// sets up the final stage of a quest for this CPU player, in this strategy:
// we need to get 40BP in as few cards as possible
public List <Card> setUpFinalFoe(List <Card> hand, string questFoe)
{
strategyUtil strat = new strategyUtil();
// instantiate a List of foes and weapons from the user's hand
List <Card> foes = new List <Card>();
List <Card> weapons = new List <Card>();
// seperate the foes and weapons into their own lists from the hand
for (var i = 0; i < hand.Count; i++)
{
if (hand[i].type == "Foe Card")
{
foes.Add(hand[i]);
}
// make sure that we sort out weapons that are already in the weapons
if (hand[i].type == "Weapon Card" && strat.checkDuplicate(hand[i], weapons, "Weapon Card"))
{
weapons.Add(hand[i]);
}
}
foes = strat.sortFoesByDescendingOrder(foes, questFoe);
weapons = strat.sortWeaponsByDescendingOrder(weapons);
// instantiate the foeEncounter list
List <Card> foeEncounter = new List <Card>();
// subtract the foe with the MOST BP in the user's hand from 40, the AI threshold
FoeCard strongFoe = (FoeCard)foes[0];
int bpNeeded = (40 - strongFoe.minBP);
// Add this foe to the foeEncounter as the foe to be played
foeEncounter.Add(foes[0]);
hand.Remove(foes[0]);
// initialize index as 0 to loop through the weapons
int index = 0;
// while we still need BP toreach our 40 threshold
while (bpNeeded > 0 && index < weapons.Count)
{
// if we still have weapons to loop through
// subtract the BP of the next most powerful weapon from the threshold
WeaponCard nextWeapon = (WeaponCard)weapons[index];
bpNeeded -= nextWeapon.battlePoints;
// add this weapon to the encounter
foeEncounter.Add(weapons[index]);
hand.Remove(weapons[index]);
// increment index
index++;
}
// return the most powerful foe we have with the set of weapons that most quickly gets us to 40 BP.
return(foeEncounter);
}