From 5bd16d2aba3fb65b55b86f87bf04b4762b5e4d87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lL1l1 <82986251+lL1l1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 00:30:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Make beam weapon economy check more lenient

Allows high cost + high drain beams to be powered off of stored energy
---
 lua/sim/weapons/DefaultBeamWeapon.lua | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/sim/weapons/DefaultBeamWeapon.lua b/lua/sim/weapons/DefaultBeamWeapon.lua
index ef39fb55b66..a6f76da7459 100644
--- a/lua/sim/weapons/DefaultBeamWeapon.lua
+++ b/lua/sim/weapons/DefaultBeamWeapon.lua
@@ -295,12 +295,13 @@ DefaultBeamWeapon = ClassWeapon(DefaultProjectileWeapon) {
     ---@return boolean
     EconomySupportsBeam = function(self)
         local aiBrain = self.Brain
-        local energyIncome = aiBrain:GetEconomyIncome('ENERGY') * 10
+        local energyRate = aiBrain:GetEconomyTrend('ENERGY') * 10
         local energyStored = aiBrain:GetEconomyStored('ENERGY')
         local energyReq = self:GetWeaponEnergyRequired()
         local energyDrain = self:GetWeaponEnergyDrain()
+        local drainDuration = math.floor(energyReq / energyDrain)
 
-        if energyStored < energyReq and energyIncome < energyDrain then
+        if (energyDrain - energyRate) * drainDuration > energyStored then
             return false
         end
         return true