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# Unity daemon development
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Open `Aetheria.Unity` in Unity and choose **Aetheria > Daemon Development**.
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This is the interactive development path. The released-package witness remains
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the automated integration proof and is not required for ordinary iteration.
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The window builds and launches `Aetheria.State.Daemon` from
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`bin/Debug/net10.0`, imports an isolated development state under
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`Aetheria.Unity/Build` when necessary, and configures the generic EveUnity
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client to connect directly to the daemon's local CultMesh endpoint. Odin is not
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part of this path.
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The launcher displays and passes the exact source dependency roots used for the
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Debug daemon build. CultLib prefers the exact released `CultLib-release`
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sibling and falls back to the canonical `CultLib` sibling for checkouts that
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do not maintain a separate release worktree.
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Ymir still prefers the active `Ymir-aetheria-integration` sibling checkout and
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falls back to the canonical `Ymir` sibling when that integration checkout is
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absent. This prevents an older sibling assembly from impersonating the daemon
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being debugged.
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## Normal loop
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1. Press **Start & Play**, or press Unity Play with **Start before Play**
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enabled.
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2. Edit and inspect the generic EveUnity-lowered world in Play Mode.
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3. Use Unity Pause to submit the advertised `simulation.pause` action to the
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daemon. Unity unpause submits `simulation.rate.realtime`.
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4. While paused, use **Advance one step** to commit exactly one fixed daemon
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simulation step.
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5. Stop, restart, or reimport the isolated state from the same window.
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Unity's editor clock is never gameplay authority. The pause and step controls
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are ordinary advertised Eve operations accepted by the daemon. If the active
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game mode does not advertise its simulation clock, the window reports that
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contract failure instead of locally freezing world truth.
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## Rider
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The window displays the actual `Aetheria.State.Daemon` process ID. Press
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**Copy daemon PID**, then in Rider choose **Run > Attach to Process** and select
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that PID. **Open daemon source** opens `Aetheria.State.Daemon/Program.cs` through
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Unity's configured external editor. The launched process uses Debug assemblies
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from the current checkout, so breakpoints bind to the code being run.
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Hitting a Rider breakpoint suspends the authoritative daemon process. The Unity
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client continues to display its last committed generation until execution
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resumes; it does not simulate through the breakpoint.
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## Files
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- State: `Aetheria.Unity/Build/aetheria-unity-dev.cc`
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- Daemon stdout: `Aetheria.Unity/Build/DaemonDevelopment/daemon.log`
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- Daemon stderr: `Aetheria.Unity/Build/DaemonDevelopment/daemon.error.log`
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- Preparation logs: `Aetheria.Unity/Build/DaemonDevelopment/launcher*.log`
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`Reimport state & start` deletes only the isolated development `.cc` file and
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its `.cultmesh` (or legacy `.records`) sidecar before importing it again. It
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does not touch `GameData`, the source catalog, or another witness/run state.
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