Linear AME power generation #2783
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With this PR I would also like to make fuel injections a more continuous variable and make antimatter fuel jars deal with floats instead of integers. Expands more capabilities with AME in terms of saving fuel, making it still easy to use, but also free to master. |
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About the PR
Returned old original AME power generation scaling with completely different function.
Erased most of the magic numbers and introduced function parameters like watts per core, efficiency penalty and tail efficiency factor.
Increased the price of anti-matter fuel few times more. It's anti-matter. It doesn't grow on trees.
Punishment for engineering not rushing alternative power source is way more mild. Instead of whole station suffering, only logistic's bank account needs to suffer.
Rushing alternative power source is now rewarding.
Why / Balance
For new players, it is easier to explain how one AME core is 80kW and how much exactly does each station really need. Good introduction into power optimizations.
Logarithmic AMEs kills purpose of high core count AMEs, forcing engineers to rush to advanced alternatives. This rush can really become very bad introduction to engineering as whole for new players. Even experienced players get stressed out.
Whole reason why AME went logarithmic is to implement "a degenerate strategy", a strategy to force players go towards more advanced solutions as this one should only be temporary.
With increased AME fuel price, engineers are no longer forced to rush power, instead, they are encouraged.
Technical details
Made 3 linear and parametric functions that combine into one in AME C# code.
Increased prices and removed chance of getting AME fuel as salvage reward in YAML code.
Media
AME parameters for the follwoing:
AME power generation:
(blue: DeltaV's current, red: old original, orange: new)
AME power efficiency:
Ideal AME power generation, 2 fuel = 1 core:
(old original and new are same graph)
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