Simulate and calculate terror of nowhere panthera weapon cost

panthera.lua

-- Function to simulate enkephalin usage and calculate paralysis occurrences
local function simulatePanthera(userInputEnkephalin)
    -- Constants for calculations
    local percentage = 1                        -- Percentage of total enkephalin used per hit
    local base = 3                              -- Base cost for each hit
    local minimum = 5                           -- Minimum cost for a hit
    local totalEnkephalin = userInputEnkephalin -- Total enkephalin available
    local hitCounter = 0                        -- Counter for the number of hits made
    local costCounter = 0                       -- Counter for the total cost incurred
    local paralizeCounter = 0                   -- Counter for paralysis occurrences
    local totalParalizeTimeCounter = 0          -- Total paralysis duration
    local totalTimeElapsed = 0                  -- Total time spent firing

    math.randomseed(os.time())                  -- Seed the random number generator for randomness

    -- Loop until we run out of enkephalin
    while totalEnkephalin >= minimum do
        -- Calculate the cost of the next hit
        local cost = (totalEnkephalin * percentage / 100) + base
        cost = math.ceil(cost) -- Round up the cost to the nearest integer

        -- Ensure the cost is not below the minimum value
        if cost < minimum then
            cost = minimum
        end

        -- Update counters
        costCounter = costCounter + cost
        totalEnkephalin = totalEnkephalin - cost
        hitCounter = hitCounter + 1
        totalTimeElapsed = totalTimeElapsed + 0.25 -- Each shot takes 0.25 seconds

        -- Independent 10% chance per hit to trigger paralysis
        if math.random(1, 10) == 1 then
            paralizeCounter = paralizeCounter + 1

            -- Simulate paralysis duration (1 to 3 seconds)
            local paralizeDuration = math.random(1, 3) -- Random duration between 1 and 3 seconds
            totalParalizeTimeCounter = totalParalizeTimeCounter + paralizeDuration
        end
    end

    -- Calculate expected and actual paralysis occurrences
    local expectedParalysis = hitCounter * 0.1 -- Expected paralysis based on hits

    -- Estimate expected paralysis duration based on average duration
    local averageParalizeDuration = 2                                             -- Average of 1 to 3 seconds
    local expectedparalizeDuration = expectedParalysis * averageParalizeDuration -- Expected duration

    -- Calculate paralysis rate
    local paralysisRate = (paralizeCounter / hitCounter) * 100

    return {
        hitCounter = hitCounter,
        costCounter = costCounter,
        totalEnkephalin = totalEnkephalin,
        paralysisCounter = paralizeCounter,
        paralysisRate = paralysisRate,
        expectedParalysis = expectedParalysis,
        totalParalizeTimeCounter = totalParalizeTimeCounter,
        expectedparalizeDuration = expectedparalizeDuration,
        totalTimeElapsed = totalTimeElapsed
    }
end

io.write("Enkephalin Earned: ")
local userInputEnkephalin = io.read("*n") -- Read in numerical

local results = simulatePanthera(userInputEnkephalin)

print("Total hit: " .. results.hitCounter .. "x")
print("Total cost: " .. results.costCounter .. " EPH")
print("Enkephalin left: " .. results.totalEnkephalin .. " EPH")
print("Bullet per chunk: " .. results.hitCounter / userInputEnkephalin .. " Hit")
print("Bullet per spent: " .. results.hitCounter / results.costCounter .. " Hit")
print("Actual Cost Per bullet: " .. results.costCounter / results.hitCounter .. " EPH")
print("Actual Paralysis Occurrences: " .. results.paralysisCounter .. "x")
print("Actual Paralysis Duration: " .. results.totalParalizeTimeCounter .. " seconds")
print("Expected Paralysis Occurrences: " .. string.format("%.1f", math.ceil(results.expectedParalysis)))
print("Expected Paralysis Duration: " .. string.format("%.2f", results.expectedparalizeDuration) .. " seconds")
print("Total Time Elapsed (Shooting Time): " .. string.format("%.2f", results.totalTimeElapsed) .. " seconds")