The pure SerializationGenerator conversion of `BaseCreature`, split out of #2592 so it can serve as the reference for converting every other large hand-written class in the Delta Saves project (#7, phase 3). Two behaviour changes from #2592 are deliberately not here and follow in their own PRs on top of this one: `SpeedClass`, and the collapse of `ControlMaster`/`SummonMaster` into one reference (a creature can lose or keep either independently: Blade Spirits and Energy Vortexes are summoned but never controlled, EnragedCreature and talisman summons keep a summon master with neither flag set).
## What this is
- `BaseCreature` becomes `[SerializationGenerator(23, false)]` with a `[SerializableField]` per serialized slot and `[SaveFlag]` elision on nearly every field, so a stock creature serializes to its version plus flags. Field orders run 0..53 with no gaps (54 fields).
- The hand-written reader stays as `private void Deserialize(IGenericReader reader, int version)` for every pre-codegen version (0..22); post-codegen bumps use `MigrateFrom` from here on. `[AfterDeserialization]` carries the post-load fixups main did after reading (stat timers, AI type, followers, reacquire seeding).
- `ControlMaster` and `SummonMaster` stay two independent fields with main's semantics, each elided when null.
- `DamageMin`/`DamageMax`/`ActiveSpeed`/`PassiveSpeed` are no longer virtual (nothing in the tree overrode them); comments swept to the constraints that matter.
- Direct writes to serialized backing fields outside the generated setters (`SetDamage`, `SetResistance`, the move-speed helpers, the loot flag, feed loyalty, the delete timer) call `this.MarkDirty()`, matching the #2609 standard, so the class is ready for delta saves once `Mobile` is audited.
- Schema `Server.Mobiles.BaseCreature.v23.json` regenerated by the tool (a second run produces no diff).
## Deferred to follow-up PRs
SpeedClass: the serialized `_speedClass` field, `DefaultSpeedClass` replacing the type constant, `ApplySpeedClass`/`OnSpeedClassChange`, "None means custom", the four-speeds-as-one-block elision, `NPCSpeeds.FindEntry(SpeedLevel)`, the constructor fallback to Medium, and their tests.
Master references: serializing one `Master` with a `Controlled`/`Summoned` fan-out and the `SetControlMaster` lockstep.
## Tests
UOContent.Tests 776 / Server.Tests 855 green. `BaseCreatureSerializationTests` covers: a default creature elides to version + flags; a populated creature round-trips with exact byte consumption; back-to-back saves are byte-identical; an uncontrolled summon keeps its SummonMaster; byte-authentic v22 legacy streams (replicas of main's `Serialize`) load through the legacy reader for a wild tamable, a controlled pet, a controlled summon with an anchored `SummonEnd`, and a summon-master-only creature (the EnragedCreature shape); a running delete timer round-trips through `[DeserializeTimer]`; `Friends`, `CurrentWayPoint` and `HomeMap` round-trip; a `BaseVendor` stub round-trips the generated BaseVendor v2 → generated BaseCreature v23 chain.
## Behaviour notes for reviewers
- `ActiveMoveSpeed`/`PassiveMoveSpeed` getters return the raw override (0 = inherit); `CurrentMoveSpeed` is the resolved pace.
- Speeds elided as table defaults re-snap to the current `npc-speeds.json` on load, so table edits reach unmodified spawns on restart.
- `GetSpeeds` no longer throws on the save/load path when the table has no entry for the type: saves elide against the creature's own values and loads keep the stream. Construction still throws (`InvalidOperationException`, was `KeyNotFoundException`). An elided load with no table entry would otherwise resume at speed 0, so `[AfterDeserialization]` logs once and paces it at Medium.
- `virtual` removed from `ActiveSpeed`, `PassiveSpeed`, `DamageMin`, `DamageMax` (no overrides in the tree; forks may have some).
- `ControlMaster`, `SummonMaster`, `ControlOrder`, `Tamable`, `IsParagon` are `[SerializableProperty]` over hand-written setters because follower bookkeeping must run before the assignment, which a `fieldChanged` hook cannot express; the wire format is identical.
## Prerequisites for cherry-picking
#2609 (BaseVendor is already generated on top of BaseCreature) and SerializationGenerator 4.1.0.
### Summary
Moves inventory insurance out of `Mobile`/`PlayerMobile` into its own system at `Projects/UOContent/Engines/Insurance/`, wires it into the feature flag system, and makes disabling it actually disable it everywhere.
### Changes
**New `Server.Engines.Insurance.Insurance` system**
* Owns its own `Configure()`, seeding from the existing `insurance.enable` setting (default `Core.AOS`), so no config migration is needed. `Mobile.InsuranceEnabled` is gone, along with its line in `ExpansionConfiguration`.
* `CanInsure`, `GetInsuranceCost`, `ToggleItemInsurance`, `AutoRenewInventoryInsurance`, `CancelRenewInventoryInsurance` and `OpenItemInsuranceMenu` move here from `PlayerMobile`, which keeps four one-line shims for the context-menu callbacks.
* Every entry point is gated on `Insurance.Enabled`, and the death-time state is only allocated when insurance is on — a shard without insurance pays nothing for it.
**Feature flag integration**
Insurance is now a first-class feature flag: `ServerFeatureFlags.InsuranceEnabled`, registered under the `insurance` key in `FeatureFlagManager.SyncStaticFlag`, so it can be inspected and toggled through the normal flag command/gump rather than only at boot. `Insurance.Enabled` reads through to the flag, so there is one source of truth for every consumer.
**Fixes a memory leak from PvP**
`PlayerMobile.m_InsuranceAward` was a `Mobile` field assigned on every death and never cleared, so every player permanently pinned a strong reference to the last player who killed them. Killers were kept alive by their victims indefinitely.
Death-time insurance state now lives in a `Dictionary<Mobile, InsuranceContext>` owned by the insurance system: the entry is created in `OnBeforeDeath` and removed in `OnDeath`, so nothing outlives the death that created it.
**Removes insurance fields from every PlayerMobile**
`m_InsuranceAward`, `m_InsuranceBonus` and `m_NonAutoreinsuredItems` were carried by every `PlayerMobile` whether or not the shard ran insurance. All three are gone; the equivalent state is allocated per-death, only for players who actually die with insured items, only when insurance is enabled.
**Stale `Insured` flags are inert when insurance is off**
`Item.Insured` is a persisted flag, so items stay marked after a shard turns insurance off. Every read path now checks the flag first, so those items behave exactly as if they were never insured:
* `Item.CheckBlessed` / `Item.IsStandardLoot` — they drop again instead of acting blessed
* `Item.AddLootTypeProperty` — no more phantom "insured" tooltip
* `PlayerMobile.FindItems_Callback` — not yanked out of nested bags on death
* `DestroyEquipment` — no longer immune
* `ClothingBlessDeed` — no longer reports "that item is already blessed"
**Gumps promoted out of `PlayerMobile`**
`ItemInsuranceMenuGump`, `ItemInsuranceMenuConfirmGump` and `CancelRenewInventoryInsuranceGump` were private nested classes reaching into `PlayerMobile` privates. They are now public types in `Engines/Insurance/Gumps/`, talking to the insurance system through its public API. `ItemInsuranceMenuGump.ToggleSelected()` replaces the confirm gump's reach-in to the parent's `_items`/`_insure` arrays.
### Behavior changes
* The per-item "You lack the funds to purchase the insurance" message on failed auto-renewal is no longer sent during death; players get the single 1061115 summary instead. Marked with a TODO pending a decision on whether the per-item message should spam.
* The killer's insurance bonus is deposited once at the end of death processing rather than 300 gold at a time per insured item, and the "gold has been deposited" message is now conditional on the deposit succeeding. Same total.
### Drive-by cleanups
`PoisonImpl.IncreaseLevel` -> `Poison.IncreaseLevel`, a redundant `is NetState { } ns` pattern, `new List<Item>(Items)` -> collection expression, alignment of the `SyncStaticFlag` switch arms, and some comment/formatting fixes in `PlayerMobile`.
Follow-up to the gargoyle Throwing work (#2510/#2512/#2514). Ports two Stygian Abyss creatures from ServUO so two of the throwing artifacts finally have a real OSI drop source instead of being `[add`-only.
## Changes
- **`Raptor`** and **`StoneSlith`** — ported stat-for-stat from ServUO. They **spawn automatically**: `Distribution/Data/Spawns/post-uoml/termur/TerMur.json` already contained Raptor/StoneSlith spawner entries referencing these class names, so no spawn-file edits were needed.
- **`RaptorClaw`** (Boomerang-based) and **`StoneSlithClaw`** (Cyclone-based) artifacts, dropped from each creature's `OnDeath` at ServUO's 0.5% rate (uncontrolled only).
- StoneSlith retains its `GraspingClaw` monster ability; both use `BleedAttack`.
## ModernUO idioms
Default range perception (16) / fight range, derived `GetSpeeds` (no `SetSpeed`), `[SerializationGenerator(0)]` codegen, collection-expression arrays.
## Documented omissions vs ServUO
Flagged as TODO in-code — all are content missing from ModernUO, not silent drops: Raptor's friend-spawn timer + its 25% `AncientPotteryFragments` drop; StoneSlith's `TailSwipe`, `DragonBlood`, and `SlithEye`/`TatteredAncientScroll`/`AncientPotteryFragments` drops; plus `HideType.Horned/Spined` and `PackInstinct.Ostard` (no ModernUO equivalents yet).
## Not included
The other three throwing artifacts (Storm Caller, Banshee's Call, Wind of Corruption) drop from renowned/boss creatures via a `BaseRenowned` artifact-list system that doesn't exist in ModernUO yet — a separate, larger effort. AbyssReaver stays with the (deferred) Into-the-Void quest.
Verified: server builds clean; throwing suite 14/14.
### Summary
Eliminates `IPooledEnumerable<T>` and `eable.Free()` from `Map` for mobiles. This drastically simplifies code that iterates in range, for example:
```cs
foreach (var m in m.GetMobilesInRange(5))
{
}
```
The code above no longer requires an eable and calling `Free()`.
- [X] Fixed several locations where an NPC that was damaged would cause a server crash.
- [X] Removed an unnecessary allocation in guard fake calls (NPCs calling guards on you)
- [X] Fixes damage precision loss in Poison Strike Spell
- [X] BogThing no longer attempts to "search" for boglings to eat when it is at full health
## **MAJOR CHANGE**
* `Stabled` has been moved to `PlayerMobile`.
* New methods added, `PlayerMobile.AddStabled` and `PlayerMobile.RemoveStabled`.
* Added `PlayerMobile.AddFollower` and `PlayerMobile.RemoveFollower`.
* `Stabled`, `AutoStabled`, and `AllFollowers` are now `HashSet` and **_CAN BE NULL_**.
### Summary
* Fixes monster abilities causing harm to the monster through reflect
* Adds `CanTriggerAgainstSelf` to override this for healing or some other self-affecting ability
* Fixes a major memory leak where `UnsummonTimer` from animated dead spell lasts up-to 24hrs and therefore holds onto references of dead/deleted mobs.
* Fixes another minor leak where a mob is not unregistered from the animated dead spell list until the next spell cast.