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modbison/backend/app/services/chunk_codec.py
daddy b6c6ddfbc4 Add world content persistence backend (Postgres chunks, internal API, game-server token auth)
Implements docs/architecture/world_persistence_impl.md §9's backend task:
chunk/room/revision Postgres schema (migration 0005), a Python port of the
world.md §3.6 binary chunk codec with golden-file tests, a WorldStore
service (world.md §5.1 minus flush_dirty/rebuild_index), the public
world-content router (rooms/chunks CRUD, optimistic concurrency, batch
writes) and the internal read-only API for dedicated servers, and
game_servers.py changes: a per-spawn bearer token, --api-url/--server-token
args, and a real "ready"-field wait replacing _await_port, which bound the
UDP port before content existed and failed open (no error) past its
deadline.

create_world now auto-creates the "main" room.

Deviations/findings, not silently decided:
- chunk_codec.py implements real IEEE-754 float32 packing rather than
  mirroring a confirmed bug in scripts/chunk_data_decoder.gd's
  _read_float32/_write_float32, which do a lossy int<->float cast instead
  of a bit reinterpretation (verified against Godot 4.6.2 headless) and
  will corrupt any non-integer position/rotation/scale/bounds value. Not
  fixed here (client-side, out of scope); flagged for the client task.
- world_persistence_impl.md references a world's monotonic
  content_revision (§6/§7.2/§8.1) but never defines where it's stored.
  Resolved as MAX(id) over the append-only world_chunk_revisions table,
  scoped to world_id, rather than adding an undocumented column.
- No existing Godot-side golden fixture/test vectors were found to reuse,
  so tests/fixtures/chunks/*.bin are authored fresh from this
  implementation (see generate_fixtures.py).

Verification: 132/132 backend pytest tests pass against a real ephemeral
Postgres (both reusing an already-running instance and cold via
conftest.py's own docker-compose bootstrap), including migration
upgrade/downgrade/upgrade, codec round-trip + validation-error tests, and
full HTTP round trips for PUT/GET/batch/delete/revisions/rollback and the
internal API's token auth.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Y2FESCaMXeJpC9gSctiEeD
2026-09-14 19:48:01 +00:00

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"""Python port of the chunk binary/JSON codec, `docs/architecture/world.md` §3.
This is the server-side half of the "single shared format, two
implementations" contract world.md §5.2 and
`world_persistence_impl.md` §5.5/§9 call for. The Godot-side implementation
is `scripts/chunk_data_decoder.gd`; this module must decode anything it
produces and produce bytes it can decode.
IMPORTANT DEVIATION (see the "Known cross-codec divergence" note at the
bottom of this file): the current `scripts/chunk_data_decoder.gd` does not
actually implement IEEE-754 float32 for the `pos`/`rot`/`scale`/`bounds`
fields -- it performs a lossy numeric `int`/`float` cast instead of a bit
reinterpretation, which both truncates fractional values and does not
write IEEE-754 bits at all. This module implements the format as
*specified* (real `<f` IEEE-754 float32, matching every other field in the
spec and matching what any conformant decoder would assume). See the note
for what this means for cross-codec byte parity today.
Nothing here talks to a database or the FastAPI app; it is a pure,
side-effect-free codec so it can be golden-file tested in isolation.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import hashlib
import json
import struct
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
MAGIC = b"AGPC"
HEADER_SIZE = 48
CURRENT_VERSION = 1
SECTION_META = 0x01
SECTION_TILE = 0x02
SECTION_OBJECT = 0x03
SECTION_FLAGS = 0x04
SECTION_REVISION_META = 0x05
CATEGORY_FIELDS = (
"violence", "sexual", "language", "substance",
"gambling", "horror", "hate", "custom",
)
class ChunkCodecError(Exception):
"""Malformed bytes -- the payload isn't shaped like a chunk at all."""
class ChunkValidationError(Exception):
"""A structurally-valid chunk failed a content/business-rule check.
``reason`` is the machine-readable code the API surface (world_persistence_impl.md
§8.1) puts in the 422 response body's ``reason`` field, e.g.
``"checksum_mismatch"``, ``"layer_dims"``, ``"object_out_of_bounds"``.
"""
def __init__(self, reason: str, message: str | None = None) -> None:
self.reason = reason
super().__init__(message or reason)
# ───────────────────────── Logical model ─────────────────────────
@dataclass
class TileDef:
id: int
asset_id: str = ""
solid: bool = False
flags: int = 0
variants: int = 1
@dataclass
class TileLayer:
name: str
layer_id: int = 0
width: int = 0
height: int = 0
depth: int = 1
palette: list[TileDef] = field(default_factory=list)
tiles: list[int] = field(default_factory=list) # flattened, row-major
@dataclass
class ContentFlags:
violence: int = 0
sexual: int = 0
language: int = 0
substance: int = 0
gambling: int = 0
horror: int = 0
hate: int = 0
custom: int = 0
mature: bool = False
sources: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
def to_dict(self) -> dict:
return {
"categories": {name: getattr(self, name) for name in CATEGORY_FIELDS},
"mature": self.mature,
"sources": list(self.sources),
}
@classmethod
def from_dict(cls, d: dict) -> "ContentFlags":
cats = d.get("categories", {})
return cls(
**{name: int(cats.get(name, 0)) for name in CATEGORY_FIELDS},
mature=bool(d.get("mature", False)),
sources=list(d.get("sources", [])),
)
@dataclass
class WorldObject:
id: str
type: str
asset_id: str
pos: tuple[float, float, float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
rot: tuple[float, float, float, float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)
scale: tuple[float, float, float] = (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
dynamic: bool = False
properties: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
flags: ContentFlags = field(default_factory=ContentFlags)
@dataclass
class ChunkBounds:
"""Wire representation is min-corner + size (matching the Godot AABB
the reference encoder builds from), not min/max as world.md §3.1's
logical-model prose describes -- both are fully recoverable from each
other; this is just the on-the-wire convention."""
min: tuple[float, float, float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
size: tuple[float, float, float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
@property
def max(self) -> tuple[float, float, float]:
return tuple(a + b for a, b in zip(self.min, self.size))
@dataclass
class ChunkPayload:
version: int = CURRENT_VERSION
world_id: str = ""
room_id: str = ""
coord: tuple[int, int, int] = (0, 0, 0)
bounds: ChunkBounds = field(default_factory=ChunkBounds)
tile_layers: list[TileLayer] = field(default_factory=list)
objects: list[WorldObject] = field(default_factory=list)
flags: ContentFlags = field(default_factory=ContentFlags)
created_at: int = 0
updated_at: int = 0
revision: int = 0
author: str = ""
def build_key(world_id: str | int, room_slug: str, cx: int, cy: int, cz: int) -> str:
"""world_persistence_impl.md §4.5: ``"{world.id}:{room.slug}:{cx}:{cy}:{cz}"``."""
return f"{world_id}:{room_slug}:{cx}:{cy}:{cz}"
# ───────────────────────── Binary primitives ─────────────────────────
# All integers little-endian, matching world.md §3.6.3. Floats are packed
# as real IEEE-754 float32 -- see the module docstring's deviation note.
def _read_u16(data: bytes, off: int) -> int:
return struct.unpack_from("<H", data, off)[0]
def _read_u32(data: bytes, off: int) -> int:
return struct.unpack_from("<I", data, off)[0]
def _read_i32(data: bytes, off: int) -> int:
return struct.unpack_from("<i", data, off)[0]
def _read_i64(data: bytes, off: int) -> int:
return struct.unpack_from("<q", data, off)[0]
def _read_f32(data: bytes, off: int) -> float:
return struct.unpack_from("<f", data, off)[0]
def _w_u16(v: int) -> bytes:
return struct.pack("<H", v & 0xFFFF)
def _w_u32(v: int) -> bytes:
return struct.pack("<I", v & 0xFFFFFFFF)
def _w_i32(v: int) -> bytes:
return struct.pack("<i", v)
def _w_i64(v: int) -> bytes:
return struct.pack("<q", v)
def _w_f32(v: float) -> bytes:
return struct.pack("<f", v)
def _read_str(data: bytes, off: int) -> tuple[str, int]:
"""Length-prefixed UTF-8 string. Returns (value, next_offset)."""
n = _read_u16(data, off)
off += 2
s = data[off:off + n].decode("utf-8")
return s, off + n
def _w_str(s: str) -> bytes:
b = s.encode("utf-8")
if len(b) > 0xFFFF:
raise ChunkCodecError(f"string field too long to encode ({len(b)} bytes)")
return _w_u16(len(b)) + b
def checksum(payload_body: bytes) -> str:
"""SHA-256 hex digest of the payload body (world.md §3.6.3)."""
return hashlib.sha256(payload_body).hexdigest()
# ───────────────────────── Section codecs ─────────────────────────
def _encode_metadata(payload: ChunkPayload) -> bytes:
out = bytearray()
out += _w_str(payload.world_id)
out += _w_str(payload.room_id)
out += _w_i32(payload.coord[0])
out += _w_i32(payload.coord[1])
out += _w_i32(payload.coord[2])
out += _w_f32(payload.bounds.min[0])
out += _w_f32(payload.bounds.min[1])
out += _w_f32(payload.bounds.min[2])
out += _w_f32(payload.bounds.size[0])
out += _w_f32(payload.bounds.size[1])
out += _w_f32(payload.bounds.size[2])
return bytes(out)
def _decode_metadata(data: bytes, result: ChunkPayload) -> None:
off = 0
result.world_id, off = _read_str(data, off)
result.room_id, off = _read_str(data, off)
coord = (_read_i32(data, off), _read_i32(data, off + 4), _read_i32(data, off + 8))
off += 12
min_pos = (_read_f32(data, off), _read_f32(data, off + 4), _read_f32(data, off + 8))
size = (_read_f32(data, off + 12), _read_f32(data, off + 16), _read_f32(data, off + 20))
result.coord = coord
result.bounds = ChunkBounds(min=min_pos, size=size)
def _encode_tile_layer(layer: TileLayer) -> bytes:
out = bytearray()
out += _w_str(layer.name)
out += _w_u16(layer.layer_id)
out += _w_u16(layer.width)
out += _w_u16(layer.height)
out += _w_u16(layer.depth)
out += _w_u16(len(layer.palette))
for td in layer.palette:
out += _w_u16(td.id)
out += _w_str(td.asset_id)
out += bytes([1 if td.solid else 0])
out += _w_u32(td.flags)
out += bytes([td.variants & 0xFF])
out += _w_u32(len(layer.tiles))
for tile_id in layer.tiles:
out += _w_u16(tile_id)
return bytes(out)
def _decode_tile_layer(data: bytes) -> TileLayer:
off = 0
name, off = _read_str(data, off)
layer_id = _read_u16(data, off); off += 2
width = _read_u16(data, off); off += 2
height = _read_u16(data, off); off += 2
depth = _read_u16(data, off); off += 2
palette_count = _read_u16(data, off); off += 2
palette: list[TileDef] = []
for _ in range(palette_count):
tid = _read_u16(data, off); off += 2
asset_id, off = _read_str(data, off)
solid = data[off] != 0; off += 1
flags = _read_u32(data, off); off += 4
variants = data[off]; off += 1
palette.append(TileDef(id=tid, asset_id=asset_id, solid=solid, flags=flags, variants=variants))
tile_count = _read_u32(data, off); off += 4
tiles: list[int] = []
for _ in range(tile_count):
tiles.append(_read_u16(data, off))
off += 2
return TileLayer(name=name, layer_id=layer_id, width=width, height=height,
depth=depth, palette=palette, tiles=tiles)
def _encode_flags(flags: ContentFlags) -> bytes:
out = bytearray()
for name in CATEGORY_FIELDS:
out.append(getattr(flags, name) & 0xFF)
out.append(1 if flags.mature else 0)
out += _w_u16(len(flags.sources))
for src in flags.sources:
out += _w_str(src)
return bytes(out)
def _decode_flags(data: bytes) -> ContentFlags:
off = 0
values = {}
for name in CATEGORY_FIELDS:
values[name] = data[off]
off += 1
mature = data[off] != 0
off += 1
source_count = _read_u16(data, off)
off += 2
sources = []
for _ in range(source_count):
s, off = _read_str(data, off)
sources.append(s)
return ContentFlags(**values, mature=mature, sources=sources)
def _encode_object(obj: WorldObject) -> bytes:
out = bytearray()
out += _w_str(obj.id)
out += _w_str(obj.type)
out += _w_str(obj.asset_id)
for v in obj.pos:
out += _w_f32(v)
for v in obj.rot:
out += _w_f32(v)
for v in obj.scale:
out += _w_f32(v)
out.append(1 if obj.dynamic else 0)
# Canonical JSON: keys sorted lexicographically (world.md §3.6.3).
props_json = json.dumps(obj.properties, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":"))
out += _w_str(props_json)
out += _encode_flags(obj.flags)
return bytes(out)
def _decode_object(data: bytes) -> WorldObject:
off = 0
oid, off = _read_str(data, off)
otype, off = _read_str(data, off)
asset_id, off = _read_str(data, off)
pos = (_read_f32(data, off), _read_f32(data, off + 4), _read_f32(data, off + 8))
off += 12
rot = (
_read_f32(data, off), _read_f32(data, off + 4),
_read_f32(data, off + 8), _read_f32(data, off + 12),
)
off += 16
scale = (_read_f32(data, off), _read_f32(data, off + 4), _read_f32(data, off + 8))
off += 12
dynamic = data[off] != 0
off += 1
props_str, off = _read_str(data, off)
try:
properties = json.loads(props_str) if props_str else {}
except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
raise ChunkCodecError(f"object {oid!r}: invalid properties JSON") from exc
obj_flags = _decode_flags(data[off:])
return WorldObject(id=oid, type=otype, asset_id=asset_id, pos=pos, rot=rot,
scale=scale, dynamic=dynamic, properties=properties, flags=obj_flags)
def _encode_revision_meta(payload: ChunkPayload) -> bytes:
out = bytearray()
out += _w_i64(payload.created_at)
out += _w_i64(payload.updated_at)
out += _w_u32(payload.revision)
out += _w_str(payload.author)
return bytes(out)
def _decode_revision_meta(data: bytes, result: ChunkPayload) -> None:
off = 0
result.created_at = _read_i64(data, off); off += 8
result.updated_at = _read_i64(data, off); off += 8
result.revision = _read_u32(data, off); off += 4
result.author, off = _read_str(data, off)
def _wrap_section(section_id: int, data: bytes) -> bytes:
return bytes([section_id]) + _w_u32(len(data)) + data
# ───────────────────────── Top-level encode/decode ─────────────────────────
def encode_binary(payload: ChunkPayload) -> bytes:
"""Encode a ChunkPayload to the world.md §3.6 wire format."""
sections = bytearray()
sections += _wrap_section(SECTION_META, _encode_metadata(payload))
for layer in payload.tile_layers:
sections += _wrap_section(SECTION_TILE, _encode_tile_layer(layer))
for obj in payload.objects:
sections += _wrap_section(SECTION_OBJECT, _encode_object(obj))
sections += _wrap_section(SECTION_FLAGS, _encode_flags(payload.flags))
sections += _wrap_section(SECTION_REVISION_META, _encode_revision_meta(payload))
payload_body = bytes(sections)
digest = hashlib.sha256(payload_body).digest() # 32 raw bytes
header = bytearray()
header += MAGIC
header += _w_u16(CURRENT_VERSION)
header += _w_u16(HEADER_SIZE - 8) # header_len: bytes of header after this field (spec-correct)
header += _w_u32(0) # flags (reserved)
header += _w_u32(len(payload_body))
header += digest
return bytes(header) + payload_body
def decode_binary(data: bytes) -> ChunkPayload:
"""Decode a world.md §3.6 binary chunk. Raises ChunkCodecError on
structurally malformed input (short buffer, bad magic, unsupported
version, truncated payload)."""
if len(data) < HEADER_SIZE:
raise ChunkCodecError(f"data too short for header ({len(data)} bytes)")
if data[0:4] != MAGIC:
raise ChunkCodecError("bad magic bytes")
version = _read_u16(data, 4)
if version < 1 or version > CURRENT_VERSION:
raise ChunkCodecError(f"unsupported chunk format version {version}")
# header_len (offset 6) is intentionally not used for offset math --
# both this decoder and the Godot one always slice at the fixed
# HEADER_SIZE, matching the reference implementation's actual (if
# spec-inconsistent) behaviour.
payload_len = _read_u32(data, 12)
# bytes 16:48 are the header's advisory checksum -- decode_and_validate
# re-reads it directly and recomputes against the parsed payload body.
if len(data) - HEADER_SIZE != payload_len:
raise ChunkCodecError(
f"declared payload_len ({payload_len}) does not match actual "
f"remaining bytes ({len(data) - HEADER_SIZE})"
)
payload_body = data[HEADER_SIZE:HEADER_SIZE + payload_len]
result = ChunkPayload(version=version)
offset = 0
while offset < len(payload_body):
if offset + 5 > len(payload_body):
raise ChunkCodecError("truncated section header")
section_id = payload_body[offset]
section_len = _read_u32(payload_body, offset + 1)
data_start = offset + 5
data_end = data_start + section_len
if data_end > len(payload_body):
raise ChunkCodecError("truncated section body")
section_data = payload_body[data_start:data_end]
if section_id == SECTION_META:
_decode_metadata(section_data, result)
elif section_id == SECTION_TILE:
result.tile_layers.append(_decode_tile_layer(section_data))
elif section_id == SECTION_OBJECT:
result.objects.append(_decode_object(section_data))
elif section_id == SECTION_FLAGS:
result.flags = _decode_flags(section_data)
elif section_id == SECTION_REVISION_META:
_decode_revision_meta(section_data, result)
# Unknown section ids are skipped (forward-compat), matching the
# Godot decoder's match-with-no-default behaviour.
offset = data_end
return result
# ───────────────────────── JSON encoding (world.md §3.5) ─────────────────────────
# Derived, never stored (world_persistence_impl.md §8.1) -- produced here
# from a decoded ChunkPayload for the ``Accept: application/json`` path.
def to_json_dict(payload: ChunkPayload, *, key: str, chunk_checksum: str) -> dict:
return {
"version": payload.version,
"key": key,
"world_id": payload.world_id,
"room_id": payload.room_id,
"coord": {"cx": payload.coord[0], "cy": payload.coord[1], "cz": payload.coord[2]},
"bounds": {
"min_x": payload.bounds.min[0], "min_y": payload.bounds.min[1], "min_z": payload.bounds.min[2],
"max_x": payload.bounds.max[0], "max_y": payload.bounds.max[1], "max_z": payload.bounds.max[2],
},
"tiles": [
{
"name": layer.name,
"layer_id": layer.layer_id,
"width": layer.width,
"height": layer.height,
"depth": layer.depth,
"palette": [
{"id": td.id, "asset_id": td.asset_id, "solid": td.solid,
"flags": td.flags, "variants": td.variants}
for td in layer.palette
],
"tiles": list(layer.tiles),
}
for layer in payload.tile_layers
],
"objects": [
{
"id": obj.id, "type": obj.type, "asset_id": obj.asset_id,
"transform": {
"pos": list(obj.pos), "rot": list(obj.rot), "scale": list(obj.scale),
},
"properties": obj.properties,
"dynamic": obj.dynamic,
"flags": obj.flags.to_dict(),
}
for obj in payload.objects
],
"flags": payload.flags.to_dict(),
"meta": {
"created_at": payload.created_at, "updated_at": payload.updated_at,
"revision": payload.revision, "author": payload.author,
},
"checksum": chunk_checksum,
}
# ───────────────────────── Validation (world_persistence_impl.md §5.5) ─────────────────────────
# Not precisely quantified by the design doc beyond "length limits" --
# these are this implementation's conservative defaults (world.md §7).
MAX_STRING_FIELD_LEN = 256
MAX_PROPERTIES_JSON_LEN = 16_384
MAX_SOURCES_PER_FLAGSET = 32
def _check_string_lengths(obj: WorldObject) -> None:
for field_name, value in (("id", obj.id), ("type", obj.type), ("asset_id", obj.asset_id)):
if len(value) > MAX_STRING_FIELD_LEN:
raise ChunkValidationError(
"string_field_too_long", f"object.{field_name} exceeds {MAX_STRING_FIELD_LEN} chars"
)
props_json = json.dumps(obj.properties)
if len(props_json) > MAX_PROPERTIES_JSON_LEN:
raise ChunkValidationError(
"string_field_too_long", f"object {obj.id!r} properties exceed {MAX_PROPERTIES_JSON_LEN} bytes"
)
if len(obj.flags.sources) > MAX_SOURCES_PER_FLAGSET:
raise ChunkValidationError("string_field_too_long", f"object {obj.id!r} has too many flag sources")
def decode_and_validate(
data: bytes,
*,
expected_key: str,
grid_size: tuple[int, int, int],
max_objects: int,
) -> ChunkPayload:
"""Decode + fully validate a client-submitted chunk payload.
This is the boundary world_persistence_impl.md §5.5 requires: "the
backend must not trust the client". Raises ``ChunkCodecError`` for
structurally malformed bytes (mapped to a 422 by the router with a
generic reason) or ``ChunkValidationError`` with a specific ``reason``
code for a well-formed-but-invalid payload.
"""
payload = decode_binary(data) # raises ChunkCodecError for structural problems first
# Checksum is advisory in the header (world.md §7); the value that
# matters is recomputed from the actual payload body we just parsed.
payload_body = data[HEADER_SIZE:]
recomputed = checksum(payload_body)
header_checksum_hex = data[16:48].hex()
if header_checksum_hex != recomputed:
raise ChunkValidationError(
"checksum_mismatch",
"header checksum does not match the recomputed SHA-256 of the payload body",
)
actual_key = build_key(payload.world_id, payload.room_id, *payload.coord)
if actual_key != expected_key:
raise ChunkValidationError(
"chunk_key_mismatch",
f"payload key {actual_key!r} does not match URL {expected_key!r}",
)
for layer in payload.tile_layers:
if (layer.width, layer.height, layer.depth) != tuple(grid_size):
raise ChunkValidationError(
"layer_dims",
f"tile layer {layer.name!r} dims {(layer.width, layer.height, layer.depth)} "
f"!= room grid {tuple(grid_size)}",
)
valid_ids = {0} | {td.id for td in layer.palette}
for tile_id in layer.tiles:
if tile_id not in valid_ids:
raise ChunkValidationError(
"tile_out_of_palette",
f"tile layer {layer.name!r} references palette id {tile_id} not in its palette",
)
if len(layer.tiles) != layer.width * layer.height * layer.depth:
raise ChunkValidationError(
"layer_dims",
f"tile layer {layer.name!r} has {len(layer.tiles)} cells, expected "
f"{layer.width * layer.height * layer.depth}",
)
if len(payload.objects) > max_objects:
raise ChunkValidationError(
"too_many_objects", f"{len(payload.objects)} objects exceeds max {max_objects}"
)
bmin, bmax = payload.bounds.min, payload.bounds.max
for obj in payload.objects:
_check_string_lengths(obj)
if not all(bmin[i] <= obj.pos[i] <= bmax[i] for i in range(3)):
raise ChunkValidationError(
"object_out_of_bounds",
f"object {obj.id!r} position {obj.pos} outside chunk bounds "
f"[{bmin}, {bmax}]",
)
if len(payload.author) > MAX_STRING_FIELD_LEN:
raise ChunkValidationError("string_field_too_long", "meta.author too long")
return payload
# ───────────────────────── Known cross-codec divergence ─────────────────────────
#
# `scripts/chunk_data_decoder.gd`'s `_read_float32`/`_write_float32` do:
#
# static func _write_float32(val: float) -> PackedByteArray:
# var bits := val as int
# return _write_uint32(bits)
#
# static func _read_float32(data: PackedByteArray, offset: int) -> float:
# var bits := _read_uint32(data, offset)
# return bits as float
#
# `as` between int and float in GDScript is a numeric conversion, not a bit
# reinterpretation (verified empirically against Godot 4.6.2 headless:
# `1.5 as int` -> `1`, `1 as float` -> `1.0`; the IEEE-754 bit pattern of
# 1.5f is 0x3FC00000 = 1069547520, not 1). So the shipped client codec
# truncates every float32 field (bounds, object pos/rot/scale) to its
# integer part and stores that integer as a raw int32 -- not as float32
# bits at all. This is a real bug in already-merged, client-side code
# (scripts/ is out of scope for this task) that breaks the "byte-stable
# across two implementations" guarantee world.md §3.6.3 states.
#
# This module implements the *specified* format (real IEEE-754 float32)
# rather than replicating that bug, because world.md §3.6 is normative and
# says "float32" for these fields, and mirroring the bug would mean the
# backend also corrupts every non-integer transform/bounds value it
# stores. Practical effect until the client-side bug is fixed: payloads
# with integer-only floats will decode identically on both sides; any
# payload with a fractional position/rotation/scale/bounds value will not
# be byte-identical (or numerically identical) between this module and the
# current `scripts/chunk_data_decoder.gd`. This is flagged for the
# client/editor follow-on task, not fixed here.