Fix alignment/id encoding

README.md

@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ toolkit defaults, YAML values, legacy status, active environment overrides, and
 provenance. Sensitive override values such as tokens are reported as set without
 printing the secret.
 
+Topdata value encodings under `topdata.value_encodings` are matched by dataset
+and column. Set `dataset: "*"` to apply an encoding to the same column name in
+any native topdata dataset; an exact dataset rule takes precedence over the
+wildcard rule for that column.
+
 Common configurable defaults:
 
 ```yaml

internal/topdata/native.go

@@ -420,6 +420,16 @@ func applyTopDataValueEncodings(datasets []nativeDataset, encodings []project.To
 	}
 	out := append([]nativeDataset(nil), datasets...)
 	for index := range out {
+		for _, encoding := range encodings {
+			dataset := filepath.ToSlash(strings.TrimSpace(encoding.Dataset))
+			if dataset != "*" {
+				continue
+			}
+			if out[index].ValueEncodings == nil {
+				out[index].ValueEncodings = map[string]project.TopDataValueEncodingConfig{}
+			}
+			out[index].ValueEncodings[strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(encoding.Column))] = encoding
+		}
 		for _, encoding := range encodings {
 			if filepath.ToSlash(strings.TrimSpace(encoding.Dataset)) != out[index].Name {
 				continue

internal/topdata/topdata_test.go

@@ -348,6 +348,84 @@ func TestBuildNativeEncodesConfiguredIDHexLists(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBuildNativeAppliesWildcardConfiguredValueEncodings(t *testing.T) {
+	root := testProjectRoot(t)
+	mkdirAll(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "feat"))
+	mkdirAll(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "classes", "core", "modules"))
+	mkdirAll(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "baseitems", "modules"))
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "base_dialog.json"), "{}\n")
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "feat", "base.json"), `{
+  "output": "feat.2da",
+  "columns": ["LABEL"],
+  "rows": [
+    {"id": 2, "key": "feat:weapon_proficiency_simple", "LABEL": "WeaponProfSimple"},
+    {"id": 9, "key": "feat:weapon_proficiency_martial", "LABEL": "WeaponProfMartial"}
+  ]
+}`+"\n")
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "feat", "lock.json"), `{
+  "feat:weapon_proficiency_simple": 2,
+  "feat:weapon_proficiency_martial": 9
+}`+"\n")
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "classes", "core", "base.json"), `{
+  "output": "classes.2da",
+  "columns": ["Label", "PreferredAlignments"],
+  "rows": [
+    {"id": 0, "key": "classes:barbarian", "Label": "Barbarian"}
+  ]
+}`+"\n")
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "classes", "core", "lock.json"), `{"classes:barbarian":0}`+"\n")
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "classes", "core", "modules", "10_barbarian.json"), `{
+  "overrides": [
+    {
+      "key": "classes:barbarian",
+      "PreferredAlignments": {"alignments": ["ng", "cg", "tn", "cn", "ne", "ce"]}
+    }
+  ]
+}`+"\n")
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "baseitems", "base.json"), `{
+  "output": "baseitems.2da",
+  "columns": ["Label", "ProficiencyFeats"],
+  "rows": [
+    {"id": 42, "key": "baseitems:testclub", "Label": "Test Club"}
+  ]
+}`+"\n")
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "baseitems", "lock.json"), `{"baseitems:testclub":42}`+"\n")
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "baseitems", "modules", "10_testclub.json"), `{
+  "overrides": [
+    {
+      "key": "baseitems:testclub",
+      "ProficiencyFeats": {"ids": ["feat:weapon_proficiency_simple", "feat:weapon_proficiency_martial"]}
+    }
+  ]
+}`+"\n")
+
+	proj := testProject(root)
+	proj.Config.TopData.ValueEncodings = []project.TopDataValueEncodingConfig{
+		{Dataset: "classes/core", Column: "PreferredAlignments", Mode: "alignment_hex_list", Min: 0, Max: 31, HexWidth: 3},
+		{Dataset: "*", Column: "PreferredAlignments", Mode: "alignment_hex_list", Min: 0, Max: 31, HexWidth: 2},
+		{Dataset: "*", Column: "ProficiencyFeats", Mode: "id_hex_list", Min: 0, Max: 65535, HexWidth: 4},
+	}
+
+	result, err := BuildNativeWithOptions(proj, NativeBuildOptions{BuildWiki: false}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildNativeWithOptions failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	classesRaw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(result.Output2DADir, "classes.2da"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read classes.2da: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := string(classesRaw); !strings.Contains(got, "0x00900C001005011014") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected wildcard alignment encoding in classes.2da, got:\n%s", got)
+	}
+	baseitemsRaw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(result.Output2DADir, "baseitems.2da"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read baseitems.2da: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := string(baseitemsRaw); !strings.Contains(got, "0x00020009") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected wildcard id encoding in baseitems.2da, got:\n%s", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBuildNativeAppliesConfiguredValueDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	root := testProjectRoot(t)
 	mkdirAll(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "racialtypes", "core", "modules"))