fix(npc): finalize custom NPCs on multiplayer clients

[ifBars]

Closes #275

Root cause

Joined clients reconstruct custom NPC wrappers in NPC.CreateWrapperForNetworkSpawnedNPC and run CreateFromClientNetworkSpawn(), but that client lifecycle never added the wrapper type to FinalizedCustomNpcTypes.

ContactsAppPatches.WaitForNPCs waits for CustomNpcsReady before creating custom relation circles. Since readiness requires every registered custom NPC type to be finalized, clients waited forever even though FishNet had spawned a usable world NPC. The server path already recorded finalization in FinalizeNetworkSpawn(), which explains the host/client split.

Fix

• Record custom NPC finalization after successful client network-spawn hydration.
• Share the same finalization/readiness path between server and client lifecycles.
• Keep the readiness rule in a small internal policy with focused regression coverage.
• Remove the now-redundant patch-level readiness check.

Finalization is recorded only after CreateInternal() succeeds; an exception cannot falsely signal that the client is ready.

Game-code and prefab evidence

Local read-only inspection of the current game export and generated runtime bindings found:

• Native ContactsApp.Start snapshots the serialized RelationCircle graph from the Player prefab; S1API must add custom circles after native startup.
• The Player prefab contains the serialized Contacts containers, region UI graph, and native relation circles.
• The BaseEmployee-derived NPC prefab contains CustomerAttendDealBehaviour; native Customer.Start disables the customer component if that behavior is absent.
• ilspycmd inspection of the current IL2CPP Assembly-CSharp.dll confirms completeContractChoice and _attendDealBehaviour are emitted as public forwarded properties backed by their native field pointers.

No game assemblies, AssetRipper output, saves, GSE files, or smoke-test artifacts are included in this PR.

Validation

Automated suites

• MonoMelon: 622 passed
• Il2CppMelon: 611 passed
• Focused readiness tests: the real client hydration entry point remains false after the first of two custom NPC types and transitions true after the second; missing type remains false; final type transitions true; empty registration remains false.

Three-peer GSE gameplay smoke

Both runs used isolated host + 2 client identities and enforced join-before-load:

1. Host created the GSE lobby in Menu.
2. Both clients joined and every peer proved a three-member lobby.
3. Only then did the host load a clean save.
4. All three peers reached Main with real network state.

Each role had to prove:

• CustomNpcsReady=true
• custom NPC relation circle exists and is assigned
• native Customer component is enabled
• CustomerAttendDealBehaviour exists
• the public dialogue choices contain [Complete Deal]
• the NPC messaging conversation is ready

Results:

• Mono (game 0.4.6f12): host PASS, client 1 PASS, client 2 PASS
• IL2CPP (game 0.4.6f11): host PASS, client 1 PASS, client 2 PASS

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved custom NPC readiness tracking during client hydration and server finalization.
  • Ensured readiness is reported only after all registered custom NPC types are finalized.
  • Prevented readiness from being signaled when no custom NPC types are registered.
  • Improved handling of custom NPC visibility after network spawning.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Custom NPC readiness now uses a shared policy to track finalized types. Client network-spawn hydration and server finalization call the same helper, which reconciles relationships and evaluates readiness. Tests cover missing, complete, and empty registrations.

Changes

Custom NPC readiness

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Readiness policy and validation S1API/Internal/Entities/CustomNpcReadinessPolicy.cs, S1API.Tests/Entities/CustomNpcReadinessPolicyTests.cs	Adds centralized finalized-type tracking and readiness evaluation. Tests cover incomplete, complete, and empty registrations.
NPC finalization integration S1API/Entities/NPC.cs, S1API/Internal/Patches/NPCPatches.cs	Client hydration and server finalization use MarkCustomNpcFinalized. The helper reconciles relationships and reevaluates readiness. The client patch removes the earlier direct readiness check.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f44fd

The PR makes multiplayer clients mark custom NPCs ready after hydration, and the reported gameplay checks pass, but the automated tests do not directly verify the two-type client hydration sequence that drives this state. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to add that contract test.

Possibly related PRs

• ifBars/S1API#213: Related to NPC.cs and custom NPC lifecycle/readiness handling.

Suggested labels: bug, npcs

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address issue #275 by recording client-side NPC finalization and restoring custom NPC Contacts and deal readiness for clients.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The code and tests remain focused on custom NPC finalization, readiness tracking, and removal of the redundant client readiness check.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: fixing custom NPC finalization on multiplayer clients.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the root cause, fix, compatibility impact, runtime evidence, and validation results in sufficient detail.

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In `@S1API.Tests/Entities/CustomNpcReadinessPolicyTests.cs`:
- Around line 7-45: Add an integration-style contract test that invokes
NPC.CreateFromClientNetworkSpawn for two registered custom NPC types and
verifies CustomNpcsReady remains false after the first hydration and true after
the second. Extend the CustomNpcReadinessPolicy tests to define and preserve
behavior for null and invalid inputs, including omitted/default versus explicit
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• S1API.Tests/Entities/CustomNpcReadinessPolicyTests.cs
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• S1API/Internal/Patches/NPCPatches.cs