ModernUO/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/BaseAI
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refactor: master views over BaseCreature's one master reference (#2674)
## Summary

After #2670, `BaseCreature` stores one master. Callers still reached it through three differently gated names plus hand-rolled combinations of the `Controlled`/`Summoned` flags. Each gate is now one named view:

| Member | Definition | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `Master` | the reference; its setter does the follower bookkeeping; serialized as before | whoever the creature answers to |
| `ControlMaster` | `Controlled ? Master : null` | the owner |
| `SummonMaster` | `Summoned ? Master : null` | the summoner |
| `GetMaster()` | `ControlMaster ?? SummonMaster` | who answers for the creature |

`ControlMaster` and `SummonMaster` stay settable so custom code keeps compiling: both setters assign `Master`. There is no guard, so a write through either one can read back as null until the matching flag is set.

An enraged creature is the one shape with a master and neither flag. It keeps its meer through `Master`, while `GetMaster()` stays null, so the meer never answers for it (notoriety, kill credit).

Readers move onto the view they mean:
- "Owner or summoner" pairs and `ControlMaster ?? SummonMaster` collapse into `GetMaster()`: pack instinct, familiars, golem, house access, mounts, pack horse, Solen friendship, spell target and guild checks, and the `[` pet command.
- Checks such as `Controlled && ControlMaster == from` drop the flag the view already applies. Checks that don't reduce keep it: `Controlled && ControlMaster != from`, a possibly-null `from`, and `MageAI.CanDispel`'s `Summoned &&`.

**No behavior change, save format unchanged** (the schema generator produces no diff). Edge cases for custom code and shard operators:
- `SummonMaster = x` on a plain pet now replaces its owner (#2670 made that a no-op), and `ControlMaster = null` on an uncontrolled summon now clears its caster (it did nothing before).
- `SpellHelper.GetGuildFor` no longer falls back to an enraged creature's meer. Meer mages have no guild.

## Docs

- `dev-docs/content-patterns.md` § Masters: which view answers which question, how to set a master, and which flag checks are redundant.
- `dev-docs/runuo-migration-docs/09-items-mobiles-creatures.md` § Masters: RunUO's two-field reads mapped onto the views, plus the gotcha for creatures that set `SummonMaster` without `Summoned` (the write compiles, the read now returns null; use `Master`).
- The `modernuo-content-patterns` and `migrate-items-mobiles` skills point at both.

## Test plan

- [x] `MasterViewsTests`: all four views across wild, pet, controlled summon, uncontrolled summon and enraged shapes; reassigning `Master` moves follower slots; `SetControlMaster(null)` keeps an uncontrolled summon's caster; deleting a summon returns the caster's slots
- [x] Serialization tests updated to the new views (round-trip, legacy v22, v23 migration)
- [x] UOContent.Tests (1178 passed, 2 skipped) and Server.Tests (907) green
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ActionType.cs fix: Bumps deps. Updates copyrights (#2353) 2026-03-05 19:36:54 -08:00
AIGroupMovement.cs feat: derive the Running bit from the step pace and fix step-pacing bursts (#2599) 2026-08-30 16:48:52 -07:00
AIMovement.cs fix(ai): FamiliarAI owns familiar movement and combat; herding reaches its tile; ForcedAI read once (#2644) 2026-09-14 23:14:30 -07:00
AITimer.cs fix(ai): guard zero-int detection cooldown and duplicate pet friends (#2667) 2026-09-23 10:42:38 -07:00
AIType.cs fix: Bumps deps. Updates copyrights (#2353) 2026-03-05 19:36:54 -08:00
ApproachOutcome.cs fix(ai): FamiliarAI owns familiar movement and combat; herding reaches its tile; ForcedAI read once (#2644) 2026-09-14 23:14:30 -07:00
BaseAI.cs refactor: master views over BaseCreature's one master reference (#2674) 2026-09-24 22:45:24 -07:00
BaseAIExtensions.cs fix: Consolidates debug check messages for AI and adds debounce (#2235) 2025-07-18 18:08:03 -07:00
ContextMenu.cs fix: Bumps deps. Updates copyrights (#2353) 2026-03-05 19:36:54 -08:00
DebugInterpolatedStringHandler.cs fix(ai): make debug-message cooldown comparisons wraparound-safe (#2659) 2026-09-19 09:59:00 -07:00
InternalEntry.cs fix: pets freeze, forget their orders, obey the wrong players, and fight when told not to (#2614) 2026-09-10 19:28:13 -07:00
OnSpeech.cs refactor: one master reference behind ControlMaster and SummonMaster (#2670) 2026-09-24 21:37:28 -07:00
PetLogin.cs fix: pets freeze, forget their orders, obey the wrong players, and fight when told not to (#2614) 2026-09-10 19:28:13 -07:00
PetOrders.cs refactor: master views over BaseCreature's one master reference (#2674) 2026-09-24 22:45:24 -07:00
SpeechEventArgsExt.cs fix: Bumps deps. Updates copyrights (#2353) 2026-03-05 19:36:54 -08:00
TransferItem.cs refactor: one master reference behind ControlMaster and SummonMaster (#2670) 2026-09-24 21:37:28 -07:00
WalkRandomLogic.cs fix(ai): pet order/home refactor — stop & post-combat behavior (#2459) 2026-06-07 01:22:43 -07:00