Mid-match joiners now spawn a dedicated empty Spectator prefab (NetworkObject
+ SpectatorSetup only) instead of a fully stripped Player prefab. The FreeCam
rig is a standalone scene object in Main, so the spectator needs no avatar body,
renderer, collider, or CharacterController -- eliminating the leftover-body
artifact and the fragile per-peer strip path entirely.
- SpectatorSetup.cs (new): owner binds GameModeManager.BindSpectator (FreeCam-only)
- Spectator.prefab (new): empty avatar (Transform + NetworkObject + SpectatorSetup),
registered in DefaultNetworkPrefabs, wired on MatchManager in Main
- GameModeManager: add BindSpectator/BuildSpectatorModes; drop the spectator
branch from BindLocalPlayer; ReleaseToNoPlayer frees the cursor on teardown
- MatchManager: independent entropy-seeded RNG for fair hunter pick (was sharing
the global engine RNG and always landing on the same client); spawn the
spectator prefab for mid-match joiners; cursor-safe return-to-Main teardown
- FreeCamController: guard IgnorePlayerCollision against a disabled capsule
Also bundled (unrelated user asset/UI edits): PaintHudPanel layout tuning,
font atlas (arialroundedmtprocyr_bold SDF), forestpack_foliage material.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
