@carbonenginejs/runtime-trinity 0.6.0 → 0.7.0

package/dist/eve/child/EveChildMesh.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { mat4 } from '@carbonenginejs/runtime-utils/mat4';
 import { quat } from '@carbonenginejs/runtime-utils/quat';
 import { sph3 } from '@carbonenginejs/runtime-utils/sph3';
 import { vec3 } from '@carbonenginejs/runtime-utils/vec3';
+import { getBoneList } from '../../trinityCore/Tr2GrannyAnimation.js';
 import { vec4 } from '@carbonenginejs/runtime-utils/vec4';
 import { io, type, carbon, impl, schema } from '@carbonenginejs/runtime-utils/schema';
 import { TriBatchType } from '@carbonenginejs/runtime-utils/graphics';
@@ -11,8 +12,9 @@ import { Origin } from '../../generated/eve/child/enums.js';
 import { ReflectionMode } from '../../generated/eve/enums.js';
 import { ShouldReflect, EveComponentType } from '../EveComponentTypes.js';
 import { Tr2RenderReason } from '../../generated/trinityCore/enums.js';
-import { Tr2Lod } from '../EveLODHelper.js';
-import { Tr2PerObjectData } from '../../trinityCore/Tr2PerObjectData.js';
+import { Tr2Lod } from '@carbonenginejs/runtime-utils/const/trinity';
+import { TR2_PICK_TYPE_DEFAULT, Tr2PickType } from '../../trinityCore/Tr2PickType.js';
+import { createChildPerObjectRecords, inheritParentPerObjectData, stampChildTransforms } from '../perObjectData/childPerObjectRecords.js';
 
 let _initProto, _initClass, _init_reflectionMode, _init_extra_reflectionMode, _init_transformModifiers, _init_extra_transformModifiers, _init_worldTransform, _init_extra_worldTransform, _init_display, _init_extra_display, _init_castShadow, _init_extra_castShadow, _init_mesh, _init_extra_mesh, _init_name, _init_extra_name, _init_rotation, _init_extra_rotation, _init_translation, _init_extra_translation, _init_scaling, _init_extra_scaling, _init_localTransform, _init_extra_localTransform, _init_decals, _init_extra_decals, _init_staticTransform, _init_extra_staticTransform, _init_animationUpdater, _init_extra_animationUpdater, _init_attachments, _init_extra_attachments, _init_lights, _init_extra_lights, _init_lowestLodVisible, _init_extra_lowestLodVisible, _init_minScreenSize, _init_extra_minScreenSize, _init_sortValueOffset, _init_extra_sortValueOffset, _init_sortValueScale, _init_extra_sortValueScale, _init_currentScreenSize, _init_extra_currentScreenSize, _init_currentInstanceScreenSize, _init_extra_currentInstanceScreenSize, _init_useSRT, _init_extra_useSRT, _init_updateAnimation, _init_extra_updateAnimation, _init_origin, _init_extra_origin, _init_instanceTransforms, _init_extra_instanceTransforms, _init_sofDna, _init_extra_sofDna, _init_sofParentHullName, _init_extra_sofParentHullName, _init_sofLocatorSetName, _init_extra_sofLocatorSetName, _init_sofLocatorIndex, _init_extra_sofLocatorIndex;
 
@@ -29,6 +31,18 @@ const BOX_QUERY_SCRATCH = {
   max: vec3.create()
 };
 const ZERO_VEC3 = vec3.create();
+
+// Carbon's (nullptr, 0) bone result - frozen so callers cannot mutate it.
+const NO_BONE_TRANSFORMS = Object.freeze({
+  bones: null,
+  boneCount: 0
+});
+
+/**
+ * Space-object child that draws one mesh under its own transform, owning its
+ * decals, lights, attachments, morph weights, world bounds and screen-size LOD
+ * state.
+ */
 let _EveChildMesh;
 new class extends _identity {
   static [class EveChildMesh extends _EveChildTransform {
@@ -39,7 +53,7 @@ new class extends _identity {
       } = _applyDecs2311(this, [type.define({
         className: "EveChildMesh",
         family: "eve/child"
-      })], [[[io, io.notify, io, io.persist, type, type.int32, void 0, schema.enum("ReflectionMode")], 16, "reflectionMode"], [[io, io.persist, void 0, type.list("IEveChildTransformModifier")], 16, "transformModifiers"], [[io, io.read, type, type.mat4], 16, "worldTransform"], [[io, io.notify, io, io.persist, type, type.boolean], 16, "display"], [[io, io.notify, io, io.persist, type, type.boolean], 16, "castShadow"], [[io, io.notify, io, io.persist, void 0, type.objectRef("Tr2MeshBase")], 16, "mesh"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.string], 16, "name"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.quat], 16, "rotation"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.vec3], 16, "translation"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.vec3], 16, "scaling"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.mat4], 16, "localTransform"], [[io, io.persist, void 0, type.list("EveSpaceObjectDecal")], 16, "decals"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.boolean], 16, "staticTransform"], [[io, io.notify, io, io.persist, void 0, type.objectRef("Tr2GrannyAnimation")], 16, "animationUpdater"], [[io, io.persist, void 0, type.list("IEveSpaceObjectAttachment")], 16, "attachments"], [[io, io.persist, void 0, type.list("Tr2Light")], 16, "lights"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.int32, void 0, schema.enum("Tr2Lod")], 16, "lowestLodVisible"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.float32], 16, "minScreenSize"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.float32], 16, "sortValueOffset"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.float32], 16, "sortValueScale"], [[io, io.read, type, type.float32], 16, "currentScreenSize"], [[io, io.read, type, type.float32], 16, "currentInstanceScreenSize"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.boolean], 16, "useSRT"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.boolean], 16, "updateAnimation"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.int32, void 0, schema.enum("Origin")], 16, "origin"], [[void 0, io.rebuild("instanceBuffer"), io, io.persist, void 0, type.array("mat4")], 16, "instanceTransforms"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.string], 16, "sofDna"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.string], 16, "sofParentHullName"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.string], 16, "sofLocatorSetName"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.string], 16, "sofLocatorIndex"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "Initialize"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "Setup"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetInstanceTransforms"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "GetInstanceTransforms"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetMesh"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetOrigin"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetScale"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetReflectionMode"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetCastShadow"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetMinScreenSize"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "GetLocalToWorldTransform"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "GetName"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetName"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "AddTransformModifier"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "AddDecal"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "AddAttachment"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "ClearAttachments"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "AddLight"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "ClearLights"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "IsAlwaysOn"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetShaderOption"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "GetMorphTargetNames"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "SetMorphTargetWeight"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "GetMorphTargetWeight"], [[impl, impl.adapted], 18, "UpdateMorphAnimationBuffer"], [[impl, impl.adapted], 18, "GetMorphTargets"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "GetSofSourceLocator"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Audio-geometry registration is engine-owned and the animationUpdater branches await the JS animation seam; nothing else remains in Carbon's body.")], 18, "UpdateSyncronous"], [[carbon, carbon.method, void 0, carbon.contextual(["camera"]), impl, impl.adapted], 18, "UpdateAsyncronous"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Bone-fed decal/attachment bounds await the animation seam and the raytracing refresh is engine-owned; the LOD/screen-size math is ported.")], 18, "UpdateVisibility"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("The decal mesh cache is engine-owned (null placeholder); collection structure is ported.")], 18, "GetRenderables"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "GetBoundingSphere"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "HasTransparentBatches"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Frustum and threshold arrive via the duck-typed update context instead of renderer state.")], 18, "IsVisible"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Screen-size LOD selection and winding reversal are engine-resolved at realization; delegation structure is ported.")], 18, "GetBatches"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("shadowPixelSize LOD selection and winding reversal are engine-resolved at realization; delegation structure is ported.")], 18, "GetShadowBatches"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Carbon reads the Tr2Renderer view-position global; the relocated camera state arrives via the threaded render context.")], 18, "GetSortValue"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "GetShadowPerObjectData"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Persistent VS/PS device buffers and bone/morph ring offsets are engine-owned; the record carries the object reference the engine serializer consumes.")], 18, "GetPerObjectData"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Overload dispatch by argument shape and a length-1 out array replace C++ overloading and the float& out-param; the shadow math is ported.")], 18, "IsCastingShadow"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "ChangeLOD"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "RegisterComponents"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "UnRegisterComponents"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("GetBoneTransforms (cpp:1285-1307) rides the granny animation updater - awaits the JS animation seam; (null, 0) is passed per the file's UpdateAsyncronous convention.")], 18, "GetLights"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.notImplemented], 18, "GetPickingBatches"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.notImplemented], 18, "InitializeAnimation"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.notImplemented], 18, "BakeMorphs"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.notImplemented], 18, "UnbakeMorphs"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.notImplemented], 18, "IsMeshBaked"]], 0, void 0, _EveChildTransform));
+      })], [[[io, io.notify, io, io.persist, type, type.int32, void 0, schema.enum("ReflectionMode")], 16, "reflectionMode"], [[io, io.persist, void 0, type.list("IEveChildTransformModifier")], 16, "transformModifiers"], [[io, io.read, type, type.mat4], 16, "worldTransform"], [[io, io.notify, io, io.persist, type, type.boolean], 16, "display"], [[io, io.notify, io, io.persist, type, type.boolean], 16, "castShadow"], [[io, io.notify, io, io.persist, void 0, type.objectRef("Tr2MeshBase")], 16, "mesh"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.string], 16, "name"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.quat], 16, "rotation"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.vec3], 16, "translation"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.vec3], 16, "scaling"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.mat4], 16, "localTransform"], [[io, io.persist, void 0, type.list("EveSpaceObjectDecal")], 16, "decals"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.boolean], 16, "staticTransform"], [[io, io.notify, io, io.persist, void 0, type.objectRef("Tr2GrannyAnimation")], 16, "animationUpdater"], [[io, io.persist, void 0, type.list("IEveSpaceObjectAttachment")], 16, "attachments"], [[io, io.persist, void 0, type.list("Tr2Light")], 16, "lights"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.int32, void 0, schema.enum("Tr2Lod")], 16, "lowestLodVisible"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.float32], 16, "minScreenSize"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.float32], 16, "sortValueOffset"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.float32], 16, "sortValueScale"], [[io, io.read, type, type.float32], 16, "currentScreenSize"], [[io, io.read, type, type.float32], 16, "currentInstanceScreenSize"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.boolean], 16, "useSRT"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.boolean], 16, "updateAnimation"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.int32, void 0, schema.enum("Origin")], 16, "origin"], [[void 0, io.rebuild("instanceBuffer"), io, io.persist, void 0, type.array("mat4")], 16, "instanceTransforms"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.string], 16, "sofDna"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.string], 16, "sofParentHullName"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.string], 16, "sofLocatorSetName"], [[io, io.persist, type, type.string], 16, "sofLocatorIndex"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "Initialize"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "Setup"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetInstanceTransforms"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "GetInstanceTransforms"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetMesh"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetOrigin"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetScale"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetReflectionMode"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetCastShadow"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetMinScreenSize"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "GetLocalToWorldTransform"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "GetName"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetName"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "AddTransformModifier"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "AddDecal"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "AddAttachment"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "ClearAttachments"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "AddLight"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "ClearLights"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "IsAlwaysOn"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "SetShaderOption"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "GetMorphTargetNames"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "SetMorphTargetWeight"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "GetMorphTargetWeight"], [[impl, impl.adapted], 18, "UpdateMorphAnimationBuffer"], [[impl, impl.adapted], 18, "GetMorphTargets"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted], 18, "GetSofSourceLocator"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Audio-geometry registration is engine-owned and the animationUpdater branches await the JS animation seam; nothing else remains in Carbon's body.")], 18, "UpdateSyncronous"], [[carbon, carbon.method, void 0, carbon.contextual(["camera"]), impl, impl.adapted], 18, "UpdateAsyncronous"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Tr2AnimationMeshBinding is unported, so the second bone source (Carbon cpp:1303-1306) yields no bones rather than wrong ones.")], 18, "GetBoneTransforms"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Bone-fed decal bounds still await the decal seam and the raytracing refresh is engine-owned; the LOD/screen-size math and the bone-fed attachment pass are ported.")], 18, "UpdateVisibility"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("The decal mesh cache is engine-owned (null placeholder); collection structure is ported.")], 18, "GetRenderables"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "GetBoundingSphere"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "HasTransparentBatches"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Frustum and threshold arrive via the duck-typed update context instead of renderer state.")], 18, "IsVisible"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Screen-size LOD selection and winding reversal are engine-resolved at realization; delegation structure is ported.")], 18, "GetBatches"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("shadowPixelSize LOD selection and winding reversal are engine-resolved at realization; delegation structure is ported.")], 18, "GetShadowBatches"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Carbon reads the Tr2Renderer view-position global; the relocated camera state arrives via the threaded render context.")], 18, "GetSortValue"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "GetShadowPerObjectData"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("GPU ring-buffer offsets have no CPU derivation and keep their defaults; every CPU-known field is filled.")], 18, "GetPerObjectData"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.adapted, void 0, impl.reason("Overload dispatch by argument shape and a length-1 out array replace C++ overloading and the float& out-param; the shadow math is ported.")], 18, "IsCastingShadow"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "ChangeLOD"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "RegisterComponents"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "UnRegisterComponents"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "GetLights"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "GetID"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "GetPickingBatches"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.implemented], 18, "InitializeAnimation"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.notImplemented], 18, "BakeMorphs"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.notImplemented], 18, "UnbakeMorphs"], [[carbon, carbon.method, impl, impl.notImplemented], 18, "IsMeshBaked"]], 0, void 0, _EveChildTransform));
     }
     constructor(...args) {
       super(...args);
@@ -63,6 +77,12 @@ new class extends _identity {
     #hasUpdated = false;
     #activationStrength = 1;
 
+    /** m_vsData / m_psData - this child's PERSISTENT per-object record pair. */
+    #perObjectData = createChildPerObjectRecords();
+
+    /** Carbon's local `lastWorldTransform` (cpp:912), kept across frames here. */
+    #lastWorldTransform = mat4.create();
+
     // Carbon m_worldBoundingBox/m_worldBoundingSphere: world-space bounds
     // refreshed by UpdateAsyncronous; the sphere is invalid while radius <= 0.
     #worldBoundsMin = vec3.create();
@@ -102,12 +122,26 @@ new class extends _identity {
     sofParentHullName = (_init_extra_sofDna(this), _init_sofParentHullName(this, ""));
     sofLocatorSetName = (_init_extra_sofParentHullName(this), _init_sofLocatorSetName(this, ""));
     sofLocatorIndex = (_init_extra_sofLocatorSetName(this), _init_sofLocatorIndex(this, ""));
+
+    /**
+     * Rebuilds the local transform up front when the child is marked
+     * staticTransform, since UpdateTransform will not rebuild it on later frames.
+     */
     Initialize() {
       if (this.staticTransform) {
         this.RebuildLocalTransform();
       }
+
+      // cpp:84 - bind the updater to this mesh's geometry.
+      this.InitializeAnimation();
       return true;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Applies the authored scale/rotation/translation and, when supplied, the
+     * lowest LOD level at which the child stays visible; returns the rebuilt local
+     * transform.
+     */
     Setup(scale = null, rotation = null, translation = null, lowestLodVisible = null) {
       super.Setup(scale, rotation, translation, lowestLodVisible);
       if (lowestLodVisible !== null && lowestLodVisible !== undefined) {
@@ -115,6 +149,12 @@ new class extends _identity {
       }
       return this.localTransform;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Replaces the instance placement list with clones of the supplied matrices, so later caller mutations do not reach the child.
+     * @param {Iterable<Float32Array>} instances - 16-value matrices; a wrongly sized entry throws TypeError
+     * @returns {Array<Float32Array>} the stored list
+     */
     SetInstanceTransforms(instances) {
       const next = [];
       for (const transform of instances ?? []) {
@@ -126,29 +166,66 @@ new class extends _identity {
       this.instanceTransforms = next;
       return this.instanceTransforms;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the live instance transform list, not a copy - mutating it changes
+     * what the child renders.
+     */
     GetInstanceTransforms() {
       return this.instanceTransforms;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Assigns the Tr2MeshBase this child draws; a nullish value clears it, which
+     * also makes the child permanently invisible (UpdateVisibility requires a
+     * mesh).
+     */
     SetMesh(mesh) {
       this.mesh = mesh ?? null;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Records whether this child's placement was authored in space or by SOF (the
+     * Origin enum).
+     */
     SetOrigin(origin) {
       this.origin = Number(origin) | 0;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Copies the given scale into the child's SRT scaling; it reaches the world
+     * transform on the next local-transform rebuild.
+     */
     SetScale(scale) {
       vec3.copy(this.scaling, scale);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the reflection mode, which decides whether the child registers as a
+     * ReflectionRenderable and whether it casts shadows during reflection passes.
+     */
     SetReflectionMode(mode) {
       this.reflectionMode = Number(mode) | 0;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets whether the child registers as a shadow caster and contributes opaque
+     * shadow batches.
+     */
     SetCastShadow(castShadow) {
       this.castShadow = !!castShadow;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the minimum screen size, in pixels across, that the child's world
+     * bounding sphere must reach - after the frame's inverse LOD factor scaling -
+     * before UpdateVisibility marks it visible.
+     */
     SetMinScreenSize(minScreenSize) {
       this.minScreenSize = Number(minScreenSize);
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetLocalToWorldTransform (cpp:1047-1050); the
+    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetLocalToWorldTransform (cpp:1047-1050); the
      * optional out follows the EveChildInstancedMeshes copy-out shape. */
     GetLocalToWorldTransform(out = null) {
       if (out) {
@@ -156,33 +233,75 @@ new class extends _identity {
       }
       return this.worldTransform;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The authored name, persisted with the child and used to identify it in the
+     * parent graph.
+     */
     GetName() {
       return this.name;
     }
+
+    /** Sets the authored child name, coercing nullish to the empty string. */
     SetName(name) {
       this.name = String(name ?? "");
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Appends a transform modifier; modifiers fold over the child's world
+     * transform in insertion order on each async update.
+     */
     AddTransformModifier(modifier) {
       this.transformModifiers.push(modifier);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Appends a decal; decals refresh their visibility only while the child itself
+     * is visible, and ride along in GetRenderables when the mesh has a geometry
+     * resource.
+     */
     AddDecal(decal) {
       this.decals.push(decal);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Appends an attachment; attachments refresh their lights and visibility every
+     * frame regardless of the child's own visibility.
+     */
     AddAttachment(attachment) {
       this.attachments.push(attachment);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Drops every attachment, removing their lights, batches and visibility
+     * updates from this child.
+     */
     ClearAttachments() {
       this.attachments.length = 0;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Appends a light, submitted to the light manager from the child's world
+     * transform while the child displays.
+     */
     AddLight(light) {
       this.lights.push(light);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Drops every light, which also stops the child registering as a LightOwner on
+     * the next component registration.
+     */
     ClearLights() {
       this.lights.length = 0;
     }
+
+    /** Returns true unconditionally - a child mesh reports itself as always on. */
     IsAlwaysOn() {
       return true;
     }
+
+    /** Forwards a shader option to the mesh, every decal and every attachment. */
     SetShaderOption(name, value) {
       this.mesh?.SetShaderOption?.(name, value);
       for (const decal of this.decals) {
@@ -192,12 +311,29 @@ new class extends _identity {
         attachment?.SetShaderOption?.(name, value);
       }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Names of the mesh's morph targets in index order, or an empty array when the
+     * mesh exposes none; the indices line up with the records GetMorphTargets
+     * returns.
+     */
     GetMorphTargetNames() {
       return this.mesh?.GetMorphTargetNames?.() ?? [];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a named morph weight on the mesh; it only reaches the render path
+     * after the next UpdateMorphAnimationBuffer pass re-sorts the indexed buffer.
+     */
     SetMorphTargetWeight(name, weight) {
       this.mesh?.SetMorphTargetWeight?.(name, weight);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads a named morph weight straight from the mesh (0 when it has no such
+     * target), bypassing any animation-driven value the morph buffer may have
+     * applied.
+     */
     GetMorphTargetWeight(name) {
       return this.mesh?.GetMorphTargetWeight?.(name) ?? 0;
     }
@@ -269,38 +405,52 @@ new class extends _identity {
         weight: value.weight
       }));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Always returns null: a child mesh exposes no packed area-id lookup, since
+     * its SOF identity lives directly on its
+     * sofParentHullName/sofLocatorSetName/sofLocatorIndex fields.
+     */
     GetSofSourceLocator() {
       return null;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sync-side frame update (Carbon EveChildMesh::UpdateSyncronous,
-     * cpp:1002-1045). Carbon's body is entirely audio-geometry registration
-     * (cpp:1004-1010, 1044 - engine/audio-owned, omitted) plus animationUpdater
-     * re-binding and PrePhysicsAnimation stepping (cpp:1011-1042 - skipped: the
-     * JS animation seam is absent, there is no Tr2GrannyAnimation runtime), so
-     * the port is a documented frame-contract no-op.
+    /**
+     * Sync-side frame update (Carbon EveChildMesh::UpdateSyncronous,
+     * cpp:1002-1045). Carbon's body is entirely audio-geometry registration
+     * (cpp:1004-1010, 1044 - engine/audio-owned, omitted) plus animationUpdater
+     * re-binding and PrePhysicsAnimation stepping (cpp:1011-1042 - skipped: the
+     * JS animation seam is absent, there is no Tr2GrannyAnimation runtime), so
+     * the port is a documented frame-contract no-op.
      */
     UpdateSyncronous(_updateContext, _params) {}
 
-    /**
-     * Per-frame async update (Carbon EveChildMesh::UpdateAsyncronous,
-     * cpp:903-1000): rebuild the world transform from the parent, fold the
-     * transform modifiers over it, store the activation strength, refresh the
-     * attachment lights, the morph buffer, and the world bounds. The GPU ring
-     * buffer advance/per-object-data invalidation (cpp:905-909), audio geometry
-     * (cpp:920-930), parent VS/PS struct refresh (cpp:932-960), and the skinned
-     * GetBounds overload are not modelled, hence @impl.adapted.
-     * @param {Object} updateContext - frame context (EveUpdateContext), threaded to modifiers
-     * @param {EveChildUpdateParams} params - localToWorldTransform + boneCount/bones
-     * @returns {Float32Array} worldTransform
+    /**
+     * Per-frame async update (Carbon EveChildMesh::UpdateAsyncronous,
+     * cpp:903-1000): rebuild the world transform from the parent, fold the
+     * transform modifiers over it, store the activation strength, refresh the
+     * attachment lights, the morph buffer, and the world bounds. The GPU ring
+     * buffer advance/per-object-data invalidation (cpp:905-909), audio geometry
+     * (cpp:920-930), parent VS/PS struct refresh (cpp:932-960), and the skinned
+     * GetBounds overload are not modelled, hence @impl.adapted.
+     * @param {Object} updateContext - frame context (EveUpdateContext), threaded to modifiers
+     * @param {EveChildUpdateParams} params - localToWorldTransform + boneCount/bones
+     * @returns {Float32Array} worldTransform
      */
     UpdateAsyncronous(updateContext, params) {
       const parentTransform = params?.localToWorldTransform;
+
+      // Carbon captures the OUTGOING transform before rebuilding (cpp:912).
+      mat4.copy(this.#lastWorldTransform, this.worldTransform);
       if (parentTransform && parentTransform.length === 16) {
         this.UpdateTransform(parentTransform);
       }
       applyTransformModifiers(this, updateContext, params?.boneCount ?? 0, params?.bones ?? null);
+
+      // Carbon cpp:932-954: inherit the hull's per-object values, rebase the clip
+      // data by this child's translation, then stamp our own transforms.
+      inheritParentPerObjectData(this.#perObjectData, params?.spaceObjectParent, this.translation);
+      stampChildTransforms(this.#perObjectData, this.worldTransform, this.#lastWorldTransform);
       this.#activationStrength = Number(params?.activationStrength ?? 1);
 
       // Carbon (cpp:962-970): attachments refresh their lights from the updated
@@ -336,19 +486,46 @@ new class extends _identity {
       return this.worldTransform;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Frame visibility + LOD state (Carbon EveChildMesh::UpdateVisibility,
-     * cpp:366-463): screen size via the frustum, invLodFactor scaling, the
-     * minScreenSize/lowestLodVisible gates, the per-instance visibility gate,
-     * and the attachment/decal visibility fan-out. Carbon recomputes the local
-     * mesh bounds here (cpp:380-394) but consumes only the world sphere/box
-     * computed in UpdateAsyncronous, so the dead recompute is skipped. The
-     * raytracing branch (cpp:450-462) is engine-owned and omitted.
-     * @param {Object} updateContext - frame context (frustum + invLodFactor ducks)
-     * @param {Float32Array} _parentTransform
-     * @param {Number} parentLod - parent Tr2Lod level
-     * @returns {Boolean} isVisible
+    /**
+     * Frame visibility + LOD state (Carbon EveChildMesh::UpdateVisibility,
+     * cpp:366-463): screen size via the frustum, invLodFactor scaling, the
+     * minScreenSize/lowestLodVisible gates, the per-instance visibility gate,
+     * and the attachment/decal visibility fan-out. Carbon recomputes the local
+     * mesh bounds here (cpp:380-394) but consumes only the world sphere/box
+     * computed in UpdateAsyncronous, so the dead recompute is skipped. The
+     * raytracing branch (cpp:450-462) is engine-owned and omitted.
+     * @param {Object} updateContext - frame context (frustum + invLodFactor ducks)
+     * @param {Float32Array} _parentTransform
+     * @param {Number} parentLod - parent Tr2Lod level
+     * @returns {Boolean} isVisible
+     */
+    /**
+     * The mesh's bone palette, as a borrowed Float4x3 buffer and its bone count.
+     *
+     * Carbon `EveChildMesh::GetBoneTransforms` (cpp:1285-1307). Carbon branches:
+     * the updater's own palette when it has a mesh binding, otherwise a separate
+     * `Tr2AnimationMeshBinding` palette. Only the first branch exists here -
+     * `Tr2AnimationMeshBinding` is unported - so a mesh relying on the second
+     * gets no bones rather than the wrong ones.
+     *
+     * Carbon also assigns `accumulatedTransforms` at cpp:1295 and never reads it;
+     * a dead local, not reproduced.
      */
+    GetBoneTransforms() {
+      const updater = this.animationUpdater;
+      if (!updater?.IsInitialized?.()) {
+        return NO_BONE_TRANSFORMS;
+      }
+
+      // cpp:1297-1302 - the updater's own palette when it binds to the mesh.
+      if (updater.HasMeshBinding?.()) {
+        return getBoneList(updater);
+      }
+
+      // cpp:1303-1306 would fall to a Tr2AnimationMeshBinding palette here. That
+      // class is unported, so this yields no bones rather than the wrong ones.
+      return NO_BONE_TRANSFORMS;
+    }
     UpdateVisibility(updateContext, _parentTransform = null, parentLod = Tr2Lod.TR2_LOD_HIGH) {
       this.#isVisible = false;
       this.currentScreenSize = -1;
@@ -401,10 +578,14 @@ new class extends _identity {
         }
       }
 
-      // Carbon (cpp:427-435): attachments always refresh visibility; bones from
-      // GetBoneTransforms await the animation seam.
+      // Carbon (cpp:427-435): attachments always refresh visibility, fed the bone
+      // palette so a bone-parented attachment is placed by its bone.
+      const {
+        bones,
+        boneCount
+      } = this.GetBoneTransforms();
       for (const attachment of this.attachments) {
-        attachment?.UpdateVisibility?.(updateContext, this.worldTransform, null, 0);
+        attachment?.UpdateVisibility?.(updateContext, this.worldTransform, bones, boneCount);
       }
       if (this.#isVisible) {
         for (const decal of this.decals) {
@@ -418,12 +599,12 @@ new class extends _identity {
       return this.#isVisible;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Collects this child (and its decals) as renderables (Carbon
-     * EveChildMesh::GetRenderables, cpp:571-616): instanced meshes contribute
-     * only while the per-instance gate passed; decals ride along through their
-     * duck-typed renderable collectors (mesh cache is engine-owned, passed null
-     * as in EveSpaceObject2.GetRenderables).
+    /**
+     * Collects this child (and its decals) as renderables (Carbon
+     * EveChildMesh::GetRenderables, cpp:571-616): instanced meshes contribute
+     * only while the per-instance gate passed; decals ride along through their
+     * duck-typed renderable collectors (mesh cache is engine-owned, passed null
+     * as in EveSpaceObject2.GetRenderables).
      */
     GetRenderables(out = []) {
       if (!this.#isVisible) {
@@ -451,7 +632,7 @@ new class extends _identity {
       return out;
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetBoundingSphere (cpp:618-627): the realized world
+    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetBoundingSphere (cpp:618-627): the realized world
      * sphere, valid only after an update produced bounds (radius > 0). */
     GetBoundingSphere(out = vec4.create(), _query = 0) {
       if (this.#worldBoundingSphere[3] > 0) {
@@ -469,7 +650,7 @@ new class extends _identity {
       return false;
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::IsVisible (cpp:639-650): sphere-in-frustum plus the
+    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::IsVisible (cpp:639-650): sphere-in-frustum plus the
      * estimated pixel size against the context visibility threshold. */
     IsVisible(updateContext) {
       if (this.#worldBoundingSphere[3] > 0) {
@@ -484,12 +665,12 @@ new class extends _identity {
       return false;
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetBatches (cpp:652-670): the mesh delegates per
-     * batch type and activated attachments recurse. Carbon also passes
-     * min(currentInstanceScreenSize, currentScreenSize) for LOD selection and a
-     * reverse-winding flag from Determinant(m_worldTransform) < 0; both are
-     * resolved by the engine at batch realization in the GPU-free port.
-     * Returns whether any batch was committed (JS addition; Carbon returns
+    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetBatches (cpp:652-670): the mesh delegates per
+     * batch type and activated attachments recurse. Carbon also passes
+     * min(currentInstanceScreenSize, currentScreenSize) for LOD selection and a
+     * reverse-winding flag from Determinant(m_worldTransform) < 0; both are
+     * resolved by the engine at batch realization in the GPU-free port.
+     * Returns whether any batch was committed (JS addition; Carbon returns
      * void). */
     GetBatches(batches, batchType, perObjectData, reason = Tr2RenderReason.TR2RENDERREASON_NORMAL) {
       if (!this.display) {
@@ -507,9 +688,9 @@ new class extends _identity {
       return committed;
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetShadowBatches (cpp:672-681): the OPAQUE areas
-     * only, gated on display/mesh/hasUpdated. shadowPixelSize and the
-     * reverse-winding flag are engine-resolved at realization. Returns whether
+    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetShadowBatches (cpp:672-681): the OPAQUE areas
+     * only, gated on display/mesh/hasUpdated. shadowPixelSize and the
+     * reverse-winding flag are engine-resolved at realization. Returns whether
      * any batch was committed (JS addition; Carbon returns void). */
     GetShadowBatches(batches, perObjectData, _shadowPixelSize) {
       if (this.display && this.mesh && this.#hasUpdated) {
@@ -518,7 +699,7 @@ new class extends _identity {
       return false;
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetSortValue (cpp:787-792): view distance scaled by
+    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetSortValue (cpp:787-792): view distance scaled by
      * sortValueScale plus sortValueOffset. */
     GetSortValue(renderContext = null) {
       const viewPosition = renderContext?.GetViewPosition?.();
@@ -528,34 +709,47 @@ new class extends _identity {
       return Math.hypot(x, y, z) * this.sortValueScale + this.sortValueOffset;
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetShadowPerObjectData (cpp:794-797) forwards the
+    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetShadowPerObjectData (cpp:794-797) forwards the
      * shadow pass to the same per-object record. */
     GetShadowPerObjectData(accumulator = null) {
       return this.GetPerObjectData(accumulator);
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetPerObjectData (cpp:799-843) uploads bone/morph
-     * ring-buffer offsets and allocates Tr2PerObjectDataWithPersistentBuffers;
-     * those fills are GPU ring-buffer state, so the GPU-free record carries the
-     * live object reference for the engine serializer to pull current values at
-     * realization (mirrors EveSpaceObject2.GetPerObjectData). */
-    GetPerObjectData(accumulator = null) {
-      const data = typeof accumulator?.Allocate === "function" ? accumulator.Allocate(Tr2PerObjectData) : new Tr2PerObjectData();
-      data.object = this;
-      return data;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Carbon's two IsCastingShadow overloads, dispatched on the second argument:
-     * a position vector (length >= 3) selects the sphere-overlap overload
-     * (cpp:338-364); anything else is the shadow-frustum overload (cpp:295-336),
-     * whose Carbon out-param float& sizeInShadow becomes the optional trailing
-     * length-1 array (out-params last).
-     * @param {Object} cameraFrustum
-     * @param {Object|Float32Array} shadowFrustumOrPosition
-     * @param {Number} renderReasonOrRadius
-     * @param {Array|Number} sizeInShadowOutOrRenderReason
-     * @returns {Boolean}
+    /**
+     * Carbon EveChildMesh::GetPerObjectData (cpp:799-843): resets the morph
+     * counters, uploads the bone and morph rings, then hands back a handle over
+     * this child's two PERSISTENT buffers.
+     *
+     * The ring OFFSETS (`boneOffsets[0..1]`, `morphTargetAnimationDataOffset`,
+     * `morphTargetVertexDataOffset`, `bakedMorphTargetVertexDataOffset`) are GPU
+     * addresses with no CPU derivation, so they keep their defaults; the counts,
+     * which are CPU-known, are written.
+     */
+    GetPerObjectData(_accumulator = null) {
+      this.#perObjectData.vs.Set("activeMorphTargetsCount", [0]);
+      // Carbon seeds the baked-morph offset with UINT32_MAX, not zero.
+      this.#perObjectData.vs.Set("bakedMorphTargetVertexDataOffset", [0xffffffff]);
+      if (this.animationUpdater?.IsInitialized?.()) {
+        const boneCount = this.animationUpdater.GetMeshBoneCount?.() ?? 0;
+        this.#perObjectData.vs.SetIndex("boneOffsets", 2, [boneCount]);
+      }
+      return {
+        vs: this.#perObjectData.vs,
+        ps: this.#perObjectData.ps
+      };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Carbon's two IsCastingShadow overloads, dispatched on the second argument:
+     * a position vector (length >= 3) selects the sphere-overlap overload
+     * (cpp:338-364); anything else is the shadow-frustum overload (cpp:295-336),
+     * whose Carbon out-param float& sizeInShadow becomes the optional trailing
+     * length-1 array (out-params last).
+     * @param {Object} cameraFrustum
+     * @param {Object|Float32Array} shadowFrustumOrPosition
+     * @param {Number} renderReasonOrRadius
+     * @param {Array|Number} sizeInShadowOutOrRenderReason
+     * @returns {Boolean}
      */
     IsCastingShadow(cameraFrustum, shadowFrustumOrPosition, renderReasonOrRadius, sizeInShadowOutOrRenderReason = null) {
       if (!this.display || !this.castShadow || !this.#hasUpdated) {
@@ -623,12 +817,12 @@ new class extends _identity {
     /** Carbon EveChildMesh::ChangeLOD (cpp:1052-1054) is an intentional no-op. */
     ChangeLOD(_lod) {}
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::RegisterComponents (cpp:239-269): LightOwner when
-     * lights are authored; ReflectionRenderable (ShouldReflect) and ShadowCaster
-     * (castShadow) only when a mesh is present; then forwards the attachments.
-     * Gate m_display. "MeshMorph" stays OUT-OF-BAND: Carbon registers it at
-     * baked-morph need inside BakeMorphs (cpp:1404-1409), not here - the JS
-     * BakeMorphs stub is the site that would register it when the GPU morph
+    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::RegisterComponents (cpp:239-269): LightOwner when
+     * lights are authored; ReflectionRenderable (ShouldReflect) and ShadowCaster
+     * (castShadow) only when a mesh is present; then forwards the attachments.
+     * Gate m_display. "MeshMorph" stays OUT-OF-BAND: Carbon registers it at
+     * baked-morph need inside BakeMorphs (cpp:1404-1409), not here - the JS
+     * BakeMorphs stub is the site that would register it when the GPU morph
      * bake is ported. */
     RegisterComponents() {
       const registry = this.GetComponentRegistry();
@@ -650,9 +844,9 @@ new class extends _identity {
       }
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::UnRegisterComponents (cpp:275-290): forwards the
-     * attachments only (own components were already removed by
-     * EveEntity::UnRegister, EveEntity.cpp:90); no display re-check.
+    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::UnRegisterComponents (cpp:275-290): forwards the
+     * attachments only (own components were already removed by
+     * EveEntity::UnRegister, EveEntity.cpp:90); no display re-check.
      * UnregisterAudioGeometry (cpp:277) is audio-engine-owned and unported. */
     UnRegisterComponents() {
       const registry = this.GetComponentRegistry();
@@ -663,36 +857,88 @@ new class extends _identity {
       }
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetLights (cpp:1638-1652): BOTH gates (empty
-     * lights and display, cpp:1640 - unlike EveSpaceObject2's display-only),
-     * then per light AddLight(manager, worldTransform, 1, bones, boneCount)
-     * FOLLOWED by SetBrightnessMultiplier(m_activationStrength) - the
-     * one-frame-lag order is contract (the submission uses the multiplier
-     * stamped on the previous pass; the first pass uses the Tr2Light default
+    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetLights (cpp:1638-1652): BOTH gates (empty
+     * lights and display, cpp:1640 - unlike EveSpaceObject2's display-only),
+     * then per light AddLight(manager, worldTransform, 1, bones, boneCount)
+     * FOLLOWED by SetBrightnessMultiplier(m_activationStrength) - the
+     * one-frame-lag order is contract (the submission uses the multiplier
+     * stamped on the previous pass; the first pass uses the Tr2Light default
      * 1). */
     GetLights(lightManager) {
       if (!this.lights.length || !this.display) {
         return;
       }
+
+      // cpp:1645 - bones so a bone-parented light is placed by its bone.
+      const {
+        bones,
+        boneCount
+      } = this.GetBoneTransforms();
       for (const light of this.lights) {
-        light?.AddLight?.(lightManager, this.worldTransform, 1, null, 0);
+        light?.AddLight?.(lightManager, this.worldTransform, 1, bones, boneCount);
         light?.SetBrightnessMultiplier?.(this.#activationStrength);
       }
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetPickingBatches (cpp:862-889) maps Tr2PickTypes
-     * flags onto batch-type collections with transparent/additive special
-     * casing; the pick-type flag enum is not yet ported, so the surface fails
-     * loudly rather than mis-collecting. */
-    GetPickingBatches(..._args) {
-      throw new Error("EveChildMesh.GetPickingBatches is not implemented in CarbonEngineJS.");
+    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::GetID returns GetRawRoot(), i.e. this object. */
+    GetID(_area = 0) {
+      return this;
     }
 
-    /** Carbon EveChildMesh::InitializeAnimation (cpp:217-232) wires the
-     * animationUpdater to the mesh geometry resource; awaits the JS animation
-     * seam (no Tr2GrannyAnimation runtime). */
-    InitializeAnimation(..._args) {
-      throw new Error("EveChildMesh.InitializeAnimation is not implemented in CarbonEngineJS.");
+    /**
+     * Carbon EveChildMesh::GetPickingBatches (cpp:862-889): collects the geometry
+     * a pick pass should test, by mask. Unlike the hull's version this one has no
+     * overlay effects to pull in.
+     *
+     * @param {Object} batches - the picking accumulator
+     * @param {Number} pickTypes - a Tr2PickType mask
+     * @param {Object} perObjectData - this child's per-object record
+     */
+    GetPickingBatches(batches, pickTypes = TR2_PICK_TYPE_DEFAULT, perObjectData = null) {
+      if (pickTypes & Tr2PickType.PICK_TYPE_PICKING) {
+        this.GetBatches(batches, TriBatchType.TRIBATCHTYPE_PICKING, perObjectData);
+      }
+      if (pickTypes & Tr2PickType.PICK_TYPE_OPAQUE) {
+        this.GetBatches(batches, TriBatchType.TRIBATCHTYPE_OPAQUE, perObjectData);
+        this.GetBatches(batches, TriBatchType.TRIBATCHTYPE_DECAL, perObjectData);
+      }
+      if (pickTypes & Tr2PickType.PICK_TYPE_TRANSPARENT) {
+        // A hidden mesh suppresses the transparent pass only; Carbon returns
+        // early here, after the collections above have already run.
+        if (!this.mesh || this.mesh.display === false) {
+          return true;
+        }
+        for (const batchType of [TriBatchType.TRIBATCHTYPE_TRANSPARENT, TriBatchType.TRIBATCHTYPE_ADDITIVE]) {
+          const areas = this.mesh.GetAreas?.(batchType);
+          if (areas) {
+            this.mesh.GetBatches?.(batches, areas, perObjectData);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Binds the animation updater to this mesh's geometry, so a child with no
+     * animation resource of its own animates from the mesh's own bone binding.
+     *
+     * Carbon `EveChildMesh::InitializeAnimation` (cpp:217-232). Only runs when
+     * the updater has no authored resPath - one that does keeps its own
+     * resource. When the mesh has no geometry yet the shared binding is cleared
+     * rather than left stale, so a later mesh swap rebinds cleanly.
+     */
+    InitializeAnimation() {
+      const updater = this.animationUpdater;
+      if (!updater || updater.resPath_) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const geometry = this.mesh?.GetGeometryResource?.();
+      if (geometry) {
+        updater.SetUseMeshBinding?.(true);
+        updater.SetSharedGeometryRes?.(geometry);
+        return;
+      }
+      updater.SetSharedGeometryRes?.(null);
     }
 
     /** Carbon BakeMorphs runs the merge-morphs GPU compute pass; GPU-owned. */