/**
* @return true if it is recommended to pick up a card, or false if it is recommended to draw a
* card
*/
private boolean drawOrPickUp() {
Card cardOnTopOfPile = game.getRound().getTopOfDiscardStack();
if (hasLaidDownPhase()
&& difficulty > 30
&& bestChoice(
BEST_CHOICE_AT_FIFTY)) { // pick up cards that can be played off laid down PhaseGroups
for (Card c : cardsThatCanBeLaidDown()) {
if (c.getColor() == cardOnTopOfPile.getColor()) {
return true;
} else if (c.getValue() == cardOnTopOfPile.getValue()) {
return true;
}
}
}
if (difficulty > 30
&& addedPointValue(cardOnTopOfPile)
< currentPointValue()) { // if the card improves the score of the player's hand
if (difficulty < 70) // don't continue checking if an easy player
return true;
group = new Groups(this, getHand(), cardOnTopOfPile);
if (group.cardInCompleteGroup(
cardOnTopOfPile)) // if the card would be put in a complete group
return true;
}
return false; // if any of the tests fail, draw from the deck
}
/** @return the card that is recommended to discard */
private Card discardCard() {
group = new Groups(this, getHand());
int index = -1;
Card[] discard = group.recommendDiscard();
boolean search;
do {
search = true;
index++;
searching: // continue searching looks at the next card, until a good one is found
while (search) {
if (index >= discard.length) { // if it has looked through every card
return discard[0];
}
if (discard[index].getValue() == Configuration.SKIP_VALUE) // automatically return a skip
return discard[index];
if (difficulty > 70) { // don't lay down cards the opponent has picked up
for (Card p : pickedUpCards) {
if (discard[index].getValue() == p.getValue()) {
index++;
continue searching;
}
}
}
if (difficulty > 30
&& nextPlayer
.hasLaidDownPhase()) { // don't give an opponent something they can lay down
for (Card l : cardsThatCanBeLaidDown()) {
if (discard[index].getValue() == l.getValue()) {
index++;
continue searching;
}
}
}
if (difficulty > 30
&& group.getCompletePhaseGroups()
!= null) { // don't lay down a card part of a completed phaseGroup
for (PhaseGroup g : group.getCompletePhaseGroups()) {
for (int x = 0; x < g.getNumberOfCards(); x++) {
if (g.getCard(x) == discard[index]) {
index++;
continue searching;
}
}
}
}
search = false; // if the card has passed all these test, it can exit the search
}
} while (!bestChoice(BEST_CHOICE_AT_FIFTY));
return discard[index];
}
/** @return true if it played off other phases */
private boolean playOffPhases() {
Player current;
ArrayList<Card> potentialCards = cardsThatCanBeLaidDown();
ArrayList<Card> cardsToBeLaidDown = new ArrayList<Card>();
for (int x = 0;
x < getHand().getNumberOfCards();
x++) { // get the cards that need to be added to the phases
for (Card c : potentialCards) {
if (c.getColor() == Color.BLACK) {
if (c.getValue() == getHand().getCard(x).getValue())
cardsToBeLaidDown.add(getHand().getCard(x));
} else if (c.getColor() == getHand().getCard(x).getColor()) {
cardsToBeLaidDown.add(getHand().getCard(x));
}
}
}
for (int player = 0; player < game.getNumberOfPlayers(); player++) { // add them to the phases
current = game.getPlayer(player);
if (current.hasLaidDownPhase()) {
for (int group = 0; group < current.getNumberOfPhaseGroups(); group++) {
for (Card c : cardsToBeLaidDown) {
if (bestChoice(BEST_CHOICE_AT_FIFTY) && current.getPhaseGroup(group).addCard(c)) {
playOffPhases();
return true;
}
}
}
}
}
return false;
}