Add carry-time drop-location preview marker (playtest feedback) #44

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scruffydude merged 1 commit from task/43-drop-preview into main

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Closes #43

While holding an item, a translucent marker now appears at the exact slot it will snap into on its matching stand, hidden whenever nothing is held. stand.gd creates the marker in code (same pattern as item.gd's set_tint() material) and reuses item.gd's slot-offset formula so the preview always matches where try_snap() will actually place the item.

Validated headlessly via a disposable env-var-gated hook in area.gd (reverted before commit): picking up a sword with none placed yet previews slot 0; after two swords are placed, picking up a third previews slot 2; dropping hides the marker in both cases. The marker's actual visual appearance can't be judged from this sandbox - needs a real playtest look.

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Closes #43 While holding an item, a translucent marker now appears at the exact slot it will snap into on its matching stand, hidden whenever nothing is held. stand.gd creates the marker in code (same pattern as item.gd's set_tint() material) and reuses item.gd's slot-offset formula so the preview always matches where try_snap() will actually place the item. Validated headlessly via a disposable env-var-gated hook in area.gd (reverted before commit): picking up a sword with none placed yet previews slot 0; after two swords are placed, picking up a third previews slot 2; dropping hides the marker in both cases. The marker's actual visual appearance can't be judged from this sandbox - needs a real playtest look. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

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Add carry-time drop-location preview marker (playtest feedback) a036f645db

Stand signage and item sets still leave it unclear exactly where a
carried item should be dropped, especially within a set's row. While
holding an item, a translucent marker now appears at the exact slot
it will snap into on its matching stand, hidden whenever nothing is
held.

stand.gd creates the marker in code (same pattern as item.gd's
set_tint() material) rather than hand-authoring it per-stand in
armory.tscn, and reuses item.gd's slot-offset formula so the preview
always matches where try_snap() will actually place the item.
item.gd's _placed_sibling_count() is renamed to the public
placed_sibling_count() so player.gd can reuse the same slot math
instead of duplicating it.

Validated headlessly via a disposable env-var-gated hook in area.gd
(reverted before this commit): picking up a sword with none placed
yet previews slot 0 (-1.575, matching the formula); after two swords
are actually placed, picking up a third previews slot 2 (-0.875);
dropping in either case hides the marker again.

Closes #43

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

scruffydude merged commit 00cc6dc053 into main

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scruffydude deleted branch task/43-drop-preview

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scruffydude referenced this pull request from a commit

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Merge pull request 'Add carry-time drop-location preview marker (playtest feedback)' (#44) from task/43-drop-preview into main