internal void CreateTurns(int maxTurns)
{
// Pre create all the turns for the board,
// At the beginning of each turn we need to update these states.
// Updating these states is actually prediction the future with the known facts.
// Based on these facts we can start looking for good moves.
// That way we know the objects will all be there which make the rest of the code simpler.
// it also reduces the number of memory allocations, which should help speed.
TurnPrediction = new PlanetTurnPredictions(maxTurns);
TurnPrediction.Capacity = TurnPrediction.Count;
}
internal PlanetTurn FindCheapestTakeOverPoint(int shipsCanNotArriveBeforeThisTurn, PlanetTurnPredictions prediction)
{
return(this[shipsCanNotArriveBeforeThisTurn].Clone());
}
internal PlanetTurn CalcMaxGainUsingThisManyShips(PlanetTurn lowBoundFleetArrival, int attackShipCount, PlanetTurnPredictions prediction)
{
int targetTurn = lowBoundFleetArrival.TurnsFromNow;
PlanetTurn current = FirstTurn;
PlanetTurn copyTo = prediction.FirstTurn;
while (targetTurn-- > 0)
{
copyTo.SetValues(current.Owner, current.NumShips);
current = current.Next;
copyTo = copyTo.Next;
}
current = copyTo;
copyTo.Prior.SetValues(1, attackShipCount - current.NumShips);
PlanetTurn prior = current;
while (current != null)
{
prior = current;
current = GrowTurn(GrowthRate, current);
}
return(prior);
}
