I updated [CoreServices.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Services/CoreServices.cs) so RelationshipMapService enriches map nodes from the normal character list, which already includes AvatarImagePath / AvatarThumbnailPath. Maggie Grant’s node detail should now use her avatar image instead of falling back to MG.
Verification: separate-output build passed with 0 warnings and 0 errors.
No database changes were required.
Restored inline field help beside:
Type
X
Y
Width
Height
Label override
Left plain, with no field help in Selected Block:
Location
Notes
The panel-level Selected block [?] help remains. I also verified the help path: HelpIconTagHelper uses HelpService.GetByContextKey, and HelpService caches parsed article metadata after first load.
Measured findings:
Authenticated Calendar House editor load measured around 600 ms locally.
SQL calls were generally around 50-65 ms after warm-up.
The main recent bloat was the Help UI wiring: the editor had 615 help icons and about 1.5 MB of HTML.
Optimisations made:
Reduced repeated hidden help icons in [Edit.cshtml (line 409)](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Views/FloorPlans/Edit.cshtml:409), especially per-block editors and repeated transition edit modals.
Help icons now measure at 107, with HTML reduced to about 1.26 MB.
Optimised occupancy warning calculation in [CoreServices.cs (line 7883)](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Services/CoreServices.cs:7883) by grouping occupancy rows once instead of repeatedly scanning them per scene.
Added new index migration [083_FloorPlanEditorOccupancyIndexes.sql](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Sql/083_FloorPlanEditorOccupancyIndexes.sql) for Floor Plan scene/occupancy lookups. Applied locally.
Verified:
Structure/Occupancy mode still works.
Previous/Next scene changes the selected scene.
Tokens and transitions still render.
Help icons still resolve to articles.
dotnet build PlotLine.slnx passes with 0 warnings and 0 errors.
No Floor Plans behaviour, transition logic, occupancy data model, or feature architecture changes.
What changed:
Added 45 new Floor Plans help articles under [FloorPlans](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Help/Articles/FloorPlans), including the seven full guides requested plus field-level help for the contextual icons.
Wired contextual help-icon entries into:Floor Plans list page
Floor Plan editor header
Structure / Occupancy mode controls
floor, block, background, transitions and occupancy UI
transition-specific areas for stairs, ladders, hidden doors and secret passages
Verification:
Confirmed every Floor Plans help-icon key used in the views has a matching article.
Confirmed all 45 new articles have required help metadata.
dotnet build PlotLine.slnx passes with 0 warnings and 0 errors.
No database changes, no Floor Plan behaviour changes, no transition changes, and no editor redesign.
What changed:
X is now a dropdown showing A, B, C, AA, etc., while still saving 0, 1, 2, etc.
Y is now a dropdown showing 1, 2, 3, etc., while still saving 0, 1, 2, etc.
Options are limited to valid positions for the active floor and current block size.
Dragging, manual dropdown changes, block resizing, and grid resizing all keep the controls synced through the existing block write/clamp path.
Verification: dotnet build PlotLine.slnx passes with 0 warnings and 0 errors. No database, rendering model, transition logic, or AJAX architecture changes.
Also removed the “All scene occupants are placed.” message entirely, and filtered “Some occupants are on other floors.” out of the large panel so it can remain only as the compact contextual note near the plan.
Verification: dotnet build PlotLine.slnx passes with 0 warnings and 0 errors. No occupancy model, floor rendering, transition, AJAX, or database changes.
Changed:
[CoreModels.cs (line 308)](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Models/CoreModels.cs:308) now maps book/chapter metadata onto Scene for ordering/labels.
[CoreServices.cs (line 7818)](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Services/CoreServices.cs:7818) now orders occupancy scenes by book, chapter, scene, title and labels them like:
Book 1, Chapter 1.00, Scene 1.00: Arrival at the House
Added and applied [082_FloorPlanOccupancySceneOrdering.sql](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Sql/082_FloorPlanOccupancySceneOrdering.sql) to update Scene_ListByFloorPlan.
Verified:
Database query for The Calendar House now returns Chapter 1 scenes in order, then Chapter 2 scenes, etc.
dotnet build PlotLine.slnx passes with 0 warnings and 0 errors.
No schema changes, no occupancy model changes, no floor plan rendering changes, and no transition changes. Previous/Next should follow the corrected order because it uses the same ordered scene list in the dropdown.
What I fixed:
Removed the warning-calculation N+1 queries. Occupancy warnings now use one floor-plan participant query instead of per-scene character/asset lookups.
Added SceneFloorPlanParticipant_ListByFloorPlan to the existing migration script with SET ANSI_NULLS ON and SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON.
Reapplied the migration locally.
Confirmed FloorPlanBlock_Save, FloorPlan_GetEditor, and the new participant proc have quoted identifiers enabled.
Reduced drag/resize freeze risk by throttling expensive geometry recalculation to animation frames instead of every pointer event.
Added a final geometry refresh on pointer-up/cancel before autosave.
Improved autosave failure visibility by showing the real error in the editor, not just leaving status stuck.
Made Occupancy mode view/staging only:Blocks no longer start drag/resize in Occupancy mode.
Resize handles are hidden.
Structural toolbox is hidden.
Plan canvas expands to use the freed width.
Structure mode restores normal editing.
Verification:
dotnet build PlotLine.slnx passes with 0 warnings and 0 errors.
Non-destructive SQL smoke test of FloorPlanBlock_Save against the Lounge block passed inside a transaction and rolled back.
Confirmed the Lounge block stayed unchanged after the rollback.
Reapplied 081_FloorPlanFloorDescriptionAndOccupancyWarnings.sql successfully.
Files changed:
[Repositories.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Data/Repositories.cs)
[CoreModels.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Models/CoreModels.cs)
[CoreServices.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Services/CoreServices.cs)
[081 SQL migration](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Sql/081_FloorPlanFloorDescriptionAndOccupancyWarnings.sql)
[Edit.cshtml](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Views/FloorPlans/Edit.cshtml)
[site.css](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/wwwroot/css/site.css)
[site.min.css](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/wwwroot/css/site.min.css)
Manual browser QA still needed for the exact drag/add/reload flow, but the code path and SQL save path are now stabilized.
What changed:
Removed the standalone floor-plan details panel under the page title.
Added current-floor Description and editable Root Location into the Floors toolbox tab.
Added live computed Occupancy Warnings in Occupancy mode.
Preserved the existing AJAX workspace flow, including active floor/toolbox tab/mode/selected occupancy scene through refreshes.
Added floor description support via a new migration:
[081_FloorPlanFloorDescriptionAndOccupancyWarnings.sql](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Sql/081_FloorPlanFloorDescriptionAndOccupancyWarnings.sql)
Database changes:
Added nullable FloorPlanFloors.Description.
Updated active stored procedures:FloorPlan_GetEditor
FloorPlanFloor_Get
FloorPlanFloor_ListByPlan
FloorPlanFloor_Save
Warnings are not persisted. No warning tables were added.
Files changed include:
[Edit.cshtml](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Views/FloorPlans/Edit.cshtml)
[CoreServices.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Services/CoreServices.cs)
[Repositories.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Data/Repositories.cs)
[CoreModels.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Models/CoreModels.cs)
[CoreViewModels.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/ViewModels/CoreViewModels.cs)
[site.css](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/wwwroot/css/site.css)
[site.min.css](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/wwwroot/css/site.min.css)
Verification:
Applied the new migration locally.
Confirmed FloorPlanFloors.Description exists.
Confirmed scene/occupancy source data exists for The Calendar House.
dotnet build PlotLine.slnx passes with 0 warnings and 0 errors.
Manual QA still needed in the browser: edit floor description/root location, switch Structure/Occupancy mode, step scenes, and confirm warnings/tokens update visually without jumps.
What Changed
Added scene-owned occupancy data:Scenes.FloorPlanID
Scenes.InitialFloorPlanFloorID
new SceneFloorPlanOccupancy table
Added Occupancy section to the Scene Inspector with AJAX save/refresh.
Added Floor Plan editor Structure / Occupancy mode.
Occupancy mode shows linked scenes, previous/next scene controls, and character/asset tokens inside assigned locations.
Character tokens use image thumbnail, then initials fallback. Asset tokens do the same, smaller.
No Features, no new floor-plan architecture, no transition changes.
Files Changed
[CoreModels.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Models/CoreModels.cs)
[CoreViewModels.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/ViewModels/CoreViewModels.cs)
[Repositories.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Data/Repositories.cs)
[CoreServices.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Services/CoreServices.cs)
[ScenesController.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Controllers/ScenesController.cs)
[Program.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Program.cs)
[Edit.cshtml](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Views/FloorPlans/Edit.cshtml)
[_SceneInspector.cshtml](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Views/Scenes/_SceneInspector.cshtml)
[_SceneOccupancy.cshtml](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Views/Scenes/_SceneOccupancy.cshtml)
[site.js](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/wwwroot/js/site.js)
[site.css](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/wwwroot/css/site.css)
minified CSS/JS updated.
Database
Added new migration only: [080_SceneFloorPlanOccupancy.sql](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Sql/080_SceneFloorPlanOccupancy.sql)
Applied locally.
Added constraints/FKs and filtered unique indexes for one character/asset occupancy row per scene.
Stored Procedures Added/Updated
Scene_Save
Scene_Get
Scene_FloorPlanLink_Save
Scene_ListByFloorPlan
FloorPlanFloor_ListByPlan
FloorPlanBlock_ListByPlan
SceneFloorPlanOccupancy_ListByScene
SceneFloorPlanOccupancy_ListByFloorPlan
SceneFloorPlanOccupancy_Save
Test Data
Permanent Calendar House seed data added:
Book: The Calendar House
Chapters 1-3
14 scenes
Characters: Ellie, Grant, Stephen, Housekeeper, Gardener
Assets: Brass Key, Journal, Candle, Map, Letter
45 occupancy assignments
Verification
dotnet build PlotLine.slnx passes with 0 warnings/errors.
Migration applied locally.
Local app boots and returns HTTP 200.
DB checks confirm 14 linked scenes and 45 occupancy rows.
Manual browser click-through of the authenticated UI still needs a human pass for the AJAX controls and visual token placement.
Changed
Added image fields for Characters and Story Assets in models, view models, repositories, services, and save flows.
Added reusable avatar/initials rendering via [AvatarHelper.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Services/AvatarHelper.cs) and [_Avatar.cshtml](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Views/Shared/_Avatar.cshtml).
Added upload/remove processing through existing upload storage in [VisualIdentityImageService.cs](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Services/VisualIdentityImageService.cs).
Updated Character and Story Asset list/detail/edit views with thumbnails, initials fallback, upload, replace, and remove controls.
Added styling in [site.css](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/wwwroot/css/site.css) and refreshed site.min.css.
Database
Added new migration [079_VisualIdentityCharacterAssetImages.sql](C:/Source/PlotLine/PlotLine/Sql/079_VisualIdentityCharacterAssetImages.sql).
Adds nullable ImagePath and ThumbnailPath to Characters and StoryAssets.
Applied locally and confirmed the columns exist.
Stored Procedures
Updated active procedure definitions only:
Character_ListByProject
Character_Get
Character_Save
Character_UpdateImage
StoryAsset_ListByProject
StoryAsset_Get
StoryAsset_Save
StoryAsset_UpdateImage
