"));
+		}
+
 		PlayerController->SetInputMode(FInputModeGameOnly());
 		PlayerController->bShowMouseCursor = false;
 		PlayerController->SetIgnoreMoveInput(false);
@@ -311,7 +318,7 @@ void UAgrarianMvpFrontendWidget::RebuildFrontendTree()
 		UVerticalBox* MaleStack = WidgetTree->ConstructWidget<UVerticalBox>(UVerticalBox::StaticClass(), TEXT("MalePioneerStack"));
 		MaleButton->SetContent(MaleStack);
 		AddText(MaleStack, FText::FromString(TEXT("Young adult male")), FMath::RoundToInt(21.0f * Scale), true, TextColor, 8.0f * Scale);
-		AddText(MaleStack, FText::FromString(TEXT("Average proportions, survival baseline, placeholder visual.")), FMath::RoundToInt(15.0f * Scale), false, MutedTextColor, 18.0f * Scale);
+		AddText(MaleStack, FText::FromString(TEXT("Average build, practical workwear proxy, survival baseline.")), FMath::RoundToInt(15.0f * Scale), false, MutedTextColor, 18.0f * Scale);
 		AddText(MaleStack, bMaleSelected ? FText::FromString(TEXT("Selected")) : FText::FromString(TEXT("Available")), FMath::RoundToInt(15.0f * Scale), true, bMaleSelected ? AccentColor : MutedTextColor, 0.0f);
 		if (UHorizontalBoxSlot* MaleSlot = CharacterRow->AddChildToHorizontalBox(MaleButton))
 		{
@@ -325,7 +332,7 @@ void UAgrarianMvpFrontendWidget::RebuildFrontendTree()
 		UVerticalBox* FemaleStack = WidgetTree->ConstructWidget<UVerticalBox>(UVerticalBox::StaticClass(), TEXT("FemalePioneerStack"));
 		FemaleButton->SetContent(FemaleStack);
 		AddText(FemaleStack, FText::FromString(TEXT("Young adult female")), FMath::RoundToInt(21.0f * Scale), true, TextColor, 8.0f * Scale);
-		AddText(FemaleStack, FText::FromString(TEXT("Average proportions, survival baseline, placeholder visual.")), FMath::RoundToInt(15.0f * Scale), false, MutedTextColor, 18.0f * Scale);
+		AddText(FemaleStack, FText::FromString(TEXT("Average build, practical workwear proxy, survival baseline.")), FMath::RoundToInt(15.0f * Scale), false, MutedTextColor, 18.0f * Scale);
 		AddText(FemaleStack, bFemaleSelected ? FText::FromString(TEXT("Selected")) : FText::FromString(TEXT("Available")), FMath::RoundToInt(15.0f * Scale), true, bFemaleSelected ? AccentColor : MutedTextColor, 0.0f);
 		if (UHorizontalBoxSlot* FemaleSlot = CharacterRow->AddChildToHorizontalBox(FemaleButton))
 		{