From 4ed3ec2fede103d53ec8fe1449a6c49669580767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Platinum <platinumgamer@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 13:29:34 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] feature: update ammo pricing to be more balanced

---
 advancedConfig.json |  2 +-
 src/mod.ts          | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/advancedConfig.json b/advancedConfig.json
index 15019e2..0616b7f 100644
--- a/advancedConfig.json
+++ b/advancedConfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "startDelayInSeconds": 6.9,
   "baselineBulletId": "59e6906286f7746c9f75e847",
-  "baselineBulletPrice": 3000,
+  "baselineBulletPrice": 1000,
   "bulletDamageMultiplierRedutionFactor": 0.7,
   "baselineArmourId": "5c0e655586f774045612eeb2",
   "baselineArmourWeight": 10,
diff --git a/src/mod.ts b/src/mod.ts
index 776f317..d137842 100644
--- a/src/mod.ts
+++ b/src/mod.ts
@@ -205,9 +205,17 @@ class TheBlacklistMod implements IPostDBLoadMod {
     const baselinePen = this.baselineBullet._props.PenetrationPower;
     const baselineDamage = this.baselineBullet._props.Damage;
 
-    const penetrationMultiplier = item._props.PenetrationPower / baselinePen;
+    const basePenetrationMultiplier = item._props.PenetrationPower / baselinePen;
     const baseDamageMultiplier = item._props.Damage / baselineDamage;
 
+    // A good linear graph that increases enough for higher pen ammo but keeps lower pen ammo around baseline price.
+    let penetrationMultiplier = 7 * basePenetrationMultiplier - 6;
+
+    // Due to the maths above, its actually possible to go to the negatives (but I don't think any ammo blacklisted would, but just to be safe)
+    if (penetrationMultiplier < 0.2) {
+      penetrationMultiplier = 0.2;
+    }
+
     // Reduces the effect of the damage multiplier so high DMG rounds aren't super expensive.
     // Eg. let baseDamageMultiplier = 2 & bulletDamageMultiplierRedutionFactor = 0.7. Instead of a 2x price when a bullet is 2x damage, we instead get:
     // 2 + (1 - 2) * 0.7 = 2 - 0.7 = 1.3x the price.