//sets a new target for AI player if it doesn't already have one or the previous target has been reached
public void moveAIPlayer(Player player)
{
//if AI player hits wall enough times it will be given a random direction
//fixes a bug where AI player got "stuck" on wall when the nearest pill was in the otherside of the wall
if (player.wall("") || yetAnotherCounter > 0)
{
wallHitCounter++;
if (wallHitCounter > 10)
{
if (!moveToRandomDirection)
{
player.setDirection(randomDirection());
moveToRandomDirection = true;
}
if (yetAnotherCounter > 80)
{
wallHitCounter = 0;
yetAnotherCounter = 0;
moveToRandomDirection = false;
}
else
{
yetAnotherCounter++;
}
}
}
//level 1 AI's direction change interval
if (level == 1 && targetAcquired)
{
counter++;
if (counter > 50)
{
counter = 0;
targetAcquired = false;
}
}
//level 3 AI's medium/very hard level change intervals
else if (level == 3 && hardIsUsingMedium)
{
counter++;
if (counter > 100)
{
hardIsUsingMedium = false;
counter = 0;
targetAcquired = false;
}
}
else if (level == 3 && !hardIsUsingMedium)
{
counter++;
if (counter > 100)
{
hardIsUsingMedium = true;
counter = 0;
}
}
//no target or no need to send the AI player to a random direction
if (!targetAcquired && !moveToRandomDirection)
{
player.setDirection(getDirection(player));
}
}
