From f79110cb14ba0bad5d33801c91617f194d27eb9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelsi <kelsihates2fa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 18:06:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(rendering): clear M2 texture cache on character switch

M2Renderer::clear() reset descriptor pools but left the texture cache
and failed-texture tracking intact.  On re-login the stale cache filled
the budget, failedTextureRetryAt_ blocked reloads, and the client
entered an infinite model-load loop.  Match the cleanup already done in
shutdown() and CharacterRenderer::clear().
---
 src/rendering/m2_renderer_instance.cpp | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/rendering/m2_renderer_instance.cpp b/src/rendering/m2_renderer_instance.cpp
index f28f5d45..177afaee 100644
--- a/src/rendering/m2_renderer_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/m2_renderer_instance.cpp
@@ -344,6 +344,20 @@ void M2Renderer::clear() {
     particleOnlyInstanceIndices_.clear();
     particleInstanceIndices_.clear();
     smokeEmitAccum = 0.0f;
+
+    // Clear texture cache so stale textures don't block loads for the next
+    // character/map.  Without this, the old session's textures fill the cache
+    // budget and failedTextureRetryAt_ blocks legitimate reloads, causing an
+    // infinite model-load loop on character switch.
+    textureCache.clear();
+    texturePropsByPtr_.clear();
+    textureCacheBytes_ = 0;
+    textureCacheCounter_ = 0;
+    failedTextureCache_.clear();
+    failedTextureRetryAt_.clear();
+    loggedTextureLoadFails_.clear();
+    textureLookupSerial_ = 0;
+    textureBudgetRejectWarnings_ = 0;
 }
 
 void M2Renderer::setCollisionFocus(const glm::vec3& worldPos, float radius) {