--- title: Option B Visual Dial-Back - Plan type: feat date: 2026-10-20 topic: option-b-visual-dialback ---

Option B Visual Dial-Back — Plan

Decision (locked)

Option B — Dial back, then promote. Promote the warm smoke room language, but ship objects one step quieter than full smoke-bold: thinner/cleaner outlines, less glow, less ornament. Flat Hero stays available as legacy; dual first-class catalogs (Option C) are out.

Reference target: `docs/visual-reference/smoke-bold/option-b-dialed-back-target.jpg`

Goal

Owners composing with the elevated path get a cohesive soft-hearth look that reads premium without the heaviest smoke-bold ornament — then expand window scenes and catalog depth in that language.

Slices

S1 — Lock + presentation dial-back (this PR)

• Record Option B in smoke-bold notes + visual catalogue
• Soften live presentation of smoke-bold sprites (shadow/glow)
• Relabel catalog/materials toward “soft elevated” product language
• Point hearth-elevated defaults at smoke-hearth

S2 — Asset dial-back pass ✅

• Redraw or regenerate the 10 smoke-bold object JPGs to the Option B target
• Keep asset keys (smoke-bold-*) stable; replace files in place
• Bold originals archived under docs/visual-reference/smoke-bold/objects-bold-ceiling/
• Side-by-side Studio check against bold comps + Option B target

S3 — Promote as production hero path

• Make elevated soft the default Hero set presentation
• Demote flat hero-*.svg to “Classic / flat” grouping
• Update showcases (hearth-elevated, Amalfi) to soft assets

S4 — Windows on soft rooms ✅

• Re-enable selectable outside scenes on soft smoke materials via aperture-aligned overlay
• Placement None keeps the painted default view
• Added presets: forest, rain (plus existing city/ocean/mountain/farmland)

S5 — Catalog depth (thin)

• 3–5 options per major category in the dialed language (frames → plants/lamps → shelves/music)

Out of scope

• Prompt/AI window generation
• Full legacy SVG redraw
• Parallel Moonroom/Garden as equal hero identities before Hearth soft is locked in assets

Verification

• Unit: smoke materials + sprite paths still validate
• Studio/e2e: hearth-elevated still selectable; soft labels visible
• Visual: visit wall with smoke-hearth + soft sprites matches Option B target more than full bold comps