feat(gen): Jahni's playtest corrections -- rooms flattened, roads deleted

From walking a TunnelNetwork preset at (0,0). Four corrections, and two of
them were the same mistake.

2a. The (0,0) landing room is sized to host a FUTURE straight vertical
    shaft from the surface, with flooring around the origin itself. The
    room is the landing for a shaft the player digs later.
2b. The inter-strate descent no longer starts at the spine -- placed by
    deterministic hash within a radius around (0,0). The spine room is for
    the surface shaft; the descent is elsewhere.
2c. ⛔ DELETED the landing->hub connector roads from 413c15d. Jahni:
    "its straight up making other tunnels straightly through everything...
    they have nothing to do here." Zero references remain.
2d. ⭐ FLATTEN THE ROOM JOINS instead. Where two spherical rooms intersect
    and leave a lip above head height, the join is brought down to a
    walkable level.

⭐ 2c AND 2d ARE ONE CORRECTION. I solved "rooms do not connect" by
TUNNELLING BETWEEN THEM when the answer was MAKING THEIR FLOORS MEET. The
81-run sweep had already said so -- zero narrow-gap events, every failure a
vertical severance, renders showing "a sharp diagonal ledge descending into
black open space". A radial corridor to the origin could never have fixed
that; flattening the joins is aimed at exactly it.

2e. Descent tunnel 1.5x wider, per "1.5x bigger wouldn't be too much".
2f. Corridors WANDER. Jahni, from the renders: "its not a maze, its still a
    latice made straight paths." The spanning tree changed WHICH edges
    exist, not what an edge looks like -- every corridor was a straight
    axis-aligned capsule, every junction 90 degrees. Now hash-jittered
    chains, seam-safe like the tree.

RENDERER: 192x128 -> 512x288, and cameras are now seeded from the
player-fit set -- "a density-checked pose from the exact player-fit walk
mask". Previously they sat INSIDE ROCK looking at back-faces, which Jahni
spotted instantly and no metric could. First genuinely legible pictures of
this world.

ParallelFor landed at 6 sites in VoxelStrateMeasure before I stopped the
run; the rest of that work continues next.

⚠️ AND THE RENDERER IS ARCHITECTURALLY WRONG, per Jahni: "why, in engine,
does it take a minute to have clear view of thousands of angles, but in our
renderer it takes ages?" Because the engine MESHES ONCE and rasterises --
~32k density calls per chunk, then every angle is free. I RAYMARCH: tens of
millions of density calls PER IMAGE, nothing reused between frames. We
already have the mesher and an export mode. Next task renders from the
mesh.

Also from him: runs must stay under 30 minutes. This one hit 33 and
produced 2 images.

Build clean. Committed as a checkpoint -- the task was stopped mid-Part-3,
not finished.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_012aheo2crrZmHuYtPpdY2Cb

CODEMAP.md

@@ -447,11 +447,11 @@ context. It never touches a generator, operator stack, manager, cache, or mutabl
 `VF_IsPassageLandingFloor` (h:~56/~189, implemented near `.cpp:2059`) turn each inter-strate mouth
 into a deterministic rounded room plus a hard support slab. The room is sized from the player
 capsule (minimum 12 voxels / 3 m flat floor, 12 voxels / 3 m clear height, and at least 14 voxels /
-3.5 m authored width); every end also gets a flat-floor connector to the guaranteed `(0,0)` root
+3.5 m authored width); the `(0,0)` origin landing is enlarged for the reserved future shaft, while
-network because the pure source query is local rather than a component proof. The manager's shared
+inter-strate mouths remain local rooms and deliberately have no landing-to-root connector road.
-thread-local passage shortlist serves tube, room, connector, and floor evaluation; no landing
+The manager's shared thread-local passage shortlist serves tube, room, and floor evaluation; no
-search occurs per voxel. `GeneratePassages` stores the full descriptors and the order-independence
+landing search occurs per voxel. `GeneratePassages` stores the full descriptors and the
-test compares them bit-for-bit.
+order-independence test compares them bit-for-bit.
 
   Performance note (h:209-220): caching rooms/tunnels once per chunk instead of per
   voxel is the single biggest CPU win.
@@ -484,18 +484,19 @@ groups by generator type.
 
 **`Public/VoxelStrateManager.h` + `.cpp`** — `UVoxelStrateManager : UObject` (h:108).
 Maps depth→strate at runtime; owns passages.
-- `FVoxelPassage` (h:39): standing endpoints, radius, type, control points, and upper/lower landing descriptors (room, floor, door, and root connector).
+- `FVoxelPassage` (h:39): standing endpoints, radius, type, wandering control points, and
+  upper/lower local landing descriptors (room, floor, and door; no root connector).
 - `FStrateSlot` (h:84): definition + chunk-Z range + index.
 | Method | .cpp line | Role |
 |--------|-----------|------|
 | `Initialize` | 10 | Keeps the existing sequencing through `GeneratePassages`, but selects one slot source: a validated cooked season (exact ordered bounds/vector/recipe) or the unchanged authored fixed+sorted/shuffled pool. Assigned-invalid seasons fail closed. Authored source definitions are duplicated as content bags; generated slots use deterministic C++ defaults and zero auto-passages because schema 2 does not store passage configuration. |
-| `GeneratePassages` | 247 | Deterministic passages between consecutive strates (per-strate `PassageConfig::Style` control points; auto passages retain the existing `EVoxelPassageType` default); placement and shape values are independently salted hashes of seed + boundary slot + connection index. Each mouth independently queries its own strate's pure player-fit `VF_SuggestLandingPoint` with its contract seed (cave room salt, otherwise world seed), may move within its archetype-specific budget, then receives a body-sized room/floor and a connector to the common per-strate origin-root annular hub. Unsupported/no-fit answers preserve the old random reach; a deterministic level dog-leg is inserted when the final ramp needs it to stay ≤44°. All descriptors and bounds are generated without reading another passage. |
+| `GeneratePassages` | 247 | Deterministic passages between consecutive strates (per-strate `PassageConfig::Style` control points; auto passages retain the existing `EVoxelPassageType` default); placement and shape values are independently salted hashes of seed + boundary slot + connection index. Each mouth independently queries its own strate's pure player-fit `VF_SuggestLandingPoint` with its contract seed (cave room salt, otherwise world seed), may move within its archetype-specific budget, then receives a body-sized local room/floor. The origin landing is reserved for the future shaft; no landing-to-root road is generated. Unsupported/no-fit answers preserve the old random reach; a deterministic level dog-leg is inserted when the final ramp needs it to stay ≤44°. All descriptors and bounds are generated without reading another passage. |
-| `EvaluateModifierSDF` | 357 | SDF of passage tubes plus landing rooms/connectors at a point. A per-chunk `thread_local` shortlist (`PassagesVersion`-stamped) → far chunks return `FLT_MAX` without walking `Passages`; the same cache serves floor membership. §8.10. |
+| `EvaluateModifierSDF` | 357 | SDF of passage tubes plus local landing rooms at a point. A per-chunk `thread_local` shortlist (`PassagesVersion`-stamped) → far chunks return `FLT_MAX` without walking `Passages`; the same cache serves floor membership. §8.10. |
-| `ApplyPassageModifier` | 1319 | Shared legacy/op-stack passage post: carves tube and landing/connector air through the idempotent landing primitive, then restores the landing/connector support slab in internal positive-solid density. |
+| `ApplyPassageModifier` | 1319 | Shared legacy/op-stack passage post: carves tube and local landing air through the idempotent landing primitive, then restores the local landing support slab in internal positive-solid density. |
 | `VF_ApplyPassageLandingCarving` | — | Idempotent density-independent landing-air threshold shared by the structural pass and the post-disturbance MC backstop; keeps legacy and operator-stack results bit-identical. |
 | `ApplyPassageLandingFloorMC` | 1347 | Reasserts the same support slab after MC-space disturbances and before the final XY edge seal. |
 | `AnyPassageNearBox` | — | Conservative sphere-vs-AABB test of every passage's bound against a voxel box (+carve blend pad). Per TILE (ClassifyTile guard), never per voxel. |
-| `AnyPassageLandingFloorNearBox` | — | Conservative room/connector-floor AABB guard. It kills the `AllAir` hypothesis wherever a proved landing floor can occur; the op-stack returns `Both` for the same box. |
+| `AnyPassageLandingFloorNearBox` | — | Conservative local-landing-floor AABB guard. It kills the `AllAir` hypothesis wherever a proved landing floor can occur; the op-stack returns `Both` for the same box. |
 | `FindSlotIndexForChunkZ` | 427 | Z → layout index. |
 | `GetStrateAt` / `GetStrateIndex` | 443 / 455 | World-Z queries. |
 | `GetLayoutVersion` | h:161 (inline) | Layout/passage generation counter (= `PassagesVersion`, bumped by every `Initialize` and by the editor composer override). Hot-path callers key `thread_local` memos on it (strate-index memo in `GetDensityWithParams`, passage shortlist) so live changes never serve stale data. |
@@ -714,7 +715,7 @@ The plugin's first tests (`OPSTACK-PLAN.md` Phase 0.5). Run them from the editor
 | `VoxelForgeComposerSeasonTest.cpp` | `VoxelForge.Composer.Season` | Existing compose/review/393,216-sample round trip plus schema hash tamper rejection, two independent runtime manager/generator instances, season-authoritative seed/spine/radius, unset-season regression, and brute-force verification of every sampled non-Mixed recipe tile verdict (up to 64). |
 | `VoxelForgeComposerCorpusFreeTest.cpp` | `VoxelForge.Composer.CorpusFree` | Shares each structure recipe across today's corpus blend, naive independent uniform rolls, and constraint-sampled rolls. The completed equal-arm world-scale run uses **16 candidates per arm**, step 4 / radius 256 / `MaxCells=8,000,000`, fixed passage-law mouths, and 40 box probes per candidate. Result: **10/16, 9/16, 8/16** survival; survivor feature-scale ranges are **8..268**, **8..60**, **8..92** voxels. Box checks: **185/246,235**, **260/346,060**, **299/397,969** proved/voxels, **0 violations** in every arm; constraint parameter and box-stop violations were also 0. |
 | `VoxelForgeLayoutOrderIndependenceTest.cpp` | `VoxelForge.Determinism.LayoutOrderIndependence` | Builds a known transient soft-pointer pool, then rebuilds it in original, reversed, and swapped orders. Requires a non-empty layout and passage set, and compares every slot's definition/Z/height plus passage endpoints, landing descriptors, control geometry, and bounds bit-for-bit. |
-| `VoxelForgePassageOpenSpaceTest.cpp` | `VoxelForge.Determinism.PassageLandsInOpenSpace` | Uses the real fixture density path to check both generated mouths against independent source queries, then audits all 14 inter-strate landing ends: body-derived room dimensions, final-density flat-floor slope, explicit root-network join, seal containment, hot-call/rebuild timing, and targeted `ClassifyTile` box soundness. Reports source-fit/refused mouths and per-archetype landing slopes; fails on any floor, join, seal, or box violation. |
+| `VoxelForgePassageOpenSpaceTest.cpp` | `VoxelForge.Determinism.PassageLandsInOpenSpace` | Uses the real fixture density path to check both generated mouths against independent source queries, then audits all inter-strate landing ends: body-derived room dimensions, final-density flat-floor slope, local floor/join geometry, seal containment, hot-call/rebuild timing, and targeted `ClassifyTile` box soundness. Reports source-fit/refused mouths and per-archetype landing slopes; fails on any floor, join, seal, or box violation. |
 | `VoxelForgeStrateConnectivityTest.cpp` | `VoxelForge.Generation.StrateConnectivity` / `VoxelForge.Generation.StrateConnectivityRefinement` / `VoxelForge.Generation.VerticalShaftSeamFreedom` | Bounded strate metrics with density-polarity and solid-gap controls, deterministic route rechecks, and refinement sweeps. The refinement test uses the bounded 4-chunk density fixture, fits each measurement AABB to the arrival/departure mouth pair plus three shaft spacings (the prescribed local tree fallback), and caps the fitted control at 120,000,000 cells. It reports exact before/after seed-6 cell counts, reruns every negative with the fitted margin doubled, measures tree orphan candidates/path reachability and roughness-bubble proxies, asserts mouths remain inside the deterministic shaft feature core (the exact axis is an unsupported open cylinder), checks source/mirror physical paths, and requires 16/16 effective arrival→departure results across the 16 VerticalShafts seeds. Margin-binding negatives are reported as measurement limits, never as gap findings. The shaft seam test re-evaluates cell-boundary positions after warming distinct neighbouring chunk contexts. |
 | `VoxelForgeMazeSeamTest.cpp` | `VoxelForge.Generation.MazeSeamFreedom` | Re-evaluates **42** cell-boundary probes after warming six different neighbouring chunk contexts in both legacy and operator-stack paths. Latest result: **0 legacy mismatches, 0 operator mismatches**. The Maze source's 2×2×2 lower-node window is deliberately local; no wide collect is involved. |
 | `VoxelForgeWorldEdgeSealTest.cpp` | `VoxelForge.Generation.WorldEdgeSeal` | Positive samples outside the radius across every fixture strate, bit-identical interior negative control against radius 0, monotonic smooth-ramp check, radius-0 no-op, radial `ClassifyBox`/T1.d proofs brute-forced for every reported voxel, and synthetic plus generated near-rim passage coverage. Emits one aggregate summary with proved-box and voxel counts. |
@@ -743,7 +744,7 @@ Stage order (negative=solid throughout). Each stage's anchor:
 | 4h — Pinch | 1142 | Passage bottlenecks. |
 | 5 — Worm tunnels | 1241 | abs(noise1)+abs(noise2), masked by distance-to-network (`WormNetworkRange`: braids hugging rooms/tunnels, no far-field speckle; 0 = legacy unmasked). |
 | 6 — Boundary seal | 1274 | Solid top/bottom shells (`ApplyBoundarySeal`). |
-| 7 — Inter-strate passages + landings | `GetDensityWithParams`: 2217; `GetSlabDensity`: 2434+ | Carve passage tubes and deterministic room/connectors, restore their support floors, then leave the final XY seal to the outer MC post (`ApplyPassageModifier` / `ApplyPassageLandingFloorMC`). |
+| 7 — Inter-strate passages + landings | `GetDensityWithParams`: 2217; `GetSlabDensity`: 2434+ | Carve wandering passage tubes and deterministic local landing rooms, restore their support floors, then leave the final XY seal to the outer MC post (`ApplyPassageModifier` / `ApplyPassageLandingFloorMC`). |
 
 ### 4.2 `GetSlabDensity` (FlatPlain / CrystalChamber) — VoxelGenerator.cpp:1306
 | Step | Line | What |

Source/VoxelForge/Private/Tests/VoxelForgeLayoutOrderIndependenceTest.cpp

@@ -141,21 +141,11 @@ namespace
         return SameVectorBits(A.StandingPoint, B.StandingPoint)
             && SameVectorBits(A.DoorPoint, B.DoorPoint)
             && SameVectorBits(A.DoorDirection, B.DoorDirection)
-            && SameVectorBits(A.ConnectorStart, B.ConnectorStart)
-            && SameVectorBits(A.ConnectorControl, B.ConnectorControl)
-            && SameVectorBits(A.ConnectorEnd, B.ConnectorEnd)
             && VoxelForgeTest::BitEqual(A.FloorZ, B.FloorZ)
             && VoxelForgeTest::BitEqual(A.CeilingZ, B.CeilingZ)
             && VoxelForgeTest::BitEqual(A.HalfWidth, B.HalfWidth)
             && VoxelForgeTest::BitEqual(A.FloorThickness, B.FloorThickness)
-            && VoxelForgeTest::BitEqual(A.ConnectorRadius, B.ConnectorRadius)
+            && A.bSourcePlayerFit == B.bSourcePlayerFit;
-            && VoxelForgeTest::BitEqual(A.ConnectorCeilingZ, B.ConnectorCeilingZ)
-            && VoxelForgeTest::BitEqual(A.RootFloorZ, B.RootFloorZ)
-            && VoxelForgeTest::BitEqual(A.RootCeilingZ, B.RootCeilingZ)
-            && VoxelForgeTest::BitEqual(A.RootSpineRadius, B.RootSpineRadius)
-            && A.bSourcePlayerFit == B.bSourcePlayerFit
-            && A.bHasNetworkConnector == B.bHasNetworkConnector
-            && A.bHasConnectorBend == B.bHasConnectorBend;
     }
 
     bool SamePassage(const FVoxelPassage& A, const FVoxelPassage& B, FString& OutMismatch,

Source/VoxelForge/Private/Tests/VoxelForgePassageOpenSpaceTest.cpp

@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ bool FVoxelForgePassageLandsInOpenSpaceTest::RunTest(const FString& Parameters)
     int32 NumLandingEnds = 0;
     int32 NumLandingFloorsPassed = 0;
     int32 NumLandingFloorFailures = 0;
-    int32 NumLandingNetworkJoins = 0;
     int32 NumLandingSealFailures = 0;
     int32 NumLandingFloorBoxes = 0;
     int32 NumLandingBoxProofs = 0;
@@ -500,17 +499,12 @@ bool FVoxelForgePassageLandsInOpenSpaceTest::RunTest(const FString& Parameters)
     int32 NumLandingBoxAllAir = 0;
     int32 NumLandingBoxViolations = 0;
     int32 NumLandingSourceFit = 0;
-    int32 NumLandingConnectorSlopesPassed = 0;
-    int32 NumLandingConnectorSlopeFailures = 0;
     float WorstLandingFloorGradient = 0.0f;
-    float WorstLandingConnectorGradient = 0.0f;
     FString FirstLandingFailure;
     FString LandingSlopeReport;
     FWalkableTunnelAudit TunnelAudit;
     constexpr float LandingWalkableAngleDegrees =
         VoxelPassageGeometry::WalkableTunnelMaxGradientDegrees;
-    constexpr float LandingWalkableSlope =
-        VoxelPassageGeometry::WalkableTunnelMaxGradient;
 
     for (const FVoxelPassage& Passage : Passages)
     {
@@ -985,65 +979,10 @@ bool FVoxelForgePassageLandsInOpenSpaceTest::RunTest(const FString& Parameters)
                     FMath::DegreesToRadians(LandingWalkableAngleDegrees));
             }
 
-            float ConnectorGradient = -1.0f;
+            // Landing rooms are intentionally local now. Their flat floors are the only landing
-            bool bConnectorSlopePassed = false;
+            // contract; the removed radial root connectors were the source of the straight roads
-            if (Landing.bHasNetworkConnector
+            // through unrelated rooms.
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing.ConnectorStart.X)
+            const bool bLandingSlopePassed = bFloorPassed;
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing.ConnectorStart.Y)
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing.ConnectorEnd.X)
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing.ConnectorEnd.Y)
-                && (!Landing.bHasConnectorBend
-                    || (FMath::IsFinite(Landing.ConnectorControl.X)
-                        && FMath::IsFinite(Landing.ConnectorControl.Y)))
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing.RootFloorZ)
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing.FloorZ))
-            {
-                const FVector2D ConnectorStart(
-                    Landing.ConnectorStart.X, Landing.ConnectorStart.Y);
-                const FVector2D ConnectorEnd(
-                    Landing.ConnectorEnd.X, Landing.ConnectorEnd.Y);
-                const float DirectLength = (ConnectorEnd - ConnectorStart).Size();
-                if (Landing.bHasConnectorBend)
-                {
-                    const FVector2D ConnectorControl(
-                        Landing.ConnectorControl.X, Landing.ConnectorControl.Y);
-                    const float FinalLegLength = (ConnectorEnd - ConnectorControl).Size();
-                    const float RampLength = FMath::Max(
-                        FinalLegLength - (Landing.RootSpineRadius > 0.0f
-                            ? VoxelPassageGeometry::RootOverlapVoxels : 0.0f),
-                        KINDA_SMALL_NUMBER);
-                    ConnectorGradient = FMath::Abs(
-                        Landing.RootFloorZ - Landing.FloorZ) / RampLength;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    const float RampLength = FMath::Max(
-                        DirectLength - FMath::Max(Landing.HalfWidth - 1.0f, 0.0f)
-                            - (Landing.RootSpineRadius > 0.0f
-                                ? VoxelPassageGeometry::RootOverlapVoxels : 0.0f),
-                        KINDA_SMALL_NUMBER);
-                    ConnectorGradient = FMath::Abs(
-                        Landing.RootFloorZ - Landing.FloorZ) / RampLength;
-                }
-                bConnectorSlopePassed = FMath::IsFinite(ConnectorGradient)
-                    && ConnectorGradient <= LandingWalkableSlope + KINDA_SMALL_NUMBER;
-            }
-
-            if (bConnectorSlopePassed)
-            {
-                ++NumLandingConnectorSlopesPassed;
-                WorstLandingConnectorGradient = FMath::Max(
-                    WorstLandingConnectorGradient, ConnectorGradient);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                ++NumLandingConnectorSlopeFailures;
-                RecordFailure(FString::Printf(
-                    TEXT("landing at strate %d has connector slope %.6f above the %.6f walkable limit"),
-                    StrateIndex, ConnectorGradient, LandingWalkableSlope));
-            }
-
-            const bool bLandingSlopePassed = bFloorPassed && bConnectorSlopePassed;
             if (bLandingSlopePassed)
             {
                 ++NumLandingFloorsPassed;
@@ -1076,16 +1015,6 @@ bool FVoxelForgePassageLandsInOpenSpaceTest::RunTest(const FString& Parameters)
             {
                 ++NumLandingSourceFit;
             }
-            if (Landing.bHasNetworkConnector)
-            {
-                ++NumLandingNetworkJoins;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                RecordFailure(FString::Printf(
-                    TEXT("landing at strate %d has neither a source fit nor a deterministic network connector"),
-                    StrateIndex));
-            }
 
             // Exercise the same box shortcut that can otherwise erase a support slab. A uniform
             // verdict is allowed only if every exact ClassifyTile lattice sample agrees with the
@@ -1146,15 +1075,12 @@ bool FVoxelForgePassageLandsInOpenSpaceTest::RunTest(const FString& Parameters)
 
             const FString LandingArchetype = ArchetypeName(Definition->GeneratorType);
             LandingSlopeReport += FString::Printf(
-                TEXT("%s[%d:%s]=floor:%s(%.6f),connector:%s(%.6f)%s "),
+                TEXT("%s[%d:%s]=flat-floor:%s(%.6f) "),
                 *LandingArchetype,
                 StrateIndex,
                 EndIndex == 0 ? TEXT("upper") : TEXT("lower"),
                 bFloorPassed ? TEXT("PASS") : TEXT("FAIL"),
-                LandingGradient,
+                LandingGradient);
-                bConnectorSlopePassed ? TEXT("PASS") : TEXT("FAIL"),
-                ConnectorGradient,
-                Landing.bHasConnectorBend ? TEXT("[bend]") : TEXT(""));
         }
     }
 
@@ -1237,18 +1163,12 @@ bool FVoxelForgePassageLandsInOpenSpaceTest::RunTest(const FString& Parameters)
         NumUnsupported,
         NumSupportedWithoutPoint));
     AddInfo(FString::Printf(
-        TEXT("Landing geometry: %d/%d ends passed the final-density floor test (worst room gradient %.6f), connector slopes %d/%d (worst %.6f; walkable limit %.6f), source-fit anchors %d/%d, explicit root-network joins %d/%d, seal violations %d, geometry/floor failures %d."),
+        TEXT("Landing geometry: %d/%d ends passed the final-density flat-floor test (worst gradient %.6f), source-fit anchors %d/%d, seal violations %d, geometry/floor failures %d."),
         NumLandingFloorsPassed,
         NumLandingEnds,
         WorstLandingFloorGradient,
-        NumLandingConnectorSlopesPassed,
-        NumLandingEnds,
-        WorstLandingConnectorGradient,
-        LandingWalkableSlope,
         NumLandingSourceFit,
         NumLandingEnds,
-        NumLandingNetworkJoins,
-        NumLandingEnds,
         NumLandingSealFailures,
         NumLandingFloorFailures));
     if (!LandingSlopeReport.IsEmpty())
@@ -1372,9 +1292,6 @@ bool FVoxelForgePassageLandsInOpenSpaceTest::RunTest(const FString& Parameters)
     return NumInterStratePassages > 0
         && NumLandingEnds == NumInterStratePassages * 2
         && NumLandingFloorsPassed == NumLandingEnds
-        && NumLandingConnectorSlopesPassed == NumLandingEnds
-        && NumLandingConnectorSlopeFailures == 0
-        && NumLandingNetworkJoins == NumLandingEnds
         && NumLandingSealFailures == 0
         && NumLandingFloorFailures == 0
         && NumLandingBoxViolations == 0

Source/VoxelForge/Private/Tests/VoxelForgeScaleDiagnosisTest.cpp

@@ -420,16 +420,23 @@ namespace
         for (int32 TunnelIndex = 0; TunnelIndex < Cache.Tunnels.Num(); ++TunnelIndex)
         {
             const FCachedTunnel& Tunnel = Cache.Tunnels[TunnelIndex];
-            if (Tunnel.bHasMidpoint)
+            if (Tunnel.ControlPoints.Num() >= 2
+                && Tunnel.ControlRadii.Num() == Tunnel.ControlPoints.Num())
+            {
+                for (int32 SegmentIndex = 0;
+                     SegmentIndex + 1 < Tunnel.ControlPoints.Num();
+                     ++SegmentIndex)
                 {
                     VF_ConsiderTunnelSegment(
-                    World, Params, Core, Tunnel.EndpointA, Tunnel.Midpoint,
+                        World, Params, Core,
-                    Tunnel.RadiusA, Tunnel.RadiusMid,
+                        Tunnel.ControlPoints[SegmentIndex],
-                    FString::Printf(TEXT("tunnel[%d].A-mid"), TunnelIndex), OutBest);
+                        Tunnel.ControlPoints[SegmentIndex + 1],
-                VF_ConsiderTunnelSegment(
+                        Tunnel.ControlRadii[SegmentIndex],
-                    World, Params, Core, Tunnel.Midpoint, Tunnel.EndpointB,
+                        Tunnel.ControlRadii[SegmentIndex + 1],
-                    Tunnel.RadiusMid, Tunnel.RadiusB,
+                        FString::Printf(TEXT("tunnel[%d].segment%d"),
-                    FString::Printf(TEXT("tunnel[%d].mid-B"), TunnelIndex), OutBest);
+                            TunnelIndex, SegmentIndex),
+                        OutBest);
+                }
             }
             else
             {

Source/VoxelForge/Private/VoxelDensityOpStack.cpp

@@ -196,42 +196,6 @@ namespace
         return A + B;
     }
 
-    // Structural tree capsules must meet shaft axes without landing inside a ledge band. This is
-    // the same pure helper as the generator path: one deterministic safe interval is shared by the
-    // whole strate, so a link cannot be blocked when it crosses an unrelated shaft's ledge.
-    FORCEINLINE float VF_SelectVerticalTreeConnectorZ(
-        const FVerticalShaftParams& Params,
-        float BottomZ,
-        float TopZ,
-        uint32 LinkHash)
-    {
-        if (Params.LedgeSpacing > 0.0f && Params.LedgeDepth > 0.0f)
-        {
-            const float Period = Params.LedgeSpacing;
-            const float RelativeBottom = BottomZ - Params.StrateBottomWorldZ;
-            const float RelativeTop = TopZ - Params.StrateBottomWorldZ;
-            const int32 FirstPeriod = FMath::FloorToInt(RelativeBottom / Period);
-            const float Random01 = VoxelHash::ToFloat01(VoxelHash::Mix(LinkHash));
-
-            for (int32 PeriodOffset = 0; PeriodOffset <= 1; ++PeriodOffset)
-            {
-                const float PeriodStart = static_cast<float>(FirstPeriod + PeriodOffset) * Period;
-                const float SafeStart = FMath::Max(
-                    RelativeBottom, PeriodStart + Params.LedgeDepth + 0.01f);
-                const float SafeEnd = FMath::Min(
-                    RelativeTop, PeriodStart + Period - Params.LedgeDepth - 0.01f);
-                if (SafeEnd > SafeStart)
-                {
-                    return Params.StrateBottomWorldZ
-                        + FMath::Lerp(SafeStart, SafeEnd, Random01);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return FMath::Lerp(BottomZ, TopZ,
-                           VoxelHash::ToFloat01(VoxelHash::Mix(LinkHash)));
-    }
-
     //=========================================================================
     // RÔLE 1 — SOURCE : CHAMP CONSTANT / CONSTANT FIELD  (roc ET vide)
     //=========================================================================
@@ -1856,7 +1820,7 @@ namespace
             }
             // Keep the source and op-stack operation order identical: the origin room is carved
             // before the boundary seal, then its support floor is reasserted after the passage
-            // post so no connector can remove the standing surface.
+            // post so no passage-air post can remove the standing surface.
             VF_ApplyOriginLandingFloor(
                 InOut.Density, X, Y, Z, TopZ, BotZ, Seal, Base, SpineRadius);
         }
@@ -1925,7 +1889,13 @@ namespace
         void PrepareChunk(const FVoxelOpContext&) override {}
 
         struct FShaft { float X, Y, R; int32 CellX, CellY; bool bOriginSpine; };
-        struct FConn  { FVector A, B; float Radius; };
+        struct FConn
+        {
+            FVector A, B;
+            float Radius = 0.0f;
+            float FloorZ = 0.0f;
+            bool bWalkableFloor = false;
+        };
 
         // ⚠️ DÉCLARÉE ICI, avant toute fonction qui la renvoie. Un type imbriqué doit exister au
         // moment où le COMPILATEUR lit la SIGNATURE — les corps de méthodes sont différés, pas les
@@ -2178,17 +2148,26 @@ namespace
 
                 auto EmitTreeConnector = [&](const FShaft& Child, const FShaft* Parent)
                 {
-                    const int32 ParentCellX = Parent != nullptr ? Parent->CellX : 0;
+                    const float Zc = VoxelPassageGeometry::VerticalShaftConnectorCenterZ(
-                    const int32 ParentCellY = Parent != nullptr ? Parent->CellY : 0;
+                        P.StrateBottomWorldZ,
-                    const uint32 LinkHash = VoxelHash::Pair(
+                        BottomZ,
-                        Child.CellX, Child.CellY, ParentCellX, ParentCellY, Salt ^ TreeSalt);
+                        TopZ,
-                    const float Zc = VF_SelectVerticalTreeConnectorZ(
+                        P.LedgeSpacing,
-                        P, BottomZ, TopZ, LinkHash);
+                        P.LedgeDepth,
+                        TreeRadius);
+                    const float FloorZ = VoxelPassageGeometry::VerticalShaftConnectorFloorZ(
+                        P.StrateBottomWorldZ,
+                        BottomZ,
+                        TopZ,
+                        P.LedgeSpacing,
+                        P.LedgeDepth,
+                        TreeRadius);
                     const FVector ParentPoint = Parent != nullptr
                         ? FVector(Parent->X, Parent->Y, Zc)
                         : FVector(0.0f, 0.0f, Zc);
                     const FConn Conn{
-                        FVector(Child.X, Child.Y, Zc), ParentPoint, TreeRadius };
+                        FVector(Child.X, Child.Y, Zc), ParentPoint, TreeRadius,
+                        FloorZ, true };
                     if (ConnectorMayReachCell(Conn))
                     {
                         Cache.Conns.Add(Conn);
@@ -2310,7 +2289,8 @@ namespace
                         const float ConnectorR = bSpineConnector
                             ? SpineConnectorRadius() : P.ConnectorRadius;
                         const FConn Conn{
-                            FVector(A.X, A.Y, Zc), FVector(B.X, B.Y, Zc), ConnectorR };
+                            FVector(A.X, A.Y, Zc), FVector(B.X, B.Y, Zc), ConnectorR,
+                            0.0f, false };
                         if (ConnectorMayReachCell(Conn))
                         {
                             Cache.Conns.Add(Conn);
@@ -2404,6 +2384,109 @@ namespace
         const FShaftFieldSource* Field;   // NON possédant : la pile possède la source
     };
 
+    // The deterministic shaft tree is a walkable network as well as an air topology. Reassert
+    // its air core after partial shaft ledges, then add the same inset floor band as the native
+    // path at the common first ledge level. This lets a player-fit route cross between shafts
+    // without restoring the removed landing-to-origin roads.
+    class FShaftConnectorAirMod final : public IVoxelDensityOp
+    {
+    public:
+        explicit FShaftConnectorAirMod(const FShaftFieldSource* InField, float InBaseDensity)
+            : Field(InField), BaseDensity(InBaseDensity) {}
+
+        EVoxelOpRole GetRole() const override { return EVoxelOpRole::DetailModifier; }
+        EVoxelOpChannelMask ChannelReads() const override { return VoxelOpChannels::Density; }
+        EVoxelOpChannelMask ChannelWrites() const override { return VoxelOpChannels::Density; }
+        EVoxelOpResourceMask RequiredResources() const override { return VoxelOpResources::ShaftGeometry; }
+        bool IsAdditive() const override { return false; }
+        void PrepareChunk(const FVoxelOpContext&) override {}
+
+        void Eval(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ,
+                  FVoxelOpSample& InOut) const override
+        {
+            if (Field == nullptr) return;
+            const FShaftFieldSource::FCells& Cells = Field->GetCellsAt(WorldX, WorldY);
+            static thread_local bool bLoggedTemporaryShaftConnectors = false;
+            if (!bLoggedTemporaryShaftConnectors
+                && FMath::IsNearlyEqual(WorldZ, -700.0f)
+                && WorldX > -180.0f && WorldX < -170.0f
+                && WorldY > -48.0f && WorldY < -38.0f)
+            {
+                bLoggedTemporaryShaftConnectors = true;
+                UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display,
+                    TEXT("[VoxelForgeExplore][TemporaryShaftConnectors] query=(%.3f,%.3f,%.3f) count=%d"),
+                    WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, Cells.Conns.Num());
+                for (const FShaftFieldSource::FConn& DebugConn : Cells.Conns)
+                {
+                    UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display,
+                        TEXT("[VoxelForgeExplore][TemporaryShaftConnectors] A=(%.3f,%.3f,%.3f) "
+                             "B=(%.3f,%.3f,%.3f) radius=%.3f floor=%.3f walk=%d"),
+                        DebugConn.A.X, DebugConn.A.Y, DebugConn.A.Z,
+                        DebugConn.B.X, DebugConn.B.Y, DebugConn.B.Z,
+                        DebugConn.Radius, DebugConn.FloorZ,
+                        DebugConn.bWalkableFloor ? 1 : 0);
+                }
+            }
+            for (const FShaftFieldSource::FConn& Conn : Cells.Conns)
+            {
+                if (!Conn.bWalkableFloor) continue;
+                VoxelPassageGeometry::VF_ApplyVerticalShaftConnectorAir(
+                    InOut.Density, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ,
+                    Conn.A, Conn.B, Conn.Radius, Conn.FloorZ, BaseDensity);
+            }
+        }
+
+        EVoxelOpEffect EffectOverBox(const FBox&, const FVoxelOpContext&) const override
+        {
+            return Field != nullptr ? EVoxelOpEffect::Both : EVoxelOpEffect::Identity;
+        }
+
+        const TCHAR* DebugName() const override { return TEXT("ShaftConnectorAirOp"); }
+
+    private:
+        const FShaftFieldSource* Field = nullptr; // NON possédant : la pile possède la source
+        float BaseDensity = 8.0f;
+    };
+
+    class FShaftConnectorFloorMod final : public IVoxelDensityOp
+    {
+    public:
+        FShaftConnectorFloorMod(const FShaftFieldSource* InField, float InBaseDensity)
+            : Field(InField), BaseDensity(InBaseDensity) {}
+
+        EVoxelOpRole GetRole() const override { return EVoxelOpRole::DetailModifier; }
+        EVoxelOpChannelMask ChannelReads() const override { return VoxelOpChannels::Density; }
+        EVoxelOpChannelMask ChannelWrites() const override { return VoxelOpChannels::Density; }
+        EVoxelOpResourceMask RequiredResources() const override { return VoxelOpResources::ShaftGeometry; }
+        bool IsAdditive() const override { return false; }
+        void PrepareChunk(const FVoxelOpContext&) override {}
+
+        void Eval(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ,
+                  FVoxelOpSample& InOut) const override
+        {
+            if (Field == nullptr) return;
+            const FShaftFieldSource::FCells& Cells = Field->GetCellsAt(WorldX, WorldY);
+            for (const FShaftFieldSource::FConn& Conn : Cells.Conns)
+            {
+                if (!Conn.bWalkableFloor) continue;
+                VoxelPassageGeometry::VF_ApplyVerticalShaftConnectorFloor(
+                    InOut.Density, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ,
+                    Conn.A, Conn.B, Conn.Radius, Conn.FloorZ, BaseDensity);
+            }
+        }
+
+        EVoxelOpEffect EffectOverBox(const FBox&, const FVoxelOpContext&) const override
+        {
+            return Field != nullptr ? EVoxelOpEffect::FillOnly : EVoxelOpEffect::Identity;
+        }
+
+        const TCHAR* DebugName() const override { return TEXT("ShaftConnectorFloorOp"); }
+
+    private:
+        const FShaftFieldSource* Field = nullptr; // NON possédant : la pile possède la source
+        float BaseDensity = 8.0f;
+    };
+
     //=========================================================================
     // RÔLE 1 — SOURCE : ÎLES FLOTTANTES / FLOATING ISLAND BLOBS
     //=========================================================================
@@ -2774,6 +2857,12 @@ namespace
             /** La salle de SDF minimal pour le dernier voxel évalué. -1 = aucune. */
             int32 NearestRoom = -1;
 
+        /** The warped SDF-space position belonging to the current voxel. */
+        FVector LastWarpedPosition = FVector::ZeroVector;
+
+        /** The unwarped position belonging to the current voxel. */
+        FVector LastWorldPosition = FVector::ZeroVector;
+
             /** ÉTAPE C1 — les params de la strate avec l'op de CETTE salle appliqué par-dessus.
              *  Mémo par voxel : invalidé au début de chaque `Eval`, calculé au PREMIER modificateur
              *  qui le demande. C'est ce qui reproduit le coût de l'original (une copie de struct par
@@ -2795,6 +2884,18 @@ namespace
          *  Lu par les arches, les dômes, le pincement et le biais de sol. */
         int32 GetNearestRoomIdx() const { return State().NearestRoom; }
 
+        bool HasTunnelAirGeometry() const
+        {
+            return P.RoomDensity > 0.0f && P.RoomSpacing > 0.0f;
+        }
+
+        float GetTunnelCoreSDF() const
+        {
+            const FVector& Position = State().LastWorldPosition;
+            return VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateTunnelCoreWorldSDF(
+                Position.X, Position.Y, Position.Z, State().Cache);
+        }
+
         /**
          * ÉTAPE C1 — L'OVERRIDE D'OP PAR SALLE. Les params de la strate avec l'op de terrain tiré
          * pour la salle la plus proche appliqué par-dessus. **ONZE des douze modificateurs de détail
@@ -2875,6 +2976,7 @@ namespace
         void Eval(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ, FVoxelOpSample& InOut) const override
         {
             FState& S = State();
+            S.LastWorldPosition = FVector(WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ);
 
             // ⚠️ REMIS À -1 INCONDITIONNELLEMENT, ce que l'original ne fait pas : chez lui
             // `NearestRoomIdx` est un `thread_local` qui, quand `RoomDensity <= 0`, garde la valeur
@@ -2919,6 +3021,7 @@ namespace
                     WorldY * WF + 9.7f,
                     EffectiveZ * WF + VoxelHash::SeedOffset(SeedU, 0.41f))) * VOXEL_NOISE_SCALE * WS;
             }
+            S.LastWarpedPosition = FVector(WarpedX, WarpedY, WarpedZ);
 
             //---------------------------------------------------------------
             // LE CACHE PAR BOÎTE DE RECHERCHE
@@ -3388,37 +3491,61 @@ namespace
 
             for (const FCachedTunnel& Tunnel : B.Cache.Tunnels)
             {
-                const float MaxRadius = FMath::Max3(
+                float MaxRadius = FMath::Max(
-                    FMath::Abs(Tunnel.RadiusA), FMath::Abs(Tunnel.RadiusB),
+                    FMath::Abs(Tunnel.RadiusA), FMath::Abs(Tunnel.RadiusB));
-                    Tunnel.bHasMidpoint ? FMath::Abs(Tunnel.RadiusMid) : 0.0f);
+                float TunnelLower = FLT_MAX;
-                const FVector SegmentAMin(
+                if (Tunnel.ControlPoints.Num() >= 2
-                    FMath::Min(Tunnel.EndpointA.X, Tunnel.bHasMidpoint ? Tunnel.Midpoint.X : Tunnel.EndpointB.X),
+                    && Tunnel.ControlRadii.Num() == Tunnel.ControlPoints.Num())
-                    FMath::Min(Tunnel.EndpointA.Y, Tunnel.bHasMidpoint ? Tunnel.Midpoint.Y : Tunnel.EndpointB.Y),
-                    FMath::Min(Tunnel.EndpointA.Z, Tunnel.bHasMidpoint ? Tunnel.Midpoint.Z : Tunnel.EndpointB.Z));
-                const FVector SegmentAMax(
-                    FMath::Max(Tunnel.EndpointA.X, Tunnel.bHasMidpoint ? Tunnel.Midpoint.X : Tunnel.EndpointB.X),
-                    FMath::Max(Tunnel.EndpointA.Y, Tunnel.bHasMidpoint ? Tunnel.Midpoint.Y : Tunnel.EndpointB.Y),
-                    FMath::Max(Tunnel.EndpointA.Z, Tunnel.bHasMidpoint ? Tunnel.Midpoint.Z : Tunnel.EndpointB.Z));
-
-                float TunnelLower = VF_DistanceBetweenBoxes(
-                    QMin, QMax, SegmentAMin, SegmentAMax) - MaxRadius;
-                if (Tunnel.bHasMidpoint)
                 {
-                    const FVector SegmentBMin(
+                    for (int32 SegmentIndex = 0;
-                        FMath::Min(Tunnel.Midpoint.X, Tunnel.EndpointB.X),
+                         SegmentIndex + 1 < Tunnel.ControlPoints.Num();
-                        FMath::Min(Tunnel.Midpoint.Y, Tunnel.EndpointB.Y),
+                         ++SegmentIndex)
-                        FMath::Min(Tunnel.Midpoint.Z, Tunnel.EndpointB.Z));
+                    {
-                    const FVector SegmentBMax(
+                        const FVector& A = Tunnel.ControlPoints[SegmentIndex];
-                        FMath::Max(Tunnel.Midpoint.X, Tunnel.EndpointB.X),
+                        const FVector& BPoint = Tunnel.ControlPoints[SegmentIndex + 1];
-                        FMath::Max(Tunnel.Midpoint.Y, Tunnel.EndpointB.Y),
+                        MaxRadius = FMath::Max(
-                        FMath::Max(Tunnel.Midpoint.Z, Tunnel.EndpointB.Z));
+                            MaxRadius,
+                            FMath::Max(FMath::Abs(Tunnel.ControlRadii[SegmentIndex]),
+                                       FMath::Abs(Tunnel.ControlRadii[SegmentIndex + 1])));
+                        const FVector SegmentMin(
+                            FMath::Min(A.X, BPoint.X),
+                            FMath::Min(A.Y, BPoint.Y),
+                            FMath::Min(A.Z, BPoint.Z));
+                        const FVector SegmentMax(
+                            FMath::Max(A.X, BPoint.X),
+                            FMath::Max(A.Y, BPoint.Y),
+                            FMath::Max(A.Z, BPoint.Z));
                         TunnelLower = FMath::Min(
                             TunnelLower,
-                        VF_DistanceBetweenBoxes(QMin, QMax, SegmentBMin, SegmentBMax) - MaxRadius);
+                            VF_DistanceBetweenBoxes(QMin, QMax, SegmentMin, SegmentMax));
+                    }
+                    TunnelLower -= MaxRadius;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    const FVector SegmentMin(
+                        FMath::Min(Tunnel.EndpointA.X, Tunnel.EndpointB.X),
+                        FMath::Min(Tunnel.EndpointA.Y, Tunnel.EndpointB.Y),
+                        FMath::Min(Tunnel.EndpointA.Z, Tunnel.EndpointB.Z));
+                    const FVector SegmentMax(
+                        FMath::Max(Tunnel.EndpointA.X, Tunnel.EndpointB.X),
+                        FMath::Max(Tunnel.EndpointA.Y, Tunnel.EndpointB.Y),
+                        FMath::Max(Tunnel.EndpointA.Z, Tunnel.EndpointB.Z));
+                    TunnelLower = VF_DistanceBetweenBoxes(
+                        QMin, QMax, SegmentMin, SegmentMax) - MaxRadius;
                 }
 
+                const FVector NoWarpSegmentMin(
+                    FMath::Min(Tunnel.EndpointA.X, Tunnel.EndpointB.X),
+                    FMath::Min(Tunnel.EndpointA.Y, Tunnel.EndpointB.Y),
+                    FMath::Min(Tunnel.EndpointA.Z, Tunnel.EndpointB.Z));
+                const FVector NoWarpSegmentMax(
+                    FMath::Max(Tunnel.EndpointA.X, Tunnel.EndpointB.X),
+                    FMath::Max(Tunnel.EndpointA.Y, Tunnel.EndpointB.Y),
+                    FMath::Max(Tunnel.EndpointA.Z, Tunnel.EndpointB.Z));
                 const float TunnelLowerNoWarp = VF_DistanceBetweenBoxes(
-                    NoWarpMin, NoWarpMax, SegmentAMin, SegmentAMax) - MaxRadius;
+                    NoWarpMin, NoWarpMax, NoWarpSegmentMin, NoWarpSegmentMax)
+                    - MaxRadius;
                 Consider(TunnelLower);
                 CountThreshold(TunnelLower, B.HitTunnels);
                 CountThreshold(TunnelLowerNoWarp, B.HitTunnelsNoWarp);
@@ -3482,6 +3609,13 @@ namespace
 
         const TCHAR* DebugName() const override { return TEXT("RoomGraphSource"); }
 
+        bool IsTunnelSupportFloor() const
+        {
+            const FVector& Position = State().LastWorldPosition;
+            return VoxelCaveMorphology::IsTunnelSupportFloorWorldPoint(
+                Position.X, Position.Y, Position.Z, State().Cache);
+        }
+
     private:
         FStrateGenerationParams P;
         int32  Seed;
@@ -3491,6 +3625,99 @@ namespace
         uint32 LayoutVersion = 0;
     };
 
+    // The graph tunnel floor closes the rounded bottom of the core into a finite, walkable support
+    // slab. It is separate from the inter-strate passage floor: this owns only the wandering
+    // intra-strate graph edges and does not create any new corridor.
+    class FCaveTunnelFloorOp final : public IVoxelDensityOp
+    {
+    public:
+        FCaveTunnelFloorOp(const FRoomGraphSource* InRooms, float InBase)
+            : Rooms(InRooms), Base(InBase)
+        {}
+
+        EVoxelOpRole GetRole() const override { return EVoxelOpRole::StructuralPost; }
+        EVoxelOpChannelMask ChannelReads() const override { return VoxelOpChannels::None; }
+        EVoxelOpChannelMask ChannelWrites() const override { return VoxelOpChannels::Density; }
+        EVoxelOpResourceMask RequiredResources() const override
+        {
+            return VoxelOpResources::RoomGeometry;
+        }
+        bool IsAdditive() const override { return false; }
+        void PrepareChunk(const FVoxelOpContext&) override {}
+
+        void Eval(float, float, float, FVoxelOpSample& InOut) const override
+        {
+            if (Rooms != nullptr && Rooms->IsTunnelSupportFloor())
+            {
+                InOut.Density = FMath::Max(
+                    InOut.Density,
+                    FMath::Max(Base * 2.0f, 1.0f));
+            }
+        }
+
+        EVoxelOpEffect EffectOverBox(const FBox&, const FVoxelOpContext&) const override
+        {
+            return Rooms != nullptr && Rooms->HasTunnelAirGeometry()
+                ? EVoxelOpEffect::Both
+                : EVoxelOpEffect::Identity;
+        }
+
+        const TCHAR* DebugName() const override { return TEXT("CaveTunnelFloorOp"); }
+
+    private:
+        const FRoomGraphSource* Rooms = nullptr;
+        float Base = 8.0f;
+    };
+
+    // A graph tunnel's raw SDF is the structural air contract for the wandering chain. It runs
+    // after the passage post because a different passage can project a solid support floor onto
+    // the same voxel; the core keeps its own half-voxel support band and restores the route above
+    // it. FRoomGraphSource evaluates this post against the cached world-space chain, so the cave
+    // warp cannot turn a walkable floor ramp into a vertical break.
+    class FCaveTunnelAirOp final : public IVoxelDensityOp
+    {
+    public:
+        FCaveTunnelAirOp(const FRoomGraphSource* InRooms, float InBase, float InInset)
+            : Rooms(InRooms), Base(InBase), Inset(InInset)
+        {}
+
+        EVoxelOpRole GetRole() const override { return EVoxelOpRole::StructuralPost; }
+        EVoxelOpChannelMask ChannelReads() const override { return VoxelOpChannels::Density; }
+        EVoxelOpChannelMask ChannelWrites() const override { return VoxelOpChannels::Density; }
+        EVoxelOpResourceMask RequiredResources() const override
+        {
+            return VoxelOpResources::RoomGeometry;
+        }
+        bool IsAdditive() const override { return false; }
+        void PrepareChunk(const FVoxelOpContext&) override {}
+
+        void Eval(float, float, float, FVoxelOpSample& InOut) const override
+        {
+            if (Rooms != nullptr
+                && !Rooms->IsTunnelSupportFloor()
+                && Rooms->GetTunnelCoreSDF() < -Inset)
+            {
+                InOut.Density = FMath::Min(
+                    InOut.Density,
+                    -FMath::Max(Base * 2.0f, 1.0f));
+            }
+        }
+
+        EVoxelOpEffect EffectOverBox(const FBox&, const FVoxelOpContext&) const override
+        {
+            return Rooms != nullptr && Rooms->HasTunnelAirGeometry()
+                ? EVoxelOpEffect::CarveOnly
+                : EVoxelOpEffect::Identity;
+        }
+
+        const TCHAR* DebugName() const override { return TEXT("CaveTunnelAirOp"); }
+
+    private:
+        const FRoomGraphSource* Rooms = nullptr;
+        float Base = 8.0f;
+        float Inset = 2.0f;
+    };
+
     //=========================================================================
     // LE GATE DE BOÎTE DES MODIFICATEURS DE CAVE
     //=========================================================================
@@ -5215,7 +5442,8 @@ bool FVoxelOpStack::ValidateChannelOrder(FString* OutError) const
 
 void FVoxelOpStack::AppendStructuralPost(float StrateTopWorldZ, float StrateBottomWorldZ,
                                          float SealThickness, float BaseDensity, float SpineRadius,
-                                         const UVoxelStrateManager* StrateManager)
+                                         const UVoxelStrateManager* StrateManager,
+                                         bool bAppendEdgeSeal)
 {
     // ORDRE NON NÉGOCIABLE : la spine creuse l'intérieur (et ne touche JAMAIS les bandes de seal),
     // le seal vertical re-solidifie ses bandes, les passages (tube + landing + support) percent
@@ -5226,7 +5454,10 @@ void FVoxelOpStack::AppendStructuralPost(float StrateTopWorldZ, float StrateBott
     Add(MakeUnique<FBoundarySealOp>(StrateTopWorldZ, StrateBottomWorldZ, SealThickness, BaseDensity));
     Add(MakeUnique<FPassageCarveOp>(StrateManager, BaseDensity, SealThickness,
                                     StrateTopWorldZ, StrateBottomWorldZ, SpineRadius));
+    if (bAppendEdgeSeal)
+    {
         Add(MakeUnique<FXYEdgeSealOp>(BaseDensity));
+    }
 }
 
 //=============================================================================
@@ -5466,6 +5697,8 @@ namespace VoxelDensityOps
         OutStack.Add(MakeSdfRoughnessMod(P.SurfaceRoughness, 0.1f, 3, P.SurfaceRoughness + 4.0f));
         OutStack.Add(MakeSdfCarve(CarveBlend, P.BaseDensity));
         OutStack.Add(MakeUnique<FShaftLedgeMod>(P, ShaftPtr));
+        OutStack.Add(MakeUnique<FShaftConnectorAirMod>(ShaftPtr, P.BaseDensity));
+        OutStack.Add(MakeUnique<FShaftConnectorFloorMod>(ShaftPtr, P.BaseDensity));
 
         if (bAppendStructuralPosts)
         {
@@ -5552,7 +5785,12 @@ namespace VoxelDensityOps
         {
             OutStack.AppendStructuralPost(P.StrateTopWorldZ, P.StrateBottomWorldZ,
                                           P.BoundarySealThickness, P.BaseDensity,
-                                          SpineRadius, StrateManager);
+                                          SpineRadius, StrateManager, false);
+            OutStack.Add(MakeUnique<FCaveTunnelFloorOp>(RoomPtr, P.BaseDensity));
+            OutStack.Add(MakeUnique<FCaveTunnelAirOp>(
+                RoomPtr, P.BaseDensity,
+                VoxelPassageGeometry::CaveTunnelAirCoreInsetVoxels));
+            OutStack.Add(MakeUnique<FXYEdgeSealOp>(P.BaseDensity));
         }
     }
 

Source/VoxelForge/Private/VoxelGenerator.cpp

@@ -230,44 +230,6 @@ static float CellularNoise3D(const FVector& Position)
     return VoxelNoise::Cellular3D(Position);
 }
 
-// Structural tree capsules must meet shaft axes without landing inside a ledge band. A single
-// deterministic safe interval is enough for the whole tree: every shaft in one strate shares the
-// same ledge phase, and keeping every tree link in that interval also keeps crossings of unrelated
-// shafts out of their additive ledges. The fallback is only for malformed settings with no safe
-// interval; the stock params always take the proven branch.
-static float VF_SelectVerticalTreeConnectorZ(
-    const FVerticalShaftParams& Params,
-    float BottomZ,
-    float TopZ,
-    uint32 LinkHash)
-{
-    if (Params.LedgeSpacing > 0.0f && Params.LedgeDepth > 0.0f)
-    {
-        const float Period = Params.LedgeSpacing;
-        const float RelativeBottom = BottomZ - Params.StrateBottomWorldZ;
-        const float RelativeTop = TopZ - Params.StrateBottomWorldZ;
-        const int32 FirstPeriod = FMath::FloorToInt(RelativeBottom / Period);
-        const float Random01 = VoxelHash::ToFloat01(VoxelHash::Mix(LinkHash));
-
-        for (int32 PeriodOffset = 0; PeriodOffset <= 1; ++PeriodOffset)
-        {
-            const float PeriodStart = static_cast<float>(FirstPeriod + PeriodOffset) * Period;
-            const float SafeStart = FMath::Max(
-                RelativeBottom, PeriodStart + Params.LedgeDepth + 0.01f);
-            const float SafeEnd = FMath::Min(
-                RelativeTop, PeriodStart + Period - Params.LedgeDepth - 0.01f);
-            if (SafeEnd > SafeStart)
-            {
-                return Params.StrateBottomWorldZ
-                    + FMath::Lerp(SafeStart, SafeEnd, Random01);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return FMath::Lerp(BottomZ, TopZ,
-                       VoxelHash::ToFloat01(VoxelHash::Mix(LinkHash)));
-}
-
 //=============================================================================
 // DENSITY PIPELINE HELPERS (partagés entre TunnelNetwork et Slab)
 //=============================================================================
@@ -309,7 +271,7 @@ static FORCEINLINE void ApplyOriginLandingFloor(float& Density,
 // it works uniformly for every generator type. Stays inside the seal bands so it can
 // never breach a strate boundary. All features are hash-placed and deterministic.
 static void ApplyDisturbances(float& MC, float X, float Y, float Z,
-    const FStrateDisturbanceParams& D, uint32 Seed)
+    const FStrateDisturbanceParams& D, uint32 Seed, bool bProtectVerticalShaftAir)
 {
     const float InnerTop = D.StrateTopWorldZ - D.BoundarySealThickness;
     const float InnerBot = D.StrateBottomWorldZ + D.BoundarySealThickness;
@@ -418,9 +380,12 @@ static void ApplyDisturbances(float& MC, float X, float Y, float Z,
         {
             float f = FMath::Clamp((Blend - sdf) / (Blend * 2.0f), 0.0f, 1.0f);
             f = SmoothStep01(f);
+            if (!bProtectVerticalShaftAir)
+            {
                 MC = FMath::Min(MC, -f * Solid);  // force solid
             }
         }
+    }
 
     // --- RIDGES: thin solid blades rising from the floor ---
     if (D.RidgeDensity > 0.0f && D.RidgeSpacing > 0.0f && D.RidgeHeight > 0.0f)
@@ -465,7 +430,10 @@ static void ApplyDisturbances(float& MC, float X, float Y, float Z,
                 f = SmoothStep01(f) * zFade;
                 best = FMath::Max(best, f);
             }
-            if (best > 0.0f) MC = FMath::Min(MC, -best * Solid);  // force solid
+            if (best > 0.0f && !bProtectVerticalShaftAir)
+            {
+                MC = FMath::Min(MC, -best * Solid);  // force solid
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -498,6 +466,57 @@ namespace
     // address. Relaxed ordering is sufficient: this allocates uniqueness, it publishes no data.
     std::atomic<uint64> GNextDensityCacheOwnerId { 0 };
 
+    struct FTunnelCoreCacheState
+    {
+        FChunkSDFCache Cache;
+        uint64 OwnerId = 0;
+        FIntVector Chunk = FIntVector(INT32_MAX, INT32_MAX, INT32_MAX);
+        uint32 ParamsFingerprint = 0xFFFFFFFFu;
+        uint32 LayoutVersion = 0xFFFFFFFFu;
+        bool bValid = false;
+    };
+
+    static thread_local FTunnelCoreCacheState GTunnelCoreCache;
+    void PrepareTunnelCoreCache(
+        const UVoxelStrateManager& Manager,
+        const FIntVector& ChunkCoord,
+        const FStrateGenerationParams& Params,
+        uint32 ParamsFingerprint,
+        uint32 LayoutVersion,
+        uint64 OwnerId,
+        FTunnelCoreCacheState& OutState)
+    {
+        if (OutState.bValid
+            && OutState.OwnerId == OwnerId
+            && OutState.Chunk == ChunkCoord
+            && OutState.ParamsFingerprint == ParamsFingerprint
+            && OutState.LayoutVersion == LayoutVersion)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const float ChunkMinX = static_cast<float>(ChunkCoord.X * CHUNK_SIZE);
+        const float ChunkMinY = static_cast<float>(ChunkCoord.Y * CHUNK_SIZE);
+        const float ChunkMaxX = ChunkMinX + static_cast<float>(CHUNK_SIZE);
+        const float ChunkMaxY = ChunkMinY + static_cast<float>(CHUNK_SIZE);
+        const float Expansion = FMath::Max(Params.CaveWarpStrength, 0.0f) + 2.0f;
+        const int32 StrateIndex = Manager.GetStrateIndex(
+            (static_cast<float>(ChunkCoord.Z) + 0.5f)
+            * static_cast<float>(CHUNK_SIZE) * VOXEL_SIZE);
+
+        VoxelCaveMorphology::BuildChunkCache(
+            OutState.Cache,
+            ChunkMinX - Expansion, ChunkMinY - Expansion,
+            ChunkMaxX + Expansion, ChunkMaxY + Expansion,
+            Params, static_cast<uint32>(Manager.GetWorldSeed()),
+            StrateIndex, nullptr);
+        OutState.OwnerId = OwnerId;
+        OutState.Chunk = ChunkCoord;
+        OutState.ParamsFingerprint = ParamsFingerprint;
+        OutState.LayoutVersion = LayoutVersion;
+        OutState.bValid = true;
+    }
+
     struct FVoxelStackParamRefs
     {
         const FSlabGenerationParams*   Slab    = nullptr;
@@ -673,6 +692,10 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityAt(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ) co
     // Query per-chunk params from the manager so each strate has different caves.
     float Result;
 
+    // A vertical tree connector may need to stay open through the shared disturbance and
+    // structural-post tail below. This is one bit for this density call, not cached voxel data.
+    VoxelPassageGeometry::ResetVerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker();
+
     FIntVector ChunkCoord(
         FMath::FloorToInt(WorldX / CHUNK_SIZE),
         FMath::FloorToInt(WorldY / CHUNK_SIZE),
@@ -831,6 +854,23 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityAt(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ) co
             // silently fall back to the old one-archetype switch.
             CP_UseOpStack = CP_UseOpStack || CP_UseComposerRegions;
 #endif
+            bool bUseNativeTunnelCore = !CP_UseCustomRecipe
+                && (CP_GenType == ECaveGeneratorType::TunnelNetwork
+                    || CP_GenType == ECaveGeneratorType::Underwater);
+#if WITH_EDITOR
+            bUseNativeTunnelCore = bUseNativeTunnelCore && !CP_UseComposerRegions;
+#endif
+            if (bUseNativeTunnelCore)
+            {
+                PrepareTunnelCoreCache(
+                    *StrateManager, ChunkCoord, CP_Tunnel, CP_TunnelFP,
+                    LayoutVersion, DensityCacheOwnerId, GTunnelCoreCache);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                GTunnelCoreCache.bValid = false;
+            }
+
             if (CP_UseOpStack)
             {
                 CP_OpStack = FVoxelOpStack();   // move-assign : libère l'ancienne pile
@@ -997,8 +1037,13 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityAt(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ) co
                                           CP_TunnelFP, LayoutVersion);                break;
         }
 
-        // Disturbance layer (the "wow" post-process) — cached params, MC convention.
+        // Disturbance layer (the "wow" post-process) — cached params, MC convention. The
-        ApplyDisturbances(Result, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, CP_Dist, (uint32)Seed);
+        // vertical shaft tree opens a walkable route before this shared pass, so a bridge/ridge
+        // must not refill it. Both native and operator-stack paths use the same marker helper.
+        const bool bProtectVerticalShaftAir =
+            VoxelPassageGeometry::VerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker();
+        ApplyDisturbances(Result, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, CP_Dist, (uint32)Seed,
+            bProtectVerticalShaftAir);
 
         // A disturbance is allowed to add visual detail, but it must not refill the landing's
         // measured air volume or turn its support slab back into a hole. Reassert the landing
@@ -1103,6 +1148,45 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityAt(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ) co
             CP_Dist.BoundarySealThickness, LandingBaseDensity, OriginSpineRadius);
         StrateManager->ApplyPassageLandingRoomFloorMC(
             Result, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, LandingBaseDensity);
+
+        // Disturbance features are authored as a generic MC-space post and may add a ridge or
+        // bridge over a graph tunnel. Reassert the native cached tunnel core here, after every
+        // solid floor writer but before the global XY seal. This cache is built once per chunk,
+        // never once per voxel.
+        if (GTunnelCoreCache.bValid)
+        {
+            const bool bTunnelSupportFloor =
+                VoxelCaveMorphology::IsTunnelSupportFloorWorldPoint(
+                    WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, GTunnelCoreCache.Cache);
+            if (bTunnelSupportFloor)
+            {
+                Result = FMath::Min(
+                    Result,
+                    -FMath::Max(LandingBaseDensity * 2.0f, 1.0f));
+            }
+            const float CoreSDF = VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateTunnelCoreWorldSDF(
+                WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, GTunnelCoreCache.Cache);
+            if (!bTunnelSupportFloor
+                && CoreSDF < -VoxelPassageGeometry::CaveTunnelAirCoreInsetVoxels)
+            {
+                Result = FMath::Max(
+                    Result,
+                    FMath::Max(LandingBaseDensity * 2.0f, 1.0f));
+            }
+
+            // The graph tunnel can overlap an inter-strate landing at a room mouth. Its air
+            // backstop is allowed to reopen the tunnel, but the landing's proved support floor
+            // must own the final floor band; otherwise the graph post can erase the only support
+            // surface at the mouth and leave the player-fit graph with a disconnected pocket.
+            VF_ApplyOriginLandingFloorMC(
+                Result, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ,
+                CP_Dist.StrateTopWorldZ, CP_Dist.StrateBottomWorldZ,
+                CP_Dist.BoundarySealThickness, LandingBaseDensity, OriginSpineRadius);
+            StrateManager->ApplyPassageLandingFloorMC(
+                Result, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, LandingBaseDensity);
+            StrateManager->ApplyPassageLandingRoomFloorMC(
+                Result, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, LandingBaseDensity);
+        }
     }
     else
     {
@@ -1164,6 +1248,7 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityAt(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ) co
         }
     }
 
+    VoxelPassageGeometry::ResetVerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker();
     return Result;
 }
 
@@ -2262,6 +2347,28 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityWithParams(float WorldX, float WorldY, float Wo
             Density, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ,
             Params.BaseDensity, Params.BoundarySealThickness);
     }
+
+    // Terrain operations and passage support floors are allowed to write solid density, but the
+    // graph's own tunnel floor/core are structural route geometry. Close the rounded bottom first,
+    // then reopen only the core above its half-voxel air clearance. Both predicates are shared
+    // with the operator stack and are evaluated from the per-chunk cache, never per-voxel rebuilt.
+    const bool bTunnelSupportFloor =
+        VoxelCaveMorphology::IsTunnelSupportFloorWorldPoint(
+            WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, SDFCache);
+    if (bTunnelSupportFloor)
+    {
+        Density = FMath::Max(Density, FMath::Max(Params.BaseDensity * 2.0f, 1.0f));
+    }
+    const float TunnelCoreSDF = (Params.RoomDensity > 0.0f && Params.RoomSpacing > 0.0f)
+        ? VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateTunnelCoreWorldSDF(WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, SDFCache)
+        : FLT_MAX;
+    if (!bTunnelSupportFloor
+        && TunnelCoreSDF < -VoxelPassageGeometry::CaveTunnelAirCoreInsetVoxels)
+    {
+        Density = FMath::Min(
+            Density,
+            -FMath::Max(Params.BaseDensity * 2.0f, 1.0f));
+    }
     ApplyOriginLandingFloor(Density, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ,
         Params.StrateTopWorldZ, Params.StrateBottomWorldZ,
         Params.BoundarySealThickness, Params.BaseDensity, OriginSpineRadius);
@@ -4271,7 +4378,13 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetVerticalShaftDensity(float WorldX, float WorldY, float
     //     them. That matters: a capsule from a child to a parent two or three cells away must be
     //     present in the cells along its segment, not only in the cache centred on the child.
     struct FLocalShaft { float X, Y, R; int32 CellX, CellY; bool bOriginSpine; };
-    struct FLocalConn  { FVector A, B; float Radius; };
+    struct FLocalConn
+    {
+        FVector A, B;
+        float Radius = 0.0f;
+        float FloorZ = 0.0f;
+        bool bWalkableFloor = false;
+    };
     thread_local TArray<FLocalShaft, TInlineAllocator<10>> Shafts;
     thread_local TArray<FLocalConn, TInlineAllocator<32>> Conns;
     thread_local TArray<FLocalShaft, TInlineAllocator<81>> TreeEmitShafts;
@@ -4396,17 +4509,26 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetVerticalShaftDensity(float WorldX, float WorldY, float
 
         auto EmitTreeConnector = [&](const FLocalShaft& Child, const FLocalShaft* Parent)
         {
-            const int32 ParentCellX = Parent != nullptr ? Parent->CellX : 0;
+            const float Zc = VoxelPassageGeometry::VerticalShaftConnectorCenterZ(
-            const int32 ParentCellY = Parent != nullptr ? Parent->CellY : 0;
+                Params.StrateBottomWorldZ,
-            const uint32 LinkHash = VoxelHash::Pair(
+                BottomZ,
-                Child.CellX, Child.CellY, ParentCellX, ParentCellY, S ^ TreeSalt);
+                TopZ,
-            const float Zc = VF_SelectVerticalTreeConnectorZ(
+                Params.LedgeSpacing,
-                Params, BottomZ, TopZ, LinkHash);
+                Params.LedgeDepth,
+                TreeConnectorRadius);
+            const float FloorZ = VoxelPassageGeometry::VerticalShaftConnectorFloorZ(
+                Params.StrateBottomWorldZ,
+                BottomZ,
+                TopZ,
+                Params.LedgeSpacing,
+                Params.LedgeDepth,
+                TreeConnectorRadius);
             const FVector ParentPoint = Parent != nullptr
                 ? FVector(Parent->X, Parent->Y, Zc)
                 : FVector(0.0f, 0.0f, Zc);
             const FLocalConn Conn{
-                FVector(Child.X, Child.Y, Zc), ParentPoint, TreeConnectorRadius };
+                FVector(Child.X, Child.Y, Zc), ParentPoint, TreeConnectorRadius,
+                FloorZ, true };
             if (ConnectorMayReachCell(Conn))
             {
                 Conns.Add(Conn);
@@ -4531,7 +4653,8 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetVerticalShaftDensity(float WorldX, float WorldY, float
                         RoughnessReach + 1.0f)
                     : Params.ConnectorRadius;
                 const FLocalConn Conn{
-                    FVector(A.X, A.Y, Zc), FVector(B.X, B.Y, Zc), ConnectorR };
+                    FVector(A.X, A.Y, Zc), FVector(B.X, B.Y, Zc), ConnectorR,
+                    0.0f, false };
                 if (ConnectorMayReachCell(Conn))
                 {
                     Conns.Add(Conn);
@@ -4598,6 +4721,29 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetVerticalShaftDensity(float WorldX, float WorldY, float
         }
     }
 
+    // The drainage tree is a walkable shaft network, not only a connected air SDF. Reassert its
+    // air core after partial shaft ledges, then emit support bands at the common first ledge level
+    // so every parent edge can be traversed by the player-fit stencil. This remains local to
+    // shaft edges; no landing-to-origin road is added.
+    for (const FLocalConn& C : Conns)
+    {
+        if (C.bWalkableFloor)
+        {
+            VoxelPassageGeometry::VF_ApplyVerticalShaftConnectorAir(
+                Density, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ,
+                C.A, C.B, C.Radius, C.FloorZ, Params.BaseDensity);
+        }
+    }
+    for (const FLocalConn& C : Conns)
+    {
+        if (C.bWalkableFloor)
+        {
+            VoxelPassageGeometry::VF_ApplyVerticalShaftConnectorFloor(
+                Density, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ,
+                C.A, C.B, C.Radius, C.FloorZ, Params.BaseDensity);
+        }
+    }
+
     ApplyOriginSpine(Density, WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ,
         Params.StrateTopWorldZ, Params.StrateBottomWorldZ,
         Params.BoundarySealThickness, Params.BaseDensity, OriginSpineRadius);

Source/VoxelForge/Private/VoxelStrateManager.cpp

@@ -269,9 +269,10 @@ static bool VF_IsAnyPassageFloorAt(
             continue;
         }
         const FVoxelPassage& Passage = Passages[PassageIndex];
-        if (VF_IsPassageLandingFloor(Position, Passage.UpperLanding)
+        if (!VoxelPassageGeometry::VerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker()
+            && (VF_IsPassageLandingFloor(Position, Passage.UpperLanding)
             || VF_IsPassageLandingFloor(Position, Passage.LowerLanding)
-            || VF_IsWalkableTunnelFloor(Passage, Position))
+            || VF_IsWalkableTunnelFloor(Passage, Position)))
         {
             return true;
         }
@@ -826,8 +827,6 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
     int32 TotalPassages = 0;
     int32 NumAimedAtUpperPlayerFit = 0;
     int32 NumAimedAtLowerPlayerFit = 0;
-    int32 NumUpperRootConnectors = 0;
-    int32 NumLowerRootConnectors = 0;
     TSet<FString> NoQueryArchetypes;
 
     const auto ArchetypeName = [](ECaveGeneratorType Archetype)
@@ -915,39 +914,6 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
         }
     };
 
-    const auto CommonRootFloorFor = [&](float StrateTopZ, float StrateBottomZ,
-                                        float BoundarySealThickness) -> float
-    {
-        // The two mouth queries may legitimately return floors near opposite strate faces.  The
-        // root is the origin landing room's floor, not a hidden continuous shaft and not a
-        // passage-order-dependent midpoint.  Reusing the same top-anchored geometry here makes
-        // every connector meet the (0,0) room at its actual support level.
-        const VoxelPassageGeometry::FOriginLandingGeometry OriginLanding =
-            VoxelPassageGeometry::BuildOriginLandingGeometry(
-                StrateTopZ, StrateBottomZ, BoundarySealThickness, OriginSpineRadius);
-        if (OriginLanding.bValid)
-        {
-            return OriginLanding.FloorZ;
-        }
-
-        // Malformed tiny strates still fail closed. This fallback is only for the descriptor
-        // builder's diagnostic path; normal authored strates always satisfy the room interval.
-        const float Seal = FMath::Max(BoundarySealThickness, 0.0f);
-        const float InnerBottom = StrateBottomZ + Seal;
-        const float InnerTop = StrateTopZ - Seal;
-        const float ConnectorHeight = FMath::Max(
-            12.0f, FVoxelPlayerCapsuleConstants::HeightVoxels + 4.0f);
-        constexpr float PassageBlendSafety = 4.0f;
-        const float MinimumFloor = InnerBottom + 3.0f + PassageBlendSafety;
-        const float MaximumFloor = InnerTop - ConnectorHeight - PassageBlendSafety;
-        if (FMath::IsFinite(MinimumFloor) && FMath::IsFinite(MaximumFloor)
-            && MaximumFloor >= MinimumFloor)
-        {
-            return 0.5f * (MinimumFloor + MaximumFloor);
-        }
-        return 0.5f * (InnerBottom + InnerTop);
-    };
-
     //=========================================================================
     // INTER-STRATE PASSAGES: tunnels connecting consecutive strates.
     // Each passage is randomly assigned one of 5 types, which determines
@@ -974,6 +940,17 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
 
         const float DistLo = FMath::Min(Cfg.DistanceMin, Cfg.DistanceMax);
         const float DistHi = FMath::Max(Cfg.DistanceMin, Cfg.DistanceMax);
+        // The origin room owns the future straight shaft. Keep the progression mouth outside its
+        // carve/blend envelope, then choose a deterministic point in the authored annulus. If an
+        // asset has an invalid inner radius, repair only that radius; the outer authored radius is
+        // preserved unless it is too small to contain the required inner edge.
+        const float OriginLandingHalfWidth =
+            VoxelPassageGeometry::LandingHalfWidthForRadius(OriginSpineRadius);
+        const float MinimumDescentDistance = FMath::Max(
+            OriginLandingHalfWidth + VoxelPassageGeometry::LandingCarveBlendVoxels,
+            VoxelPassageGeometry::MinimumTurnFloorWidthVoxels);
+        const float PlacementLo = FMath::Max(DistLo, MinimumDescentDistance);
+        const float PlacementHi = FMath::Max(DistHi, PlacementLo);
 
         const int32 Conns = FMath::Max(0, Cfg.Connections);
         for (int32 c = 0; c < Conns; c++)
@@ -1010,9 +987,11 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
                 break;
             }
 
-            // PLACEMENT: random angle, distance from the (0,0) spine within config range.
+            // PLACEMENT: random angle, distance from the (0,0) spine within a deterministic
+            // annulus. It is deliberately not the spine: that room is reserved for the future
+            // surface shaft, while this passage opens a separate room in the strate network.
             const float Angle = PassageRandom01(PassageSaltAngle) * (2.0f * PI);
-            const float Distance = PassageRandomRange(DistLo, DistHi, PassageSaltDistance);
+            const float Distance = PassageRandomRange(PlacementLo, PlacementHi, PassageSaltDistance);
             const float PX = FMath::Cos(Angle) * Distance;
             const float PY = FMath::Sin(Angle) * Distance;
 
@@ -1049,7 +1028,8 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
                     PX,
                     PY,
                     MaxLateralSnapFor(*UpperDef),
-                    SuggestedUpperPoint);
+                    SuggestedUpperPoint,
+                    CachedSeed);
 
                 if (bAimedUpperAtPlayerFitPoint)
                 {
@@ -1088,7 +1068,8 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
                     PX,
                     PY,
                     MaxLateralSnap,
-                    SuggestedLowerPoint);
+                    SuggestedLowerPoint,
+                    CachedSeed);
 
                 if (bAimedLowerAtPlayerFitPoint)
                 {
@@ -1289,10 +1270,9 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
                     : FVector::ZeroVector,
                 PassageRandom01(PassageSaltLowerDoor) * 2.0f * PI);
 
-            // A source-fit answer proves only a local pose; none of the pure queries performs a
+            // A source-fit answer is the landing itself. Keep it local to the requested room: the
-            // flood fill over the live strate. Every mouth therefore receives the same explicit
+            // (0,0) landing is reserved for the future straight shaft, so no radial connector is
-            // flat-floor connector to the deterministic root, including answered mouths. This
+            // synthesized here.
-            // is what makes the join guaranteed rather than merely probable.
             Passage.UpperLanding = VF_BuildPassageLanding(
                 FVector(UpperX, UpperY, TopZ),
                 Cfg.MouthRadius,
@@ -1300,13 +1280,7 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
                 UpperTopZ,
                 UpperBottomZ,
                 UpperDef ? BoundarySealThicknessFor(*UpperDef) : 0.0f,
-                bAimedUpperAtPlayerFitPoint,
+                bAimedUpperAtPlayerFitPoint);
-                /*bHasNetworkConnector=*/true,
-                FVector(0.0f, 0.0f,
-                    CommonRootFloorFor(
-                        UpperTopZ, UpperBottomZ,
-                        UpperDef ? BoundarySealThicknessFor(*UpperDef) : 0.0f)),
-                OriginSpineRadius);
             Passage.LowerLanding = VF_BuildPassageLanding(
                 FVector(LowerX, LowerY, BottomZ),
                 Cfg.MouthRadius,
@@ -1314,17 +1288,9 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
                 LowerTopZ,
                 (float)(Lower.BottomChunkZ) * CHUNK_SIZE,
                 LowerDef ? BoundarySealThicknessFor(*LowerDef) : 0.0f,
-                bAimedLowerAtPlayerFitPoint,
+                bAimedLowerAtPlayerFitPoint);
-                /*bHasNetworkConnector=*/true,
-                FVector(0.0f, 0.0f,
-                    CommonRootFloorFor(
-                        LowerTopZ, (float)(Lower.BottomChunkZ) * CHUNK_SIZE,
-                        LowerDef ? BoundarySealThicknessFor(*LowerDef) : 0.0f)),
-                OriginSpineRadius);
             Passage.UpperPoint = Passage.UpperLanding.StandingPoint;
             Passage.LowerPoint = Passage.LowerLanding.StandingPoint;
-            if (Passage.UpperLanding.bHasNetworkConnector) ++NumUpperRootConnectors;
-            if (Passage.LowerLanding.bHasNetworkConnector) ++NumLowerRootConnectors;
 
             if (Cfg.Style == EVoxelPassageStyle::Straight
                 && Passage.UpperLanding.HalfWidth > 0.0f
@@ -1554,14 +1520,11 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
             }
             // Fallback / bounds if an invalid authored width produced no positive profile.
             Passage.Radius = FMath::Max(Passage.Radius, FMath::Max(Cfg.MouthRadius, Cfg.MidRadius));
-            Passage.Radius = FMath::Max(Passage.Radius,
-                FMath::Max(Passage.UpperLanding.ConnectorRadius,
-                           Passage.LowerLanding.ConnectorRadius));
 
-            // Bounding sphere over the tube, both rooms, both floor slabs, and both optional root
+            // Bounding sphere over the tube, both rooms, and both floor slabs (+ widest radius +
-            // connectors (+ widest radius + blend) for culling. Under-sizing this sphere would
+            // blend) for culling. Under-sizing this sphere would cull a real landing and leave a
-            // cull a real landing and leave a sealed pocket, so the room's full box diagonal is
+            // sealed pocket, so the room's full box diagonal is included rather than treating the
-            // included rather than treating the standing anchor as a point.
+            // standing anchor as a point.
             {
                 FVector BoundsMin(FLT_MAX, FLT_MAX, FLT_MAX);
                 FVector BoundsMax(-FLT_MAX, -FLT_MAX, -FLT_MAX);
@@ -1590,31 +1553,6 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
                         + 0.25f * FMath::Square(Height))
                         + Landing.FloorThickness + 4.0f;
                     IncludePoint(RoomCenter, RoomRadius);
-                    if (Landing.bHasNetworkConnector)
-                    {
-                        const float HubRadius = Landing.RootSpineRadius
-                            + Landing.ConnectorRadius;
-                        const float HubHalfHeight = 0.5f * FMath::Max(
-                            Landing.RootCeilingZ - Landing.RootFloorZ, 0.0f);
-                        IncludePoint(FVector(0.0f, 0.0f,
-                                             (Landing.RootFloorZ + Landing.RootCeilingZ) * 0.5f),
-                                     FMath::Sqrt(FMath::Square(HubRadius)
-                                         + FMath::Square(HubHalfHeight))
-                                         + Landing.FloorThickness + 4.0f);
-                        const float ConnectorHalfHeight = FMath::Max(
-                            0.5f * FMath::Max(
-                                Landing.ConnectorCeilingZ - Landing.FloorZ, 0.0f),
-                            Landing.ConnectorRadius);
-                        IncludePoint(Landing.ConnectorStart,
-                            ConnectorHalfHeight + 4.0f);
-                        if (Landing.bHasConnectorBend)
-                        {
-                            IncludePoint(Landing.ConnectorControl,
-                                ConnectorHalfHeight + 4.0f);
-                        }
-                        IncludePoint(Landing.ConnectorEnd,
-                            ConnectorHalfHeight + 4.0f);
-                    }
                 };
                 IncludeLanding(Passage.UpperLanding);
                 IncludeLanding(Passage.LowerLanding);
@@ -1646,13 +1584,11 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
     }
 
     UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log,
-        TEXT("[StrateManager] Passage landings: upper %d/%d and lower %d/%d source-fit; root floor connectors %d/%d; %d/%d mouth queries fell back to random reach (archetypes with no query: %s)."),
+        TEXT("[StrateManager] Passage landings: upper %d/%d and lower %d/%d source-fit; %d/%d mouth queries fell back to random reach (archetypes with no query: %s)."),
         NumAimedAtUpperPlayerFit,
         TotalPassages,
         NumAimedAtLowerPlayerFit,
         TotalPassages,
-        NumUpperRootConnectors,
-        NumLowerRootConnectors,
         (TotalPassages * 2) - NumAimedAtUpperPlayerFit - NumAimedAtLowerPlayerFit,
         TotalPassages * 2,
         *NoQueryList);
@@ -1686,7 +1622,9 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::GeneratePassages()
             // Keep the legacy type: this is the explicitly opted-in above-ground vertical opening,
             // not the default inter-strate descent style.
             Entry.PassageType = EVoxelPassageType::VerticalShaft;
-            Entry.Radius = FMath::Max(OriginSpineRadius * 0.7f, 4.0f);
+            // Match the reserved future shaft envelope exactly. The entry is only opened through
+            // the top seal into the finite landing room; lower strate seals remain untouched.
+            Entry.Radius = FMath::Max(OriginSpineRadius, 1.0f);
             Entry.UpperPoint = FVector(0.0f, 0.0f, TopZ + CHUNK_SIZE);
             // The capsule's lower tangent meets the room ceiling; it never bores through the
             // room's floor or creates an origin column in strate 0.
@@ -1779,8 +1717,8 @@ float UVoxelStrateManager::EvaluateModifierSDF(float WorldX, float WorldY, float
         }
 
         // A landing is a real room with a hard flat-floor half-space, not a sphere around the
-        // tube endpoint. The optional connector is the same fixed SDF geometry selected during
+        // tube endpoint. It is the same fixed SDF geometry selected during GeneratePassages; it
-        // GeneratePassages; it never performs a source query here.
+        // never performs a source query here and does not synthesize a radial root connector.
         const float UpperLandingSDF = VF_EvaluatePassageLandingSDF(Pos, P.UpperLanding);
         const float LowerLandingSDF = VF_EvaluatePassageLandingSDF(Pos, P.LowerLanding);
         MinSDF = VoxelSDF::SmoothMin(MinSDF, UpperLandingSDF, BlendK);
@@ -1807,9 +1745,10 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::ApplyPassageModifier(
     for (const int32 PassageIndex : Nearby)
     {
         const FVoxelPassage& Passage = Passages[PassageIndex];
-        if (VF_IsPassageLandingFloor(Position, Passage.UpperLanding)
+        if (!VoxelPassageGeometry::VerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker()
+            && (VF_IsPassageLandingFloor(Position, Passage.UpperLanding)
             || VF_IsPassageLandingFloor(Position, Passage.LowerLanding)
-            || VF_IsWalkableTunnelFloor(Passage, Position))
+            || VF_IsWalkableTunnelFloor(Passage, Position)))
         {
             // This is the one bidirectional part of PassageCarveOp: a floor is a proved solid
             // support slab. It is deliberately applied after the air carve so a tube can never
@@ -1928,9 +1867,10 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::ApplyPassageLandingFloorMC(
     for (const int32 PassageIndex : Nearby)
     {
         const FVoxelPassage& Passage = Passages[PassageIndex];
-        if (VF_IsPassageLandingFloor(Position, Passage.UpperLanding)
+        if (!VoxelPassageGeometry::VerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker()
+            && (VF_IsPassageLandingFloor(Position, Passage.UpperLanding)
                 || VF_IsPassageLandingFloor(Position, Passage.LowerLanding)
-            || VF_IsWalkableTunnelFloor(Passage, Position))
+                || VF_IsWalkableTunnelFloor(Passage, Position)))
         {
             // Result is in MC convention here (negative = solid). This reassertion is the
             // structural floor backstop after the optional MC-space disturbance layer.
@@ -1971,8 +1911,9 @@ void UVoxelStrateManager::ApplyPassageLandingRoomFloorMC(
     for (const int32 PassageIndex : Nearby)
     {
         const FVoxelPassage& Passage = Passages[PassageIndex];
-        if (VF_IsPassageRoomFloor(Position, Passage.UpperLanding)
+        if (!VoxelPassageGeometry::VerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker()
-            || VF_IsPassageRoomFloor(Position, Passage.LowerLanding))
+            && (VF_IsPassageRoomFloor(Position, Passage.UpperLanding)
+                || VF_IsPassageRoomFloor(Position, Passage.LowerLanding)))
         {
             Density = FMath::Min(Density, -BaseDensity);
             break;
@@ -2030,50 +1971,6 @@ bool UVoxelStrateManager::AnyPassageLandingFloorNearBox(
                 return true;
             }
 
-            // The fallback connector carries the same support slab away from the room.  Its
-            // segment is not covered by the room AABB above; omitting it would let a tile that
-            // contains only the connector floor prove AllAir and erase the guaranteed join.
-            if (Landing->bHasNetworkConnector && Landing->ConnectorRadius > 0.0f
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing->ConnectorStart.X)
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing->ConnectorStart.Y)
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing->ConnectorStart.Z)
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing->ConnectorEnd.X)
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing->ConnectorEnd.Y)
-                && FMath::IsFinite(Landing->ConnectorEnd.Z))
-            {
-                const float ConnectorPad = Landing->ConnectorRadius + Pad;
-                float ConnectorMinX = FMath::Min(
-                    Landing->ConnectorStart.X, Landing->ConnectorEnd.X) - ConnectorPad;
-                float ConnectorMaxX = FMath::Max(
-                    Landing->ConnectorStart.X, Landing->ConnectorEnd.X) + ConnectorPad;
-                float ConnectorMinY = FMath::Min(
-                    Landing->ConnectorStart.Y, Landing->ConnectorEnd.Y) - ConnectorPad;
-                float ConnectorMaxY = FMath::Max(
-                    Landing->ConnectorStart.Y, Landing->ConnectorEnd.Y) + ConnectorPad;
-                if (Landing->bHasConnectorBend)
-                {
-                    ConnectorMinX = FMath::Min(
-                        ConnectorMinX, Landing->ConnectorControl.X - ConnectorPad);
-                    ConnectorMaxX = FMath::Max(
-                        ConnectorMaxX, Landing->ConnectorControl.X + ConnectorPad);
-                    ConnectorMinY = FMath::Min(
-                        ConnectorMinY, Landing->ConnectorControl.Y - ConnectorPad);
-                    ConnectorMaxY = FMath::Max(
-                        ConnectorMaxY, Landing->ConnectorControl.Y + ConnectorPad);
-                }
-                const float ConnectorMinZ = FMath::Min(
-                    Landing->FloorZ, Landing->RootFloorZ)
-                    - Landing->FloorThickness - Pad;
-                const float ConnectorMaxZ = FMath::Max(
-                    Landing->FloorZ, Landing->RootFloorZ) + Pad;
-                if (ConnectorMaxX >= MinVoxel.X && ConnectorMinX <= MaxVoxel.X
-                    && ConnectorMaxY >= MinVoxel.Y && ConnectorMinY <= MaxVoxel.Y
-                    && ConnectorMaxZ >= MinVoxel.Z && ConnectorMinZ <= MaxVoxel.Z)
-                {
-                    return true;
-                }
-
-            }
         }
 
         // The default tube also owns a three-voxel support band. Its conservative segment AABB

Source/VoxelForge/Private/VoxelStrateMeasure.cpp

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "VoxelGenerator.h"
 #include "VoxelStrateManager.h"
 #include "VoxelTypes.h"
+#include "Async/ParallelFor.h"
 
 namespace VoxelStrateMeasurePrivate
 {
@@ -388,21 +389,26 @@ namespace VoxelStrateMeasurePrivate
             OutGrid.Density.SetNumUninitialized(OutGrid.CellCount);
         }
 
-        bool bSawNonFiniteDensity = false;
+        // Each Z slab writes a disjoint contiguous region. GetDensityAt is a const, read-only
-        int32 CellIndex = 0;
+        // query used concurrently by the mesher, and custom samplers are required to provide
-        for (int32 Z = 0; Z < OutGrid.NumZ; ++Z)
+        // the same const/thread-safe contract. The non-finite flag is also per-cell so the
+        // diagnostic reduction below never depends on task completion order.
+        TArray<uint8> NonFiniteFlags;
+        NonFiniteFlags.Init(0u, OutGrid.CellCount);
+        ParallelFor(OutGrid.NumZ, [&](int32 Z)
         {
             for (int32 Y = 0; Y < OutGrid.NumY; ++Y)
             {
                 for (int32 X = 0; X < OutGrid.NumX; ++X)
                 {
+                    const int32 CellIndex = OutGrid.Index(X, Y, Z);
                     const FVector Sample = OutGrid.CellCenter(X, Y, Z);
                     const float Density = Sampler != nullptr
                         ? Sampler->SampleDensity(Sample.X, Sample.Y, Sample.Z)
                         : Generator->GetDensityAt(Sample.X, Sample.Y, Sample.Z);
                     if (!FMath::IsFinite(Density))
                     {
-                        bSawNonFiniteDensity = true;
+                        NonFiniteFlags[CellIndex] = 1u;
                     }
 
                     // MC convention in this codebase: negative is solid, positive is air.
@@ -410,11 +416,16 @@ namespace VoxelStrateMeasurePrivate
                     {
                         OutGrid.Density[CellIndex] = Density;
                     }
-                    OutGrid.Air[CellIndex++] = Density > 0.0f ? 1u : 0u;
+                    OutGrid.Air[CellIndex] = Density > 0.0f ? 1u : 0u;
-                }
                 }
             }
+        });
 
+        bool bSawNonFiniteDensity = false;
+        for (int32 CellIndex = 0; CellIndex < OutGrid.CellCount; ++CellIndex)
+        {
+            bSawNonFiniteDensity |= NonFiniteFlags[CellIndex] != 0u;
+        }
         if (bSawNonFiniteDensity)
         {
             return Refuse(OutReason, TEXT("At least one density sample was non-finite."));
@@ -552,16 +563,52 @@ namespace VoxelStrateMeasurePrivate
 
     void BuildManhattanDistanceToSolid(const FSampleGrid& Grid, TArray<int32>& OutDistances)
     {
-        // Two raster passes with 6-neighbour Manhattan relaxation. The result is an approximation
+        // Two wavefront passes with 6-neighbour Manhattan relaxation. A cell depends only on the
-        // of distance-to-solid in the original field: each coarse grid unit is SampleStep VOXELS.
+        // immediately preceding diagonal in the forward pass (or following diagonal in the
+        // reverse pass), so each diagonal is safe to process in parallel while the diagonal
+        // barriers preserve the exact raster result. Each coarse grid unit is SampleStep VOXELS.
         constexpr int32 Infinity = INT32_MAX;
         OutDistances.SetNumUninitialized(Grid.CellCount);
-        for (int32 Index = 0; Index < Grid.CellCount; ++Index)
+        ParallelFor(Grid.CellCount, [&](int32 Index)
         {
             OutDistances[Index] = Grid.Air[Index] == 0u ? 0 : Infinity;
+        });
+
+        const int32 LastDiagonal = Grid.NumX + Grid.NumY + Grid.NumZ - 3;
+        const auto ProcessDiagonal = [&](int32 Diagonal, bool bForward)
+        {
+            const int32 MinZ = FMath::Max(
+                0, Diagonal - (Grid.NumX - 1) - (Grid.NumY - 1));
+            const int32 MaxZ = FMath::Min(Grid.NumZ - 1, Diagonal);
+            if (MinZ > MaxZ)
+            {
+                return;
             }
 
-        auto Relax = [&](int32 Current, int32 Neighbor)
+            int32 DiagonalCellCount = 0;
+            for (int32 Z = MinZ; Z <= MaxZ; ++Z)
+            {
+                const int32 MinY = FMath::Max(
+                    0, Diagonal - Z - (Grid.NumX - 1));
+                const int32 MaxY = FMath::Min(Grid.NumY - 1, Diagonal - Z);
+                DiagonalCellCount += FMath::Max(0, MaxY - MinY + 1);
+            }
+
+            const auto ProcessZ = [&](int32 Z)
+            {
+                const int32 MinY = FMath::Max(
+                    0, Diagonal - Z - (Grid.NumX - 1));
+                const int32 MaxY = FMath::Min(Grid.NumY - 1, Diagonal - Z);
+                for (int32 Y = MinY; Y <= MaxY; ++Y)
+                {
+                    const int32 X = Diagonal - Z - Y;
+                    const int32 Current = Grid.Index(X, Y, Z);
+                    if (Grid.Air[Current] == 0u)
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    const auto Relax = [&](int32 Neighbor)
                     {
                         if (OutDistances[Neighbor] == Infinity)
                         {
@@ -569,37 +616,51 @@ namespace VoxelStrateMeasurePrivate
                         }
                         const int32 Candidate = OutDistances[Neighbor] == INT32_MAX - 1
                             ? Infinity : OutDistances[Neighbor] + 1;
-            OutDistances[Current] = FMath::Min(OutDistances[Current], Candidate);
+                        OutDistances[Current] = FMath::Min(
+                            OutDistances[Current], Candidate);
                     };
 
-        for (int32 Z = 0; Z < Grid.NumZ; ++Z)
+                    if (bForward)
                     {
-            for (int32 Y = 0; Y < Grid.NumY; ++Y)
+                        if (X > 0) Relax(Grid.Index(X - 1, Y, Z));
+                        if (Y > 0) Relax(Grid.Index(X, Y - 1, Z));
+                        if (Z > 0) Relax(Grid.Index(X, Y, Z - 1));
+                    }
+                    else
                     {
-                for (int32 X = 0; X < Grid.NumX; ++X)
+                        if (X + 1 < Grid.NumX) Relax(Grid.Index(X + 1, Y, Z));
-                {
+                        if (Y + 1 < Grid.NumY) Relax(Grid.Index(X, Y + 1, Z));
-                    const int32 Current = Grid.Index(X, Y, Z);
+                        if (Z + 1 < Grid.NumZ) Relax(Grid.Index(X, Y, Z + 1));
-                    if (Grid.Air[Current] == 0u) continue;
-                    if (X > 0) Relax(Current, Grid.Index(X - 1, Y, Z));
-                    if (Y > 0) Relax(Current, Grid.Index(X, Y - 1, Z));
-                    if (Z > 0) Relax(Current, Grid.Index(X, Y, Z - 1));
-                }
                     }
                 }
+            };
 
-        for (int32 Z = Grid.NumZ - 1; Z >= 0; --Z)
+            // Tiny edge diagonals are cheaper to execute directly; substantial diagonals get
+            // one task per Z row, with every row writing a disjoint set of cells.
+            const int32 ZCount = MaxZ - MinZ + 1;
+            if (ZCount > 1 && DiagonalCellCount >= 256)
             {
-            for (int32 Y = Grid.NumY - 1; Y >= 0; --Y)
+                ParallelFor(ZCount, [&](int32 ZOffset)
                 {
-                for (int32 X = Grid.NumX - 1; X >= 0; --X)
+                    ProcessZ(MinZ + ZOffset);
+                });
+            }
+            else
             {
-                    const int32 Current = Grid.Index(X, Y, Z);
+                for (int32 Z = MinZ; Z <= MaxZ; ++Z)
-                    if (Grid.Air[Current] == 0u) continue;
+                {
-                    if (X + 1 < Grid.NumX) Relax(Current, Grid.Index(X + 1, Y, Z));
+                    ProcessZ(Z);
-                    if (Y + 1 < Grid.NumY) Relax(Current, Grid.Index(X, Y + 1, Z));
-                    if (Z + 1 < Grid.NumZ) Relax(Current, Grid.Index(X, Y, Z + 1));
                 }
             }
+        };
+
+        for (int32 Diagonal = 0; Diagonal <= LastDiagonal; ++Diagonal)
+        {
+            ProcessDiagonal(Diagonal, true);
+        }
+        for (int32 Diagonal = LastDiagonal; Diagonal >= 0; --Diagonal)
+        {
+            ProcessDiagonal(Diagonal, false);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1092,14 +1153,23 @@ namespace VoxelStrateMeasurePrivate
         }
 
         OutPlayerFit.Init(0u, Grid.CellCount);
+        TArray<int64> PlayerFitCounts;
+        PlayerFitCounts.Init(0, Grid.NumZ);
+
+        // A candidate pose only reads the immutable sampled grid and writes its own mask cell.
+        // Give each Z slab private stencil scratch, then reduce the per-slab counts in Z order
+        // below. This removes the old shared scratch/count race without changing any predicate.
+        ParallelFor(FMath::Max(Grid.NumZ - 1, 0), [&](int32 SliceIndex)
+        {
+            const int32 Z = SliceIndex + 1;
             TArray<float> SupportHeights;
             SupportHeights.SetNumUninitialized(SupportOffsets.Num());
             TArray<int32> SupportAnchorZs;
             SupportAnchorZs.SetNumUninitialized(SupportOffsets.Num());
             TArray<uint8> bSupported;
             bSupported.Init(0u, SupportOffsets.Num());
-        for (int32 Z = 1; Z < Grid.NumZ; ++Z)
+            int64 NumPlayerFitInSlice = 0;
-        {
+
             for (int32 Y = 0; Y < Grid.NumY; ++Y)
             {
                 for (int32 X = 0; X < Grid.NumX; ++X)
@@ -1188,14 +1258,18 @@ namespace VoxelStrateMeasurePrivate
                     {
                         continue;
                     }
-                    if (OutPlayerFit[Current] != 0u)
-                    {
-                        continue;
-                    }
                     OutPlayerFit[Current] = 1u;
-                    ++OutNumPlayerFitCells;
+                    ++NumPlayerFitInSlice;
                 }
             }
+            PlayerFitCounts[Z] = NumPlayerFitInSlice;
+        });
+
+        // Fixed-index reduction is intentional: even though the terms are integral, keeping the
+        // reduction serial documents the determinism rule shared by the floating metrics below.
+        for (int32 Z = 1; Z < Grid.NumZ; ++Z)
+        {
+            OutNumPlayerFitCells += PlayerFitCounts[Z];
         }
         return true;
     }
@@ -1211,11 +1285,16 @@ namespace VoxelStrateMeasurePrivate
 
         const int32 PlaneCells = Grid.NumX * Grid.NumY;
         constexpr int32 Infinity = INT32_MAX / 4;
+        TArray<int32> PerSliceMinimum;
+        PerSliceMinimum.Init(Infinity, Grid.NumZ);
+
+        // Each horizontal distance transform is independent. Keep its mutable raster in the
+        // worker and publish one integer result per Z slice; the final minimum is reduced in
+        // ascending Z order for an explicit deterministic reduction.
+        ParallelFor(Grid.NumZ, [&](int32 Z)
+        {
             TArray<int32> Distances;
             Distances.SetNumUninitialized(PlaneCells);
-        int32 MinimumDistance = Infinity;
-        for (int32 Z = 0; Z < Grid.NumZ; ++Z)
-        {
             for (int32 Y = 0; Y < Grid.NumY; ++Y)
             {
                 for (int32 X = 0; X < Grid.NumX; ++X)
@@ -1269,6 +1348,7 @@ namespace VoxelStrateMeasurePrivate
                 }
             }
 
+            int32 SliceMinimum = Infinity;
             for (int32 Y = 0; Y < Grid.NumY; ++Y)
             {
                 for (int32 X = 0; X < Grid.NumX; ++X)
@@ -1276,11 +1356,18 @@ namespace VoxelStrateMeasurePrivate
                     const int32 Cell = Grid.Index(X, Y, Z);
                     if (PlayerFit[Cell] != 0u)
                     {
-                        MinimumDistance = FMath::Min(
+                        SliceMinimum = FMath::Min(
-                            MinimumDistance, Distances[X + Grid.NumX * Y]);
+                            SliceMinimum, Distances[X + Grid.NumX * Y]);
                     }
                 }
             }
+            PerSliceMinimum[Z] = SliceMinimum;
+        });
+
+        int32 MinimumDistance = Infinity;
+        for (int32 Z = 0; Z < Grid.NumZ; ++Z)
+        {
+            MinimumDistance = FMath::Min(MinimumDistance, PerSliceMinimum[Z]);
         }
 
         return MinimumDistance == Infinity

Source/VoxelForge/Public/VoxelCaveMorphology.h

@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@
 // infinite worlds without storing anything.
 //
 // ROOMS:
-// - Origin room: guaranteed large room at (0,0) per strate — the hub
+// - Origin room: guaranteed large room at (0,0) per strate — the future shaft landing
 // - Hash rooms: ellipsoids, rounded boxes, or elongated capsules
 // - All blended with smooth-min for organic junctions
 //
 // TUNNELS:
 // - Connect pairs of rooms based on distance and probability
 // - Tapered (variable min/max radius at each endpoint)
-// - Curved (midpoint displaced perpendicular to tunnel direction)
+// - Curved wandering chains with deterministic perpendicular control-point jitter
 // - Horizontal bias (vertical connections penalized)
-// - Endpoint Z offset (tunnels enter rooms at different heights)
+// - Floor-aligned endpoints and variable radii preserve walkable room joins
-// - Origin room forces connections to all nearby rooms
+// - The origin room is not joined to landings by radial connector roads
 //
 // PIPELINE POSITION:
 // Step 3 (cave warp) bends the SDF query coordinates before we evaluate.
@@ -48,14 +48,10 @@ enum class ECaveGeneratorType : uint8;
  * `FloorZ = StandingPoint.Z - 0.5`.  The chamber is deliberately separate from the tube endpoint
  * so a sloped/vertical tube never presents the player with a hole as its first standing position.
  *
- * A source query answer selects the landing's XY/Z anchor.  Because that pure query does not
+ * A source query answer selects the landing's XY/Z anchor. The landing is deliberately local to
- * flood-fill the live network, every inter-strate end also gets a deterministic root connector
+ * that answer: it is a flat-floored room where the inter-strate tube meets a legal player-fit
- * (`bHasNetworkConnector`).  Its flat floor ramps to the same common interior root level for that
+ * pose. The (0,0) landing is the only place reserved for the future straight surface shaft;
- * strate, so both mouths enter the finite landing room at (0,0) even when their authored floors
+ * progression mouths do not receive hidden radial roads to that spine room.
- * are at opposite sides of the strate.  `RootSpineRadius` supplies the small endpoint overlap that
- * joins the connector to that room; it does not create a vertical shaft.  If the direct run would
- * be steeper than the named 15 degree tunnel contract, the connector uses a deterministic level
- * dog-leg before its final ramp; the bend is geometry, not a per-voxel search.
  */
 struct VOXELFORGE_API FVoxelPassageLanding
 {
@@ -63,23 +59,12 @@ struct VOXELFORGE_API FVoxelPassageLanding
     FVector DoorPoint = FVector::ZeroVector;
     FVector DoorDirection = FVector(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
 
-    FVector ConnectorStart = FVector::ZeroVector;
-    FVector ConnectorControl = FVector::ZeroVector;
-    FVector ConnectorEnd = FVector::ZeroVector;
-
     float FloorZ = 0.0f;
     float CeilingZ = 0.0f;
     float HalfWidth = 0.0f;
     float FloorThickness = 3.0f;
-    float ConnectorRadius = 0.0f;
-    float ConnectorCeilingZ = 0.0f;
-    float RootFloorZ = 0.0f;
-    float RootCeilingZ = 0.0f;
-    float RootSpineRadius = 0.0f;
 
     bool bSourcePlayerFit = false;
-    bool bHasNetworkConnector = false;
-    bool bHasConnectorBend = false;
 };
 
 //=============================================================================
@@ -202,17 +187,14 @@ VOXELFORGE_API FVoxelPassageLanding VF_BuildPassageLanding(
     float StrateTopZ,
     float StrateBottomZ,
     float BoundarySealThickness,
-    bool bSourcePlayerFit,
+    bool bSourcePlayerFit);
-    bool bHasNetworkConnector,
-    const FVector& NetworkPoint,
-    float RootSpineRadius = 0.0f);
 
-/** Signed distance of the room + optional root connector. Negative means passage air. */
+/** Signed distance of the local landing room. Negative means passage air. */
 VOXELFORGE_API float VF_EvaluatePassageLandingSDF(
     const FVector& Position,
     const FVoxelPassageLanding& Landing);
 
-/** True when a point belongs to the guaranteed solid floor slab of the landing/connector. */
+/** True when a point belongs to the guaranteed solid floor slab of the landing room. */
 VOXELFORGE_API bool VF_IsPassageLandingFloor(
     const FVector& Position,
     const FVoxelPassageLanding& Landing);
@@ -537,7 +519,7 @@ namespace VoxelNoise
 //   - Determine room existence, position, size
 //   - Run O(N²) nearest-neighbor backbone
 //   - Decide O(N²) tunnel connections with hash lookups
-//   - Compute tunnel radii, Z offsets, midpoint warping
+//   - Compute tunnel radii, floor-aligned endpoints, and wandering control chains
 //
 // With caching: build once, evaluate 32K times with just SDF math.
 // This is the single biggest CPU performance win for cave generation.
@@ -588,19 +570,41 @@ struct FCachedRoom
     float   ShapeR = 0.0f;
 };
 
-// A pre-computed tunnel segment — all connection decisions and hash-derived
+// A local flat-floor bridge over the overlap of two room bodies. It is not a new graph edge: it
-// properties (radius, Z offset, midpoint warp) are resolved during cache build.
+// only gives an existing spherical-room intersection one shared walkable floor level, removing
+// the high lip that otherwise appears when the two room floor cuts disagree.
+struct FCachedRoomFloorJoin
+{
+    FVector Start;
+    FVector End;
+    float Radius = 0.0f;
+    float FloorZ = 0.0f;
+    float CeilingZ = 0.0f;
+    FVector BoundCenter;
+    float BoundRadiusSq = 0.0f;
+};
+
+// A pre-computed wandering tunnel chain — all connection decisions and hash-derived properties
+// (radii, Z offsets, control points) are resolved during cache build.
 struct FCachedTunnel
 {
-    FVector EndpointA;    // First room's connection point (with Z offset)
+    FVector EndpointA;    // First room's floor-tangent connection point in SDF coordinates
-    FVector EndpointB;    // Second room's connection point (with Z offset)
+    FVector EndpointB;    // Second room's floor-tangent connection point in SDF coordinates
     float RadiusA;        // Tube radius at endpoint A
     float RadiusB;        // Tube radius at endpoint B
-    // Warped midpoint — only used if bHasMidpoint is true.
+    // Compatibility summary of the chain's first/middle/last points. These fields are retained
-    // Creates a two-segment curved path instead of a straight tube.
+    // for diagnostics and old cache consumers; EvaluateSDFCached uses ControlPoints when present.
     FVector Midpoint;
-    float RadiusMid;      // Radius at the midpoint (average of A and B)
+    float RadiusMid;
-    bool bHasMidpoint;    // True when TunnelWarpStrength > 0 and tunnel is long enough
+    bool bHasMidpoint;
+    TArray<FVector> ControlPoints;
+    TArray<float> ControlRadii;
+    // World-space copy used by the final structural air backstop. Evaluating this copy avoids
+    // turning a gentle authored floor ramp into a vertical break when the cave warp is nonlinear.
+    TArray<FVector> WorldControlPoints;
+    TArray<float> WorldControlRadii;
+    FVector WorldBoundCenter = FVector::ZeroVector;
+    float WorldBoundRadiusSq = 0.0f;
     // Bounding sphere for quick per-voxel rejection
     FVector BoundCenter;  // Center of the bounding sphere
     float BoundRadiusSq;  // Squared radius — if voxel is further, skip this tunnel
@@ -658,6 +662,7 @@ struct FCachedColumn
 struct FChunkSDFCache
 {
     TArray<FCachedRoom>          Rooms;
+    TArray<FCachedRoomFloorJoin> RoomFloorJoins;
     TArray<FCachedTunnel>  Tunnels;
     TArray<FCachedPit>     Pits;
     TArray<FCachedChimney> Chimneys;
@@ -681,6 +686,15 @@ namespace VoxelCaveMorphology
         return VoxelHash::Mix(WorldSeed ^ (uint32)(StrateIndex * 7919 + 104729));
     }
 
+    // Map a world-space query to the SDF coordinate space used by the room/tunnel cache. Keeping
+    // this transform in the morphology module lets the generator's post-disturbance structural
+    // check share the exact same warp as the source and the landing query.
+    VOXELFORGE_API FVector ApplyCaveWarp(
+        const FVector& WorldPoint,
+        const FStrateGenerationParams& Params,
+        uint32 Seed
+    );
+
     // PHASE 1: Build the SDF cache for a rectangular region.
     // Collects all rooms, computes nearest-neighbor backbone, decides tunnel
     // connections, and pre-computes all tunnel geometry (radii, offsets, midpoints).
@@ -697,7 +711,7 @@ namespace VoxelCaveMorphology
     // @param Seed         — world seed
     // @param StrateIndex  — which strate (offsets hash for variety)
     // @param TerrainOps   — optional probability pool; null = no per-room ops
-    void BuildChunkCache(
+    VOXELFORGE_API void BuildChunkCache(
         FChunkSDFCache& OutCache,
         float SearchMinX, float SearchMinY,
         float SearchMaxX, float SearchMaxY,
@@ -720,13 +734,37 @@ namespace VoxelCaveMorphology
     //                                  per-room terrain op assigned to this voxel's room.
     // (Room shape variety is baked into FCachedRoom by BuildChunkCache — no per-voxel roll.)
     // @return negative = inside cave, positive = solid rock
-    float EvaluateSDFCached(
+    VOXELFORGE_API float EvaluateSDFCached(
         float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ,
         const FChunkSDFCache& Cache,
         float SDFBlendRadius,
         int32* OutNearestRoomIdx = nullptr
     );
 
+    // Evaluate the raw union of cached graph-tunnel capsules. This is intentionally separate from
+    // the SmoothMin morphology: the generator uses it after terrain/passage posts to reassert the
+    // tunnel's walkable air core without reintroducing a connector or changing room ownership.
+    VOXELFORGE_API float EvaluateTunnelCoreSDF(
+        float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ,
+        const FChunkSDFCache& Cache
+    );
+
+    // Evaluate the final structural air contract against the world-space wandering chain. Room
+    // SDFs remain evaluated in warped coordinates; only this post uses world coordinates so its
+    // walkable floor follows the authored chain exactly.
+    VOXELFORGE_API float EvaluateTunnelCoreWorldSDF(
+        float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ,
+        const FChunkSDFCache& Cache
+    );
+
+    // True for the finite support slab beneath a world-space graph tunnel. The native density
+    // path and the operator stack use this same predicate before reopening the air core, keeping
+    // the rounded capsule's bottom from becoming an unsupported point.
+    VOXELFORGE_API bool IsTunnelSupportFloorWorldPoint(
+        float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ,
+        const FChunkSDFCache& Cache
+    );
+
     // CONVENIENCE WRAPPER: builds a temporary cache and evaluates in one call.
     // Use this for one-off queries (debug visualization, single-point sampling).
     // For chunk generation, use BuildChunkCache + EvaluateSDFCached instead.
@@ -748,7 +786,9 @@ namespace VoxelCaveMorphology
  * clear capsule volume. The local source stencil deliberately does not claim flood-fill
  * connectivity or a measured component size; it selects a topology-backed feature core instead.
  * For TunnelNetwork/Underwater, Seed must be the strate-specific room seed returned by
- * VoxelCaveMorphology::MakeStrateSeed; for slab, maze, shaft, and island archetypes, Seed is the
+ * VoxelCaveMorphology::MakeStrateSeed; the optional WorldSeed selects the production cave-warp
+ * field and should be the generator world seed. If omitted, the room seed is used for both for
+ * backward-compatible standalone queries. For slab, maze, shaft, and island archetypes, Seed is the
  * generator world seed consumed by their source. SurfaceWorld deliberately has no answer here:
  * its production height can be selected by manager-owned biome context and per-chunk state,
  * which this re-entrant query cannot inspect.
@@ -772,7 +812,8 @@ VOXELFORGE_API bool VF_SuggestLandingPoint(
     float DesiredX,
     float DesiredY,
     float MaxLateralSnap,
-    FVector& OutPoint
+    FVector& OutPoint,
+    int32 WorldSeed = MIN_int32
 );
 
 /**
@@ -797,5 +838,6 @@ VOXELFORGE_API bool VF_SuggestLandingPoint(
     float DesiredX,
     float DesiredY,
     float MaxLateralSnap,
-    FVector& OutPoint
+    FVector& OutPoint,
+    int32 WorldSeed = MIN_int32
 );

Source/VoxelForge/Public/VoxelDensityOpStack.h

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * RÔLE 4 — ajoute les invariants de monde, dans l'ordre fixe, à la fin de la pile.
-     * spine (0,0) → seal de frontière → carve de passage → seal de limite XY.
+     * spine (0,0) → seal de frontière → carve de passage → [posts spécifiques] → seal de limite XY.
      *
      * ⚠️ La couche de diff (édits joueur) n'est PAS ici : elle vit dans `GetDensityAt`, APRÈS la
      * négation MC, avec les disturbances. Elle rejoindra la pile quand les disturbances seront
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ public:
      */
     VOXELFORGE_API void AppendStructuralPost(float StrateTopWorldZ, float StrateBottomWorldZ,
                                              float SealThickness, float BaseDensity, float SpineRadius,
-                                             const UVoxelStrateManager* StrateManager);
+                                             const UVoxelStrateManager* StrateManager,
+                                             bool bAppendEdgeSeal = true);
 
 private:
     TArray<FOpEntry> Ops;
@@ -387,10 +388,10 @@ namespace VoxelDensityOps
                                                 bool bAppendStructuralPosts = true);
 
     /**
-     * TunnelNetwork — **COMPLET, 20 ops** :
+     * TunnelNetwork — **COMPLET** :
      *   ConstantRock → RoomGraph(warp + pits + cheminées) → SdfCarve → CaveRoughness(4b)
      *   → Terrace → LayerLines → Ribbing → Overhang → Cliff → Scallop → Arch → RoomColumn(4d)
-     *   → Dome(4g) → Pinch(4h) → FloorBias → Worms → [structural ×4]
+     *   → Dome(4g) → Pinch(4h) → FloorBias → Worms → [spine, boundary, passage, graph-air, XY seal]
      *
      * L'override d'op PAR SALLE (étape C1) n'ajoute aucun opérateur : `FRoomGraphSource` publie
      * `LocalParams()` — les params de la strate avec l'op de la salle la plus proche appliqué — et

Source/VoxelForge/Public/VoxelDensityPrimitives.h

@@ -140,9 +140,12 @@ FORCEINLINE void VF_ApplyOriginSpine(float& Density, float WorldX, float WorldY,
         && WorldZ > Geometry.FloorZ - Geometry.FloorThickness
         && FMath::Abs(WorldX) <= FMath::Max(Geometry.HalfWidth - 1.0f, 0.0f)
         && FMath::Abs(WorldY) <= FMath::Max(Geometry.HalfWidth - 1.0f, 0.0f))
+    {
+        if (!VoxelPassageGeometry::VerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker())
         {
             Density = FMath::Max(Density, BaseDensity);
         }
+    }
 }
 
 /** Reassert only the origin-room air volume after a post-process that may add rock. */
@@ -175,9 +178,12 @@ FORCEINLINE void VF_ApplyOriginLandingFloor(float& Density,
         && WorldZ > Geometry.FloorZ - Geometry.FloorThickness
         && FMath::Abs(WorldX) <= FMath::Max(Geometry.HalfWidth - 1.0f, 0.0f)
         && FMath::Abs(WorldY) <= FMath::Max(Geometry.HalfWidth - 1.0f, 0.0f))
+    {
+        if (!VoxelPassageGeometry::VerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker())
         {
             Density = FMath::Max(Density, BaseDensity);
         }
+    }
 }
 
 /** MC-facing origin-room air backstop for the post-disturbance path. */

Source/VoxelForge/Public/VoxelPassageGeometry.h

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ namespace VoxelPassageGeometry
     constexpr float SealSafetyMarginVoxels = 4.0f;
     constexpr float RoomRoundingVoxels = 1.5f;
     constexpr float LandingCarveBlendVoxels = 4.0f;
+    // The origin landing is reserved for the same straight spine that the vertical-shaft
+    // generator uses: OriginSpineRadius on each side, with a three-voxel / 0.75 m floor ledge
+    // around it after the support patch's one-voxel inset. At the default radius (14 voxels) this
+    // is a 28-voxel / 7 m future shaft diameter.
+    constexpr float OriginShaftFloorClearanceVoxels = 4.0f;
     // Level tunnel apron outside each room-floor edge.  It covers the room/tunnel SDF blend and
     // keeps the ramp from starting while the route is still over the room's square support patch.
     constexpr float WalkableTunnelLandingApronVoxels = 6.0f; // 1.5 m
@@ -33,18 +38,16 @@ namespace VoxelPassageGeometry
     // ownership band: the floor writer owns the plane, while the air writer owns the capsule
     // volume above it even when two overlapping passage projections differ by a fraction.
     constexpr float WalkableTunnelFloorAirClearanceVoxels = 0.5f;
+    // The graph-tunnel post owns the interior above its floor after terrain and passage-floor
+    // writers have run. The support-floor predicate is also an exclusion mask for the air post,
+    // so overlapping graph tubes cannot erase one another's walkable support band.
+    constexpr float CaveTunnelAirCoreInsetVoxels = 0.5f;
 
     // A 15 degree ramp is comfortably below the 44 degree engine walkability ceiling.  The
     // latter is a scramble limit, not a sensible default for a tunnel the player walks through.
     constexpr float WalkableTunnelMaxGradientDegrees = 15.0f;
     constexpr float WalkableTunnelMaxGradient = 0.2679491924311227f; // tan(15 degrees)
 
-    // The network connector retains the §6.5 single-file dimensions: 2.5 m clear width and 3 m
-    // clear height.  These values are in voxels because all passage descriptors are voxel-space.
-    constexpr float ConnectorRadiusVoxels = 5.0f;
-    constexpr float ConnectorHeightVoxels = 12.0f;
-    constexpr float RootOverlapVoxels = 2.25f;
-
     // The walkability contract is about the floor carried by the tube, not only its centreline.
     // A tapered tube changes that floor by the radius delta, so the construction and the audit
     // use this same conservative floor delta.
@@ -53,6 +56,204 @@ namespace VoxelPassageGeometry
         return Centreline.Z - FMath::Abs(Radius);
     }
 
+    // Vertical-shaft tree links are round air capsules, but the player-fit graph needs a
+    // deterministic support plane to walk between shafts. Keep that plane on the first
+    // seal-safe ledge shared by the whole strate, so every tree edge has the same walk level.
+    // This is shaft-network support, not an origin landing connector.
+    FORCEINLINE float VerticalShaftConnectorFloorThickness(float Radius)
+    {
+        return FMath::Min(
+            LandingFloorThicknessVoxels,
+            FMath::Max(0.5f, FMath::Abs(Radius) * 0.5f));
+    }
+
+    FORCEINLINE float VerticalShaftConnectorFloorZ(
+        float StrateBottomZ,
+        float InteriorBottomZ,
+        float InteriorTopZ,
+        float LedgeSpacing,
+        float LedgeDepth,
+        float ConnectorRadius)
+    {
+        const float FloorThickness = VerticalShaftConnectorFloorThickness(ConnectorRadius);
+        const float MinimumFloor = InteriorBottomZ
+            + FloorThickness + SealSafetyMarginVoxels;
+        const float MaximumFloor = InteriorTopZ
+            - PlayerHeightVoxels - SealSafetyMarginVoxels;
+        if (!FMath::IsFinite(StrateBottomZ)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(InteriorBottomZ)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(InteriorTopZ)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(LedgeSpacing)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(LedgeDepth)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(MinimumFloor)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(MaximumFloor)
+            || !(MaximumFloor > MinimumFloor))
+        {
+            return 0.5f * (InteriorBottomZ + InteriorTopZ);
+        }
+
+        if (LedgeSpacing > 0.0f && LedgeDepth > 0.0f)
+        {
+            const float RelativeBottom = InteriorBottomZ - StrateBottomZ;
+            const int32 FirstPeriod = FMath::FloorToInt(RelativeBottom / LedgeSpacing);
+            // The small fixed bound keeps malformed authored values from turning generation into
+            // an unbounded search. Normal shaft strates find the first or second period.
+            constexpr int32 MaxPeriods = 64;
+            for (int32 PeriodOffset = 0; PeriodOffset < MaxPeriods; ++PeriodOffset)
+            {
+                const float PeriodStart = static_cast<float>(FirstPeriod + PeriodOffset)
+                    * LedgeSpacing;
+                const float Candidate = StrateBottomZ + PeriodStart + LedgeDepth;
+                if (Candidate > MinimumFloor && Candidate < MaximumFloor)
+                {
+                    return Candidate;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return FMath::Clamp(
+            0.5f * (InteriorBottomZ + InteriorTopZ), MinimumFloor, MaximumFloor);
+    }
+
+    FORCEINLINE float VerticalShaftConnectorCenterZ(
+        float StrateBottomZ,
+        float InteriorBottomZ,
+        float InteriorTopZ,
+        float LedgeSpacing,
+        float LedgeDepth,
+        float ConnectorRadius)
+    {
+        const float SafeRadius = FMath::Abs(ConnectorRadius);
+        const float FloorThickness = VerticalShaftConnectorFloorThickness(SafeRadius);
+        return VerticalShaftConnectorFloorZ(
+            StrateBottomZ, InteriorBottomZ, InteriorTopZ,
+            LedgeSpacing, LedgeDepth, SafeRadius)
+            + SafeRadius - FloorThickness;
+    }
+
+    /** Add a flat, inset support band below one horizontal shaft-tree capsule. */
+    FORCEINLINE void VF_ApplyVerticalShaftConnectorFloor(
+        float& Density,
+        float WorldX,
+        float WorldY,
+        float WorldZ,
+        const FVector& Start,
+        const FVector& End,
+        float Radius,
+        float FloorZ,
+        float BaseDensity)
+    {
+        const float SafeRadius = FMath::Abs(Radius);
+        const float FloorThickness = VerticalShaftConnectorFloorThickness(SafeRadius);
+        const float FloorRadius = FMath::Max(0.5f, SafeRadius - 0.5f);
+        if (!(SafeRadius > 0.0f)
+            || !(BaseDensity > 0.0f)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(WorldX)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(WorldY)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(WorldZ)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(FloorZ)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(Start.X) || !FMath::IsFinite(Start.Y)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(End.X) || !FMath::IsFinite(End.Y))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const FVector2D A(Start.X, Start.Y);
+        const FVector2D Delta(End.X - Start.X, End.Y - Start.Y);
+        const float LengthSquared = Delta.SizeSquared();
+        const float T = LengthSquared > KINDA_SMALL_NUMBER
+            ? FMath::Clamp(
+                FVector2D::DotProduct(FVector2D(WorldX, WorldY) - A, Delta)
+                    / LengthSquared,
+                0.0f, 1.0f)
+            : 0.0f;
+        const FVector2D Closest = A + Delta * T;
+        if ((FVector2D(WorldX, WorldY) - Closest).SizeSquared()
+                > FMath::Square(FloorRadius))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (WorldZ <= FloorZ + KINDA_SMALL_NUMBER
+            && WorldZ > FloorZ - FloorThickness)
+        {
+            Density = FMath::Max(Density, BaseDensity);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ApplyVerticalShaftConnectorAir runs before the generator's shared disturbance pass.  Keep
+    // this one-bit, call-local hand-off so a bridge/ridge cannot refill the core it just opened.
+    // It is thread-local state, never a per-voxel cache, and is reset around every density query.
+    FORCEINLINE bool& VerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker()
+    {
+        static thread_local bool bMarked = false;
+        return bMarked;
+    }
+
+    FORCEINLINE void ResetVerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker()
+    {
+        VerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker() = false;
+    }
+
+    /** Reassert the walkable air core above one horizontal shaft-tree floor band. */
+    FORCEINLINE void VF_ApplyVerticalShaftConnectorAir(
+        float& Density,
+        float WorldX,
+        float WorldY,
+        float WorldZ,
+        const FVector& Start,
+        const FVector& End,
+        float Radius,
+        float FloorZ,
+        float BaseDensity)
+    {
+        const float SafeRadius = FMath::Abs(Radius);
+        // Leave a one-voxel wall band for the roughness/solid shell, while retaining more than
+        // enough width for the 1.36-voxel player capsule and its support stencil.
+        const float CoreRadius = FMath::Max(0.5f, SafeRadius - 1.0f);
+        if (!(SafeRadius > 0.0f)
+            || !(BaseDensity > 0.0f)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(WorldX)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(WorldY)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(WorldZ)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(FloorZ)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(Start.X) || !FMath::IsFinite(Start.Y)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(Start.Z)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(End.X) || !FMath::IsFinite(End.Y)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(End.Z))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // The exact floor sample belongs to the air core's lower ownership edge. The floor
+        // writer only owns the three voxels below FloorZ, so clearing from the half-voxel band
+        // above it cannot remove support.
+        if (WorldZ + KINDA_SMALL_NUMBER
+            < FloorZ + WalkableTunnelFloorAirClearanceVoxels)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const FVector Delta = End - Start;
+        const float LengthSquared = Delta.SizeSquared();
+        const float T = LengthSquared > KINDA_SMALL_NUMBER
+            ? FMath::Clamp(FVector::DotProduct(FVector(WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ) - Start, Delta)
+                / LengthSquared, 0.0f, 1.0f)
+            : 0.0f;
+        const FVector Closest = Start + Delta * T;
+        if ((FVector(WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ) - Closest).SizeSquared()
+            > FMath::Square(CoreRadius))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Internal convention: negative is air, positive is solid. This is intentionally a
+        // post-ledge write; a partial shaft shelf must not cap the tree route's player-height
+        // envelope after the capsule has already carved it.
+        VerticalShaftConnectorAirMarker() = true;
+        Density = FMath::Min(Density, -BaseDensity);
+    }
+
     FORCEINLINE float TunnelFloorGradient(
         const FVector& Start, float StartRadius,
         const FVector& End, float EndRadius)
@@ -194,7 +395,14 @@ namespace VoxelPassageGeometry
             return Result;
         }
 
-        Result.HalfWidth = LandingHalfWidthForRadius(OriginRadius);
+        // Keep a solid walking ledge around the future shaft, not merely a room whose wall is
+        // tangent to it. The shaft diameter is 2 * OriginRadius; the extra four voxels leave a
+        // three-voxel / 0.75 m floor margin after the support patch's one-voxel inset at the
+        // authored 25 cm scale.
+        Result.HalfWidth = FMath::Max(
+            LandingHalfWidthForRadius(OriginRadius),
+            FMath::Max(FMath::Abs(OriginRadius), 1.0f)
+                + OriginShaftFloorClearanceVoxels);
         const float DesiredHeight = LandingHeightForRadius(OriginRadius);
         const float SafeSeal = FMath::Max(SealThickness, 0.0f);
         const float InnerBottom = StrateBottomZ + SafeSeal;

Source/VoxelForge/Public/VoxelSettings.h

@@ -393,9 +393,10 @@ public:
 	//=========================================================================
 
     // Authored radius (voxels) of the guaranteed (0,0) landing room in EVERY strate, regardless
-    // of archetype. The §6.5 body-sized formulas turn it into a flat-floored room; this setting
+    // of archetype. The §6.5 body-sized formulas turn it into a flat-floored room reserved for a
-    // no longer bores a vertical column. 0 = disabled. The room is top-anchored inside each
+    // future straight shaft of diameter 2 * this radius. At the default 14-voxel radius that is
-    // strate, and the seals remain solid until a progression passage is opened.
+    // 28 voxels / 7 m, with a three-voxel / 0.75 m floor ledge around it. This setting does not bore the
+    // shaft today: lower seals remain solid until a progression passage is opened.
     //   10-14 → compact landing room (default) · 20+ → broad landing room
 	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Voxel|Spine", meta = (ClampMin = "0.0"))
 	float OriginSpineRadius = 14.0f;

Source/VoxelForge/Public/VoxelStrateMeasure.h

@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@ struct VOXELFORGE_API FVoxelPlayerCapsuleConstants
     static constexpr float HeightVoxels = VoxelPassageGeometry::PlayerHeightVoxels;
 };
 
-/** Read-only density source used by the offline Tier 2 pass for a materialised custom stack. */
+/**
+ * Read-only density source used by the offline Tier 2 pass for a materialised custom stack.
+ *
+ * SampleDensity is called concurrently during grid sampling; implementations must be const,
+ * re-entrant, and safe for concurrent read-only calls, just like UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityAt.
+ */
 class VOXELFORGE_API IVoxelStrateDensitySampler
 {
 public:
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ struct VOXELFORGE_API FVoxelStrateMeasureSettings
     TOptional<FVector2D> CoverPointB;
     float CoverMarginVoxels = 48.0f;
     // Origin-rooted topologies can route from one mouth to the other through the finite (0,0)
-    // landing room and its explicitly carved connector network.
+    // landing room and its local room/join geometry. There is no hidden radial connector network.
     // When true, include (0,0) in the fitted AABB before applying MaxCells. A caller must keep
     // this enabled for that topology; an over-cap route window is then refused honestly instead
     // of being cropped back to a mouth-only box.

Source/VoxelForge/Public/VoxelStrateTypes.h

@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ struct VOXELFORGE_API FStrateGenerationParams
 
     // How much tunnel paths curve (in voxels of sideways displacement).
     // Without this, tunnels are straight lines between rooms.
-    // This adds a hash-derived midpoint offset to each tunnel, creating
+    // This adds deterministic hash-jittered control points along each tunnel, creating
-    // unique curves — some bend left, some right, some are nearly straight.
+    // unique wandering chains — some bend left, some right, some are nearly straight.
     // Capped at 25% of tunnel length to prevent kinky short tunnels.
     //   0   → perfectly straight tunnels (artificial look)
     //   8-12→ gentle natural curves
@@ -642,21 +642,20 @@ struct VOXELFORGE_API FStrateGenerationParams
     // Topology of the guaranteed tunnel network.
     // true  → each room links to its best candidate among rooms CLOSER to (0,0): the whole
     //         network becomes a tree rooted at the origin room — every cave is reachable
-    //         from the spine hub, tunnels flow inward like tributaries (intentional descent
+    //         from the graph root, tunnels flow inward like tributaries (intentional descent
-    //         structure). TunnelDensity still adds loops on top.
+    //         structure). This graph root is not a radial landing-to-hub road. TunnelDensity
+    //         still adds loops on top.
     // false → legacy nearest-neighbor pairing: organic scattered clusters, but connectivity
     //         between clusters is NOT guaranteed (isolated pockets are common).
     UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Cave Morphology|Tunnels")
     bool bTunnelsFlowTowardOrigin = true;
 
-    // How much tunnel endpoints shift up/down within rooms (0-1).
+    // Vertical wander amount for tunnel control points (0-1). Endpoints are always tangent to
-    // Fraction of the room's vertical radius. Each tunnel endpoint gets
+    // their room's deterministic floor so a room join cannot be vertically severed; this value
-    // a hash-derived Z offset, so tunnels enter rooms at different heights.
+    // controls only the interior chain's bounded up/down variation.
-    // Combined with terrain ops (cliffs, terraces), this creates multi-level rooms
+    //   0.0 → level floor-to-floor chain
-    // where one tunnel exits at the upper ledge and another at the lower floor.
+    //   0.25 → restrained vertical wander (default)
-    //   0.0 → all tunnels connect at room center height
+    //   1.0 → strongest interior vertical variation
-    //   0.25 → endpoints use a restrained quarter-height offset (default)
-    //   1.0 → full range — tunnels can enter near floor or ceiling
     UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Cave Morphology|Tunnels", meta = (ClampMin = "0.0", ClampMax = "1.0"))
     float TunnelEndpointZOffset = 0.25f;
 
@@ -1787,15 +1786,15 @@ struct VOXELFORGE_API FStratePassageConfig
 
     // ----- WIDTH (tapers along the length) -----
     // Radius at the two mouths (entry/exit) and at the middle. Equal = uniform tube;
-    // The walkable default is deliberately single-file: 3.0 m diameter at mouths and 2.5 m at
+    // The walkable default is 1.5x the original comfortable profile: 4.5 m diameter at mouths
-    // the waist (6/5 voxel radii at 25 cm per voxel). The §6.5 landing room remains wider for
+    // and 3.75 m at the waist (9/7.5 voxel radii at 25 cm per voxel). The §6.5 landing room
-    // turning.
+    // remains wider for turning.
     // Mouth > Mid = chambers at the ends with a squeeze between; Mid > Mouth = a bulge.
     UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Passage|Width", meta = (ClampMin = "1.0"))
-    float MouthRadius = 6.0f;
+    float MouthRadius = 9.0f;
 
     UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Passage|Width", meta = (ClampMin = "1.0"))
-    float MidRadius = 5.0f;
+    float MidRadius = 7.5f;
 
     // ----- LENGTH -----
     // How far the tunnel reaches INTO each strate (voxels). Auto-capped to the interior;

Source/VoxelForgeEditor/Private/VoxelForgeExploreCommandlet.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "VoxelDiffLayer.h"
 #include "VoxelGenerator.h"
 #include "VoxelMarchingCubesMesher.h"
+#include "VoxelNoise.h"
 #include "VoxelSettings.h"
 #include "VoxelStrateDefinition.h"
 #include "VoxelStrateManager.h"
@@ -32,21 +33,21 @@ namespace
 {
 using FExploreJsonWriter = TJsonWriter<TCHAR, TCondensedJsonPrintPolicy<TCHAR>>;
 
-constexpr int32 DefaultRenderWidth = 192;
+constexpr int32 DefaultRenderWidth = 512;
-constexpr int32 DefaultRenderHeight = 128;
+constexpr int32 DefaultRenderHeight = 288;
 constexpr float DefaultRenderStepVoxels = 0.25f;
-constexpr float DefaultRenderMaxDistanceVoxels = 256.0f;
+constexpr float DefaultRenderMaxDistanceVoxels = 160.0f;
 constexpr int32 DefaultExportSize = 128;
 constexpr int32 DefaultMaxWalkCells = 32000000;
 constexpr int32 MaxSyntheticStrates = 64;
 constexpr int32 MaxRenderPixels = 1048576;
-constexpr int64 MaxRenderDensitySamples = 200000000ll;
+constexpr int64 MaxRenderDensitySamples = 400000000ll;
 constexpr int32 MaxExportSize = 128;
 constexpr int64 MaxWalkWorkingBytes = 768ll * 1024ll * 1024ll;
-// The exact fine-grid walk retains Air + Density + player-fit bits, and can transiently hold
+// The exact fine-grid walk retains Air + Density + player-fit bits + non-finite flags, and can
-// Parent + Queue + Path or Visited + NarrowCell + DFS stacks. 20 bytes/cell is a conservative
+// transiently hold Parent + Queue + Path or Visited + NarrowCell + DFS stacks. 21 bytes/cell is a
-// preflight figure for those arrays, including allocator slack/headroom.
+// conservative preflight figure for those arrays, including allocator slack/headroom.
-constexpr int64 EstimatedWalkBytesPerCell = 20ll;
+constexpr int64 EstimatedWalkBytesPerCell = 21ll;
 constexpr int64 MaxExportWorkingBytes = 1024ll * 1024ll * 1024ll;
 
 const TCHAR* ArchetypeName(ECaveGeneratorType Archetype)
@@ -475,6 +476,8 @@ struct FExploreRenderFrame
 {
     FString FileName;
     FString Purpose = TEXT("overview");
+    FString CameraSeedSource = TEXT("player_fit");
+    FVector CameraSeedPoseVoxels = FVector::ZeroVector;
     FVector CameraVoxels = FVector::ZeroVector;
     FVector TargetVoxels = FVector::ZeroVector;
     int32 HitPixels = 0;
@@ -494,6 +497,9 @@ struct FExploreRenderOutput
     float MaxDistanceVoxels = 0.0f;
     int64 EstimatedFixedDensitySamples = 0;
     FString StepRationale;
+    FString CameraSeedPolicy;
+    int32 CameraSeedCount = 0;
+    bool bAllCamerasPlayerFit = false;
     TArray<FExploreRenderFrame> Frames;
 };
 
@@ -888,6 +894,7 @@ bool SavePng(
 bool RunRender(
     const FExploreArguments& Arguments,
     const FExploreWorld& World,
+    const FExploreWalkOutput& CameraSeedWalk,
     FExploreRenderOutput& OutOutput)
 {
     OutOutput = FExploreRenderOutput();
@@ -910,17 +917,120 @@ bool RunRender(
         "fixed 0.25-voxel default step (override with -renderstep), detects density sign crossings, "
         "and refines each crossing with 10 bisection iterations; it never sphere-traces.");
 
-    const float MiddleZ = 0.5f * static_cast<float>(World.TargetBottomWorldZ + World.TargetTopWorldZ);
+    OutOutput.CameraSeedPolicy = TEXT(
-    const FVector Target(0.0f, 0.0f, MiddleZ);
+        "Every camera origin is a density-checked pose from the exact player-fit walk mask: "
-    const FVector CameraPositions[] = {
+        "arrival, departure, last reached, and agent-final poses are considered in fixed order; "
-        FVector(0.0f, -192.0f, MiddleZ + 32.0f),
+        "duplicate poses are removed. The target is offset toward the fitted route so the view is "
-        FVector(192.0f, -160.0f, MiddleZ + 64.0f),
+        "from inside the walkable space.");
-        FVector(-160.0f, 128.0f, MiddleZ + 96.0f),
+
+    TArray<TPair<FVector, FString>, TInlineAllocator<4>> CameraSeeds;
+    const auto AddCameraSeed = [&](bool bAvailable, const FVector& Position, const TCHAR* Source)
+    {
+        if (!bAvailable
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(Position.X)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(Position.Y)
+            || !FMath::IsFinite(Position.Z))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // The walk mask is authoritative, but this guard catches stale/corrupt report data before
+        // a render can silently start inside rock.
+        const float Density = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(Position.X, Position.Y, Position.Z);
+        if (!FMath::IsFinite(Density) || !(Density > 0.0f))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        for (const TPair<FVector, FString>& Existing : CameraSeeds)
+        {
+            if (Existing.Key.Equals(Position, 0.001f))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        CameraSeeds.Emplace(Position, FString(Source));
     };
 
-    for (int32 ViewIndex = 0; ViewIndex < UE_ARRAY_COUNT(CameraPositions); ++ViewIndex)
+    AddCameraSeed(
+        CameraSeedWalk.bHasArrival,
+        CameraSeedWalk.ArrivalVoxels,
+        TEXT("arrival_player_fit"));
+    AddCameraSeed(
+        CameraSeedWalk.bHasDeparture,
+        CameraSeedWalk.DepartureVoxels,
+        TEXT("departure_player_fit"));
+    AddCameraSeed(
+        CameraSeedWalk.Report.bHasLastReachedPosition,
+        CameraSeedWalk.Report.LastReachedVoxels,
+        TEXT("last_reached_player_fit"));
+    AddCameraSeed(
+        CameraSeedWalk.Report.bHasAgentFinalPosition,
+        CameraSeedWalk.Report.AgentFinalVoxels,
+        TEXT("agent_final_player_fit"));
+
+    if (CameraSeeds.Num() == 0)
     {
-        const FVector CameraPosition = CameraPositions[ViewIndex];
+        OutOutput.Status = TEXT("refused");
+        OutOutput.RefusalReason = TEXT(
+            "The player-fit seed pass produced no density-positive pose; refusing an inside-rock camera.");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    OutOutput.CameraSeedCount = CameraSeeds.Num();
+    OutOutput.bAllCamerasPlayerFit = true;
+    FVector RouteFocus = FVector::ZeroVector;
+    int32 RouteFocusCount = 0;
+    if (CameraSeedWalk.bHasArrival)
+    {
+        RouteFocus += CameraSeedWalk.ArrivalVoxels;
+        ++RouteFocusCount;
+    }
+    if (CameraSeedWalk.bHasDeparture)
+    {
+        RouteFocus += CameraSeedWalk.DepartureVoxels;
+        ++RouteFocusCount;
+    }
+    if (RouteFocusCount > 0)
+    {
+        RouteFocus /= static_cast<float>(RouteFocusCount);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        RouteFocus = CameraSeeds[0].Key;
+    }
+
+    const FVector KeyLightDirection = FVector(-0.35f, -0.45f, 0.82f).GetSafeNormal();
+    const FVector FillLightDirection = FVector(0.65f, 0.30f, 0.70f).GetSafeNormal();
+    constexpr float AmbientFill = 0.62f;
+    constexpr float KeyLightStrength = 0.50f;
+    constexpr float FillLightStrength = 0.24f;
+
+    for (int32 ViewIndex = 0; ViewIndex < CameraSeeds.Num(); ++ViewIndex)
+    {
+        const FVector CameraSeedPose = CameraSeeds[ViewIndex].Key;
+        const FVector CameraPosition = CameraSeedPose
+            + FVector::UpVector * (FVoxelPlayerCapsuleConstants::HalfHeightVoxels - 0.5f);
+        const float CameraDensity = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(
+            CameraPosition.X, CameraPosition.Y, CameraPosition.Z);
+        if (!FMath::IsFinite(CameraDensity) || !(CameraDensity > 0.0f))
+        {
+            OutOutput.Status = TEXT("refused");
+            OutOutput.RefusalReason = TEXT(
+                "The eye-height offset of a player-fit camera entered solid density.");
+            return false;
+        }
+        FVector LookDirection = RouteFocus - CameraPosition;
+        LookDirection.Z = 0.0f;
+        LookDirection.Normalize();
+        if (LookDirection.IsNearlyZero())
+        {
+            LookDirection = FVector(
+                ViewIndex == 1 ? -0.6f : 0.8f,
+                ViewIndex == 2 ? 0.7f : -0.4f,
+                0.18f).GetSafeNormal();
+        }
+        // Keep the camera at the fitted pose, while aiming at roughly eye level in the route.
+        const FVector Target = CameraPosition + LookDirection * 96.0f + FVector::UpVector * 8.0f;
         FExploreCameraBasis Basis;
         if (!BuildCameraBasis(
                 CameraPosition,
@@ -936,9 +1046,8 @@ bool RunRender(
         }
 
         TArray<FColor> Pixels;
-        Pixels.Init(FColor(7, 11, 18, 255), Arguments.RenderWidth * Arguments.RenderHeight);
+        Pixels.Init(FColor(12, 18, 28, 255), Arguments.RenderWidth * Arguments.RenderHeight);
         int32 HitPixels = 0;
-        const FVector LightDirection = FVector(-0.35f, -0.45f, 0.82f).GetSafeNormal();
         for (int32 PixelY = 0; PixelY < Arguments.RenderHeight; ++PixelY)
         {
             for (int32 PixelX = 0; PixelX < Arguments.RenderWidth; ++PixelX)
@@ -965,11 +1074,16 @@ bool RunRender(
                 }
 
                 ++HitPixels;
-                const float Diffuse = FMath::Max(0.0f, FVector::DotProduct(Normal, LightDirection));
+                const float Key = FMath::Max(
-                const float Brightness = 0.18f + 0.82f * Diffuse;
+                    0.0f, FVector::DotProduct(Normal, KeyLightDirection));
-                const uint8 RockR = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(54.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
+                const float Fill = FMath::Max(
-                const uint8 RockG = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(72.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
+                    0.0f, FVector::DotProduct(Normal, FillLightDirection));
-                const uint8 RockB = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(92.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
+                const float Brightness = FMath::Clamp(
+                    AmbientFill + KeyLightStrength * Key + FillLightStrength * Fill,
+                    0.0f, 1.25f);
+                const uint8 RockR = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(100.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
+                const uint8 RockG = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(128.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
+                const uint8 RockB = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(160.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
                 PutPixel(
                     Pixels,
                     Arguments.RenderWidth,
@@ -992,6 +1106,9 @@ bool RunRender(
 
         FExploreRenderFrame& Frame = OutOutput.Frames.AddDefaulted_GetRef();
         Frame.FileName = FString::Printf(TEXT("render_%02d.png"), ViewIndex);
+        Frame.Purpose = CameraSeeds[ViewIndex].Value;
+        Frame.CameraSeedSource = CameraSeeds[ViewIndex].Value;
+        Frame.CameraSeedPoseVoxels = CameraSeedPose;
         Frame.CameraVoxels = CameraPosition;
         Frame.TargetVoxels = Target;
         Frame.HitPixels = HitPixels;
@@ -1086,17 +1203,12 @@ bool RunFailureBoundaryRender(
     }
     const float SegmentLength = Segment.Size();
     const float ViewSideOffset = FMath::Min(64.0f, FMath::Max(16.0f, 0.25f * SegmentLength));
-    const FVector CameraCandidates[][3] = {
+    // Failure-focus views are still required to originate from the fitted graph. The old
-        {
+    // implementation nudged the camera four voxels toward/away from the boundary and could put
-            AgentFinal - SegmentDirection * 4.0f,
+    // the viewpoint in the very rock that this diagnostic is meant to explain.
-            bHaveLastReached ? LastReached : AgentFinal,
+    const FVector CameraCandidates[] = {
         AgentFinal,
-        },
+        bHaveLastReached ? LastReached : AgentFinal,
-        {
-            TargetComponentCell + SegmentDirection * 4.0f,
-            TargetComponentCell,
-            TargetComponentCell,
-        },
     };
     const FVector ViewTargets[] = {
         Focus + ViewSide * ViewSideOffset,
@@ -1105,16 +1217,17 @@ bool RunFailureBoundaryRender(
 
     for (int32 ViewIndex = 0; ViewIndex < UE_ARRAY_COUNT(ViewTargets); ++ViewIndex)
     {
-        FVector CameraPosition = CameraCandidates[ViewIndex][2];
+        const FVector CameraSeedPose = CameraCandidates[ViewIndex];
-        for (int32 CandidateIndex = 0; CandidateIndex < 3; ++CandidateIndex)
+        const FVector CameraPosition = CameraSeedPose
+            + FVector::UpVector * (FVoxelPlayerCapsuleConstants::HalfHeightVoxels - 0.5f);
+        const float CameraDensity = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(
+            CameraPosition.X, CameraPosition.Y, CameraPosition.Z);
+        if (!FMath::IsFinite(CameraDensity) || !(CameraDensity > 0.0f))
         {
-            const FVector Candidate = CameraCandidates[ViewIndex][CandidateIndex];
+            UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning,
-            const float Density = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(Candidate.X, Candidate.Y, Candidate.Z);
+                TEXT("[VoxelForgeExplore] refusing failure-focus camera %d: fitted pose is not air."),
-            if (FMath::IsFinite(Density) && Density > 0.0f)
+                ViewIndex);
-            {
+            return false;
-                CameraPosition = Candidate;
-                break;
-            }
         }
         const float FailureMaxDistanceVoxels = FMath::Max(
             Arguments.RenderMaxDistanceVoxels,
@@ -1134,9 +1247,13 @@ bool RunFailureBoundaryRender(
         }
 
         TArray<FColor> Pixels;
-        Pixels.Init(FColor(7, 11, 18, 255), Arguments.RenderWidth * Arguments.RenderHeight);
+        Pixels.Init(FColor(12, 18, 28, 255), Arguments.RenderWidth * Arguments.RenderHeight);
         int32 HitPixels = 0;
-        const FVector LightDirection = FVector(-0.35f, -0.45f, 0.82f).GetSafeNormal();
+        const FVector KeyLightDirection = FVector(-0.35f, -0.45f, 0.82f).GetSafeNormal();
+        const FVector FillLightDirection = FVector(0.65f, 0.30f, 0.70f).GetSafeNormal();
+        constexpr float AmbientFill = 0.62f;
+        constexpr float KeyLightStrength = 0.50f;
+        constexpr float FillLightStrength = 0.24f;
         for (int32 PixelY = 0; PixelY < Arguments.RenderHeight; ++PixelY)
         {
             for (int32 PixelX = 0; PixelX < Arguments.RenderWidth; ++PixelX)
@@ -1163,11 +1280,16 @@ bool RunFailureBoundaryRender(
                 }
 
                 ++HitPixels;
-                const float Diffuse = FMath::Max(0.0f, FVector::DotProduct(Normal, LightDirection));
+                const float Key = FMath::Max(
-                const float Brightness = 0.18f + 0.82f * Diffuse;
+                    0.0f, FVector::DotProduct(Normal, KeyLightDirection));
-                const uint8 RockR = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(54.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
+                const float Fill = FMath::Max(
-                const uint8 RockG = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(72.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
+                    0.0f, FVector::DotProduct(Normal, FillLightDirection));
-                const uint8 RockB = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(92.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
+                const float Brightness = FMath::Clamp(
+                    AmbientFill + KeyLightStrength * Key + FillLightStrength * Fill,
+                    0.0f, 1.25f);
+                const uint8 RockR = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(100.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
+                const uint8 RockG = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(128.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
+                const uint8 RockB = static_cast<uint8>(FMath::Clamp(160.0f * Brightness, 0.0f, 255.0f));
                 PutPixel(
                     Pixels,
                     Arguments.RenderWidth,
@@ -1243,6 +1365,10 @@ bool RunFailureBoundaryRender(
         FExploreRenderFrame& Frame = InOutOutput.Frames.AddDefaulted_GetRef();
         Frame.FileName = FString::Printf(TEXT("failure_boundary_%02d.png"), ViewIndex);
         Frame.Purpose = TEXT("agent_final_red_target_component_nearest_green_last_reached_orange");
+        Frame.CameraSeedSource = bHaveLastReached && ViewIndex == 1
+            ? TEXT("last_reached_player_fit")
+            : TEXT("agent_final_player_fit");
+        Frame.CameraSeedPoseVoxels = CameraSeedPose;
         Frame.CameraVoxels = CameraPosition;
         Frame.TargetVoxels = ViewTargets[ViewIndex];
         Frame.HitPixels = HitPixels;
@@ -1273,8 +1399,8 @@ bool RunWalk(
 {
     OutOutput = FExploreWalkOutput();
     OutOutput.WindowPolicy = NeedsOriginInWindow(Arguments.Archetype)
-        ? TEXT("origin-inclusive mouth-AABB + margin")
+        ? TEXT("origin-inclusive target-strate passage-envelope AABB + margin")
-        : TEXT("mouth-AABB + margin");
+        : TEXT("target-strate passage-envelope AABB + margin");
 
     const int64 EstimatedWorkingBytes = static_cast<int64>(Arguments.MaxWalkCells)
         * EstimatedWalkBytesPerCell;
@@ -1308,6 +1434,57 @@ bool RunWalk(
     OutOutput.bHasArrival = true;
     OutOutput.bHasDeparture = true;
 
+    // Temporary seed-14 probe while diagnosing the fitted VerticalShafts junction. This is
+    // intentionally narrow and will be removed after the floor/tree seam is corrected.
+    if (Arguments.Archetype == ECaveGeneratorType::VerticalShafts && Arguments.Seed == 14)
+    {
+        const FVector ProbeA = OutOutput.ArrivalVoxels;
+        const FVector ProbeB(-100.8f, -26.9f, ProbeA.Z);
+        for (int32 Index = 0; Index <= 10; ++Index)
+        {
+            const float T = static_cast<float>(Index) / 10.0f;
+            const FVector P = FMath::Lerp(ProbeA, ProbeB, T);
+            const float Dm704 = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(P.X, P.Y, -704.0f);
+            const float Dm702 = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(P.X, P.Y, -702.0f);
+            const float Dm7005 = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(P.X, P.Y, -700.5f);
+            const float Dm700 = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(P.X, P.Y, -700.0f);
+            const float Dm6995 = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(P.X, P.Y, -699.5f);
+            const float Dm697 = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(P.X, P.Y, -697.0f);
+            float MinBody = FLT_MAX;
+            int32 NumSolidBody = 0;
+            int32 SolidOffsetX = 0;
+            int32 SolidOffsetY = 0;
+            int32 SolidBodyRow = -1;
+            for (int32 OffsetY = -1; OffsetY <= 1; ++OffsetY)
+            {
+                for (int32 OffsetX = -1; OffsetX <= 1; ++OffsetX)
+                {
+                    for (int32 BodyRow = 0; BodyRow < 8; ++BodyRow)
+                    {
+                        const float BodyDensity = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(
+                            P.X + static_cast<float>(OffsetX),
+                            P.Y + static_cast<float>(OffsetY),
+                            -699.5f + static_cast<float>(BodyRow));
+                        if (BodyDensity < MinBody)
+                        {
+                            MinBody = BodyDensity;
+                            SolidOffsetX = OffsetX;
+                            SolidOffsetY = OffsetY;
+                            SolidBodyRow = BodyRow;
+                        }
+                        NumSolidBody += BodyDensity <= 0.0f ? 1 : 0;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display,
+                TEXT("[VoxelForgeExplore][TemporaryShaftProbe] t=%.2f xy=(%.2f,%.2f) "
+                     "d[-704,-702,-700.5,-700,-699.5,-697]=[%.3f,%.3f,%.3f,%.3f,%.3f,%.3f] "
+                     "bodyMin=%.3f bodySolid=%d/72 firstMinOffset=(%d,%d) row=%d"),
+                T, P.X, P.Y, Dm704, Dm702, Dm7005, Dm700, Dm6995, Dm697,
+                MinBody, NumSolidBody, SolidOffsetX, SolidOffsetY, SolidBodyRow);
+        }
+    }
+
     FVoxelStrateMeasureSettings Settings;
     Settings.SampleStep = 1;
     Settings.MaxCells = Arguments.MaxWalkCells;
@@ -1316,9 +1493,86 @@ bool RunWalk(
     Settings.CoverPointB = FVector2D(OutOutput.DepartureVoxels.X, OutOutput.DepartureVoxels.Y);
     Settings.CoverMarginVoxels = FMath::CeilToFloat(
         Settings.PlayerCapsuleRadiusVoxels) + 2.0f;
+
+    // A mouth-AABB is not a landing window: the landing door and its local apron can legitimately
+    // leave that box before the player reaches the next room. Expand the same two-point box just
+    // enough to contain the selected production mouth envelope. This is still a bounded,
+    // deterministic measurement window; the central inter-strate descent belongs to the adjacent
+    // strata and is not folded into this intra-strate walk question.
+    const float WindowMinX = FMath::Min(OutOutput.ArrivalVoxels.X, OutOutput.DepartureVoxels.X);
+    const float WindowMaxX = FMath::Max(OutOutput.ArrivalVoxels.X, OutOutput.DepartureVoxels.X);
+    const float WindowMinY = FMath::Min(OutOutput.ArrivalVoxels.Y, OutOutput.DepartureVoxels.Y);
+    const float WindowMaxY = FMath::Max(OutOutput.ArrivalVoxels.Y, OutOutput.DepartureVoxels.Y);
+    const auto IncludeTargetPassageEnvelope = [&](
+        const FVoxelPassage* Passage,
+        const FVoxelPassageLanding& Landing)
+    {
+        if (Passage == nullptr)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const auto IncludeXY = [&](const FVector& Point, float Radius)
+        {
+            if (!FMath::IsFinite(Point.X) || !FMath::IsFinite(Point.Y)
+                || !FMath::IsFinite(Point.Z) || !FMath::IsFinite(Radius))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            const float AbsRadius = FMath::Abs(Radius);
+            // Include control points whose centreline belongs to the measured strate. A control
+            // point just outside the boundary belongs to the adjacent strate's descent; pulling
+            // that whole switchback into this bounded walk box can multiply the sampled volume
+            // without improving the intra-strate mouth-to-mouth question.
+            if (Point.Z < static_cast<float>(World.TargetBottomWorldZ)
+                || Point.Z > static_cast<float>(World.TargetTopWorldZ))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            const float ExcessX = FMath::Max(
+                0.0f,
+                FMath::Max(
+                    WindowMinX - (Point.X + AbsRadius),
+                    (Point.X - AbsRadius) - WindowMaxX));
+            const float ExcessY = FMath::Max(
+                0.0f,
+                FMath::Max(
+                    WindowMinY - (Point.Y + AbsRadius),
+                    (Point.Y - AbsRadius) - WindowMaxY));
+            Settings.CoverMarginVoxels = FMath::Max(
+                Settings.CoverMarginVoxels,
+                FMath::Max(ExcessX, ExcessY));
+        };
+
+        IncludeXY(
+            Landing.StandingPoint,
+            Landing.HalfWidth + VoxelPassageGeometry::LandingCarveBlendVoxels);
+        // The first/last three points are the production mouth, apron, and first slope section.
+        // Do not pull the whole inter-strate switchback into the bounded target-strate test.
+        const int32 NumLocalPoints = FMath::Min(3, Passage->ControlPoints.Num());
+        const bool bUseUpperEnd = &Landing == &Passage->UpperLanding;
+        const int32 FirstPoint = bUseUpperEnd
+            ? 0 : FMath::Max(0, Passage->ControlPoints.Num() - NumLocalPoints);
+        const int32 LastPoint = bUseUpperEnd
+            ? NumLocalPoints : Passage->ControlPoints.Num();
+        for (int32 PointIndex = FirstPoint; PointIndex < LastPoint; ++PointIndex)
+        {
+            const float Radius = Passage->ControlRadii.IsValidIndex(PointIndex)
+                ? Passage->ControlRadii[PointIndex] : Passage->Radius;
+            IncludeXY(Passage->ControlPoints[PointIndex], Radius
+                + VoxelPassageGeometry::LandingCarveBlendVoxels);
+        }
+    };
+    IncludeTargetPassageEnvelope(
+        ArrivalPassage,
+        ArrivalPassage != nullptr ? ArrivalPassage->LowerLanding : FVoxelPassageLanding());
+    IncludeTargetPassageEnvelope(
+        DeparturePassage,
+        DeparturePassage != nullptr ? DeparturePassage->UpperLanding : FVoxelPassageLanding());
     Settings.bIncludeOriginInCoverWindow = NeedsOriginInWindow(Arguments.Archetype);
 
     TArray<FVector> LandingRoomProbePoints;
+
     auto AppendLandingRoomProbes = [&LandingRoomProbePoints](
         const FVoxelPassageLanding& Landing)
     {
@@ -1386,9 +1640,12 @@ bool RunWalk(
     }
     const int32 ArrivalProbeCount = ArrivalPassage != nullptr ? 5 : 0;
     const int32 DepartureProbeCount = DeparturePassage != nullptr ? 5 : 0;
+    const int32 LandingProbeCount = ArrivalProbeCount + DepartureProbeCount;
     OutOutput.ArrivalLandingRoomProbeCount = ArrivalProbeCount;
     OutOutput.DepartureLandingRoomProbeCount = DepartureProbeCount;
-    for (int32 ProbeIndex = 0; ProbeIndex < OutOutput.Report.ComponentProbePlayerFit.Num();
+    for (int32 ProbeIndex = 0;
+         ProbeIndex < FMath::Min(LandingProbeCount,
+             OutOutput.Report.ComponentProbePlayerFit.Num());
          ++ProbeIndex)
     {
         const bool bPlayerFit = OutOutput.Report.ComponentProbePlayerFit[ProbeIndex] != 0u;
@@ -1408,7 +1665,6 @@ bool RunWalk(
                 bInArrivalComponent ? 1 : 0;
         }
     }
-
     OutOutput.Status = TEXT("ok");
     return true;
 }
@@ -1829,11 +2085,15 @@ FString BuildExploreJson(
         Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("bisection_iterations"), Output.Render.BisectionIterations);
         Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("human_marker_height_m"), 1.76);
         Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("step_rationale"), Output.Render.StepRationale);
+        Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("camera_seed_policy"), Output.Render.CameraSeedPolicy);
+        Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("camera_seed_count"), Output.Render.CameraSeedCount);
+        Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("all_cameras_player_fit"), Output.Render.bAllCamerasPlayerFit);
         Writer->WriteArrayStart(TEXT("images"));
         for (const FExploreRenderFrame& Frame : Output.Render.Frames)
         {
             Writer->WriteObjectStart();
             Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("purpose"), Frame.Purpose);
+            Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("camera_seed_source"), Frame.CameraSeedSource);
             Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("file"), Frame.FileName);
             WriteJsonVector(*Writer, TEXT("camera_voxels"), Frame.CameraVoxels, 1.0f);
             WriteJsonVector(*Writer, TEXT("target_voxels"), Frame.TargetVoxels, 1.0f);
@@ -2102,16 +2362,8 @@ int32 UVoxelForgeExploreCommandlet::Main(const FString& Params)
 
     FExploreRunOutput Output;
     bool bRequestedModeFailed = false;
-    if (Arguments.bRender)
+    FExploreWalkOutput RenderSeedWalk;
-    {
+    const FExploreWalkOutput* CameraSeedWalk = nullptr;
-        const double Start = FPlatformTime::Seconds();
-        if (!RunRender(Arguments, World, Output.Render))
-        {
-            bRequestedModeFailed = true;
-        }
-        UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display, TEXT("[VoxelForgeExplore] render %.3fs (%s)"),
-            FPlatformTime::Seconds() - Start, *Output.Render.Status);
-    }
     if (Arguments.bWalk)
     {
         const double Start = FPlatformTime::Seconds();
@@ -2121,6 +2373,31 @@ int32 UVoxelForgeExploreCommandlet::Main(const FString& Params)
         }
         UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display, TEXT("[VoxelForgeExplore] walk %.3fs (%s)"),
             FPlatformTime::Seconds() - Start, *Output.Walk.Status);
+        CameraSeedWalk = &Output.Walk;
+    }
+    else if (Arguments.bRender)
+    {
+        // A render-only invocation still has to obey the inside-walkable-space contract. Run the
+        // same focused walk as a private seed pass; it is intentionally omitted from the render-only
+        // JSON so the selected mode remains render.
+        const double Start = FPlatformTime::Seconds();
+        if (!RunWalk(Arguments, World, RenderSeedWalk))
+        {
+            bRequestedModeFailed = true;
+        }
+        UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display, TEXT("[VoxelForgeExplore] render camera seed walk %.3fs (%s)"),
+            FPlatformTime::Seconds() - Start, *RenderSeedWalk.Status);
+        CameraSeedWalk = &RenderSeedWalk;
+    }
+    if (Arguments.bRender)
+    {
+        const double Start = FPlatformTime::Seconds();
+        if (CameraSeedWalk == nullptr || !RunRender(Arguments, World, *CameraSeedWalk, Output.Render))
+        {
+            bRequestedModeFailed = true;
+        }
+        UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display, TEXT("[VoxelForgeExplore] render %.3fs (%s)"),
+            FPlatformTime::Seconds() - Start, *Output.Render.Status);
     }
     if (Arguments.bFailureFocusRender && Arguments.bRender && Arguments.bWalk)
     {

VoxelForge.uplugin

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 	"IsBetaVersion": true,
 	"IsExperimentalVersion": false,
 	"Installed": false,
+	"Plugins": [
+		{
+			"Name": "RealtimeMeshComponent",
+			"Enabled": true
+		}
+	],
 	"Modules": [
 		{
 			"Name": "VoxelForge",