public List <Card> playEarlierFoe(List <Card> hand, int previous, bool amour, string questName, List <Player> players)
{
strategyUtil strat = new strategyUtil();
List <Card> foeEncounter = new List <Card>();
List <Card> weapons = new List <Card>();
/*
* Loop through the hand, if it as an Amour and Amour == false we add it, if it is an ally we add it
* This is because the effects of these will be felt throughout the quest, play them now.
*
* We also add only our weakest weapon each round.
*/
for (int i = 0; i < hand.Count; i++)
{
if (amour == false)
{
if (hand[i].type == "Amour Card")
{
foeEncounter.Add(hand[i]);
amour = true;
}
}
if (hand[i].type == "Ally Card")
{
foeEncounter.Add(hand[i]);
}
if (hand[i].type == "Weapon Card")
{
weapons.Add(hand[i]);
}
}
weapons = strat.sortWeaponsByAscendingOrder(weapons);
foeEncounter.Add(weapons[0]);
return(foeEncounter);
}
// Strategy 1 for an earlier foe encounter is as follows:
/*
* 1. Sort Amour/Allies/Weapons in decreasing order of BP
*
* 2. Play 2 if (if possible) allies /amours,
*
*/
public List <Card> playEarlierFoe(List <Card> hand, int previous, bool amour, string questName, List <Player> players)
{
strategyUtil strat = new strategyUtil();
List <Card> allies = new List <Card>();
List <Card> weapons = new List <Card>();
List <Card> foeEncounter = new List <Card>();
int count = 0;
int amourCount = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < hand.Count; i++)
{
if (amour == false)
{
if (hand[i].type == "Amour Card")
{
foeEncounter.Add(hand[i]);
amourCount += 1;
amour = true;
}
}
if (hand[i].type == "Ally Card")
{ // && hand[i].battlePoints > 0){
AllyCard ally = (AllyCard)hand[i];
if (ally.battlePoints > 0)
{
count++;
allies.Add(hand[i]);
}
}
if (hand[i].type == "Weapon Card")
{
weapons.Add(hand[i]);
}
}
if (count >= 2)
{
allies = strat.sortAlliesByAscendingOrder(allies, questName, players);
foeEncounter.Add(allies[0]);
hand.Remove(allies[0]);
if (foeEncounter.Count == 2)
{
return(foeEncounter);
}
foeEncounter.Add(allies[1]);
hand.Remove(allies[1]);
}
else
{
for (int i = 0; i < allies.Count; i++)
{
foeEncounter.Add(allies[i]);
}
weapons = strat.sortWeaponsByAscendingOrder(weapons);
int index = 0;
while (foeEncounter.Count < 2 && index < weapons.Count)
{
foeEncounter.Add(weapons[index]);
index++;
}
}
return(foeEncounter);
}
// earlier foe behavior, we try to play using the smallest cards possible until we play 10 more than the previous foe encounter
public List <Card> playEarlierFoe(List <Card> hand, int previous, bool amour, string questName, List <Player> players)
{
strategyUtil strat = new strategyUtil();
// set our threshold
int bpNeeded = previous + 10;
// instantiate the list of cards were going to play and return
List <Card> foeEncounter = new List <Card>();
// if we haven't yet played the amour
// check if we have an amour card and play it, deduct its BP from the bpNeeded
if (amour == false)
{
for (int i = 0; i < hand.Count; i++)
{
if (hand[i].type == "Amour Card")
{
foeEncounter.Add(hand[i]);
bpNeeded -= 10;
}
}
}
List <Card> weapons = new List <Card>();
List <Card> allies = new List <Card>();
// make a list of the valid cards to play, non-duplicate weapons and Allies with more than 0 BP.
List <Card> validCards = new List <Card>();
for (int i = 0; i < hand.Count; i++)
{
if (hand[i].type == "Weapon Card" && strat.checkDuplicate(hand[i], weapons, "Weapon Card"))
{
weapons.Add(hand[i]);
}
if (hand[i].type == "Ally Card")
{
AllyCard ally = (AllyCard)hand[i];
if (ally.getBattlePoints(questName, players) > 0)
{
allies.Add(hand[i]);
}
}
}
// sort them by ascending order
allies = strat.sortAlliesByAscendingOrder(allies, questName, players);
weapons = strat.sortWeaponsByAscendingOrder(weapons);
while (allies.Count > 0 && bpNeeded > 0)
{
foeEncounter.Add(allies[0]);
AllyCard ally = (AllyCard)allies[0];
bpNeeded -= ally.getBattlePoints(questName, players);
allies.Remove(allies[0]);
}
while (weapons.Count > 0 && bpNeeded > 0)
{
foeEncounter.Add(weapons[0]);
WeaponCard weapon = (WeaponCard)weapons[0];
bpNeeded -= weapon.battlePoints;
weapons.Remove(weapons[0]);
}
// return the resulting list
return(foeEncounter);
}
public bool canIIncrement(int stages, List <Card> hand, List <Player> players, QuestCard card)
{
strategyUtil strat = new strategyUtil();
int firstStageToFill = 1;
bool hasAmour = false;
int prev = 0;
List <Card> allies = new List <Card>();
List <Card> weapons = new List <Card>();
// Seperately fill lists with our weapons and allies
for (int i = 0; i < hand.Count; i++)
{
if (hand[i].type == "Weapon Card")
{
weapons.Add(hand[i]);
}
// If we have an Amour Card, it will immediately be played meaning we start filling stages from round 2 (bc round 1 will be 10BP)
if (hand[i].type == "Amour Card" && (hasAmour == false))
{
hasAmour = true;
firstStageToFill = 2;
prev = 10;
}
if (hand[i].type == "Ally Card")
{
AllyCard ally = (AllyCard)hand[i];
if (ally.getBattlePoints(card.name, players) > 0)
{
allies.Add(hand[i]);
}
}
}
// sort them by ascending order
allies = strat.sortAlliesByAscendingOrder(allies, card.name, players);
weapons = strat.sortWeaponsByAscendingOrder(weapons);
// Now we walk through each stage of the quest
for (int i = firstStageToFill; i <= stages; i++)
{
// instantiate a list of unique weapon to ensure each stage doesn't have duplicate weapons
List <Card> uniqueWeapons = new List <Card>();
// set our threshold for how many BP this stage needs (incremented by 10)
int pointThreshold = (10 + prev);
// our current points for this stage
int points = 0;
// while we still have allies to play and we have yet to hit our point threshold
while (allies.Count > 0 && (points < pointThreshold))
{
// play our allies and increment points to include their battlePoints
AllyCard ally = (AllyCard)allies[0];
points += ally.getBattlePoints(card.name, players);
allies.Remove(allies[0]);
}
// if we run out of allies, we can loop through weapons and make sure that were not gonna play a duplicate weapon
while (weapons.Count > 0 && (points < pointThreshold) && strat.checkDuplicate(weapons[0], uniqueWeapons, "Weapon Card"))
{
WeaponCard weapon = (WeaponCard)weapons[0];
points += weapon.battlePoints;
weapons.Remove(weapons[0]);
}
// if we've run out of allies AND weapons but haven't filled in this current stage yet then return false
if (points < pointThreshold)
{
return(false);
}
// set prev to whatever our points ended up as
prev = points;
}
// return true if weve made it through all stages
return(true);
}