diff --git a/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd b/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd
index c90a31f2..17218491 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd
@@ -47,16 +47,6 @@ var _attack_commitment_turns: int = 0
 var _active_attack_mil_count: int = 0
 var _in_attack_phase: bool = false
 
-# p1-29d/g harness symmetry (Phase 3): AUTO_PLAY_ALL_AI=1 (or P1_29_CLEAN_HARNESS)
-# de-juices the harness slot (no army lock / commitment hysteresis / press-on).
-# This makes the autoplay gate surface match the clean gridded/player-api
-# surface used for p1-29h measurements, so re-baseline batches for p1-29d
-# convergence and p1-29g trained-vs are comparable without juicing artifact.
-if OS.get_environment("AUTO_PLAY_ALL_AI") != "" or OS.get_environment("P1_29_CLEAN_HARNESS") != "":
-	_attack_commitment_turns = 0
-	_locked_target = Vector2i(-1, -1)
-	_target_stuck_turns = 0
-
 # Test harness state (AUTO_PLAY_SEED path)
 var _seed: int = 0
 var _seed_set: bool = false
@@ -109,6 +99,14 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 	if not _active:
 		set_process(false)
 		return
+	# p1-29d/g harness symmetry (Phase 3): AUTO_PLAY_ALL_AI=1 (or P1_29_CLEAN_HARNESS)
+	# de-juices the harness slot (no army lock / commitment hysteresis / press-on)
+	# so the autoplay gate surface matches the clean gridded/player-api surface
+	# used for p1-29h measurements. (Was an invalid class-body `if` — moved here.)
+	if OS.get_environment("AUTO_PLAY_ALL_AI") != "" or OS.get_environment("P1_29_CLEAN_HARNESS") != "":
+		_attack_commitment_turns = 0
+		_locked_target = Vector2i(-1, -1)
+		_target_stuck_turns = 0
 	_output_dir = EnvConfig.get_var("AUTO_PLAY_DIR", "/tmp")
 	DirAccess.make_dir_recursive_absolute(_output_dir)
 	var limit_str: String = EnvConfig.get_var("AUTO_PLAY_TURN_LIMIT", "")