# Default player paint clearcoat correction, r257

The untouched player paint now selects the existing restrained clearcoat
mode 2, whose shader strength is 0.38. Previously `DEFAULT_PLAYER_PAINT`
selected `gloss`, and the custom player paint branch bypassed the unresolved
material fallback in `vehiclePaintFinishMode`, selecting full-strength mode 1.

The distinction is now explicit in the paint state: `default` selects mode 2;
the user's chosen `gloss`, `metallic`, `pearl`, and `matte` finishes retain
modes 1, 3, 4, and 0. The shop includes a Default option, and save/load accepts
that option alongside all existing saved finishes. Existing saved gloss is
still an explicit gloss selection. The default body color remains `#858c94`.

This restores the restrained fallback documented in
[`ambient-car-material-r168.md`](ambient-car-material-r168.md), including its
r183 38% clearcoat adjustment. It does not decode the selected retail paint
state or establish a retail shader match. No scene shader, city-lighting
equation, glass treatment, geometry, or material-role rule changed.

The source and packaged viewer and bootstrap are identical at r257. The HTML
also retains the package builder's required city-manifest path rewrite. The same-camera Chrome comparison uses the
same rebuilt stock GLBs, default stationary camera, 800x600 viewport and
120-unit radius. Only the baseline viewer module is replaced with the saved
pre-change module. Both captures wait for scene/texture loading to settle and
the reflection probe to become ready.

- [Before: default full gloss](../webgl-city/review/images/r257-default-paint-before.png)
- [After: restrained default clearcoat](../webgl-city/review/images/r257-default-paint-after.png)
- [Scrollable review feed](../webgl-city/review/)

The earlier MOLDINGS audit's diagnosis of the default finish bypass describes
the behavior before this correction. The remaining body material, road
lighting and atmosphere gaps still apply.