Fix voice gender using server data and update loading screen UI

- Use authoritative playerRace/playerGender at spawn for voice profiles
  instead of unreliable model name parsing
- Support nonbinary gender with useFemaleModel body type fallback
- Move voice setup into spawnPlayerCharacter() for all spawn paths
- Remove legacy single-player default Human Male clip preloading
- Make loading screen text black and move progress bar to top

include/audio/activity_sound_manager.hpp

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public:
     void playLanding(FootstepSurface surface, bool hardLanding);
     void setSwimmingState(bool swimming, bool moving);
     void setCharacterVoiceProfile(const std::string& modelName);
+    void setCharacterVoiceProfile(const std::string& raceFolder, const std::string& raceBase, bool male);
     void playWaterEnter();
     void playWaterExit();
     void playMeleeSwing();

src/audio/activity_sound_manager.cpp

@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ bool ActivitySoundManager::initialize(pipeline::AssetManager* assets) {
     assetManager = assets;
     if (!assetManager) return false;
 
-    rebuildJumpClipsForProfile("Human", "Human", true);
+    // Voice profile clips (jump, swim, hardLand, combat vocals) are set at
-    rebuildSwimLoopClipsForProfile("Human", "Human", true);
+    // character spawn via setCharacterVoiceProfile() with the correct race/gender.
-    rebuildHardLandClipsForProfile("Human", "Human", true);
 
     preloadCandidates(splashEnterClips, {
         "Sound\\Character\\Footsteps\\EnterWaterSplash\\EnterWaterSmallA.wav",
@@ -162,6 +161,11 @@ void ActivitySoundManager::rebuildJumpClipsForProfile(const std::string& raceFol
         prefix + stem + "\\" + stem + "Jump01.wav",
         prefix + stem + "\\" + stem + "Jump02.wav",
     });
+    if (jumpClips.empty()) {
+        LOG_WARNING("No jump clips found for ", stem, " (tried exert prefix: ", exertPrefix, ")");
+    } else {
+        LOG_INFO("Loaded ", jumpClips.size(), " jump clips for ", stem);
+    }
 }
 
 void ActivitySoundManager::rebuildSwimLoopClipsForProfile(const std::string& raceFolder, const std::string& raceBase, bool male) {
@@ -393,6 +397,24 @@ void ActivitySoundManager::setCharacterVoiceProfile(const std::string& modelName
                                      " death clips=", deathClips.size());
 }
 
+void ActivitySoundManager::setCharacterVoiceProfile(const std::string& raceFolder, const std::string& raceBase, bool male) {
+    if (!assetManager) return;
+    std::string key = raceFolder + "|" + raceBase + "|" + (male ? "M" : "F");
+    if (key == voiceProfileKey) return;
+    voiceProfileKey = key;
+    rebuildJumpClipsForProfile(raceFolder, raceBase, male);
+    rebuildSwimLoopClipsForProfile(raceFolder, raceBase, male);
+    rebuildHardLandClipsForProfile(raceFolder, raceBase, male);
+    rebuildCombatVocalClipsForProfile(raceFolder, raceBase, male);
+    core::Logger::getInstance().info("Activity SFX voice profile (explicit): ", voiceProfileKey,
+                                     " jump clips=", jumpClips.size(),
+                                     " swim clips=", swimLoopClips.size(),
+                                     " hardLand clips=", hardLandClips.size(),
+                                     " attackGrunt clips=", attackGruntClips.size(),
+                                     " wound clips=", woundClips.size(),
+                                     " death clips=", deathClips.size());
+}
+
 void ActivitySoundManager::playWaterEnter() {
     LOG_INFO("Water entry detected - attempting to play splash sound");
     auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();

src/core/application.cpp

@@ -2545,6 +2545,32 @@ void Application::spawnPlayerCharacter() {
                 static_cast<int>(spawnPos.z), ")");
         playerCharacterSpawned = true;
 
+        // Set voice profile to match character race/gender
+        if (auto* asm_ = renderer->getActivitySoundManager()) {
+            const char* raceFolder = "Human";
+            const char* raceBase = "Human";
+            switch (playerRace_) {
+                case game::Race::HUMAN:    raceFolder = "Human"; raceBase = "Human"; break;
+                case game::Race::ORC:      raceFolder = "Orc"; raceBase = "Orc"; break;
+                case game::Race::DWARF:    raceFolder = "Dwarf"; raceBase = "Dwarf"; break;
+                case game::Race::NIGHT_ELF: raceFolder = "NightElf"; raceBase = "NightElf"; break;
+                case game::Race::UNDEAD:    raceFolder = "Scourge"; raceBase = "Scourge"; break;
+                case game::Race::TAUREN:    raceFolder = "Tauren"; raceBase = "Tauren"; break;
+                case game::Race::GNOME:     raceFolder = "Gnome"; raceBase = "Gnome"; break;
+                case game::Race::TROLL:     raceFolder = "Troll"; raceBase = "Troll"; break;
+                case game::Race::BLOOD_ELF: raceFolder = "BloodElf"; raceBase = "BloodElf"; break;
+                case game::Race::DRAENEI:   raceFolder = "Draenei"; raceBase = "Draenei"; break;
+                default: break;
+            }
+            bool useFemaleVoice = (playerGender_ == game::Gender::FEMALE);
+            if (playerGender_ == game::Gender::NONBINARY && gameHandler) {
+                if (const game::Character* ch = gameHandler->getActiveCharacter()) {
+                    useFemaleVoice = ch->useFemaleModel;
+                }
+            }
+            asm_->setCharacterVoiceProfile(std::string(raceFolder), std::string(raceBase), !useFemaleVoice);
+        }
+
         // Track which character's appearance this instance represents so we can
         // respawn if the user logs into a different character without restarting.
         spawnedPlayerGuid_ = gameHandler ? gameHandler->getActiveCharacterGuid() : 0;

src/rendering/loading_screen.cpp

@@ -271,11 +271,11 @@ void LoadingScreen::render() {
             ImVec2(0, 0), ImVec2(screenW, screenH));
     }
 
-    // Progress bar
+    // Progress bar (top of screen)
     {
         const float barWidthFrac = 0.6f;
         const float barHeight = 6.0f;
-        const float barY = screenH * 0.91f;
+        const float barY = screenH * 0.06f;
         float barX = screenW * (0.5f - barWidthFrac * 0.5f);
         float barW = screenW * barWidthFrac;
 
@@ -306,20 +306,20 @@ void LoadingScreen::render() {
     {
         char pctBuf[32];
         snprintf(pctBuf, sizeof(pctBuf), "%d%%", static_cast<int>(loadProgress * 100.0f));
-        float barCenterY = screenH * 0.91f;
+        float barCenterY = screenH * 0.06f;
         float textY = barCenterY - 20.0f;
 
         ImVec2 pctSize = ImGui::CalcTextSize(pctBuf);
         ImGui::SetCursorPos(ImVec2((screenW - pctSize.x) * 0.5f, textY));
-        ImGui::TextColored(ImVec4(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f), "%s", pctBuf);
+        ImGui::TextColored(ImVec4(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f), "%s", pctBuf);
     }
 
     // Status text below bar
     {
-        float statusY = screenH * 0.91f + 14.0f;
+        float statusY = screenH * 0.06f + 14.0f;
         ImVec2 statusSize = ImGui::CalcTextSize(statusText.c_str());
         ImGui::SetCursorPos(ImVec2((screenW - statusSize.x) * 0.5f, statusY));
-        ImGui::TextColored(ImVec4(0.8f, 0.8f, 0.8f, 1.0f), "%s", statusText.c_str());
+        ImGui::TextColored(ImVec4(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f), "%s", statusText.c_str());
     }
 
     ImGui::End();

src/rendering/renderer.cpp

@@ -2452,12 +2452,6 @@ void Renderer::update(float deltaTime) {
         }
 
         characterRenderer->setInstancePosition(characterInstanceId, characterPosition);
-        if (activitySoundManager) {
-            std::string modelName;
-            if (characterRenderer->getInstanceModelName(characterInstanceId, modelName)) {
-                activitySoundManager->setCharacterVoiceProfile(modelName);
-            }
-        }
 
         // Movement-facing comes from camera controller and is decoupled from LMB orbit.
         // During taxi flights, orientation is controlled by the flight path (not player input)