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+class_name WorldObject
+extends RefCounted
+## A world object (prop, interactable, spawn point, etc.) within a chunk.
+##
+## This is the runtime representation used by [ChunkScene] to hold object
+## metadata. It mirrors [ChunkDataDecoder.WorldObjectData] but is a standalone
+## class so it can be referenced by scene nodes.
+
+## Stable object ID, unique within the chunk.
+var id: String = ""
+
+## Object type: "prop", "interactable", "spawn_point", "door", etc.
+var type: String = ""
+
+## Reference to the object's mesh/glTF asset.
+var asset_id: String = ""
+
+## World-space position.
+var position: Vector3 = Vector3.ZERO
+
+## World-space rotation as a quaternion (x, y, z, w).
+var rotation: Vector4 = Vector4(0, 0, 0, 1)
+
+## World-space scale.
+var scale: Vector3 = Vector3.ONE
+
+## Type-specific key/value properties.
+var properties: Dictionary = {}
+
+## Whether this is a spawnable dynamic entity template.
+var is_dynamic: bool = false
+
+## Per-object content moderation flags.
+var flags: ChunkDataDecoder.ContentFlags = ChunkDataDecoder.ContentFlags.new()
+
+## Whether this object has been modified locally.
+var is_dirty: bool = false
+
+
+func _init(
+	p_id: String = "",
+	p_type: String = "",
+	p_asset_id: String = "",
+	p_position: Vector3 = Vector3.ZERO,
+	p_rotation: Vector4 = Vector4(0, 0, 0, 1),
+	p_scale: Vector3 = Vector3.ONE,
+	p_properties: Dictionary = {},
+	p_dynamic: bool = false,
+	p_flags: ChunkDataDecoder.ContentFlags = null
+) -> void:
+	id = p_id
+	type = p_type
+	asset_id = p_asset_id
+	position = p_position
+	rotation = p_rotation
+	scale = p_scale
+	properties = p_properties
+	is_dynamic = p_dynamic
+	if p_flags != null:
+		flags = p_flags
+
+
+## Convert to a dictionary representation.
+func to_dict() -> Dictionary:
+	return {
+		"id": id,
+		"type": type,
+		"asset_id": asset_id,
+		"position": position,
+		"rotation": rotation,
+		"scale": scale,
+		"properties": properties,
+		"dynamic": is_dynamic,
+		"flags": flags.to_dict(),
+	}
+
+
+## Create a WorldObject from a dictionary.
+static func from_dict(d: Dictionary) -> WorldObject:
+	var flags := ChunkDataDecoder.ContentFlags.new()
+	if d.has("flags"):
+		flags.from_dict(d["flags"])
+	return WorldObject.new(
+		d.get("id", ""),
+		d.get("type", ""),
+		d.get("asset_id", ""),
+		d.get("position", Vector3.ZERO),
+		d.get("rotation", Vector4(0, 0, 0, 1)),
+		d.get("scale", Vector3.ONE),
+		d.get("properties", {}),
+		d.get("dynamic", false),
+		flags,
+	)