feat: show area trigger messages as screen banners

SMSG_AREA_TRIGGER_MESSAGE events (dungeon enter messages, objective
triggers, etc.) were previously only appended to chat. Now they also
appear as animated slide-up toasts in the lower-center of the screen:
blue-bordered dark panel with light-blue text, 4.5s lifetime with
35ms slide-in/out animation. Up to 4 simultaneous toasts stack
vertically. Messages still go to chat as before.

include/game/game_handler.hpp

@@ -540,6 +540,15 @@ public:
     const std::deque<CombatLogEntry>& getCombatLog() const { return combatLog_; }
     void clearCombatLog() { combatLog_.clear(); }
 
+    // Area trigger messages (SMSG_AREA_TRIGGER_MESSAGE) — drained by UI each frame
+    bool hasAreaTriggerMsg() const { return !areaTriggerMsgs_.empty(); }
+    std::string popAreaTriggerMsg() {
+        if (areaTriggerMsgs_.empty()) return {};
+        std::string msg = areaTriggerMsgs_.front();
+        areaTriggerMsgs_.pop_front();
+        return msg;
+    }
+
     // Threat
     struct ThreatEntry {
         uint64_t victimGuid = 0;
@@ -2155,6 +2164,7 @@ private:
     std::vector<CombatTextEntry> combatText;
     static constexpr size_t MAX_COMBAT_LOG = 500;
     std::deque<CombatLogEntry> combatLog_;
+    std::deque<std::string>    areaTriggerMsgs_;
     // unitGuid → sorted threat list (descending by threat value)
     std::unordered_map<uint64_t, std::vector<ThreatEntry>> threatLists_;
 

include/ui/game_screen.hpp

@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ private:
     // Zone entry toast: brief banner when entering a new zone
     struct ZoneToastEntry { std::string zoneName; float age = 0.0f; };
     std::vector<ZoneToastEntry> zoneToasts_;
+
+    struct AreaTriggerToast { std::string text; float age = 0.0f; };
+    std::vector<AreaTriggerToast> areaTriggerToasts_;
+    void renderAreaTriggerToasts(float deltaTime, game::GameHandler& gameHandler);
     std::string lastKnownZone_;
     static constexpr float kZoneToastLifetime = 3.0f;
 

src/game/game_handler.cpp

@@ -3877,7 +3877,10 @@ void GameHandler::handlePacket(network::Packet& packet) {
             if (packet.getSize() - packet.getReadPos() >= 4) {
                 /*uint32_t len =*/ packet.readUInt32();
                 std::string msg = packet.readString();
-                if (!msg.empty()) addSystemChatMessage(msg);
+                if (!msg.empty()) {
+                    addSystemChatMessage(msg);
+                    areaTriggerMsgs_.push_back(msg);
+                }
             }
             break;
         }

src/ui/game_screen.cpp

@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ void GameScreen::render(game::GameHandler& gameHandler) {
     renderRepToasts(ImGui::GetIO().DeltaTime);
     renderQuestCompleteToasts(ImGui::GetIO().DeltaTime);
     renderZoneToasts(ImGui::GetIO().DeltaTime);
+    renderAreaTriggerToasts(ImGui::GetIO().DeltaTime, gameHandler);
     if (showRaidFrames_) {
         renderPartyFrames(gameHandler);
     }
@@ -8572,6 +8573,72 @@ void GameScreen::renderZoneToasts(float deltaTime) {
     }
 }
 
+// ─── Area Trigger Message Toasts ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+void GameScreen::renderAreaTriggerToasts(float deltaTime, game::GameHandler& gameHandler) {
+    // Drain any pending messages from GameHandler
+    while (gameHandler.hasAreaTriggerMsg()) {
+        AreaTriggerToast t;
+        t.text = gameHandler.popAreaTriggerMsg();
+        t.age  = 0.0f;
+        areaTriggerToasts_.push_back(std::move(t));
+        if (areaTriggerToasts_.size() > 4)
+            areaTriggerToasts_.erase(areaTriggerToasts_.begin());
+    }
+
+    // Age and prune
+    constexpr float kLifetime = 4.5f;
+    for (auto& t : areaTriggerToasts_) t.age += deltaTime;
+    areaTriggerToasts_.erase(
+        std::remove_if(areaTriggerToasts_.begin(), areaTriggerToasts_.end(),
+                       [](const AreaTriggerToast& t) { return t.age >= kLifetime; }),
+        areaTriggerToasts_.end());
+    if (areaTriggerToasts_.empty()) return;
+
+    auto* window = core::Application::getInstance().getWindow();
+    float screenW = window ? static_cast<float>(window->getWidth())  : 1280.0f;
+    float screenH = window ? static_cast<float>(window->getHeight()) :  720.0f;
+
+    ImDrawList* draw = ImGui::GetForegroundDrawList();
+    ImFont* font = ImGui::GetFont();
+    constexpr float kSlideDur = 0.35f;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(areaTriggerToasts_.size()); ++i) {
+        const auto& t = areaTriggerToasts_[i];
+
+        float slideIn  = std::min(t.age, kSlideDur) / kSlideDur;
+        float slideOut = std::min(std::max(0.0f, kLifetime - t.age), kSlideDur) / kSlideDur;
+        float alpha    = std::clamp(std::min(slideIn, slideOut), 0.0f, 1.0f);
+
+        // Measure text
+        ImVec2 txtSz = font->CalcTextSizeA(13.0f, FLT_MAX, 0.0f, t.text.c_str());
+        float toastW = txtSz.x + 30.0f;
+        float toastH = 30.0f;
+
+        // Center horizontally, place below zone text (center of lower-third)
+        float toastX = (screenW - toastW) * 0.5f;
+        float toastY = screenH * 0.62f + i * (toastH + 3.0f);
+        // Slide up from below
+        float offY = (1.0f - std::min(slideIn, slideOut)) * (toastH + 12.0f);
+        toastY += offY;
+
+        ImVec2 tl(toastX, toastY);
+        ImVec2 br(toastX + toastW, toastY + toastH);
+
+        draw->AddRectFilled(tl, br, IM_COL32(8, 12, 22, (int)(alpha * 190)), 5.0f);
+        draw->AddRect(tl, br, IM_COL32(100, 160, 220, (int)(alpha * 200)), 5.0f, 0, 1.0f);
+
+        float cx = tl.x + toastW * 0.5f;
+        // Shadow
+        draw->AddText(font, 13.0f,
+            ImVec2(cx - txtSz.x * 0.5f + 1, tl.y + (toastH - txtSz.y) * 0.5f + 1),
+            IM_COL32(0, 0, 0, (int)(alpha * 180)), t.text.c_str());
+        // Text in light blue
+        draw->AddText(font, 13.0f,
+            ImVec2(cx - txtSz.x * 0.5f, tl.y + (toastH - txtSz.y) * 0.5f),
+            IM_COL32(180, 220, 255, (int)(alpha * 240)), t.text.c_str());
+    }
+}
+
 // ============================================================
 // Boss Encounter Frames
 // ============================================================