research(step2f): coherent caves pass every gate, worst 572 ms idle -- look still to be judged in game

Editor-only, default off (voxel.ResearchParameterizedCave 1; the live skip proofs now decline
automatically). Jittered elliptical chambers of varied size and height with rock between them,
narrow tunnels, capped shafts, occasional pillars/ledges/stalactites/stalagmites/hanging masses;
detail bands at 48/24/12 samples (shortest 3 m), bound 3.822.
Gates, step 2e -> step 2f R29 (worst of 8 profiles), each rejecting 2e:
  crumbs < 1 m^3 2,290 -> 0; dihedral >45 deg 40.7% -> 2.2%; lattice detail energy 0.83 -> 0.007
  (RMS floor kept: 0.484 >= 0.40); LOD1 distance p95 0.709 -> 0.377 samples; grid autocorrelation
  0.667 -> 0.348; solid share 2.7% -> 79-82%; roof/floor openings 26,657 -> 0.
Speed, 259^3 ring, six workers, idle machine (20 GB free): 527-572 ms, worst TerracedBasin 572.3 ms
(R27 591 ms, R28 603 ms: run-to-run spread is ~5%). Proof audit 0 violations, undersized control
caught; seams pass; 1 vs 6 worker hash 876069a813c83cee; TraversalSeeds pass.
Captures are UNLIT (lit runs showed only sky; three D3D12 device-removed crashes): they show the
material's tiling, not the cave forms, so the look is not yet judged.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MmSoF64BbRFmk9C3p1VsBJ

CODEMAP.md

@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ remains `0`, and lateral regions remain gated off.
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 | `../../VoxelForge.uplugin` | Plugin manifest. Runtime module `VoxelForge` plus the Editor-only `VoxelForgeEditor` commandlet module. Beta. |
 | `VoxelForge.Build.cs` | Deps: Core, CoreUObject, Engine, **GameplayTags**, **RealtimeMeshComponent**. |
-| `Tools/VoxelForgeTest.ps1` | The single guarded test entry point. `-Scenario canonical|owner|probe|perf|tests|surface-fall|crossing|gate-stress|visual-edit|visual-lod|visual-gap-walk|visual-gap-inject|dig-motion|parity|horizon|horizon-render|determinism|region-eval|step2d|step2e|step2f|step2f-capture`, optional `-Build`, `-Assets owner|default`, `-Cvars`, absolute `-Out`, `-Label`, `-HorizonLevel`, `-HorizonRenderDistanceChunks`, `-Step2fProfile=0..7`, `-Step2fCaptureView=inside|wall-closeup`, `-ParityExportSize=32|64|128`, `-ParityExportTile=x,y,z`, `-SharedDDC`, `-SampleDensityStacks`, `-StackSampleIntervalUs`, and `-RegionHashProbe -RegionWorkers N -RegionReferenceHash HASH`; stages the host/assets, isolates user/DDC/config state, serializes one Unreal launch at a time, enforces the 8 GiB/30-minute guards, waits for 6 GiB free RAM before launches, and emits compact `result.json`/`summary.txt` plus full logs. Parity can render its game leg with `-EnableRender` and compares the selected export region against the exact streamed tile hashes. `visual-gap-walk` records camera-frustum surface-point coverage at 6000 cm/s; `visual-gap-inject` proves an early component hide is detected; `dig-motion` logs per-frame vertical velocity, gate, support readiness, and movement mode. `-Cvars @{ 'voxel.TestGapAuditLegacyHandoff'=1 }` replays the old visibility handoff for A/B audit baselines. Horizon traces report desired/loaded tiles, resident stream geometry, worker seconds, steady wall time, and peak private memory; `horizon-render` captures the owner view; `step2f-capture` selects one of eight parameter sets, captures an in-game owner view, and saves it under `Saved/Research/step2f/captures` (pass the persistent render DDC with `-SharedDDC`); `determinism` compares per-tile hashes across the default CRT path and `-voxel.CrtFma3=0`; `region-eval` compares the live path with the default-off editor chunk program on the 259³ lattice and five-seed probe set; `step2d` retains the earlier independent field; `step2e` retains its earlier benchmark; `step2f` compares frozen step 2e and the coherent field for all eight profiles on the same 259³ ring, applies geometry gates, and checks sound bounds, seams, and 1-vs-6-worker hashes. `-RegionHashProbe -RegionWorkers N -RegionReferenceHash HASH` checks a full-ring hash at another partition count. `-SampleDensityStacks` captures profiles, and `-StackSampleIntervalUs` sets the sampling interval.
+| `Tools/VoxelForgeTest.ps1` | The single guarded test entry point. `-Scenario canonical|owner|probe|perf|tests|surface-fall|crossing|gate-stress|visual-edit|visual-lod|visual-gap-walk|visual-gap-inject|dig-motion|parity|horizon|horizon-render|determinism|region-eval|step2d|step2e|step2f|step2f-capture`, optional `-Build`, `-Assets owner|default`, `-Cvars`, absolute `-Out`, `-Label`, `-HorizonLevel`, `-HorizonRenderDistanceChunks`, `-Step2fProfile=0..7`, `-Step2fCaptureView=inside|wall-closeup`, `-ParityExportSize=32|64|128`, `-ParityExportTile=x,y,z`, `-SharedDDC`, `-SampleDensityStacks`, `-StackSampleIntervalUs`, and `-RegionHashProbe -RegionWorkers N -RegionReferenceHash HASH`; stages the host/assets, isolates user/DDC/config state, serializes one Unreal launch at a time, enforces the 8 GiB/30-minute guards, waits for 6 GiB free RAM before launches, and emits compact `result.json`/`summary.txt` plus full logs. Parity can render its game leg with `-EnableRender` and compares the selected export region against the exact streamed tile hashes. `visual-gap-walk` records camera-frustum surface-point coverage at 6000 cm/s; `visual-gap-inject` proves an early component hide is detected; `dig-motion` logs per-frame vertical velocity, gate, support readiness, and movement mode. `-Cvars @{ 'voxel.TestGapAuditLegacyHandoff'=1 }` replays the old visibility handoff for A/B audit baselines. Horizon traces report desired/loaded tiles, resident stream geometry, worker seconds, steady wall time, and peak private memory; `horizon-render` captures the owner view; `step2f-capture` selects one of eight parameter sets, finds a positive-density camera point and aims at a sampled rock wall for an inside or wall-closeup view, then saves it under `Saved/Research/step2f/captures` (pass the persistent render DDC with `-SharedDDC`); `determinism` compares per-tile hashes across the default CRT path and `-voxel.CrtFma3=0`; `region-eval` compares the live path with the default-off editor chunk program on the 259³ lattice and five-seed probe set; `step2d` retains the earlier independent field; `step2e` retains its earlier benchmark; `step2f` compares frozen step 2e and the coherent field for all eight profiles on the same 259³ ring, applies geometry gates, and checks sound bounds, seams, and 1-vs-6-worker hashes. `-RegionHashProbe -RegionWorkers N -RegionReferenceHash HASH` checks a full-ring hash at another partition count. `-SampleDensityStacks` captures profiles, and `-StackSampleIntervalUs` sets the sampling interval.
 | `Public/VoxelForgeModule.h` / `Private/VoxelForgeModule.cpp` | `FVoxelForgeModule` boilerplate (Startup/Shutdown just log). |
-| `Source/VoxelForgeEditor/VoxelForgeEditor.Build.cs` / `Private/VoxelForgeExploreCommandlet.*` | Editor/commandlet-only `-run=VoxelForgeExplore`; owns bounded render/`VF_` walk/OBJ export orchestration and is not linked by Game/Shipping. Optional `-exporttilex/y/z` sets an exact L0 tile origin for controlled export/game parity; omitting all three preserves the existing center-derived origin. `-regioneval=1` retains the exact-field step-2c research harness. `-step2d` and `-step2e` retain their earlier benchmarks. `-step2f` compares frozen step 2e and the coherent field for all eight profiles on the same 259³ ring, counts sub-1 m³ connected components, measures mesh dihedrals, detail spectrum, LOD surface distance, chamber-pitch autocorrelation, roof/floor coverage, and six-worker timing. It also runs the sound/undersized-bound audit, seam injection, and 1-vs-6-worker hash checks and writes profile slices and JSON under `Saved/Research/step2f`. |
+| `Source/VoxelForgeEditor/VoxelForgeEditor.Build.cs` / `Private/VoxelForgeExploreCommandlet.*` | Editor/commandlet-only `-run=VoxelForgeExplore`; owns bounded render/`VF_` walk/OBJ export orchestration and is not linked by Game/Shipping. Optional `-exporttilex/y/z` sets an exact L0 tile origin for controlled export/game parity; omitting all three preserves the existing center-derived origin. `-regioneval=1` retains the exact-field step-2c research harness. `-step2d` and `-step2e` retain their earlier benchmarks. `-step2f` compares frozen step 2e and the coherent field for all eight profiles on the same 259³ ring, counts sub-1 m³ connected components, measures mesh dihedrals, detail spectrum, LOD surface distance (p95 threshold 0.5 lattice samples), chamber-pitch autocorrelation, roof/floor coverage, and six-worker timing. It also runs the sound/undersized-bound audit, seam injection, and 1-vs-6-worker hash checks and writes profile slices and JSON under `Saved/Research/step2f`. |
 | `Source/VoxelForgeEditor/Private/VoxelForgeRegionEvalExperiment.*` | Six-worker lattice drivers for step 2c through step 2f. The original path still compares live `GetDensityAt` with the editor chunk program. Research modes assign contiguous batches dynamically so surface-heavy work balances across workers; steps 2e and 2f use 4³ proof bricks and stage each evaluated brick before copying contiguous X rows, while step 2d retains 8³. Each skip requires a macro Lipschitz bound plus the complete final-detail supremum; uncertain bricks retain all 25 cm detail samples. Timings split classification, point evaluation, and uniform fill; step 2f compares all profiles and hashes workers 1 and 6. |
-| `Public/VoxelRedefinedDensityField.h` / `Private/VoxelRedefinedDensityField.cpp` | Two default-off `WITH_EDITOR` research fields, selected by `voxel.ResearchRedefinedDensityField` (step 2d) and `voxel.ResearchParameterizedCave` (steps 2e/2f). Step 2f retains frozen 2e parameters for its rejection audit, while the new profiles use strongly jittered, individually rotated elliptical rooms capped against nearest neighbors, leaving a solid web joined by narrow tree/loop tunnels and capped shafts. Room heights and feature rolls vary by cell; ledges, occasional pillars, stalactites/stalagmites, basin floors, and bounded hanging masses remain features. Point and brick detail sampling use the same 32/16/8-sample bands and smooth ridge response; the eight-sample shortest wavelength and 4.2-unit final-field supremum are preserved. The thread-local cell cache and per-column distance reuse remain. In an editor game with this field enabled, sealed-solid, out-of-layout, and outer-classifier verdicts are declined without changing their console switches. No reflected class layout or serialized assets change. |
+| `Public/VoxelRedefinedDensityField.h` / `Private/VoxelRedefinedDensityField.cpp` | Two default-off `WITH_EDITOR` research fields, selected by `voxel.ResearchRedefinedDensityField` (step 2d) and `voxel.ResearchParameterizedCave` (steps 2e/2f). Step 2f retains frozen 2e parameters for its rejection audit, while the new profiles use strongly jittered, individually rotated elliptical rooms capped against nearest neighbors, leaving a solid web joined by narrow tree/loop tunnels and capped shafts. Room heights and feature rolls vary by cell; ledges, occasional pillars, stalactites/stalagmites, basin floors, and bounded hanging masses remain features. Point and brick detail sampling use the same independently rotated 48/24/12-sample bands and smooth ridge response; the twelve-sample shortest wavelength and 3.822-unit final-field detail bound are preserved. The thread-local cell cache and per-column distance reuse remain. In an editor game with this field enabled, sealed-solid, out-of-layout, and outer-classifier verdicts are declined without changing their console switches. No reflected class layout or serialized assets change. |
 | `Private/Tests/VoxelForgeParameterizedGenerationTest.cpp` | Separate three-seed functional sweep for the step 2f parameterized field; passage landing air/floor brackets and arrival-to-exit walking routes are checked without changing the live-world tests. |
 | `Private/Tests/VoxelForgeRedefinedDensityFieldTest.cpp` | Three-seed functional sweep for the research field: authored passage endpoints must bracket open air and solid floor, and each tested strate must have a walkable arrival-to-exit route. |
 | `Public/VoxelGeometryHash.h` | Header-only geometry digest shared by commandlet export and runtime tile-hash dump; hashes mesh counts and the vertex/normal/UV/color/triangle arrays with the historical CRC order. |