Linear AME power generation

Content.Server/Ame/AmeNodeGroup.cs

@@ -181,10 +181,21 @@ public float CalculatePower(int fuel, int cores)
         {
             return 0f;
         }
-
-        // Power generation curve assuming x is the number of cores and the injection scales linearly to always be the twice the number of cores. 
-        // https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=200000+*+log10%28%28x*2%29%5E1.9%29+*+%280.4+*+%28%28x*2%29+%2F+x%29%29+for+x+from+1+to+10
-        return 200000f * MathF.Log10(MathF.Pow(fuel, 1.9f)) * (0.4f * (fuel / cores));
+
+        //more parametrized and linear AME power function https://www.desmos.com/calculator/qsdxxvpcq8
+        float wattsPerCore = 80000f;
+        float efficencyPenalty = 2f;
+        float tailPenaltyFactor = 0.9f;
+
+        float efficency = fuel / (2 * efficencyPenalty * cores);
+
+        if (fuel >= 2 * cores - 1)
+            efficency += (fuel - (2 * cores - 1)) * (1 - 1 / efficencyPenalty);
+
+        if (fuel >= 2 * cores)
+            efficency -= (fuel - (2 * cores)) * (1 - 1 / efficencyPenalty) * tailPenaltyFactor;
+
+        return efficency * wattsPerCore * cores;
         // End of DeltaV code
     }
 

Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Cargo/cargo_engines.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     sprite: Objects/Power/AME/ame_jar.rsi
     state: jar
   product: CrateEngineeringAMEJar
-  cost: 2000
+  cost: 20000
   category: cargoproduct-category-name-engineering
   group: market
 

Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Power/antimatter_jar.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
     state: jar
   - type: AmeFuelContainer
   - type: StaticPrice
-    price: 500
+    price: 5000
   - type: GuideHelp
     guides: [ AME, Power ]

Resources/Prototypes/Procedural/salvage_rewards.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     CrateMaterialPlastic: 1.0
     CrateMaterialSteel: 1.0
     # things the station might want
-    CrateEngineeringAMEJar: 0.25
     CrateFoodPizzaLarge: 0.25
     CrateFoodSoftdrinks: 0.25
     CrateFunInstrumentsVariety: 0.25