Core/Housing: stage 37 harden tutorial transition fallback

src/server/game/Housing/HousingTutorialSession.cpp

@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
  */
 
 #include "HousingTutorialSession.h"
+#include "DatabaseEnv.h"
+#include "HousingMgr.h"
 #include "HousingTutorialPackets.h"
 #include "Log.h"
 #include "ObjectMgr.h"
 #include "Player.h"
+#include "SpellMgr.h"
 #include "WorldSession.h"
 
 namespace Housing
@@ -16,6 +19,37 @@ namespace Housing
         constexpr uint32 HousingTutorialQuestId = 91863;
         constexpr uint32 HousingTutorialAllianceSpellId = 1258476;
         constexpr uint32 HousingTutorialHordeSpellId = 1258484;
+
+        bool TeleportToTutorialFallback(Player* player)
+        {
+            if (!player)
+                return false;
+
+            uint32 const exteriorMapId = sHousingMgr.GetExteriorMapId(player);
+            QueryResult plotResult = CharacterDatabase.PQuery(
+                "SELECT PlotID FROM housing_plot_template WHERE ExteriorMapID = {} "
+                "ORDER BY PlotID, VerifiedBuild DESC LIMIT 1",
+                exteriorMapId);
+            if (!plotResult)
+            {
+                TC_LOG_ERROR("housing", "Housing tutorial fallback has no plot template for exterior map {}",
+                    exteriorMapId);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            uint8 const plotId = plotResult->Fetch()[0].GetUInt8();
+            PlotState plot;
+            if (sHousingMgr.LoadPlot(player, plotId, plot) != Result::Success)
+            {
+                TC_LOG_ERROR("housing", "Housing tutorial fallback failed to load plot {} on exterior map {}",
+                    uint32(plotId), exteriorMapId);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            player->TeleportTo(plot.ExteriorMapId, plot.DestinationX, plot.DestinationY,
+                plot.DestinationZ, plot.DestinationO);
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 
     void HandleStartTutorial(WorldSession* session,
@@ -54,12 +88,23 @@ namespace Housing
             ? HousingTutorialHordeSpellId
             : HousingTutorialAllianceSpellId;
 
-        // Sniff/reference-backed retail entry point. The spell owns the faction
-        // specific transition to Razorwind Shores / Founder's Point and keeps
-        // tutorial travel behavior in the normal spell pipeline.
+        // Sniff/reference-backed retail entry point. If this server's spell data
+        // does not contain the retail transition spell, fall back to a verified
+        // Housing plot-template destination instead of leaving the dashboard action
+        // with no visible effect.
+        if (sSpellMgr->GetSpellInfo(spellId, DIFFICULTY_NONE))
+        {
             player->CastSpell(player, spellId, false);
-
             TC_LOG_INFO("housing", "Started Housing tutorial transition for player {} using spell {}",
                 player->GetGUID().ToString(), spellId);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        TC_LOG_WARN("housing", "Housing tutorial transition spell {} is missing; using plot-template fallback for player {}",
+            spellId, player->GetGUID().ToString());
+
+        if (!TeleportToTutorialFallback(player))
+            TC_LOG_ERROR("housing", "Housing tutorial transition could not be started for player {}",
+                player->GetGUID().ToString());
     }
 }