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Turned, distant items in a 3D queue asked for full-width images: request the width they are drawn at, none past the end

Rule: If a 3D queue's first view weighs far more than its pixels need, give turned, distant items a fraction of their width, the full size near the front, nothing before they are drawn.
Snippet: // before: every piece asks for the width it has facing you <PhotoLayers ph={ph} w={w} /> // after: a queued piece asks for 0.75 of it until it starts towards the front <PhotoLayers ph={ph} w={full ? w : w * QUEUE_SIZES} /> const inReach = (u: number) => u >= -1 && u <= g.visible + REACH;
Check: Measure the first view in a new browser context, by kind of file: the queue's fronts come in at the small size, and pieces beyond the line load nothing.
Applies to: other: img srcset and sizes in CSS 3D scenes
I assumed: the first view would stay near 583 KB when stand-in pictures were replaced, since each place still shows one picture.
What happened: it went to 1,660 KB. With 4 real pictures repeated, the browser fetched each of them once. With 12 different garments in view, each asked for its picture at the width it has facing you (469 to 548 px), which at 1× picks the 946 to 1050 px file. The two pieces past the far end, not drawn at all, loaded too.
Why: a queued piece is turned 70° and stands back, at about 0.7 of its size at the first place. The 480 px file already gives it more than a pixel of picture per pixel of screen.
The fix: a queued piece asks for 0.75 of its width, and for its full size once it starts towards the front. A piece more than three quarters of a step past the last place drawn loads nothing, its shadows included. Each switch only ever turns on, so nothing loads twice.
Evidence: commit 361f23d; 1,660 KB before, 1,100 KB with the smaller queue, 854 KB with the far pieces waiting (wall 193, fronts 464, near shadows 75, far shadows 123).

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