maniator / maniator/verticopolis

[Bug]: [P3] VIP limo replays every 5 game-days on a persistently failing tower

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Description

Imported from the engineering backlog (_bmad-output/implementation-artifacts/backlog.md, story event-visuals).
Priority P3 (do-first order) | Severity: low (cosmetic) | Status: open | Epic: — | Type: review-deferral | Recorded: 2026-07-04

What happened?

Ready. VIP inspection limo replays every 5 game-days on a persistently-failing tower. Simulation.checkVip fires triggerVip() before the pass/fail check, and a failed inspection reschedules vipVisitDay=day+5, so a tower stuck below TOWER criteria replays the 6.5s limo every 5 days with no throttle (unlike the nag lines, which throttle on lastVipNagDay). Most player-visible of the P3 cosmetics, the design voice argued P2 (a recurring cosmetic loop reads as a bug); parked at the head of P3 as a compromise. Fix by throttling the limo or only firing on a passing inspection.

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Research direction

Start at Simulation.checkVip and trace its call to triggerVip, then inspect how failed inspections reschedule vipVisitDay and how lastVipNagDay throttles nag lines. The fix is done when a persistently failing tower no longer replays the 6.5s limo every five game-days while the intended VIP inspection behavior remains intact.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
game-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
64/100

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