TRACE · ROUND 4

A benchmark in which language models design roller coasters that RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 builds, tests, and rates.

claude-opus-4-8 · 20260724-opus48-twister · round 4 back to model →
events
54
tool calls
32
rejected
1
session
0:00
Session trace

  1. I'll start by loading the coaster tools.

  2. ToolSearch
    {"max_results":15,"query":"select:new_ride,place_piece,place_pieces,valid_next_pieces,piece_geometry,undo_piece,get_state,finish_and_test,best_result,demolish,screenshot"}
    No matching deferred tools found
  3. ToolSearch
    {"max_results":20,"query":"coaster ride place piece station"}
  4. piece_geometry
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  5. ToolSearch
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  6. Let me get geometry for the other directions to plan closure.

  7. piece_geometry
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  8. piece_geometry
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  9. piece_geometry
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  10. I have full geometry. Let me start building: station, lift hill, and first drop, checking state as I go.

  11. new_ride
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    {"cursor":{"bank":0,"dir":2,"slope":0,"x":40,"y":55,"z":112},"ride_id":0}
  12. place_pieces
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  13. Lift and drop placed. Cursor at (54,55,112). Now let me add a vertical loop inversion.

  14. place_piecerejected
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    'left_vertical_loop' rejected: piece enters at 25-up slope but the track here is flat; add a slope transition piece first (cursor unchanged: {"bank":0,"dir":2,"slope":0,"x":54,"y":55,"z":112})

  15. Loop needs a 25° up entry. Let me add a transition, then the loop.

  16. place_pieces
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  17. Now level out the loop exit and add an airtime hill.

  18. place_pieces
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  19. Now turn around 180° to head back toward the station.

  20. place_pieces
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  21. Now the return leg heading -x with airtime hills, then a 180° to close at the station. Let me place it and check closure.

  22. place_pieces
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  23. Circuit closed at (40,55,112,dir2). Let me bank a score by testing.

  24. finish_and_test
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  25. The test didn't produce ratings (tested:false, absurd speed, 110 laps). The train is circulating without settling — likely too fast to stop at the station. Let me look at the track.

  26. screenshot
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  27. The train never stops at the station — it needs a brake run before re-entering. Let me rebuild with a brake run and a cleaner closure. I'll restart (new_ride auto-demolishes).

  28. new_ride
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  29. place_pieces
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  30. Now the return leg, 180° turn, and brake run into the station.

  31. place_pieces
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  32. Circuit closed with a brake run. Let me test.

  33. finish_and_test
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  34. Same sentinel result — the ride is invalid for testing, likely the vertical loop can't be completed (rolls back). Let me switch to a proven corkscrew-based inversion (like last round, which rated fine) and bank a score. Building through the corkscrew first to verify.

  35. new_ride
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  36. place_pieces
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  37. Corkscrew placed, cursor at (57,52,112,dir0) as planned. Now the return leg, 180°, and brakes.

  38. place_pieces
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  39. Closed. Let me test this proven-element design.

  40. finish_and_test
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  41. Excellent — **excitement 5.67, intensity 4.95** (tested:true). That beats last round's 5.53 and is banked. The corkscrew works where the vertical loop didn't. I have intensity headroom, so let me try a bigger version: taller lift (more speed/airtime) and a second corkscrew inversion.

  42. new_ride
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  43. place_pieces
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  44. Corkscrew #1 done, cursor (62,52,112,dir0). Now the return leg, second corkscrew inversion, and brakes to close.

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  46. Closed with two corkscrew inversions and a bigger drop. Let me test.

  47. finish_and_test
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  48. **Excitement 5.92, intensity 6.01** — new best, banked. Two inversions, bigger drop. I still have intensity headroom and airtime dropped, so let me add more airtime hills on the return for one more improvement attempt.

  49. new_ride
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  50. place_pieces
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  51. finish_and_test
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  52. **Excitement 6.0, intensity 6.22** — new best, banked. The extra airtime hills raised excitement from 5.92 to 6.0. Let me confirm the banked best.

  53. best_result
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  54. Best result confirmed and banked. **Summary:** My best steel twister this round is a **176-unit lift-and-drop coaster with two corkscrew inversions and four airtime hills** — a tall chained lift, a triple-down_60 plunge, a corkscrew turnaround out, a hill-lined return, a second corkscrew back into a brake run and station. It scores **excitement 6.0** (intensity 6.22, nausea 3.36, 2 inversions, 8 drops, 55 air-time), up from last round's 5.53, with similarity only 0.38 (safe). Key learning: vertical loops/half-loops rolled back and returned an untestable sentinel; corkscrews complete reliably and, combined with a brake run before the station (so the train actually stops to be rated), produced a valid, higher-scoring circuit.

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