Evidence before polish

What keeps this scene from looking real.

Loading the consolidated implementation, evidence and repair audit.

Work in progress · not accepted

A numerical pass, an implemented effect and a photographic result are separate claims. Proposed repairs below are not completed work.

Research baseline · annotations

Research baseline before the gravel-normal correction: foreground gravel, flat cliffs and cumulus clouds.

Actual 1920×1080 research baseline, before the gravel-normal correction. Latest paired renders are on the native comparisons page. Select a numbered region to inspect the associated limitation.

Gravel normals: before (left) / after (right) ↗

Dependencies

From world structure to the displayed frame

Core systems checklist

Implementation, evidence, gaps and solutions

SearchDomainPriorityNeed

Shared assumptions

Contracts between systems

Independent gates

What constitutes validation

Measured limits

Budget and remaining work

Reference discipline

Photographs, physical references and art direction

Research sources and original audit data