From 77409096c06b9f35eb1f96d1d94d7e5587295ebf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 1brucben <1benjbruce@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 17:53:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] smoothed ship spawn rate function (#553)

## Description:
Fixes #552
## Please complete the following:

- [ X] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [ X] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced
- [X ] I understand that submitting code with bugs that could have been
caught through manual testing blocks releases and new features for all
contributors

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---
 src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
index 660820fd8..e8c3e9881 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
@@ -251,12 +251,7 @@ export class DefaultConfig implements Config {
     return 10000 + 150 * Math.pow(dist, 1.1);
   }
   tradeShipSpawnRate(numberOfPorts: number): number {
-    if (numberOfPorts <= 3) return 18;
-    if (numberOfPorts <= 5) return 25;
-    if (numberOfPorts <= 8) return 35;
-    if (numberOfPorts <= 10) return 40;
-    if (numberOfPorts <= 12) return 45;
-    return 50;
+    return Math.round(10 * Math.pow(numberOfPorts, 0.6));
   }
 
   unitInfo(type: UnitType): UnitInfo {