Two ways the emote-state base pick differed from 1.12.1.
- A blacksmith kept hammering while you used his vendor window. The resolver `0x5fd770` passes over a state whose `Emotes.dbc` flags have `0x2000` (work, mining, ready, dance) while the unit is the interact NPC (`0x5fd7e2`-`0x5fd7fd`). `SetInteractNPC` re-picks on open (`0x493198`) and on close (`0x493219`, before the name clears at `0x49334b`), never for a player. So the NPC stands, and the loop resumes at its next re-pick.
- A set state outranks the idle fallbacks: `0x5fd770` runs before `0x5fd830`, and a row with AnimID 0 claims Stand. After `/stand` (state 26), a swimmer at rest shows Stand until it moves.
Tests cover the open, the close hold, players, a pose under a one-shot, and the precedence order.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
