diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c660e5b..c8a4c0e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 
 All notable changes to this package. Versions follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.1.8](https://github.com/empty-sekai/ournotes-player/compare/v0.1.7..v0.1.8) — 2026-10-16
+
+### Features
+- report fixes for script problems, and pace each line _(story-author)_
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+- cull per-object lights against the layer of each draw _(story)_
+- refuse nested DOTween Sequences _(story)_
+- play a cue missing from its sheet as silence _(story)_
+
+
+### Documentation
+- list every export of the story and UI entry points
+
+
 ## [0.1.7](https://github.com/empty-sekai/ournotes-player/compare/v0.1.6..v0.1.7) — 2026-10-14
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9a35155..33a900e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ournotes-player",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ournotes-player",
-      "version": "0.1.7",
+      "version": "0.1.8",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@eslint/js": "10.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4aab9e9..078bb57 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ournotes-player",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "description": "Browser player for BanG Dream! Our Notes: live charts, story episodes and Live2D models with the game's own shaders (WebGL2 + WebAudio, custom elements)",
   "keywords": [
     "bang-dream",
diff --git a/release-notes/v0.1.8.txt b/release-notes/v0.1.8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48f4ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/v0.1.8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+ournotes-player 0.1.8 plays a story line whose cue is missing from its cue sheet as silence, and fixes story lighting and DOTween handling.
+
+- A story sound whose cue the cue sheet does not hold no longer stops the episode at preload; the line runs on without that sound.
+- Per-object lights are culled against the layer of each draw.
+- Nested DOTween Sequences are refused.
+- The experimental story author reports fixes for script problems and paces each line.
+
+Validation: type checks, reproducible builds and package checks pass; the unit tests pass.
diff --git a/src/engine/audio.js b/src/engine/audio.js
index e29f66d..b1a3680 100644
--- a/src/engine/audio.js
+++ b/src/engine/audio.js
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ export class SoundCategoryVolumes {
   }
 };
 
+// the meta of a cue the sheet lacks: no file, no samples
+export const MISSING_CUE = Object.freeze({ file: null, sampleRate: 48000, channels: 1, samples: 0, missing: true });
+
 export class Audio {
   constructor(resolve, loop, { context = null, assets = null } = {}) {
     this.ownsContext = !context;
@@ -219,7 +222,14 @@ export class Audio {
       const c = this.cueOf(id), key = `${c.sheet}/${c.cue}`;
       if (this.buffers.has(key)) continue;
       const meta = this.assets.json(`audio/${c.sheet}/cues.json`)[c.cue];
-      if (!meta) throw new Error(`cue ${c.cue} not decoded in ${c.sheet}`);
+      if (!meta) {
+        // a sound row whose cue the sheet does not hold (a line listed with a voice that was never shipped): it
+        // plays as an empty sound, so the line runs on and the rest of the episode is not held back
+        console.warn(`cue ${c.cue} is not in cue sheet ${c.sheet}; it plays as silence`);
+        const rate = this.ctx.sampleRate;
+        this.buffers.set(key, { buf: this.ctx.createBuffer(1, 1, rate), meta: { ...MISSING_CUE, sampleRate: rate } });
+        continue;
+      }
       // decoded at the context's rate; the loop points below are converted to seconds with the cue's own rate
       const buf = await this.ctx.decodeAudioData(this.assets.arrayBuffer(`audio/${c.sheet}/${meta.file}`));
       this.buffers.set(key, { buf, meta });
diff --git a/src/story/silent-audio.js b/src/story/silent-audio.js
index c79eaac..773333c 100644
--- a/src/story/silent-audio.js
+++ b/src/story/silent-audio.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { SOUND_CATEGORY, SoundCategoryVolumes } from "../engine/audio.js";
+import { MISSING_CUE, SOUND_CATEGORY, SoundCategoryVolumes } from "../engine/audio.js";
 
 // SilentAudio: the SoundManager of a story session without Web Audio (Node, or a page that plays the story muted).
 // It keeps the sounds' timing on the player loop's clock and plays nothing: a cue lasts its length in cues.json
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ export class SilentAudio {
 
   cueOf(soundId) {
     const c = this.resolve(soundId);
-    const meta = this.assets.json(`audio/${c.sheet}/cues.json`)[c.cue];
-    if (!meta) throw new Error(`cue ${c.cue} not in ${c.sheet}`);
+    const meta = this.assets.json(`audio/${c.sheet}/cues.json`)[c.cue] || MISSING_CUE;   // a cue the sheet lacks is silence
     return { ...c, meta };
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/engine-audio.test.mjs b/tests/unit/engine-audio.test.mjs
index 835604f..2671127 100644
--- a/tests/unit/engine-audio.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/unit/engine-audio.test.mjs
@@ -178,3 +178,19 @@ test("timeStretch keeps the length ratio and the pitch of a sine", () => {
     assert.ok(Math.abs(rate - 2 * f) < 0.05 * 2 * f, `speed ${speed}: ${rate} crossings/s`);
   }
 });
+
+test("a cue the sheet lacks plays as an empty sound and ends at once", async () => {
+  const ctx = fakeContext();
+  const row = { _isRandomPitch: false };
+  const cue = { sheet: "S", cue: "gone", category: 2, row };
+  const assets = { json: () => ({}), arrayBuffer: () => { throw new Error("no file to read"); } };
+  const a = new Audio(() => cue, { time: 0 }, { context: ctx, assets });
+  const warn = console.warn;
+  console.warn = () => {};
+  try { await a.preload([1]); } finally { console.warn = warn; }
+  const started = [];
+  const id = a.play(1, { onPlayStart: (info) => started.push(info) });
+  assert.ok(id > 0);
+  assert.equal(started.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(ctx.sources.length, 1);
+});