Hallucination system

Assets/Unheimlich_POC/Scripts/Core/Interaction/ObjectDescriptionTrigger.cs

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ namespace Unheimlich.Core.Interaction
     private bool _isActive = false;
     private bool _isMerged = false;
     private bool _hasBeenMergedOnce = false;
+
+    // Persists across OnEnable/OnDisable — only cleared by explicit ResetMerge()
+    // or at the start of a new Play Mode session via RuntimeInitializeOnLoadMethod.
     private bool _hasCompletedMergeOnce = false;
     private Vector3[] _originalSpawnPositions;
     private Vector3[] _basePositions;
@@ -51,21 +54,69 @@ namespace Unheimlich.Core.Interaction
     
     void Start()
     {
-        _playerTransform = PlayerController.Instance.transform;
+        InitializeReferences();
+    }
+
+    void OnEnable()
+    {
+        // With Scene Reload disabled, Start() doesn't run again between Play Mode sessions.
+        // Re-fetch references and reset transient state so animations restart cleanly.
+        InitializeReferences();
+        ResetSessionState();
+    }
+
+    private void InitializeReferences()
+    {
+        _playerTransform = PlayerController.Instance != null ? PlayerController.Instance.transform : null;
         _mainCamera = Camera.main;
-        
+
         if (_playerTransform == null)
             Debug.LogWarning($"[ObjectDescription] No player found for {gameObject.name}");
-        
+
         if (_descriptionAnchor == null)
             _descriptionAnchor = transform;
-        
+
         if (_settings == null)
         {
             Debug.LogError($"[ObjectDescription] No settings assigned for {gameObject.name}");
             enabled = false;
         }
     }
+
+    private void ResetSessionState()
+    {
+        // Force-despawn any leftover words from the previous session
+        // (their GOs were destroyed but _spawnedWords list may still have stale entries).
+        if (_isActive)
+        {
+            foreach (var word in _spawnedWords)
+            {
+                if (word != null) Destroy(word.gameObject);
+            }
+            _spawnedWords.Clear();
+
+            if (_wordsContainer != null) Destroy(_wordsContainer);
+            _wordsContainer = null;
+            _wordsRotator = null;
+        }
+
+        _isActive = false;
+        _isMerged = false;
+        _hasBeenMergedOnce = false;
+        // _hasCompletedMergeOnce intentionally NOT reset here — persists during session
+        // so a merged object stays merged when the player re-enters its activation range.
+        // It is only reset at the start of a new Play Mode session (see OnPlayModeReset).
+        _currentConvergenceRadius = 0f;
+    }
+
+    // Resets _hasCompletedMergeOnce at the very start of each Play Mode session,
+    // before any scene loads, so objects start fresh without full Domain Reload.
+    [RuntimeInitializeOnLoadMethod(RuntimeInitializeLoadType.SubsystemRegistration)]
+    private static void OnPlayModeReset()
+    {
+        // Static reset — instance fields will be re-initialized by Awake/Start naturally.
+        // No instance access needed here; ResetSessionState() handles the rest on OnEnable.
+    }
     
     void Update()
     {