From 620414a487230028957e21b933e3105eb0c7a15e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chazmm <balloverwatchh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 15:56:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Port native bail checkpoint selection and document
 integration gaps

---
 crates/skate-core/src/player/mod.rs           |   1 +
 crates/skate-core/src/player/respawn.rs       | 236 ++++++++++++++++++
 crates/skate-core/src/player/tests/respawn.rs | 126 ++++++++++
 docs/native-bail-recovery.md                  | 143 +++++++++++
 4 files changed, 506 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 crates/skate-core/src/player/respawn.rs
 create mode 100644 crates/skate-core/src/player/tests/respawn.rs
 create mode 100644 docs/native-bail-recovery.md

diff --git a/crates/skate-core/src/player/mod.rs b/crates/skate-core/src/player/mod.rs
index b6e3c738..80139f86 100644
--- a/crates/skate-core/src/player/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-core/src/player/mod.rs
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ pub mod offboard;
 
 pub mod conditioner_capabilities;
 pub mod teleport_state;
+pub mod respawn;
diff --git a/crates/skate-core/src/player/respawn.rs b/crates/skate-core/src/player/respawn.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0d23605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/skate-core/src/player/respawn.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+//! TU3 actor checkpoint history (82BFB068..82BFCB38).
+//! Scene predicates are supplied by the host; absence is never acceptance.
+use crate::physics::skeleton_animation_record::{AnimationPartTransform as Matrix, IDENTITY};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Candidate {
+    pub transform: Matrix,
+    pub stance: u32,
+    pub offboard: bool,
+    pub score: f32,
+}
+
+/// Separate native predicates: history selection does not repeat ground or edge
+/// validation, whereas current-position selection does (82BFC038/82BFC378).
+pub trait Validation {
+    type Error;
+    fn ground(&mut self, transform: &Matrix) -> Result<Option<Ground>, Self::Error>;
+    fn location(&mut self, transform: &Matrix) -> Result<bool, Self::Error>;
+    fn occupants(&mut self, transform: &Matrix) -> Result<bool, Self::Error>;
+    fn edges(&mut self, transform: &Matrix) -> Result<bool, Self::Error>;
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+pub struct Ground {
+    pub position: [f32; 4],
+    pub offboard: bool,
+}
+
+///Completed native packet fields. The caller must provide actual producer
+///values, especially Ground323 and conditioner164; neither means grounded.
+pub struct Observation {
+    pub measurements: i32,
+    pub root_position: [f32; 4], //Skeleton416, unmirrored11920 translation
+    pub com_position: [f32; 4],  //Skeleton64, physical COM16144
+    pub teleport_requested: bool, //State69
+    pub physical_state: u32,     //State16
+    pub state_frames: u32,       //State4
+    pub ground_suppressed: bool, //Ground323
+    pub offboard_correction: bool, //OffBoard333
+    pub ground_category: u32,    //Collision16 low16
+    pub foot_categories: [u32; 2], //OffBoard52/56 packed categories
+    pub riding_transform: Matrix, //82591E30(false)
+    pub offboard_transform: Matrix, //82591E30(true)
+    pub stance: u32,             //82592B68
+    pub alternate_world: bool,   //SimController virtual0
+}
+
+pub struct History {
+    initial: Candidate,
+    entries: Vec<Candidate>, // native33 slots reserve one sentinel:32 entries
+    cooldown: i32,
+    pub current_orientation: Matrix, //208; only eligible riding states write it
+    pub current_position: [f32; 4],  //272; every actor update writes Skeleton64
+}
+impl History {
+    pub fn new(initial: Candidate) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            initial,
+            entries: vec![initial],
+            cooldown: 20,
+            current_orientation: IDENTITY,
+            current_position: initial.transform[3],
+        }
+    }
+
+    ///82BFB1E0/82BFB3F8. Do not call this with last-grounded observations;
+    ///the native actor consumes one completed physical publication per update.
+    pub fn observe<V: Validation>(
+        &mut self,
+        input: &Observation,
+        minimum_state_frames: u32,
+        scene: &mut V,
+    ) -> Result<(), V::Error> {
+        self.current_position = input.com_position;
+        if !self.recording_due(input.measurements, input.root_position) || input.teleport_requested
+        {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let (transform, offboard, score) = match input.physical_state {
+            100 | 104 => {
+                //This write precedes both the15-frame gate and terrain checks.
+                self.current_orientation = input.riding_transform;
+                if input.state_frames <= minimum_state_frames
+                    || input.ground_suppressed
+                    || !surface_allowed(input.ground_category)
+                {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
+                (
+                    input.riding_transform,
+                    input.ground_category == 8,
+                    surface_score(input.ground_category),
+                )
+            }
+            500 | 502 => {
+                if input.state_frames <= minimum_state_frames || input.offboard_correction {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
+                (
+                    input.offboard_transform,
+                    true,
+                    surface_score(input.foot_categories[0])
+                        .max(surface_score(input.foot_categories[1])),
+                )
+            }
+            _ => return Ok(()),
+        };
+        if !scene.location(&transform)? || !scene.edges(&transform)? {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        if !input.alternate_world && scene.ground(&transform)?.is_none() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        //The recording path discards the ray's offboard byte and hit position.
+        self.insert(Candidate {
+            transform,
+            stance: input.stance,
+            offboard,
+            score,
+        });
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    ///82BFB1E0: call even when the physical state cannot supply a candidate.
+    ///The120 gate uses conditioner164 (EmpiricalMeasurements82DE5858), not
+    ///State4's time in the current state. Its reset lifecycle is caller-owned.
+    pub fn recording_due(&mut self, measurements: i32, root_position: [f32; 4]) -> bool {
+        let mut eligible = measurements >= 120;
+        if !eligible {
+            self.cooldown = 0;
+        }
+        if self.cooldown > 0 {
+            self.cooldown -= 1;
+            eligible = false;
+        }
+        eligible
+            && !self
+                .entries
+                .iter()
+                .rev()
+                .any(|entry| distance_squared(entry.transform[3], root_position) < 2.25)
+    }
+
+    ///82BFCB38. Construction and successful recording both refresh cooldown.
+    pub fn insert(&mut self, candidate: Candidate) {
+        if self.entries.len() == 32 {
+            self.entries.remove(0);
+        }
+        self.entries.push(candidate);
+        self.cooldown = 20;
+    }
+
+    ///82BFC550: descending score, newest wins ties; selected entry is removed
+    ///before validation, including successful selections. Repeated bails thus
+    ///cannot keep selecting the same history entry.
+    fn pop_best(&mut self) -> Option<Candidate> {
+        let mut best = None;
+        let mut score = -99990.0;
+        for (age, index) in (0..self.entries.len()).rev().enumerate() {
+            let mut value = self.entries[index].score;
+            if age < 1 {
+                value -= 100.0;
+            }
+            if age > 5 {
+                value -= 200.0;
+            }
+            if value > score {
+                best = Some(index);
+                score = value;
+            }
+        }
+        best.map(|index| self.entries.remove(index))
+    }
+
+    ///82BFC9B0, used by automatic actor reset82592518. Manual/session-marker
+    ///selection82BFC828 has a different history walk and must not call this.
+    pub fn automatic<V: Validation>(
+        &mut self,
+        stance: u32,
+        scene: &mut V,
+    ) -> Result<Candidate, V::Error> {
+        let mut transform = self.current_orientation;
+        transform[3] = self.current_position;
+        if let Some(ground) = scene.ground(&transform)? {
+            if scene.location(&transform)?
+                && scene.occupants(&transform)?
+                && scene.edges(&transform)?
+            {
+                if ground.offboard {
+                    transform[3][1] = ground.position[1];
+                }
+                return Ok(Candidate {
+                    transform,
+                    stance,
+                    offboard: ground.offboard,
+                    score: 0.0,
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        while let Some(candidate) = self.pop_best() {
+            if scene.location(&candidate.transform)? && scene.occupants(&candidate.transform)? {
+                return Ok(candidate);
+            }
+        }
+        //82BFC718 also serves non-destructive selectors; retain its actual rule.
+        Ok(self.entries.last().copied().unwrap_or(Candidate {
+            transform: self.initial.transform,
+            stance,
+            offboard: false,
+            score: 0.0,
+        }))
+    }
+}
+
+///82BFB3F8 rejects these categories; category8 explicitly requests offboard.
+pub fn surface_allowed(category: u32) -> bool {
+    !matches!(category, 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13)
+}
+
+///Jump table82BFB698: category1/2=100,3/4=50,11=20, all others=0.
+pub fn surface_score(category: u32) -> f32 {
+    match category {
+        1 | 2 => 100.0,
+        3 | 4 => 50.0,
+        11 => 20.0,
+        _ => 0.0,
+    }
+}
+
+fn distance_squared(a: [f32; 4], b: [f32; 4]) -> f32 {
+    (a[0] - b[0]).powi(2) + (a[1] - b[1]).powi(2) + (a[2] - b[2]).powi(2)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[path = "tests/respawn.rs"]
+mod tests;
diff --git a/crates/skate-core/src/player/tests/respawn.rs b/crates/skate-core/src/player/tests/respawn.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a75f9d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/skate-core/src/player/tests/respawn.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+use super::*;
+struct Scene {
+    current: bool,
+    rejected_x: Option<f32>,
+    calls: Vec<&'static str>,
+}
+impl Validation for Scene {
+    type Error = ();
+    fn ground(&mut self, _: &Matrix) -> Result<Option<Ground>, ()> {
+        self.calls.push("ground");
+        Ok(self.current.then_some(Ground {
+            position: [8., 2., 9., 0.],
+            offboard: true,
+        }))
+    }
+    fn location(&mut self, m: &Matrix) -> Result<bool, ()> {
+        self.calls.push("location");
+        Ok(self.rejected_x != Some(m[3][0]))
+    }
+    fn occupants(&mut self, _: &Matrix) -> Result<bool, ()> {
+        self.calls.push("occupants");
+        Ok(true)
+    }
+    fn edges(&mut self, _: &Matrix) -> Result<bool, ()> {
+        self.calls.push("edges");
+        Ok(true)
+    }
+}
+fn candidate(x: f32, score: f32) -> Candidate {
+    let mut transform = IDENTITY;
+    transform[3][0] = x;
+    Candidate {
+        transform,
+        stance: 1,
+        offboard: false,
+        score,
+    }
+}
+fn scene() -> Scene {
+    Scene {
+        current: false,
+        rejected_x: None,
+        calls: vec![],
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scored_selection_consumes_entries_and_does_not_recheck_terrain() {
+    let mut h = History::new(candidate(-10., 0.));
+    h.insert(candidate(10., 100.));
+    h.insert(candidate(20., 100.));
+    let mut s = scene();
+    assert_eq!(h.automatic(0, &mut s).unwrap().transform[3][0], 10.);
+    assert_eq!(s.calls, ["ground", "location", "occupants"]);
+    //Latest is now penalized; initial0 ties its adjusted100-100, newer wins.
+    assert_eq!(h.automatic(0, &mut s).unwrap().transform[3][0], 20.);
+    assert_eq!(h.automatic(0, &mut s).unwrap().transform[3][0], -10.);
+    assert_eq!(h.automatic(0, &mut s).unwrap().transform[3][0], -10.);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn rejection_removes_candidate_and_recomputes_age() {
+    let mut h = History::new(candidate(-10., 0.));
+    h.insert(candidate(10., 100.));
+    h.insert(candidate(20., 50.));
+    let mut s = scene();
+    s.rejected_x = Some(10.);
+    assert_eq!(h.automatic(1, &mut s).unwrap().transform[3][0], -10.);
+    assert_eq!(h.entries.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(h.entries[0].transform[3][0], 20.);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn current_candidate_keeps_heading_and_horizontal_position_and_history() {
+    let mut h = History::new(candidate(-10., 0.));
+    h.current_position = [3., 4., 5., 0.];
+    h.current_orientation[2] = [1., 0., 0., 0.];
+    let mut s = scene();
+    s.current = true;
+    let c = h.automatic(7, &mut s).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.transform[3], [3., 2., 5., 0.]);
+    assert_eq!(c.transform[2], [1., 0., 0., 0.]);
+    assert_eq!((c.stance, c.offboard), (7, true));
+    assert_eq!(h.entries.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(s.calls, ["ground", "location", "occupants", "edges"]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn insertion_capacity_and_native_gate_boundaries() {
+    let mut h = History::new(candidate(0., 0.));
+    assert!(!h.recording_due(119, [10., 0., 0., 0.]));
+    assert!(h.recording_due(120, [1.5, 0., 0., 0.]));
+    assert!(!h.recording_due(120, [1.499, 0., 0., 0.]));
+    h.insert(candidate(10., 0.));
+    for _ in 0..20 {
+        assert!(!h.recording_due(120, [1000., 0., 0., 0.]));
+    }
+    assert!(h.recording_due(120, [1000., 0., 0., 0.]));
+    for n in 0..40 {
+        h.insert(candidate(n as f32, 0.));
+    }
+    assert_eq!(h.entries.len(), 32);
+    assert_eq!(h.entries[0].transform[3][0], 8.);
+    assert_eq!(h.initial.transform[3][0], 0.);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn category_dispatch_matches_decrementing_ppc_branch_table() {
+    let accepted: Vec<_> = (0..=15).filter(|&x| surface_allowed(x)).collect();
+    assert_eq!(accepted, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15]);
+    assert_eq!(
+        (0..=12).map(surface_score).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        [0., 100., 100., 50., 50., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 20., 0.]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn exhausted_history_fallback_uses_current_actor_stance() {
+    let mut h = History::new(candidate(-10., 100.));
+    let mut s = scene();
+    s.rejected_x = Some(-10.);
+    let c = h.automatic(0, &mut s).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.transform, h.initial.transform);
+    assert_eq!((c.stance, c.offboard, c.score), (0, false, 0.));
+    assert!(h.entries.is_empty());
+}
diff --git a/docs/native-bail-recovery.md b/docs/native-bail-recovery.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08fe00e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/native-bail-recovery.md
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+# Native bail checkpoint investigation
+
+Status: **selector port only; gameplay integration is incomplete**. The existing
+fixed-spawn response in `physics/teleport_state.rs` remains active. This change
+must not be described as a working native bail-respawn fix.
+
+## Reference and scope
+
+Reference: TU3 memory image `default_82000000_011B0000.bin`, mapped at
+`0x82000000`, SHA256
+`f4aa113eb541bfba03dbc108cf5ab43f58c965b20fa3b82f9c40938a0ad841c4`.
+Addresses below were inspected in the matching generated PPC instruction
+comments; constants were checked against the raw image. The read-only IDA
+lookup for `82BFB1E0` found no defined function in the locally available dump
+database, so it did not provide independent decompiler confirmation.
+
+No game, recomp, controller harness, screenshot capture or asset-check launch
+was performed. No binary/data files belong in this commit.
+
+## Implemented core
+
+`skate-core/src/player/respawn.rs` contains the actor history and ordinary
+automatic selector, with required scene-validation callbacks. It has no host
+default that silently accepts missing geometry or occupant providers.
+
+- `82BFB068` constructs the manager, seeds the history and starts a 20-update
+  cooldown. The native 33-slot ring has 32 usable entries.
+- `82BFB1E0` publishes current COM position every actor tick. Recording needs
+  at least 120 empirical measurements, expired cooldown and a root at least
+  1.5 units from every recorded position. Falling below 120 clears cooldown.
+- `82BFB3F8` rejects State69. Riding states 100/104 publish the current
+  orientation before testing state age, Ground323 and surface eligibility.
+  Offboard states 500/502 require the state-age gate and no OffBoard333
+  correction. Both paths require strictly more than the configured 15 frames.
+- Surface categories 5, 6, 9, 12 and 13 are rejected for riding/ground checks.
+  Category 8 requests offboard recovery. Scores are 100 for categories 1/2,
+  50 for 3/4, 20 for 11, and zero otherwise.
+- Recording checks location, edges, then ground unless alternate-world mode
+  bypasses ground. It stores the original candidate, discarding the ray hit's
+  position and offboard result.
+- `82BFC9B0` tries current position (`82BFC038`), scored history (`82BFC378`),
+  then fallback (`82BFC718`). Current selection checks ground, location,
+  occupants and edges, in that order. An offboard ray result replaces only Y.
+- `82BFC550` ranks newest to oldest: newest gets a 100-point penalty; entries
+  older than five get a 200-point penalty. Strict comparisons make newest win
+  ties. Selection removes the entry before validation, including successful
+  entries. History validation repeats location/occupant checks only.
+- Exhaustion falls back to initial transform, **current actor stance**, on-board
+  mode and score zero. Manual/session-marker selector `82BFC828` has a different
+  non-destructive history walk and must remain separate.
+
+The six compile-only unit cases cover consumption/validation order, rejection
+and reranking, current-position Y correction, cooldown/distance/capacity
+boundaries, surface categories, and exhausted-history stance. They have not
+been executed. This is a scalar Rust translation, not demonstrated bit-exact
+PPC floating-point equivalence.
+
+## Required host bindings
+
+| Native input | Producer / current Rust connection |
+| --- | --- |
+| State20 | Conditioner164, incremented by `82DE5858`, reset by `82DE5588`; **not** frames in current physical state. No equivalent empirical counter is currently published. |
+| State4 / State16 / State69 | Published physical state age, ID and teleport request. |
+| Skeleton64 | Physical skeleton COM16144, published by `82BE1AE8`; corresponds to physical reckoning vector64. |
+| Skeleton416 | Translation of Skeleton368, the unmirrored animation-to-world11920 matrix; corresponds to `animated_skeleton.roots.animation_to_world`. |
+| Ground323 | `82DB6EC0` reads PhysicalPlayer1872 (GrindManager), word460 bit27. Constructor `82D8A318` places its 416-byte result at +48; the relevant result word is +412. The live Rust grind owner has no published equivalent. Its actual set/clear producer still needs recovery. Do not substitute `active`, `grounded`, or constant false. |
+| OffBoard333 | Biped708, the offboard contact-correction active flag. |
+| OffBoard52/56 | Both are populated from Processed2596 in `82DB6EC0`; category is packed bits7..11. Do not use Processed2600 for the second field. |
+
+`82591E30` builds the recording transform. Riding reads the actor's board
+frame through `82592A00` and adds 0.2 Y. Offboard uses Skeleton432 (mirrored
+variant from `82BE3650`). If deck velocity squared exceeds 0.25, it normalizes
+the velocity, constructs a world-up basis, and accepts that basis only when
+the projected forward length squared exceeds 0.9. The exact host board-frame
+binding and floating-point operation ordering still need completion.
+
+`82BFBC18` traces from candidate position +0.1 Y with delta [0,-10,0], using
+query `82E0AAD0` with actor identity. It checks normal Y, ray drop and category,
+then tests the vertical capsule above the **ray start**. `82BFB6F8` queries
+authored edges in a [0.3,0.6,0.3] half-bound, with the native provider order and
+40-edge capacity, and rejects squared segment distance below 0.09. Triangle
+diagonals are not a replacement for authored edge data.
+
+`82BFB928` occupant predicates come from the LivingWorldManager provider
+(SimController +212), not simply static collision geometry. `82BFBB48`
+conditionally invokes the alternate-world location provider. The host adapter
+must explicitly account for the actual available providers and world mode;
+these predicates have not been connected or proven equivalent.
+
+## Stock settings found
+
+The installed collection data already includes class `Hash_12B64C0E804B0853`,
+key `default`. These are read from data, not new tuning defaults:
+
+| Field hash | Value | Use |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| C0526C883AF0ECCA | 0.4 | Capsule height |
+| CEB092E418A5B001 | 0.5 | Capsule radius |
+| 8ABE098D3806D273 | 1.0 | Maximum ray drop |
+| ADD032CACF6A1C15 | 0.75 | Minimum normal Y |
+| E64C980EE2114070 | 1.0 | Occupant query radius |
+| 59E1F2B3CDC4E658 | 2.0 | Occupant query radius |
+| 10B7C3A9CC8D3721 | 15 (Int32) | Minimum state age |
+
+Source `skatercollections.vlt` SHA256:
+`3b7dbd062bb1c906a085514355afff35cfa22f486ae70820c5ad1a42a7aab25b`.
+
+## Stance and deferred reset dependency
+
+Actor reset `82592518` chooses the candidate, then calls `82592C08` to save
+stance before queuing the reset reply (`825926F8`). Setter `82B97350` writes
+animator15200; it does not immediately overwrite relative stance15196.
+Getter `82592B68` combines natural15188, relative15196 and the fakie flag.
+
+MotionGraph `ResetToGivenStance` invokes `82B97308` / `82B972A8`, consuming
+saved15200, updating flags15180 and relative15196, then clearing saved15200.
+The current game handler instead only clears the posture request. Saved15200
+is absent from the canonical animation owner. The existing pure
+`player/offboard/reset_animation.rs` helper and `motion_offboard/reset.rs`
+owner contract are not integrated into this dispatch.
+
+`ResetSkaterAnimation` also needs selective native owner resets: the existing
+`MotionAnimation::reset_from_stock` replaces all animation flags with zero,
+where `82B98050` applies a selective mask. Connecting saved checkpoint stance
+without completing this lifecycle would not preserve native recovery.
+
+Keep State702's request -> next actor input reply -> State702 output -> physical
+reset ordering. Preserve the existing wipeout timers and recovery countdown.
+Do not reset bodies from the selector. Map replacement should create a fresh
+history; ordinary automatic recovery should retain the consumed history.
+
+## Validation and remaining work
+
+The Windows release game build passed with the requested static CRT flags.
+After the fallback correction, the core library and six new cases compiled
+with `cargo test --release --locked --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -p skate-core
+--lib --no-run`. No test executable was run.
+
+Remaining: recover the grind flag producer; complete canonical stance/reset
+ownership; bind transforms and empirical counter; implement native scene
+predicates; connect observation and actor callback at their publication
+boundaries; compile the integrated executable. Gameplay parity remains for
+user testing after those dependencies are completed.

From 43593efee8666dad462cfcf40caf0ad4fa59d3c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chazmm <balloverwatchh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 16:13:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Connect native bail checkpoints and deferred stance
 recovery

---
 .../src/graph_host/motion_animation.rs        |  24 +-
 .../src/graph_host/motion_execute.rs          |  13 +-
 .../src/graph_host/tests/motion_slide.rs      |  26 ++
 crates/skate-game/src/physics.rs              |   1 +
 crates/skate-game/src/physics/frame.rs        |   6 +-
 crates/skate-game/src/physics/grind.rs        |  20 +-
 .../src/physics/offboard/contact_queries.rs   |   2 +-
 crates/skate-game/src/physics/respawn.rs      | 315 ++++++++++++++++++
 crates/skate-game/src/physics/skater.rs       |   3 +
 .../skate-game/src/physics/teleport_state.rs  |  14 +-
 crates/skate-game/src/skater_animation.rs     |  17 +
 docs/native-bail-recovery.md                  | 226 ++++++-------
 12 files changed, 533 insertions(+), 134 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 crates/skate-game/src/physics/respawn.rs

diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/motion_animation.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/motion_animation.rs
index 56c3c908..5f5fce87 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/motion_animation.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/motion_animation.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ pub struct MotionAnimation {
     ///Actual fullSkaterAnim15180 flags. AddBindPose consumes bits22/21 on
     ///construction; the owner publishes the updated flags back to the actor.
     pub skater_animation_flags: Option<u32>,
+    /// SkaterAnim15188/15196/15200 at the graph publication boundary.
+    pub natural_stance: u32,
+    pub relative_stance: u32,
+    pub requested_stance: u32,
+    pub reset_action_intents: bool,
     attribute_mirror: std::sync::Arc<skate_core::animation::playback_attributes::AttributeMirror>,
     settable: SettableAttributes,
     tree_attributes: Vec<AnimationAttribute>,
@@ -72,7 +77,20 @@ impl MotionAnimation {
         self.motion_attributes.clear();
         self.tree_attributes.clear();
         self.settable.clear();
-        self.skater_animation_flags = Some(0);
+        //82B98050 preserves local-player and board-present flags, and saved15200.
+        self.skater_animation_flags = self.skater_animation_flags.map(|f| f & 0x0ff7_ffff);
+        self.relative_stance = 0;
+        self.reset_action_intents = true;
+        self.property = AdvanceResult { crossed_end: false, overshoot: -1.0, remaining_before_wrap: -1.0 };
+    }
+    pub fn reset_to_given_stance(&mut self) -> Result<(), String> {
+        let flags = self.skater_animation_flags.as_mut().ok_or("Stance reset requires SkaterAnim flags")?;
+        let mut relative = self.relative_stance != 0;
+        skate_core::player::offboard::reset_animation::given_stance(
+            self.natural_stance, &mut self.requested_stance, flags, &mut relative,
+        );
+        self.relative_stance = u32::from(relative);
+        Ok(())
     }
     pub fn from_metadata(metadata: AnimationMetadata) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -88,6 +106,10 @@ impl MotionAnimation {
             posture: PendingPosture::default(),
             posture_bank_valid: false,
             skater_animation_flags: None,
+            natural_stance: 1,
+            relative_stance: 0,
+            requested_stance: 0,
+            reset_action_intents: false,
             attribute_mirror: std::sync::Arc::new(
                 skate_core::animation::playback_attributes::AttributeMirror(Vec::new()),
             ),
diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/motion_execute.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/motion_execute.rs
index 7baa302a..eec4d9fc 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/motion_execute.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/motion_execute.rs
@@ -110,14 +110,25 @@ impl MotionHost {
                 match operation {
                     crate::graph_host::motion_reset::Operation::SkaterAnimation => {
                         self.action_intents.clear();
+                        self.action_controls = Default::default();
                         self.animation.motion_intents.clear();
                         self.animation.filtered_intents.clear();
+                        //825953B0's represented selective MG output reset.
+                        self.flags = Default::default();
+                        self.is_power_sliding = false;
+                        self.riding.last_good_landing_velocity = 0.0;
+                        self.riding.manual_out_timer = 0.0;
+                        self.hand_services.busy_hands = [0; 2];
+                        self.gesture_publication = None;
                         self.animation.reset_from_stock();
                     }
                     crate::graph_host::motion_reset::Operation::GivenStance => {
-                        self.animation.posture.set_requested(false);
+                        self.animation.reset_to_given_stance()?;
                     }
                 }
+                //Later PlayAnimation nodes in this same traversal see the reset.
+                self.playback_context.is_mirrored = self.animation.skater_animation_flags.map(|f| f & 0x4000_0000 != 0);
+                self.playback_context.is_switch = Some(self.animation.relative_stance == 1);
             }
             return Ok(());
         }
diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/tests/motion_slide.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/tests/motion_slide.rs
index 7369cdb8..62cbad56 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/tests/motion_slide.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/graph_host/tests/motion_slide.rs
@@ -249,3 +249,29 @@ fn slide_direction_preserves_native_unordered_threshold_branch() {
         1.0
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[ignore = "requires installed stock graph assets; compile-only during bail work"]
+fn bail_reset_restores_saved_stance_in_the_real_graph_dispatch() {
+    use crate::graph_host::motion_reset::Operation as Reset;
+    let mut host = host();
+    let reset = behavior(&host, |op| matches!(op, MotionOperation::ResetAnimation(Reset::SkaterAnimation)));
+    let stance = behavior(&host, |op| matches!(op, MotionOperation::ResetAnimation(Reset::GivenStance)));
+    for natural in [0, 1] {
+        for requested in [0, 1] {
+            host.animation.skater_animation_flags = Some(0xf80a_0000);
+            host.animation.natural_stance = natural;
+            host.animation.relative_stance = 1;
+            host.animation.requested_stance = requested;
+            host.begin(reset, [0; 6], &frame());
+            assert_eq!(host.animation.requested_stance, requested);
+            assert_eq!(host.animation.skater_animation_flags, Some(0x0802_0000));
+            host.begin(stance, [0; 6], &frame());
+            assert_eq!(host.animation.requested_stance, 0);
+            let backwards = natural == requested;
+            assert_eq!(host.playback_context.is_mirrored, Some(backwards));
+            assert_eq!(host.animation.relative_stance, requested);
+            assert!(host.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", host.errors);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/physics.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/physics.rs
index 38f053cf..5d44b9e0 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/physics.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/physics.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ mod settings;
 mod wipeout;
 mod wipeout_states;
 mod teleport_state;
+mod respawn;
 mod offboard;
 mod known_air;
 use crate::{
diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/physics/frame.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/frame.rs
index 2c9b97a1..e6073b12 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/physics/frame.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/frame.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ pub(super) fn advance(
         skater.player_input.processed.surface_mode_2540,
     )?;
     if teleported {
+        skater.respawn.reset_measurements();
         skater.player_state.reset_for_teleport();
         skater.centre_of_mass_filter.reset();
         skater.animation_feedback.reset();
@@ -153,7 +154,9 @@ pub(super) fn advance(
         }
         skate_core::player::state::PhysicalStateId::Teleporting => {
             //VT823272FC slot8=82D431F0; slots12/40 are original empty leaves.
-            skater.teleport_state.update(&skater.player_input.processed);
+            if skater.teleport_state.update(&skater.player_input.processed) {
+                super::respawn::request(physics, skater)?;
+            }
         }
         state => return Err(format!("Selected {state:?} requires its physical update")),
     }
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@ pub(super) fn advance(
         physical.reckoning.vector_16.map(f32::from_bits),
     );
     let feedback = animation_phase::publish_feedback(physics, skater);
+    super::respawn::observe(physics, skater)?;
     let deck = physics.board.bodies()[BodyId::Deck.index()];
     let rider = skater
         .skeleton
diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/physics/grind.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/grind.rs
index 98da1490..71cca7ef 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/physics/grind.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/grind.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Runtime {
     pub candidate: Option<FiftyFiftyCandidate>,
     pub name: String,
     pub active: bool,
+    ///82D875A8 fallback result412 bit27: raw contact without accepted family.
+    pub checkpoint_suppressed: bool,
     pub kind: u32,
     pub front_contact: bool,
     chromosome: chromosome::Chromosome,
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ impl Runtime {
             candidate: None,
             name: String::new(),
             active: false,
+            checkpoint_suppressed: false,
             kind: 0,
             front_contact: false,
             chromosome: chromosome::Chromosome::default(),
@@ -192,6 +195,7 @@ pub(super) fn query(physics: &mut GamePhysics, skater: &mut SkaterRuntime) {
     let p = &mut skater.player_input.processed;
     let runtime = &mut physics.grind;
     runtime.entry_velocity = None;
+    runtime.checkpoint_suppressed = false;
     let board = super::solve::deck_frame(&physics.board);
     let mut effective_board = board;
     if p.flags_2468 & 0x0010_0000 != 0 {
@@ -258,15 +262,15 @@ pub(super) fn query(physics: &mut GamePhysics, skater: &mut SkaterRuntime) {
         &runtime.primitives,
     );
     let velocity = p.vectors_400_416[0].map(f32::from_bits);
-    let slide = grind_contact::deck_contact(
+    let deck_hit = grind_contact::deck_contact(
         board,
         p.flags_2484,
         runtime.test_depth_epsilon,
         runtime.test_depth,
         runtime.deck_to_truck,
         &edges,
-    )
-    .and_then(|mut hit| {
+    );
+    let slide = deck_hit.and_then(|mut hit| {
         hit.primitive = nearby[hit.primitive];
         grind_contact::boardslide_candidate(
             board,
@@ -314,14 +318,14 @@ pub(super) fn query(physics: &mut GamePhysics, skater: &mut SkaterRuntime) {
         skater.animation_input.fields.balance,
         p.vectors_464_480_496_512_528[0].map(f32::from_bits),
     );
-    let dark = families::inverted_contact(
+    let inverted_hit = families::inverted_contact(
         board,
         p.flags_2484,
         runtime.test_depth_epsilon,
         runtime.test_depth,
         &edges,
-    )
-    .and_then(|mut hit| {
+    );
+    let dark = inverted_hit.and_then(|mut hit| {
         hit.primitive = nearby[hit.primitive];
         families::darkslide(
             board,
@@ -355,6 +359,9 @@ pub(super) fn query(physics: &mut GamePhysics, skater: &mut SkaterRuntime) {
         None
     };
     let selected = current.or(fifty).or(five).or(tip).or(slide).or(dark);
+    runtime.checkpoint_suppressed = (gated || selected.is_none())
+        && (hits.iter().any(Option::is_some) || deck_hit.is_some()
+            || inverted_hit.is_some() || tip_hits.iter().any(Option::is_some));
     let candidate = selected.map(|c| c.geometry);
     let mut kind = selected.map_or(0, |c| c.kind);
     runtime.front_contact = selected.is_some_and(|c| c.front);
@@ -396,6 +403,7 @@ pub(super) fn query(physics: &mut GamePhysics, skater: &mut SkaterRuntime) {
     if p.category_2512 != 200
         && !grind_contact::within_approach_angle(candidate.direction, velocity, angle)
     {
+        runtime.checkpoint_suppressed = true;
         return;
     }
     runtime.candidate = Some(candidate);
diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/physics/offboard/contact_queries.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/offboard/contact_queries.rs
index eef6ec26..09c3d090 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/physics/offboard/contact_queries.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/offboard/contact_queries.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ pub(crate) fn submit(
 fn xyz(v: [f32; 4]) -> Vector3 {
     Vector3::new(v[0], v[1], v[2])
 }
-fn query(world: &BoardWorld, probe: Probe, matching_id: u32) -> Result<Option<Hit>, String> {
+pub(crate) fn query(world: &BoardWorld, probe: Probe, matching_id: u32) -> Result<Option<Hit>, String> {
     let metadata = world.query_metadata().map_err(str::to_owned)?;
     let start = xyz(probe.start);
     let end = xyz(probe.end);
diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/physics/respawn.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/respawn.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02bb3e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/respawn.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+//! TU3 actor checkpoint manager, bound to the single-player static scene.
+use super::{GamePhysics, SkaterRuntime, offboard::contact_queries, teleport_state::Checkpoint};
+use skate_core::{
+    math::Vector3,
+    physics::{
+        board_world::{BoardWorld, query_metadata::Bounds},
+        skeleton_animation_record::AnimationPartTransform as Matrix,
+    },
+    player::{
+        offboard::contact_queries::Probe,
+        respawn::{Candidate, Ground, History, Observation, Validation, surface_allowed},
+    },
+};
+use skate_data::collections::Collections;
+
+pub(super) struct Runtime {
+    history: History,
+    settings: Settings,
+    measurements: i32,
+}
+struct Settings {
+    height: f32,
+    radius: f32,
+    drop: f32,
+    normal_y: f32,
+    minimum_frames: u32,
+}
+impl Runtime {
+    pub fn load(data: &Collections, transform: Matrix, stance: u32) -> Result<Self, String> {
+        let class = "Hash_12B64C0E804B0853";
+        let value = |hash| data.float(class, "default", hash);
+        Ok(Self {
+            history: History::new(Candidate {
+                transform,
+                stance,
+                offboard: false,
+                score: 0.,
+            }),
+            measurements: 0,
+            settings: Settings {
+                height: value("Hash_C0526C883AF0ECCA")?,
+                radius: value("Hash_CEB092E418A5B001")?,
+                drop: value("Hash_8ABE098D3806D273")?,
+                normal_y: value("Hash_ADD032CACF6A1C15")?,
+                minimum_frames: data.integer(class, "default", "Hash_10B7C3A9CC8D3721")? as u32,
+            },
+        })
+    }
+    pub fn reset_measurements(&mut self) {
+        self.measurements = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+///Actor82592518 saves stance then queues the ordinary deferred reply825926F8.
+pub(super) fn request(physics: &GamePhysics, skater: &mut SkaterRuntime) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let stance = skater.animation.checkpoint_stance();
+    let runtime = &mut skater.respawn;
+    let candidate = runtime.history.automatic(
+        stance,
+        &mut Scene {
+            world: &physics.world,
+            settings: &runtime.settings,
+        },
+    )?;
+    skater.animation.request_checkpoint_stance(candidate.stance);
+    skater.teleport_state.reply(Checkpoint {
+        transform: candidate.transform,
+        on_board: !candidate.offboard,
+    });
+    bevy::log::info!(
+        "BAIL_CHECKPOINT position={:?} heading={:?} stance={} offboard={} score={}",
+        candidate.transform[3],
+        candidate.transform[2],
+        candidate.stance,
+        candidate.offboard,
+        candidate.score
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+///One completed physical output, including the empirical conditioner sample.
+pub(super) fn observe(physics: &GamePhysics, skater: &mut SkaterRuntime) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let physical = &skater.player_input.physical;
+    let processed = &skater.player_input.processed;
+    //82592A00 -> SkateboardReckoning64 ->82C01BF8: solved deck, with bit20 flip.
+    let mut deck = super::solve::deck_frame(&physics.board);
+    if processed.flags_2468 & 0x0010_0000 != 0 {
+        flip(&mut deck);
+    }
+    deck[3][1] += 0.2;
+    let mut offboard = skater.animated_skeleton.roots.animation_to_world;
+    if processed.flags_2476 & 4 != 0 {
+        flip(&mut offboard);
+    }
+    let velocity = physical.skateboard.vector_80.map(f32::from_bits);
+    let stance = skater.animation.checkpoint_stance();
+    let runtime = &mut skater.respawn;
+    runtime.measurements = runtime.measurements.wrapping_add(1);
+    let observation = Observation {
+        measurements: runtime.measurements,
+        root_position: skater.animated_skeleton.roots.animation_to_world[3],
+        com_position: physical.reckoning.vector_64.map(f32::from_bits),
+        teleport_requested: physical.state.flag_69 != 0,
+        physical_state: physical.state.state_16,
+        state_frames: skater.player_state.state_count,
+        ground_suppressed: physics.grind.checkpoint_suppressed,
+        offboard_correction: skater.offboard.controller.state.contact.active,
+        ground_category: super::ground_runtime::active_surface(&physics.riding, &physics.board)
+            & 0xffff,
+        //82DB6EC0 publishes the same processed foot record to both fields.
+        foot_categories: [(processed.left_surface_2596 >> 7) & 31; 2],
+        riding_transform: heading(deck, velocity),
+        //82591E30 returns immediately for offboard, before the velocity branch.
+        offboard_transform: offboard,
+        stance,
+        //No alternate-world/challenge controller exists in this local scene.
+        alternate_world: false,
+    };
+    runtime.history.observe(
+        &observation,
+        runtime.settings.minimum_frames,
+        &mut Scene {
+            world: &physics.world,
+            settings: &runtime.settings,
+        },
+    )
+}
+
+fn flip(matrix: &mut Matrix) {
+    for i in [0, 2] {
+        matrix[i] = matrix[i].map(|v| -v);
+    }
+}
+///82591E30 retains the source axes at low speed or near vertical travel.
+fn heading(mut matrix: Matrix, velocity: [f32; 4]) -> Matrix {
+    let square = velocity[0] * velocity[0] + velocity[1] * velocity[1] + velocity[2] * velocity[2];
+    if square > 0.25 {
+        let inv = square.sqrt().recip();
+        let forward = [velocity[0] * inv, 0., velocity[2] * inv, 0.];
+        if forward[0] * forward[0] + forward[2] * forward[2] > 0.9 {
+            matrix[0] = [forward[2], 0., -forward[0], 0.];
+            matrix[1] = [0., 1., 0., 0.];
+            matrix[2] = forward;
+        }
+    }
+    matrix
+}
+
+struct Scene<'a> {
+    world: &'a BoardWorld,
+    settings: &'a Settings,
+}
+impl Validation for Scene<'_> {
+    type Error = String;
+    fn ground(&mut self, transform: &Matrix) -> Result<Option<Ground>, String> {
+        let mut start = transform[3];
+        start[1] += 0.1;
+        let mut end = start;
+        end[1] -= 10.;
+        let probe = |start, end, radius| Probe {
+            start,
+            end,
+            radius,
+            id: 0,
+            reverse_id: None,
+        };
+        //The only actor has matching identity0; canonical map groups remain active.
+        let Some(hit) = contact_queries::query(self.world, probe(start, end, 0.), 0)? else {
+            return Ok(None);
+        };
+        let category = (u32::from(hit.packed_surface) >> 7) & 31;
+        if hit.geometry.normal.y < self.settings.normal_y
+            || start[1] - hit.geometry.position.y > self.settings.drop
+            || !surface_allowed(category)
+        {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+        let mut bottom = start;
+        bottom[1] += self.settings.radius;
+        let mut top = bottom;
+        top[1] += self.settings.height;
+        if contact_queries::query(self.world, probe(bottom, top, self.settings.radius), 0)?
+            .is_some()
+        {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+        let p = hit.geometry.position;
+        Ok(Some(Ground {
+            position: [p.x, p.y, p.z, 0.],
+            offboard: category == 8,
+        }))
+    }
+    fn location(&mut self, _: &Matrix) -> Result<bool, String> {
+        //82BFBB48 returns true in normal-world mode, before provider invocation.
+        Ok(true)
+    }
+    fn occupants(&mut self, _: &Matrix) -> Result<bool, String> {
+        //82BFB928 queries LivingWorldManager pedestrians/vehicles, not terrain.
+        //This BoardWorld has no living-world actors. Static obstacles are checked
+        //by ground's capsule; the player and board must not reject themselves.
+        self.world.query_metadata().map_err(str::to_owned)?;
+        Ok(true)
+    }
+    fn edges(&mut self, transform: &Matrix) -> Result<bool, String> {
+        let p = transform[3];
+        let bounds = Bounds {
+            min: Vector3::new(p[0] - 0.3, p[1] - 0.6, p[2] - 0.3),
+            max: Vector3::new(p[0] + 0.3, p[1] + 0.6, p[2] + 0.3),
+        };
+        let metadata = self.world.query_metadata().map_err(str::to_owned)?;
+        //82C1EAD8: authored static order, shared capacity40; no triangle diagonals.
+        for edge in metadata
+            .static_edges
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|e| e.local_bounds.overlaps(bounds))
+            .take(40)
+        {
+            let start = [edge.start.x, edge.start.y, edge.start.z];
+            let end = [edge.end.x, edge.end.y, edge.end.z];
+            let delta: [f32; 3] = std::array::from_fn(|i| end[i] - start[i]);
+            let square: f32 = delta.iter().map(|v| v * v).sum();
+            let along: f32 = (0..3).map(|i| (p[i] - start[i]) * delta[i]).sum();
+            let fraction = if square > 0. {
+                (along / square).clamp(0., 1.)
+            } else {
+                0.
+            };
+            let distance: f32 = (0..3)
+                .map(|i| (p[i] - start[i] - delta[i] * fraction).powi(2))
+                .sum();
+            if distance < 0.09 {
+                return Ok(false);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(true)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use skate_core::physics::{
+        contact::RetailContactMaterial, skeleton_animation_record::IDENTITY,
+    };
+    #[test]
+    fn real_scene_records_a_checkpoint_and_recovers_it_from_an_unsupported_position() {
+        let world = super::super::ground::world(RetailContactMaterial {
+            static_friction: 0.,
+            dynamic_friction: 0.,
+            restitution: 0.,
+        });
+        let settings = Settings {
+            height: 0.4,
+            radius: 0.5,
+            drop: 1.,
+            normal_y: 0.75,
+            minimum_frames: 15,
+        };
+        let mut scene = Scene {
+            world: &world,
+            settings: &settings,
+        };
+        let mut history = History::new(Candidate {
+            transform: IDENTITY,
+            stance: 0,
+            offboard: false,
+            score: 0.,
+        });
+        //The first conditioning samples clear the construction cooldown.
+        assert!(!history.recording_due(119, [2., 0., 0., 0.]));
+        let mut transform = IDENTITY;
+        transform[3] = [2., 0.2, 0., 0.];
+        history
+            .observe(
+                &Observation {
+                    measurements: 120,
+                    root_position: transform[3],
+                    com_position: [1000., 0., 0., 0.],
+                    teleport_requested: false,
+                    physical_state: 100,
+                    state_frames: 16,
+                    ground_suppressed: false,
+                    offboard_correction: false,
+                    ground_category: 1,
+                    foot_categories: [1; 2],
+                    riding_transform: transform,
+                    offboard_transform: IDENTITY,
+                    stance: 1,
+                    alternate_world: false,
+                },
+                15,
+                &mut scene,
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        let selected = history.automatic(0, &mut scene).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(selected.transform, transform);
+        assert_eq!(selected.stance, 1);
+        //Successful historical entries are consumed: a second failure uses spawn.
+        assert_eq!(
+            history.automatic(0, &mut scene).unwrap().transform,
+            IDENTITY
+        );
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn native_heading_keeps_low_speed_and_vertical_axes() {
+        let mut source = IDENTITY;
+        source[0] = [0., 0., -1., 0.];
+        source[2] = [1., 0., 0., 0.];
+        assert_eq!(heading(source, [0., 0., 0.5, 0.]), source);
+        assert_eq!(heading(source, [0., 5., 0.1, 0.]), source);
+        let result = heading(source, [0., 0., 2., 0.]);
+        assert_eq!(result[2], [0., 0., 1., 0.]);
+        assert_eq!(result[3], source[3]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/physics/skater.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/skater.rs
index 532ac365..77395444 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/physics/skater.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/skater.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ pub(crate) struct SkaterRuntime {
     pub footplant: super::footplant::Footplant,
     pub wipeout: super::wipeout::Wipeout,
     pub wipeout_state: super::wipeout_states::WipeoutState,
+    pub respawn: super::respawn::Runtime,
     pub teleport_state: super::teleport_state::Runtime,
     pub offboard: super::offboard::runtime::Runtime,
     pub skeleton: SkeletonBody,
@@ -180,7 +181,9 @@ impl SkaterRuntime {
         let wipeout_state = super::wipeout_states::WipeoutState::load(
             &data, asset_root, &animation.evaluator.frames.source_sha256,
         )?;
+        let respawn = super::respawn::Runtime::load(&data, spawn, animation.checkpoint_stance())?;
         Ok(Self {
+            respawn,
             climbing: super::climbing::Runtime::load(asset_root, &animation.evaluator.frames.bone_names)?,
             offboard,
             render_pose: initial_hierarchy,
diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/physics/teleport_state.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/teleport_state.rs
index c2079894..95164d29 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/physics/teleport_state.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/physics/teleport_state.rs
@@ -36,20 +36,20 @@ impl Runtime {
     }
     /// Update82D431F0 calls the actor only without Processed2468 bit1.
     ///825926F8 stores the reply and marks it for the next input publication.
-    pub fn update(&mut self, input: &ProcessedPhysicsInput) {
-        if self
+    pub fn update(&mut self, input: &ProcessedPhysicsInput) -> bool {
+        self
             .state
             .update(input.flags_2468, input.matrix_1536, input.byte_1600)
             == Update::RequestCheckpoint
-        {
-            self.request_checkpoint();
-        }
     }
     /// Host response for an independently verified actor-reset request.
     pub fn request_checkpoint(&mut self) {
+        self.reply(self.checkpoint);
+    }
+    pub fn reply(&mut self, checkpoint: Checkpoint) {
         self.pending_reply = Some(Target {
-            transform: self.checkpoint.transform.map(|row| row.map(f32::to_bits)),
-            on_board: self.checkpoint.on_board,
+            transform: checkpoint.transform.map(|row| row.map(f32::to_bits)),
+            on_board: checkpoint.on_board,
         });
     }
     /// Consume at the next actor-reset publication boundary. Publish this as
diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/skater_animation.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/skater_animation.rs
index e07127d3..4ebd5714 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/skater_animation.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/skater_animation.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ pub(crate) struct SkaterAnimation {
 }
 
 impl SkaterAnimation {
+    ///82592B68: physical leading foot, including the fakie inversion.
+    pub fn checkpoint_stance(&self) -> u32 {
+        let p = &self.state.publication;
+        u32::from(((p.natural_stance == 0 && p.relative_stance == 0)
+            || (p.natural_stance == 1 && p.relative_stance == 1)) ^ self.state.fakie())
+    }
+    ///82592C08/82B97350: save15200; ResetToGivenStance consumes it later.
+    pub fn request_checkpoint_stance(&mut self, foot: u32) {
+        let natural = self.state.publication.natural_stance;
+        self.motion.animation.requested_stance = u32::from(if foot == 0 { natural != 1 } else { natural == 1 });
+    }
     pub fn stance(&self) -> (bool, bool) {
         (self.state.fakie(), self.state.mirrored())
     }
@@ -191,6 +202,10 @@ impl SkaterAnimation {
             .animation
             .skater_animation_flags
             .ok_or("MotionGraph lost the SkaterAnim flag owner")?;
+        self.state.publication.relative_stance = self.motion.animation.relative_stance as i32;
+        if std::mem::take(&mut self.motion.animation.reset_action_intents) {
+            self.action.action_intents.clear();
+        }
 
         self.motion.animation.apply_parameters()?;
         if let Some(phase) = self.motion.phase_write.take() {
@@ -241,6 +256,8 @@ impl SkaterAnimation {
     }
 
     fn publish_physical(&mut self, p: AnimationPhysical) -> Result<(), String> {
+        self.motion.animation.natural_stance = self.state.publication.natural_stance as u32;
+        self.motion.animation.relative_stance = self.state.publication.relative_stance as u32;
         let speed = p
             .conditions
             .speeds
diff --git a/docs/native-bail-recovery.md b/docs/native-bail-recovery.md
index 08fe00e2..c81d0a51 100644
--- a/docs/native-bail-recovery.md
+++ b/docs/native-bail-recovery.md
@@ -1,143 +1,135 @@
-# Native bail checkpoint investigation
+# Native bail recovery
 
-Status: **selector port only; gameplay integration is incomplete**. The existing
-fixed-spawn response in `physics/teleport_state.rs` remains active. This change
-must not be described as a working native bail-respawn fix.
+Automatic bail recovery now uses the TU3 actor checkpoint manager instead of
+always replying with the map's initial spawn. The integration targets the
+engine's existing single-player, static-map world. Gameplay validation is
+reserved for the user; no game, recomp, controller harness, screenshot capture,
+asset-check mode or test executable was launched during this work.
 
-## Reference and scope
+## Behavior
 
-Reference: TU3 memory image `default_82000000_011B0000.bin`, mapped at
-`0x82000000`, SHA256
-`f4aa113eb541bfba03dbc108cf5ab43f58c965b20fa3b82f9c40938a0ad841c4`.
-Addresses below were inspected in the matching generated PPC instruction
-comments; constants were checked against the raw image. The read-only IDA
-lookup for `82BFB1E0` found no defined function in the locally available dump
-database, so it did not provide independent decompiler confirmation.
+The actor first validates its current physical COM position using the retained
+riding heading. If that fails, it ranks recorded checkpoints and consumes the
+selected entry. Entries rejected by validation are also removed, so repeated
+bails can walk back through history. Exhaustion uses the initial map transform
+and current actor stance. Ordinary recovery preserves history; constructing a
+new skater for a map constructs a new history.
 
-No game, recomp, controller harness, screenshot capture or asset-check launch
-was performed. No binary/data files belong in this commit.
+Recording uses completed physical publications, not render transforms or a
+last-grounded shortcut. It requires 120 empirical measurements, more than the
+stock 15 frames in an eligible state, expired 20-update cooldown, and at least
+1.5 units from every recorded position. The ring retains 32 entries. Surface
+categories 5, 6, 9, 12 and 13 are excluded; category 8 requests offboard recovery.
+Scores are 100 for categories 1/2, 50 for 3/4, 20 for 11 and zero otherwise. The
+newest entry receives a 100-point penalty and entries older than five receive a
+200-point penalty; newest wins ties.
 
-## Implemented core
+The selected position, heading, stance and offboard byte go through the existing
+State702 request/reply publication boundary. Selection does not reset physical
+bodies. Existing wipeout timers, recovery countdown, physical reset and ragdoll
+restoration remain in place. The explicit fixed-checkpoint helper used by the
+existing manual test remains separate from automatic selection.
 
-`skate-core/src/player/respawn.rs` contains the actor history and ordinary
-automatic selector, with required scene-validation callbacks. It has no host
-default that silently accepts missing geometry or occupant providers.
+## Native evidence
 
-- `82BFB068` constructs the manager, seeds the history and starts a 20-update
-  cooldown. The native 33-slot ring has 32 usable entries.
-- `82BFB1E0` publishes current COM position every actor tick. Recording needs
-  at least 120 empirical measurements, expired cooldown and a root at least
-  1.5 units from every recorded position. Falling below 120 clears cooldown.
-- `82BFB3F8` rejects State69. Riding states 100/104 publish the current
-  orientation before testing state age, Ground323 and surface eligibility.
-  Offboard states 500/502 require the state-age gate and no OffBoard333
-  correction. Both paths require strictly more than the configured 15 frames.
-- Surface categories 5, 6, 9, 12 and 13 are rejected for riding/ground checks.
-  Category 8 requests offboard recovery. Scores are 100 for categories 1/2,
-  50 for 3/4, 20 for 11, and zero otherwise.
-- Recording checks location, edges, then ground unless alternate-world mode
-  bypasses ground. It stores the original candidate, discarding the ray hit's
-  position and offboard result.
-- `82BFC9B0` tries current position (`82BFC038`), scored history (`82BFC378`),
-  then fallback (`82BFC718`). Current selection checks ground, location,
-  occupants and edges, in that order. An offboard ray result replaces only Y.
-- `82BFC550` ranks newest to oldest: newest gets a 100-point penalty; entries
-  older than five get a 200-point penalty. Strict comparisons make newest win
-  ties. Selection removes the entry before validation, including successful
-  entries. History validation repeats location/occupant checks only.
-- Exhaustion falls back to initial transform, **current actor stance**, on-board
-  mode and score zero. Manual/session-marker selector `82BFC828` has a different
-  non-destructive history walk and must remain separate.
+Reference memory image `default_82000000_011B0000.bin`, mapped at 0x82000000:
+SHA256 `f4aa113eb541bfba03dbc108cf5ab43f58c965b20fa3b82f9c40938a0ad841c4`.
+Instruction comments in the matching generated PPC were inspected; numeric
+constants were checked in the raw image. A read-only IDA lookup found no defined
+function for 82BFB1E0 in the available dump database, so decompiler output was
+not used as independent confirmation. This is a scalar translation, not a
+claim of demonstrated bit-exact PPC floating-point equivalence.
 
-The six compile-only unit cases cover consumption/validation order, rejection
-and reranking, current-position Y correction, cooldown/distance/capacity
-boundaries, surface categories, and exhausted-history stance. They have not
-been executed. This is a scalar Rust translation, not demonstrated bit-exact
-PPC floating-point equivalence.
-
-## Required host bindings
-
-| Native input | Producer / current Rust connection |
+| Address | Recovered behavior |
 | --- | --- |
-| State20 | Conditioner164, incremented by `82DE5858`, reset by `82DE5588`; **not** frames in current physical state. No equivalent empirical counter is currently published. |
-| State4 / State16 / State69 | Published physical state age, ID and teleport request. |
-| Skeleton64 | Physical skeleton COM16144, published by `82BE1AE8`; corresponds to physical reckoning vector64. |
-| Skeleton416 | Translation of Skeleton368, the unmirrored animation-to-world11920 matrix; corresponds to `animated_skeleton.roots.animation_to_world`. |
-| Ground323 | `82DB6EC0` reads PhysicalPlayer1872 (GrindManager), word460 bit27. Constructor `82D8A318` places its 416-byte result at +48; the relevant result word is +412. The live Rust grind owner has no published equivalent. Its actual set/clear producer still needs recovery. Do not substitute `active`, `grounded`, or constant false. |
-| OffBoard333 | Biped708, the offboard contact-correction active flag. |
-| OffBoard52/56 | Both are populated from Processed2596 in `82DB6EC0`; category is packed bits7..11. Do not use Processed2600 for the second field. |
+| 82BFB068 / 82BFCB38 | History construction and insertion |
+| 82BFB1E0 / 82BFB3F8 | Recording gates, current orientation and COM publication |
+| 82BFC9B0 | Current -> scored history -> fallback selector |
+| 82BFC038 / 82BFC378 / 82BFC550 / 82BFC718 | Current candidate, history validation, scoring/removal, fallback |
+| 82BFC828 | Separate non-destructive manual/session-marker query; not used here |
+| 82592518 / 825926F8 | Save selected stance, queue deferred actor reset reply |
+| 82D431F0 / 82D43280 | State702 reply capture and physical output |
+| 82591E30 / 82592A00 / 82C01BF8 | Recording transform and solved deck source |
+| 82BFBC18 / 82BFB6F8 | Ground/capsule and authored-edge validation |
+| 82DE5858 / 82DE5588 | Empirical measurement count and reset lifecycle |
+| 82B97350 / 82B97308 / 82B972A8 | Save15200 and deferred stance restoration |
+| 82B98050 / 825953B0 | Selective animation and motion-output reset |
 
-`82591E30` builds the recording transform. Riding reads the actor's board
-frame through `82592A00` and adds 0.2 Y. Offboard uses Skeleton432 (mirrored
-variant from `82BE3650`). If deck velocity squared exceeds 0.25, it normalizes
-the velocity, constructs a world-up basis, and accepts that basis only when
-the projected forward length squared exceeds 0.9. The exact host board-frame
-binding and floating-point operation ordering still need completion.
+## Host bindings
 
-`82BFBC18` traces from candidate position +0.1 Y with delta [0,-10,0], using
-query `82E0AAD0` with actor identity. It checks normal Y, ray drop and category,
-then tests the vertical capsule above the **ray start**. `82BFB6F8` queries
-authored edges in a [0.3,0.6,0.3] half-bound, with the native provider order and
-40-edge capacity, and rejects squared segment distance below 0.09. Triangle
-diagonals are not a replacement for authored edge data.
+Riding checkpoints use the solved board frame, with Processed2468 bit20
+inverting X/Z, plus 0.2 Y. Above speed squared 0.25, a velocity-derived upright
+basis is accepted only when projected forward length squared exceeds 0.9.
+Offboard checkpoints use the animation-to-world frame with Processed2476 bit2
+inverting X/Z; the native function returns before the velocity-heading branch.
 
-`82BFB928` occupant predicates come from the LivingWorldManager provider
-(SimController +212), not simply static collision geometry. `82BFBB48`
-conditionally invokes the alternate-world location provider. The host adapter
-must explicitly account for the actual available providers and world mode;
-these predicates have not been connected or proven equivalent.
+Current position is Skeleton64 (physical COM16144); spacing uses Skeleton416,
+the unmirrored animation-to-world translation. OffBoard333 comes from the
+canonical contact-correction owner. Both native OffBoard52/56 fields receive
+Processed2596; their category is packed bits7..11. State age comes from the
+physical state publication. The actor-owned empirical count increments once per
+completed physical output and resets with physical teleport, retaining history.
 
-## Stock settings found
+Ground323 is GrindManager460/result412 bit27. The producer was recovered in
+82D875A8: after accepted-family attempts fail, the raw truck/deck/inverted/tip
+contact path at 82D87DE8 sets 0x08000000. The host retains those same raw query
+results and publishes the rejection flag separately from active grind state.
+No new rail distance or last-grounded heuristic is used.
 
-The installed collection data already includes class `Hash_12B64C0E804B0853`,
-key `default`. These are read from data, not new tuning defaults:
+Ground validation casts from candidate +0.1 Y down ten units, checks normal Y,
+maximum drop and category, then tests a vertical capsule above the ray start.
+It reuses the canonical triangle query and matching groups. Edge validation
+uses authored static edges in provider order, capacity40, with bounds
+[0.3,0.6,0.3] and squared segment distance threshold0.09. It does not use triangle
+diagonals. Current candidates repeat all predicates; historical candidates
+repeat location/occupant checks only, matching native selection.
 
-| Field hash | Value | Use |
+Normal-world location validation returns true before invoking the alternate
+provider. Occupancy predicates in 82BFB928 belong to LivingWorldManager, not
+static terrain. This engine scene has no pedestrian/vehicle actors or alternate
+challenge controller, so those providers are empty; static obstacles remain
+covered by the capsule. Adding living-world actors or alternate-world maps will
+require binding their providers here, as with the existing offboard adapters.
+
+Saved stance survives ResetSkaterAnimation and is consumed by
+ResetToGivenStance at the actual MotionGraph dispatch. Updated flags/relative
+stance are visible to later nodes in the same traversal, including TELEPORT
+playback. The canonical actor publication then receives the modified values.
+The animation reset now preserves the native local-player/board flags and saved
+request rather than clearing all flags. The stock `teleport.xml` confirms the
+ordered ResetSkaterAnimation -> ResetToGivenStance -> PlayAnimation sequence.
+
+## Stock data
+
+Class `Hash_12B64C0E804B0853`, key `default`, already exists in installed data.
+No new tuning file or fallback tuning values were introduced.
+
+| Field hash | Value | Meaning |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | C0526C883AF0ECCA | 0.4 | Capsule height |
 | CEB092E418A5B001 | 0.5 | Capsule radius |
 | 8ABE098D3806D273 | 1.0 | Maximum ray drop |
 | ADD032CACF6A1C15 | 0.75 | Minimum normal Y |
-| E64C980EE2114070 | 1.0 | Occupant query radius |
-| 59E1F2B3CDC4E658 | 2.0 | Occupant query radius |
 | 10B7C3A9CC8D3721 | 15 (Int32) | Minimum state age |
 
-Source `skatercollections.vlt` SHA256:
+Native occupant-query radii E64C980EE2114070 and 59E1F2B3CDC4E658 are 1 and 2;
+the current empty living-world provider does not consume them.
+Source skatercollections.vlt SHA256:
 `3b7dbd062bb1c906a085514355afff35cfa22f486ae70820c5ad1a42a7aab25b`.
 
-## Stance and deferred reset dependency
+## Validation and user testing
 
-Actor reset `82592518` chooses the candidate, then calls `82592C08` to save
-stance before queuing the reset reply (`825926F8`). Setter `82B97350` writes
-animator15200; it does not immediately overwrite relative stance15196.
-Getter `82592B68` combines natural15188, relative15196 and the fakie flag.
+Release compilation uses the requested x86_64-pc-windows-msvc static CRT flags,
+locked dependencies, and no default game features. The six core selector cases
+compile with --no-run; they have not been executed. Added host cases cover real
+scene recording/recovery, heading thresholds and the actual stock reset dispatch.
+The whole game test target cannot currently compile because pre-existing tests
+in graphics_menu.rs omit Menu.maps/selected_map, and skate_world.rs omits the
+RetailWorldMaterial argument. Those unrelated map/render fixtures were not edited.
 
-MotionGraph `ResetToGivenStance` invokes `82B97308` / `82B972A8`, consuming
-saved15200, updating flags15180 and relative15196, then clearing saved15200.
-The current game handler instead only clears the posture request. Saved15200
-is absent from the canonical animation owner. The existing pure
-`player/offboard/reset_animation.rs` helper and `motion_offboard/reset.rs`
-owner contract are not integrated into this dispatch.
-
-`ResetSkaterAnimation` also needs selective native owner resets: the existing
-`MotionAnimation::reset_from_stock` replaces all animation flags with zero,
-where `82B98050` applies a selective mask. Connecting saved checkpoint stance
-without completing this lifecycle would not preserve native recovery.
-
-Keep State702's request -> next actor input reply -> State702 output -> physical
-reset ordering. Preserve the existing wipeout timers and recovery countdown.
-Do not reset bodies from the selector. Map replacement should create a fresh
-history; ordinary automatic recovery should retain the consumed history.
-
-## Validation and remaining work
-
-The Windows release game build passed with the requested static CRT flags.
-After the fallback correction, the core library and six new cases compiled
-with `cargo test --release --locked --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -p skate-core
---lib --no-run`. No test executable was run.
-
-Remaining: recover the grind flag producer; complete canonical stance/reset
-ownership; bind transforms and empirical counter; implement native scene
-predicates; connect observation and actor callback at their publication
-boundaries; compile the integrated executable. Gameplay parity remains for
-user testing after those dependencies are completed.
+The final executable is copied into this task's ignored bin/native-bail-recovery
+directory; Test-Native-Bail-Recovery.bat uses that exact copy and installed assets.
+It has not been executed. Its sibling gameplay.log records passive BAIL_CHECKPOINT
+selection messages. Test riding away from spawn for several seconds, bailing on
+open ground and near an edge, repeated bails, both stances, and offboard recovery.
+Gameplay parity and visual behavior remain unverified until the user runs it.