diff --git a/Theriapolis.Core/Tactical/ChunkStreamer.cs b/Theriapolis.Core/Tactical/ChunkStreamer.cs
index 97347fc..3df98c7 100644
--- a/Theriapolis.Core/Tactical/ChunkStreamer.cs
+++ b/Theriapolis.Core/Tactical/ChunkStreamer.cs
@@ -127,12 +127,19 @@ public sealed class ChunkStreamer
             active.Add(new ChunkCoord(cx, cy));
         }
 
-        // Synchronously generate any missing active chunks (the player needs
-        // them this frame). Pre-warm the next ring on the threadpool.
+        // Synchronously make every active chunk live in the cache. Get()
+        // handles all three paths: hit cache, drain a pre-warmed inflight
+        // task, or generate fresh. The previous version skipped chunks in
+        // _inflight, which left them stuck there indefinitely once they
+        // entered the active set on a later frame — visible to renderers
+        // that subscribe to OnChunkLoaded (e.g. the Godot port) as
+        // permanently-uncached gaps. The MonoGame TacticalRenderer dodged
+        // this by calling Get() inside its draw loop; M4 of the port made
+        // that drain unnecessary by fixing it here.
         foreach (var cc in active)
         {
-            if (!_cache.ContainsKey(cc) && !_inflight.ContainsKey(cc))
-                _ = Get(cc); // synchronous generate + cache
+            if (!_cache.ContainsKey(cc))
+                _ = Get(cc); // hits cache, drains inflight, or generates
         }
 
         for (int cy = centre.Y - chunkRadius - 1; cy <= centre.Y + chunkRadius + 1; cy++)