Game balance audit: wire research effects, rework capability formula, fix dead systems

- Create researchBonuses utility to aggregate tech tree effects into all game systems
  (infrastructure energy costs, compute efficiency, training speed, model capability, reputation)
- Rework model capability from sqrt(compute) to 4-pillar formula (params + compute + data + research)
- Make context window affect benchmarks and inference speed
- Add MoE tradeoffs: 1.5x VRAM, 0.8x training speed
- Enforce research point costs as a gate for unlocking research
- Add real consequences to data contamination events (reputation hit, legal costs)
- Scale talent costs from $0.03 to $5/tick per headcount
- Scale compliance costs 100x to be meaningful
- Rework competitor acquisition: cheaper but grants headcount, RP, and reputation
- Remove dead code: sfxVolume, autoSaveInterval, notificationsEnabled,
  FAST_FORWARD_BATCH_SIZE, CHINCHILLA_OPTIMAL_RATIO

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

packages/shared/src/constants/gameBalance.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import type { ConsumerTierId, ApiTierId, SeasonalPhase, EnterprisePipelineStage,
 export const TICK_INTERVAL_MS = 1000;
 export const MAX_OFFLINE_TICKS = 86_400;
 export const OFFLINE_EFFICIENCY = 0.8;
-export const FAST_FORWARD_BATCH_SIZE = 100;
 export const AUTO_SAVE_INTERVAL_TICKS = 60;
 export const FINANCIAL_SNAPSHOT_INTERVAL = 60;
 export const MAX_FINANCIAL_HISTORY = 1000;
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ export const SFT_TIME_FRACTION = 0.10;
 export const SFT_COMPUTE_FRACTION = 0.06;
 export const ALIGNMENT_TIME_FRACTION = 0.08;
 export const ALIGNMENT_COMPUTE_FRACTION = 0.04;
-export const CHINCHILLA_OPTIMAL_RATIO = 20;
 
 export const MAX_CONCURRENT_TRAINING: Record<string, number> = {
   startup: 1, scaleup: 2, bigtech: 4, agi: 8,
@@ -774,7 +772,7 @@ export const OPEN_SOURCE_TALENT_ATTRACTION = 0.15;
 export const OPEN_SOURCE_REVENUE_PENALTY = 0.10;
 
 export const REGULATION_COMPLIANCE_BASE_COST = 0;
-export const REGULATION_COMPLIANCE_PER_CAPABILITY = 0.5;
+export const REGULATION_COMPLIANCE_PER_CAPABILITY = 50;
 export const SAFETY_INCIDENT_PROBABILITY_BASE = 0.0002;
 export const SAFETY_INCIDENT_REPUTATION_HIT = 15;
 export const LOW_SAFETY_THRESHOLD = 40;

packages/shared/src/types/gameState.ts

@@ -43,19 +43,13 @@ export type Era = 'startup' | 'scaleup' | 'bigtech' | 'agi';
 export type GameSpeed = 1 | 2 | 5;
 
 export interface GameSettings {
-  autoSaveInterval: number;
-  notificationsEnabled: boolean;
   soundEnabled: boolean;
   musicVolume: number;
-  sfxVolume: number;
 }
 
 export const INITIAL_SETTINGS: GameSettings = {
-  autoSaveInterval: 60,
-  notificationsEnabled: true,
   soundEnabled: true,
   musicVolume: 0.5,
-  sfxVolume: 0.7,
 };
 
 export const SAVE_VERSION = 7;

packages/shared/src/types/models.ts

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ export interface TrainingEvent {
     progressLost?: number;
     capabilityBonus?: number;
     capabilityDomain?: keyof ModelCapabilities;
+    reputationHit?: number;
+    legalCost?: number;
   };
 }