## Summary
Adds authentic **T2A-era (pre-UO:Third-Dawn) packet-based crafting menus**, enabled via the **`t2aCraftMenus` server setting** (read once at startup; default **`!Core.UOTD`**, so a pre-UO:TD shard gets them automatically). When enabled, double-clicking a crafting tool opens the classic `0x7C`/`0x7D` item-list menu — skill- and material-filtered — instead of the modern gump, covering all 8 tool/skill crafts (blacksmithy, tailoring, tinkering, carpentry, alchemy, bowcraft/fletching, inscription, cartography). It is **not** a runtime/admin-flippable feature flag.
This is the **definitive, reconciled** branch and **supersedes**:
- **#2181** (Delphi — `T2A_CraftingMenus`): the original effort.
- **#2381** (Jack/UOLL — `t2a_crafting_menus`): the research-grounded superset (Delphi's base + 12 corrections), rebased onto current `main`.
Original authorship is preserved across the cherry-picked history: foundation commit **@Delphi79**, mechanic fixes **@jackuoll (Jack Ward)**, reconciliation/fixes/docs mine.
## How it was built
1. Cherry-picked Jack's 13 commits onto current `main` (superset of Delphi's; only 2 trivial FeatureFlags conflicts).
2. Applied targeted fixes (below) with tests.
3. Full convention audit, build, and test pass.
Grounded in independent historical research plus Jack's deep dive. Maintainer reference: `dev-docs/t2a-crafting.md`.
## Mechanics (highlights)
- Double-click tool → target resource → skill/material-filtered menu → craft. Resource pre-selection per skill; make-last by targeting the tool.
- **Stacked-gem jewelry:** target a gem stack → the **full stack** is consumed and the piece is named by count ("a 1000 diamond ring"); count persists (`BaseJewel` serialization **v4 → v5**, new `_gemCount`).
- **Tool-less inscription & cartography** (skill-list invoked; no pen/sextant); inscription consumes reagents+scroll on success and failure, mana only on success.
- **Tailoring matching-hue consumption:** targeting hued cloth/leather consumes only that hue. Crafted items take color from their **`CraftResource`** (not the dyed hue), so dyed leather/cloth don't tint the product; in T2A only colored ingots/ore color items (metal armor/shields).
- **Half-resources on failed non-scroll crafts** (pre-UO:TD).
- **Maker's mark** always prompted for exceptional items, via the shared `QueryMakersMarkGump`.
- Server-side menu infra changes are additive (`ItemListEntry.CraftIndex`, `Entries` setter, `HasSent`).
## Notable changes on top of the cherry-pick
- **Toggle is a startup server setting, not a feature flag.** Removed `ContentFeatureFlags.T2ACraftMenus` (and its admin-flippable plumbing); the value is read once via `ServerConfiguration.GetSetting("t2aCraftMenus", !Core.UOTD)` into `T2ACraftSystem.Enabled`. Since the default tracks the era and it can't be flipped at runtime, there's no incoherent "menus-on / UO:TD-era" state.
- **Stacked-gem consumption (B3a/B3):** consume the full `PendingGemCount` (was deliberately consuming 1 while naming by the stack), null-safe gem type, plain-piece fallback + message. New `T2AJewelGemCraftTests`.
- **Convention audit:** `new List<Item>()` → `PooledRefList<Item>` on the hue-aware consume path; removed dead code.
## Decisions & deviations
- `make-last` kept as **QoL** (post-T2A gump-era feature).
- `half-on-failure` (non-scroll) kept as a **reconstruction** (not OSI-confirmed).
- **Stacked-gem** behavior set per shard authority (overrides the "single gem" reconstruction).
- **Cooking** out of scope (no T2A crafting menu existed for it).
- **No colored items from dyed materials:** crafted color comes from the `CraftResource` type. Pre-AOS leather has no colored variant, so leather is always uncolored; weapons retain resource color only in AOS+ (unchanged, intended).
## Test plan
- Automated: `dotnet build ModernUO.slnx -c Debug` clean; `dotnet test Projects/UOContent.Tests` → **421 passed** (incl. 3 new jewelry tests).
- Manual (needs a running T2A shard + client):
- [ ] Each of the 8 skills opens the correct menu; empty-menu guard fires.
- [ ] Make-last repeats the last craft (jewelry re-prompts gem).
- [ ] Jewelry consumes the full targeted gem stack and names by count.
- [ ] Cartography consumes blank maps only with T2A enabled / maps+scrolls when disabled.
- [ ] Tailoring consumes only the targeted-hue material; crafted items are not tinted by dyed cloth/leather.
- [ ] Maker's-mark prompt on exceptional.
- [ ] Failed non-scroll craft consumes half resources.
- [ ] Inscription: reagents+scroll on success/failure, mana only on success.
- [ ] T2A disabled: gump crafting unchanged.
## Credits
Co-authored-by: @Delphi79
Co-authored-by: @jackuoll
## Summary
Migrates 14 ConPVP lobby/tournament gumps from legacy `Gump` to modern `DynamicGump`/`StaticGump<T>`. Layouts move into `BuildLayout(ref DynamicGumpBuilder)`, constructors become private, and validation moves into static `DisplayTo` entry points (empty-gump rule).
**Per-gump base type decisions:**
- `BeginGump` → `StaticGump<BeginGump>`: layout is fully fixed (no dynamic content). All other gumps below are `DynamicGump` because they bake dynamic player names, guild abbreviations, ruleset titles, arena names, tournament participant names, ladder rankings, or per-instance rule modifications. Per the cliloc/dynamic-text rule, dynamic content forces `DynamicGump`.
- `ReadyGump`, `ReadyUpGump` → `DynamicGump` (per-instance participant rosters).
- `AcceptDuelGump`, `AcceptTeamGump`, `ConfirmSignupGump` → `DynamicGump` (challenger/registrar/team names, dynamic rule modifications).
- `PickRulesetGump`, `RulesetGump` → `DynamicGump` (ruleset titles and option labels per instance).
- `ParticipantGump`, `DuelContextGump` → `DynamicGump` (player rosters/team labels).
- `LadderGump` → `DynamicGump` (ladder entries: ranks, levels, guild abbrs, names, wins/losses).
- `ArenaGump` → `DynamicGump` (arena names with active player names).
- `PreferencesGump` → `DynamicGump` (arena name list).
- `TournamentBracketGump` (~1k LOC) → `DynamicGump`. The whole gump is one type-switched view that re-renders on every button press across `Index`, `Rules_Info`, `Participant_List`, `Participant_Info`, `Round_List`, `Round_Info`, `Match_Info`, `Player_Info`. All branches bake per-instance content.
**Refresh-via-this conversions (the big perf wins):**
- `LadderGump`: page +/- now mutates `_page` and calls `from.SendGump(this)` instead of allocating a new `LadderGump`.
- `PickRulesetGump`: ruleset apply / flavor toggle now refreshes via `this`.
- `ParticipantGump`: increase/decrease team size, remove player, target failure all refresh via `this`.
- `DuelContextGump`: failed-start and add-participant refresh via `this`.
- `ConfirmSignupGump`: every signup-validation rejection branch in `OnResponse` and every `AddPlayer_OnTarget` rejection branch refreshes via `this` (was allocating a new gump per branch).
- `TournamentBracketGump`: every navigation button (back/forward, type change, page change, drill-down) mutates `_type`/`_object`/`_list`/`_page` and refreshes via `this`. Previously each click allocated a new 1k LOC gump.
All gumps are `Singleton`, use private constructors with static `DisplayTo` entry points that null-check `NetState` before allocation. External callers in `DuelContext`, `TournamentBracketItem`, `TournamentController`, `TournamentSignupItem`, and the cross-references between `AcceptDuelGump`/`ParticipantGump`/`AcceptTeamGump`/`ConfirmSignupGump` are all updated to use `DisplayTo`. Legacy `m_X` fields renamed to `_x` per coding standards.
> [!IMPORTANT]
> **Developer Note**
> THIS IS A BREAKING CHANGE TO THE NEW API GUMP.
> Please give us feedback in [discord ](https://muo.gg/discord) if you have issues, need help, or have ideas for a better API change!
### Summary
* Adds support for size/style to dynamic/static builder.
* Drastically simplifies the dynamic/static builder api for AddHtml.
* Cleans up some legacy gump files.
> [!Important]
> **Developer Note**
> This code change will **completely move gumps out of the core**
### Summary
- Adds `GetGumps()` convenience which exposes methods to Find/Close/Send multiple gumps. This helper is a performance improvement by eliminating the Dictionary<Player, List> lookup for gumps.
- [X] Fixes an issue where a buffer smaller than 8 bytes would not double with enough space in some cases.
- [X] Fixes an issue with dupe copying the savebuffer reference (ugh).
- [X] Streamlines the IGenericWriter API to use better generics.
- [X] Streamlines the IGenericReader API to use better generics.
- [X] Forces `tidying` of a List/HashSet to be done externally since Writers/Readers should not have side effects.
- [X] Fixes an issue where Tidying a list didn't TrimExcess, causing memory leaks.
- [X] Reverted the meaning of `World.Running` to specifically refer to any world state post world loading.
- NOTE: Do not use this if you want to block on world saves. Instead use checks against `WorldState.Saving` states.
- [X] Fixes an issue with serializing negative DateTime deltas.
- [X] Fixes a potential issue with serializing non-UTC DateTime.
Bumps release version
