Zero-Trust UE5: Enforcing the Master Architecture Document

TL;DR: Client-side authority is dead. We have officially locked down the All Hallows engine architecture. All UI must be headless, and all state mutations require a strict HasAuthority() check.

As the project scales toward our September 2026 Early Access target, the Blueprint spaghetti had to stop. I’ve drafted the Master Architecture Document (MAD), which enforces strict SOLID principles across the codebase.

The biggest shift is our move to a Zero-Trust model. UI widgets are no longer allowed to calculate economic costs or dictate game state. We are actively ripping out client-side HTTP nodes and replacing them with isolated C++ Engine Subsystems.

We just deployed the EchoProtocolAPI. This is a dedicated, decoupled module that handles all incoming networking data. It ensures that the Game Thread is completely insulated from network hitching, and it prevents UI designers from accidentally hardcoding API keys into visual Blueprints. It’s a brutal transition, but a necessary one to ensure the engine doesn’t collapse under its own weight.