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@@ -259,10 +259,17 @@ RemakeEntity mechanism); `[video] Object` hides at BurningState, `Rubble` shows;
 `StateIndicator::AddVideoWatcher` (SetState DOES fire video watchers). ⚠ REQUIRED gotcha:
 cultural objects must stay **OUT of static-mesh consolidation** (`RecurseStaticObject` — same
 exclusion class as banded LODs/shadows), else the merged mesh draws the intact model forever
-regardless of DrawObj. Explosion visual = the psfx route (effect 1008 observed). Verified live
-(BT_GOTO ram): HIDE×2 + SHOW(rubble), contacts cease, mech occupies the footprint. Diags:
-`BT_CULT_LOG` (census/damage/death + `[cultvis]`). MP: replicants transition via
-`ReadUpdateRecord` → same SetState watcher path (untested cross-pod).
+regardless of DrawObj. ⚠ **STATUS (human playtest 2026-07-19): PARTIAL — the intact model now
+hides on death (the truck "disappears"), but the RUBBLE never appears and no explosion/fire is
+visible.** The switch's SHOW sets DrawObj on the rubble CHILD component (DCSInstanceRenderable/
+DPLStaticChildRenderable) — those child classes are themselves 2007-stubbed and never draw their
+object, so the swap is a no-op on screen; and the death Explosion routes effect 1008 (ddam5
+psfx) but nothing visible appears (+ the authentic BurningState fire visual is entirely
+unreconstructed). REMAINING: make the rubble genuinely draw (or hang it off the drawn root),
+a visible death explosion, the burning-fire state. LESSON: `[cultvis]` log lines verify the
+STATE MACHINE, not pixels — only a human screen check verifies rendering. Diags: `BT_CULT_LOG`
+(census/damage/death + `[cultvis]`). MP: replicants transition via `ReadUpdateRecord` → same
+SetState watcher path (untested cross-pod).
 
 ## Key Relationships
 - Geometry/LOD: [[bgf-format]]. Base: [[wintesla-port]] (L4D3D). Shadow/visual-conform: [[locomotion]].