diff --git a/Bear.tscn b/Bear.tscn
index caa6a19..da26d32 100644
--- a/Bear.tscn
+++ b/Bear.tscn
@@ -49,9 +49,8 @@ visible = false
 
 [node name="RigidBody3D" type="AnimatableBody3D" parent="bear_model/test_cube/Bear_FX/Bear_fx_smash_hit" index="0" unique_id=1764208051]
 transform = Transform3D(1.0000001, -1.21071935e-08, -1.8626451e-08, -9.313226e-10, 0.99999994, 7.450581e-09, 3.7252903e-09, -1.4901161e-08, 0.99999994, 0, 0, 0)
-disable_mode = 1
-collision_layer = 8
-collision_mask = 2
+collision_layer = 0
+collision_mask = 0
 
 [node name="CollisionShape3D2" type="CollisionShape3D" parent="bear_model/test_cube/Bear_FX/Bear_fx_smash_hit/RigidBody3D" unique_id=1779197150]
 transform = Transform3D(0.99993557, -0.00749125, -0.010078691, 0.0077760145, 0.999569, 0.028562747, 0.009858355, -0.028639637, 0.9995405, -1.5136471, 0.9093375, 35.591957)
diff --git a/addons/rider-plugin/bin/windows/~rider-gdextension.windows.editor.x86_64.dll b/addons/rider-plugin/bin/windows/~rider-gdextension.windows.editor.x86_64.dll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31e7384
Binary files /dev/null and b/addons/rider-plugin/bin/windows/~rider-gdextension.windows.editor.x86_64.dll differ
diff --git a/bear.gd b/bear.gd
index c406d05..e2493eb 100644
--- a/bear.gd
+++ b/bear.gd
@@ -280,29 +280,62 @@ func _decide() -> void:
 
 	var dist := _flat_dist_to_bull()
 	var options: Array
+
 	if dist <= DP.f("bear_close_range"):
-		# In strike range: punch or overhead (both step in during the swing).
-		options = [[State.SWIPE, 3.0], [State.SMASH, 3.0 if _enraged else 2.5]]
+		# Short range: claw attack
+		options = [[State.SWIPE, 3.0]]
+
 	elif dist <= DP.f("bear_mid_range"):
-		# Mid: mostly walk the bull down on two legs; occasionally leap the gap.
-		options = [[State.STALK, 3.0], [State.LEAP, 2.0 if _enraged else 1.5]]
+		# Mid range: jump smash or walk closer
+		options = [
+			[State.LEAP, 2.0 if _enraged else 1.5],
+			[State.STALK, 3.0]
+		]
+
 	else:
-		# Far: lope in on all fours, or spring across with a leap.
-		options = [[State.PROWL, 3.0], [State.LEAP, 1.5]]
+		# Long range: smash or prowl
+		options = [
+			[State.SMASH, 3.0 if _enraged else 2.5],
+			[State.PROWL, 3.0]
+		]
+
 	_start_routine(_weighted_pick(options))
 
 
+
+	if dist <= DP.f("bear_close_range"):
+		# Short range — claw attack
+		options = [[State.SWIPE, 3.0]]
+
+	elif dist <= DP.f("bear_mid_range"):
+		# Mid range — jump smash or stalk closer
+		options = [[State.LEAP, 2.0 if _enraged else 1.5], [State.STALK, 3.0]]
+
+	else:
+		# Long range — smash is allowed from farther away
+		options = [[State.SMASH, 3.0 if _enraged else 2.5], [State.PROWL, 3.0]]
+
+
 # A queued combo step only fires if the bull is still roughly in its band, so a chain
 # doesn't whiff into empty air after the player rolls away.
 func _range_allows(routine: State) -> bool:
 	if _bull == null:
 		return routine == State.PROWL
+
 	var dist := _flat_dist_to_bull()
+
 	match routine:
-		State.SWIPE, State.SMASH:
+		State.SWIPE:
 			return dist <= DP.f("bear_close_range") * 1.4
+
 		State.LEAP:
 			return dist <= DP.f("bear_mid_range") * 1.5
+
+		State.SMASH:
+			# Smash can be started from any distance.
+			# The attack itself will move toward the bull.
+			return true
+
 	return true
 
 
@@ -419,8 +452,8 @@ func _tick_smash(delta: float) -> void:
 			if _phase_timer <= 0.0:
 				_begin_attack_active(_anim_smash, 0.9)
 		Phase.ACTIVE:
-			# The overhead steps in less than the swipe — it's a commitment, not a rush.
-			_lunge_and_track(DP.f("bear_lunge_speed") * 0.5, delta)
+			# The overhead steps in less than the swipe — it's a commitment, not a rush. no rotation
+			_lunge_and_track_no_rotation(DP.f("bear_lunge_speed") * 0.5, delta)
 			_phase_timer -= delta
 			var frac := 1.0 - _phase_timer / maxf(_active_len, 0.001)
 			if _hits_done == 0 and frac >= 0.4:
@@ -552,6 +585,20 @@ func _lunge_and_track(speed: float, delta: float) -> void:
 		_accelerate(to_bull / dist, speed, delta)
 	else:
 		_decelerate(_PLANT_DECEL, delta)
+		
+		
+func _lunge_and_track_no_rotation(speed: float, delta: float) -> void:
+	if _bull == null:
+		_decelerate(_PLANT_DECEL, delta)
+		return
+
+	var to_bull := _flat_to_bull()
+	var dist := to_bull.length()
+
+	if speed > 0.0 and dist > _BULL_STANDOFF:
+		_accelerate(to_bull / dist, speed, delta)
+	else:
+		_decelerate(_PLANT_DECEL, delta)
 
 
 # ── Hitting the bull ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/debug_params.gd b/debug_params.gd
index 2ad75e5..f8f8889 100644
--- a/debug_params.gd
+++ b/debug_params.gd
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ func _register_all() -> void:
 	# steps in during the swing (see bear_lunge_speed) rather than needing to be on top.
 	_reg_f("Bear",     "bear_close_range",     5.0,  1.0,  12.0, 0.1)
 	_reg_f("Bear",     "bear_mid_range",       10.0,  3.0,  20.0, 0.5)
+	_reg_f("Bear",     "bear_long_range",       15.0,  3.0,  100.0, 0.5)
 	# Beat spent in NEUTRAL sizing up the bull between routines — kept short so the bear
 	# flows straight from one action into the next instead of pausing (raise for a more
 	# hesitant, readable boss; near-0 for relentless pressure). Shrinks again in phase 2.