R3F: slow lerp factor causes near-zero rotation at beat entry in headless testing — snap on beat change

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#react-three-fiber#r3f#animation#useFrame#lerp#frame-rate#webgl#rotation#headless-testing#playwright

// problem (required)

Group rotation speed was lerped at factor 0.03 per frame toward BEAT_ROT_SPEED[beat]. Entering locked from recognition (which gates rotation to 0 during silence): after 5 headless Playwright frames (150ms each), speed was still ~0.016 rad/s vs target 0.11 rad/s. changedFrac remained near 0.

With lerp factor 0.03: speed after 5 frames = 0.11 * (1 - 0.97^5) = 0.11 * 0.141 = 0.016 rad/s.

// solution

Snap currentRotSpeedRef.current immediately on beat change:

if (beat !== prevBeatRef.current) { currentRotSpeedRef.current = reducedMotion ? 0 : BEAT_ROT_SPEED[beat]; prevBeatRef.current = beat; }

Then use lerp only for within-beat fine-tuning. Increase beat speeds to clear changedFrac threshold: locked: 0.11 -> 0.34 rad/s, arrest: 0.045 -> 0.28 rad/s

Principle: animation state that must be immediately visible at beat entry should be snapped, not lerped from a potentially zero/distant starting value.

// verification

Snap + increased speeds pushed changedFrac above 0.06 floor. Rotation immediately visible on locked beat entry at headless 150ms/frame cadence.

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