private void directStrategyOnePastr() throws GameActionException {
boolean desperation = false;
// Decided whether to trigger attack mode
if (!attackModeTriggered) {
// if the enemy has overextended himself building pastrs, attack!
// I think even building two pastrs is an overextension that we can punish.
if (numEnemyPastrs >= 2) {
// We should only try to punish them if we have at least as many soldiers as they do
// One issue is that we may be overestimating their strength because with some probability
// they've built a noise tower, sacrificing a soldier and slowing their spawns more than
// we would estimate. So fudge it by 1 soldier:
if (numAlliedSoldiers + 1 >= maxEnemySoldiers) {
// However, we need to make sure that at least one of these pastrs is outside their
// HQ zone. There's no point in trying to punish them for building a bunch of pastrs
// around their HQ; it doesn't help them and we can't kill them.
if (theyHavePastrOutsideHQ()) {
// If all these conditions are met, then punish them!
attackModeTriggered = true;
}
}
}
// if the enemy is out-milking us, then we need to attack or we are going to lose
if (theirMilk >= 0.4 * GameConstants.WIN_QTY && theirMilk > ourMilk) {
// If they just have a single pastr next to their HQ, though, attacking them won't do much
// good. Better to just hope we out-milk them
if (theyHavePastrOutsideHQ()) {
attackModeTriggered = true;
desperation = true;
}
}
}
if (attackModeTriggered) {
attackModeTarget = chooseEnemyPastrAttackTarget();
// If we don't have a pastr, and we can't kill theirs, don't try to
if (ourPastrs.length == 0
&& attackModeTarget != null
&& attackModeTarget.isAdjacentTo(theirHQ)) {
attackModeTarget = null;
}
// if there's no pastr to attack, decide whether to camp their spawn or to defend/rebuid our
// pastr:
if (attackModeTarget == null) {
// first, if our pastr has been destroyed we need to rebuild it instead of attacking.
if (ourPastrs.length > 0) {
// but if it's up, consider camping their spawn. Camping their spawn is only a good idea
// if we are ahead on milk. Otherwise we should defend our pastr
if (!desperation) {
attackModeTarget = theirHQ;
}
}
}
MessageBoard.ATTACK_LOC.writeMapLocation(attackModeTarget);
}
}
private void directStrategyRush() throws GameActionException {
attackModeTarget = chooseEnemyPastrAttackTarget();
if (attackModeTarget == null) { // rally toward center if there are no enemy pastrs
attackModeTarget = new MapLocation(rc.getMapWidth() / 2, rc.getMapHeight() / 2);
while (rc.senseTerrainTile(attackModeTarget) == TerrainTile.VOID) {
attackModeTarget = attackModeTarget.add(attackModeTarget.directionTo(ourHQ));
}
}
MessageBoard.ATTACK_LOC.writeMapLocation(attackModeTarget);
}
