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Resolves #1949

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Adds functionality to trainStation destinations to scale money based on structure level. Applies a similar thing to trainStation source (IE factories).

Table below shows the math with different lvl factories and different city tracks.
These numbers can be tweaked in the future.

This is a low starting point.

Even in these setups, almost always the port generates more money.
This table assumed the visited cities are allied cities, so already max bonus.
In a real game, on avg a train only goes to the middle-most city. (random destinations means the avg is in the middle)
In a real game these values are halved. Self-traded would again be a division by 3.5.
ports are much better
level 1 city lines are still much better

Goal/hope: this does make tiny city stacks potentially more viable, especially under low level SAMs, which in turn makes atom bomb micro a viable counter strat late game.

Factory Stack City Route Live Gold/Min (max potential) New Gold/Min (max potential) Multiplier Eqv. Port Level Port Gold/Min
L1 L1 120,000 120,000 1.00x L2 761,523
L1 5x L1 600,000 600,000 1.00x L6 1,955,186
L1 10x L1 1,200,000 1,200,000 1.00x L11 3,044,123
L1 L5 120,000 231,453 1.93x L6 1,955,186
L1 L10 120,000 279,453 2.33x L11 3,044,123
L1 L50 120,000 390,905 3.26x L51 5,127,595
L1 L100 120,000 438,905 3.66x L101 9,855,595
L1 L5 → L5 → L5 360,000 694,358 1.93x L16 3,855,999
L1 L10 → L10 → L10 360,000 838,358 2.33x L31 4,718,623
L1 L100 → L1 240,000 558,905 2.33x L102 10,217,523
L5 L1 379,049 424,345 1.12x L6 1,955,186
L5 L5 379,049 818,464 2.16x L10 2,863,356
L5 L10 379,049 988,202 2.61x L15 3,729,368
L5 L50 379,049 1,382,322 3.65x L55 6,407,543
L5 5x L1 1,895,246 2,121,725 1.12x L10 2,863,356
L5 5x L5 1,895,246 4,092,322 2.16x L30 4,714,446
L5 5x L10 1,895,246 4,941,012 2.61x L55 6,407,543
L10 L1 519,124 618,846 1.19x L11 3,044,123
L10 L5 519,124 1,193,612 2.30x L15 3,729,368
L10 L10 519,124 1,441,150 2.78x L20 4,337,546
L10 L50 519,124 2,015,916 3.88x L60 7,591,356
L10 L100 519,124 2,263,454 4.36x L110 12,319,356
L10 10x L1 5,191,241 6,188,456 1.19x L20 4,337,546
L10 10x L5 5,191,241 11,936,117 2.30x L60 7,591,356
L10 10x L10 5,191,241 14,411,499 2.78x L110 12,319,356
L20 L1 636,775 788,709 1.24x L21 4,429,427
L20 L5 636,775 1,521,240 2.39x L25 4,627,766
L20 L10 636,775 1,836,723 2.88x L30 4,714,446
L20 L20 636,775 2,152,207 3.38x L40 4,728,000
L20 L50 636,775 2,569,254 4.03x L70 9,065,546
L20 L20 → L20 → L20 1,910,324 6,456,621 3.38x L80 9,442,446
L50 L1 736,981 921,162 1.25x L51 5,127,595
L50 L5 736,981 1,776,711 2.41x L55 6,407,543
L50 L10 736,981 2,145,176 2.91x L60 7,591,356
L50 L50 736,981 3,000,725 4.07x L100 9,456,000
L50 L100 736,981 3,369,189 4.57x L150 14,184,000
L50 5x L50 3,684,905 15,003,623 4.07x L300 28,368,000
L50 20x L1 10,001,885 12,501,486 1.25x L70 9,065,546
L100 L1 777,776 972,220 1.25x L101 9,855,595
L100 L100 777,776 3,555,937 4.57x L200 18,912,000
L100 L10 → L20 → L30 → L40 → L50 3,888,882 14,006,402 3.60x L250 23,640,000
L1 L10 → L20 → L30 → L40 → L50 600,000 1,728,793 2.88x L151 14,583,595
L5 L1 → L2 → L3 → L4 → L5 → L6 → L7 → L8 → L9 → L10 3,790,492 7,942,220 2.10x L60 7,591,356
L10 15x L1 6,674,453 7,956,587 1.19x L25 4,627,766
L10 15x L5 6,674,453 15,346,436 2.30x L85 9,455,054
L10 15x L10 6,674,453 18,529,071 2.78x L160 17,047,356
L50 20x L50 10,001,885 40,724,120 4.07x L1050 99,288,000
L20 L50 → L10 → L5 → L1 → L1 → L1 3,820,648 8,293,344 2.17x L88 9,455,921
L20 L1 → L1 → L1 → L5 → L10 → L50 3,820,648 8,293,344 2.17x L88 9,455,921
  1. City Stacks
    Live upgrading a city provided zero benefit to train networks. The new code introduces logarithmic scaling (1.0 + 0.4 * log2(L)).

Level 1: 1.00x (Live: 1.00x)
Level 5: 1.93x (Live: 1.00x)
Level 10: 2.33x (Live: 1.00x)
Level 15: 2.56x (Live: 1.00x)
Level 50: 3.26x (Live: 1.00x)
Level 100: 3.66x (Live: 1.00x)
new code gives cities an early-game power spike (lvl 5 ~2x), reducing the negative of lower level stacks. The math falls off to prevent hyper-scaling.

  1. Factory Stacking
    Factory efficiency was purely tied to the diminishing returns of the train spawn cooldown. new code introduces an asymptotic gold mult 1.0 + 0.25 * (1 - pow(0.85, level - 1)) cap at 1.25x

Gold Multiplier:
Level 1: 1.00x (Live: 1.00x)
Level 5: 1.12x (Live: 1.00x)
Level 10: 1.19x (Live: 1.00x)
Level 15: 1.22x (Live: 1.00x)
Level 50: 1.25x (Live: 1.00x)
Level 100: 1.25x (Live: 1.00x)
Total Factory Efficiency:
Level 1: 100.0% (Live: 100.0%)
Level 5: 94.9% (Live: 84.8%)
Level 10: 91.3% (Live: 76.6%)
Level 15: 88.6% (Live: 72.3%)
Level 50: 79.8% (Live: 63.9%)
Level 100: 76.8% (Live: 61.5%)

live factory stacking fell off a cliff, losing nearly 25% efficiency by Level 10. The new math cushions this, keeping factories above 90% efficiency all the way to Level 10. However, because the gold multiplier hard-caps at 1.25x, high levels are forced to bleed efficiency down into the 70s, making them still less optimal than spreading out, and making them worse than ports at every stage.

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Config now computes factory and station stack multipliers. Train gold uses source and station levels. Station connectivity weights use station multipliers. Tests use real game fixtures and verify exact gold results.

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Stack multiplier integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Multiplier calculation and train gold
src/core/configuration/Config.ts
Config caches multipliers for levels below 256, calculates higher levels directly, and applies both multipliers to trainGold.
Train stop level wiring
src/core/execution/TrainExecution.ts, src/core/game/TrainStation.ts, tests/core/game/TrainStation.test.ts
Train stops pass source and station levels to trainGold. Real simulation tests verify exact gold deltas, including level 2 and level 3 structures.
Station connectivity weighting
src/core/execution/nation/NationStructureBehavior.ts, tests/NationStructureBehavior.test.ts
Own and neighboring station weights use stationStackMultiplier. Tests verify level-based connectivity weights.
Train station validation
tests/core/game/TrainStation.test.ts
Tests replace mocked fixtures with real game objects and validate trade penalties, availability, neighbors, rail removal, and tile behavior.

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Train-station connectivity scaling may regress without detection because the affected test does not demonstrate varying unit levels and multipliers. Add coverage that exercises scaled values before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant TrainExecution
  participant TradeStationStopHandler
  participant Config
  TrainExecution->>TradeStationStopHandler: Provide source level
  TradeStationStopHandler->>Config: Call trainGold with source and station levels
  Config->>Config: Apply factory and station multipliers
  Config-->>TradeStationStopHandler: Return adjusted gold
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Stacks rise by level
Trains carry source values
Stations shape the gold
Paths gain weighted strength
Real tests check the journey

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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The train income changes and related tests are in scope. However, multiplying station connectivity weights in NationStructureBehavior changes reachable-station behavior and is not required by issue #1 Remove the NationStructureBehavior connectivity-weight change, or document a clear requirement and test case showing why structure-level multipliers must also affect station reachability.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 6 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The implementation satisfies issue #1949. It applies station-level and source-level multipliers to train income and covers stacked cities, ports, and factories.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the main change: train money scales with structure levels.
Description check ✅ Passed The description is directly related to the changeset and explains the train income scaling for cities, factories, and other structures.
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The six failing tests in NationStructureBehavior.test.ts need updated mocks. makeUnit is missing level(), and the config in makeGame is missing stationStackMultiplier()

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makeUnit()/makeGame()'s config mock predate PR openfrontio#5264's
stationStackMultiplier(unit.level()) call in
NationStructureBehavior.buildReachableStations, causing 6 failures
(unit.level is not a function). Add level() to makeUnit (default 1,
matching every existing test) and stationStackMultiplier to the
mocked config, mirroring Config's real formula. All tests use
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…s with structure levels

Trains now earn more from higher-level factories and destination
cities instead of leveling being irrelevant to rail income:
- City/station side: 1.0 + 0.4*log2(level), unbounded.
- Factory side: same uncapped log2 curve on this fork (upstream
  capped it at 1.25x/~level 50; raised here since this fork has no
  multiplayer balance to protect and the playstyle here pushes
  factories well past that).
Both use the existing DetMath deterministic pow/log (not raw
Math.pow/Math.log), so this doesn't introduce cross-client desync
risk in src/core.

Also fixes 6 pre-existing test failures in
NationStructureBehavior.test.ts (stale mocks missing level()/
stationStackMultiplier(), unrelated to upstream's own fix commit).

Upstream: openfrontio#5264

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Add a level-2 neighboring-station case.

This test covers only the own-station branch because the neighbor list is empty. Add a neighboring level-2 station and assert its scaled weight. Existing level-1 neighbor tests can pass even if that branch ignores stationStackMultiplier().

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