From f5d8a4f96be0de031429dfd9905560321ea592a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Stull <ben.stull@wiggleverse.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:58:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat(sim): collapse Dark/Light into one bipolar Mood dial;
 drop calibration UI

The engine already models Dark/Light as the two poles of one signed axis
(tone = (light - dark)/4, equal = neutral), so the simulator now exposes a single
bipolar Mood dial (-4 dark .. 0 neutral .. +4 light) that maps onto dark/light in
controls(). Removes the Calibration section entirely: mood_gain and overlay_gain
were always-locked 1.0 dev knobs (full dial = full effect), so they bake in as the
DEFAULT_CALIBRATION constants and the sim sends no calibration. Experience panel is
now just Left, Right, Mood.

Engine/tests unchanged (DEFAULT_CALIBRATION already carries the 1.0 constants).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 simulator/static/app.js     | 15 +++++++--------
 simulator/static/index.html |  9 +--------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/simulator/static/app.js b/simulator/static/app.js
index 4ccb7f6..ac01e1a 100644
--- a/simulator/static/app.js
+++ b/simulator/static/app.js
@@ -294,25 +294,24 @@ function renderScaleReadout() {
 }
 
 function controls() {
+  // One bipolar Mood dial (-4 dark .. 0 neutral .. +4 light) maps onto the engine's
+  // two poles. The calibration gains are pinned to their locked 1.0 (full dial = full
+  // effect), so the simulator sends no calibration — the server uses DEFAULT_CALIBRATION.
+  const mood = +$("mood").value;
   return {
     content: $("content").value,
     left: +$("left").value, right: +$("right").value,
-    dark: +$("dark").value, light: +$("light").value,
+    dark: mood < 0 ? -mood : 0, light: mood > 0 ? mood : 0,
     volume: 2, brightness: 2,
   };
 }
 
-function calibration() {
-  return { mood_gain: +$("mood_gain").value, overlay_gain: +$("overlay_gain").value,
-           dream_gain: 1.0 };
-}
-
 let timer = null;
 async function update() {
   if (busy) return;
   const resp = await fetch("/api/alteration", {
     method: "POST", headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
-    body: JSON.stringify({ controls: controls(), calibration: calibration() }),
+    body: JSON.stringify({ controls: controls() }),
   });
   if (!resp.ok) { readout.textContent = "invalid: " + resp.status; return; }
   const data = await resp.json();
@@ -422,7 +421,7 @@ async function main() {
   try { initPaint(); } catch (e) { paintOK = false; paint.style.display = "none"; showError("WebGL init: " + e.message); }
   await loadData();
   renderScaleReadout();
-  for (const id of ["content", "left", "right", "dark", "light", "mood_gain", "overlay_gain"]) {
+  for (const id of ["content", "left", "right", "mood"]) {
     $(id).addEventListener("input", debounced);
   }
   $("zoom-in").addEventListener("click", () => advance(1));
diff --git a/simulator/static/index.html b/simulator/static/index.html
index bc2c0c7..986bef1 100644
--- a/simulator/static/index.html
+++ b/simulator/static/index.html
@@ -48,16 +48,9 @@
         <legend>Experience knobs (0–4)</legend>
         <label>Left (analytical) <input type="range" id="left" min="0" max="4" value="0" /></label>
         <label>Right (dreamlike) <input type="range" id="right" min="0" max="4" value="0" /></label>
-        <label>Dark <input type="range" id="dark" min="0" max="4" value="0" /></label>
-        <label>Light <input type="range" id="light" min="0" max="4" value="0" /></label>
+        <label>Mood — dark ◀ 0 ▶ light <input type="range" id="mood" min="-4" max="4" value="0" /></label>
       </fieldset>
 
-      <fieldset>
-        <legend>Calibration</legend>
-        <label>mood gain <input type="range" id="mood_gain" min="0" max="2" step="0.05" value="1" /></label>
-        <label>overlay gain <input type="range" id="overlay_gain" min="0" max="2" step="0.05" value="1" /></label>
-        <p class="hint">Gains, not effects: <b>mood gain</b> scales the Dark/Light grade, <b>overlay gain</b> the Left HUD &amp; affect words. Turn those knobs up first or these do nothing.</p>
-      </fieldset>
 
       <fieldset>
         <legend>RenderPlan readout</legend>