From 0b6b4038486134f1e543a73390a189956bd1855d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelsi <kelsihates2fa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 01:15:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix mount footstep timing and frequency

Reduced mount footsteps from 4 beats to 2 beats per animation cycle
with evenly-spaced timing at 0.25 and 0.75 normalized time. The
previous 4-beat pattern (0.1, 0.35, 0.6, 0.85) was too frequent and
not properly synced with mount animations.
---
 src/rendering/renderer.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/rendering/renderer.cpp b/src/rendering/renderer.cpp
index e354ecc8..123e7861 100644
--- a/src/rendering/renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/renderer.cpp
@@ -1273,14 +1273,14 @@ void Renderer::update(float deltaTime) {
                     mountFootstepNormInitialized = true;
                     mountFootstepLastNormTime = norm;
                 } else {
-                    // Horse gait: 4 hoofbeats per cycle
+                    // Mount gait: 2 hoofbeats per cycle (synced with animation)
                     auto crossed = [&](float eventNorm) {
                         if (mountFootstepLastNormTime <= norm) {
                             return mountFootstepLastNormTime < eventNorm && eventNorm <= norm;
                         }
                         return mountFootstepLastNormTime < eventNorm || eventNorm <= norm;
                     };
-                    if (crossed(0.1f) || crossed(0.35f) || crossed(0.6f) || crossed(0.85f)) {
+                    if (crossed(0.25f) || crossed(0.75f)) {
                         footstepManager->playFootstep(resolveFootstepSurface(), true);
                     }
                     mountFootstepLastNormTime = norm;