public string NeutralMove(char[,] inBoardState, Player inCurrentPlayer)
{
// this is just the number where the token should go
string _pickedPosition = null;
// simple - look for opposing player with 2 tokens in a line,
char _otherPlayerToken = inCurrentPlayer.PlayerToken == 'X' ? 'O' : 'X';
//TODO: logic goes here
BotLogic _botLogic = new BotLogic();
Random _random = new Random();
//1-5 = 2, 6-10 = 4, 11-15 = 6, 16-20 = 8, 21-100 = center
// if first by bot, then go on offense
if (_botLogic.IsFirstMove(inBoardState))
{
int _somenumber = _random.Next(1, 101);
if (_somenumber >= 1 && _somenumber <= 5)
{
_pickedPosition = "2";
}
else if (_somenumber >= 6 && _somenumber <= 10)
{
_pickedPosition = "4";
}
else if (_somenumber >= 11 && _somenumber <= 15)
{
_pickedPosition = "6";
}
else if (_somenumber >= 16 && _somenumber <= 20)
{
_pickedPosition = "8";
}
else
{
_pickedPosition = "5"; // leghold trap
}
}
else
{
// analyze board more - step 1
int[,] _weightedBoard = this.WeightTheBoard(inBoardState, inCurrentPlayer);
// score the board - step 2
int[,] _scoredBoard = this.ScoreTheBoard(_weightedBoard, inCurrentPlayer);
// step 3 pick a spot
_pickedPosition = this.PickSpotBasedOnScoreBoard(_scoredBoard, inCurrentPlayer);
}
return(_pickedPosition);
}
// methods
public string BotMove(char[,] inBoardState)
{
BotLogic _botLogic = new BotLogic();
//Random _random = new Random();
string _position = "";
////1-5 = 2, 6-10 = 4, 11-15 = 6, 16-20 = 8, 21-100 = center
//// if first by bot, then go on offense
//if (_botLogic.IsFirstMove(inBoardState))
//{
// int _somenumber = _random.Next(1, 101);
// if (_somenumber >= 1 && _somenumber <= 5)
// {
// _position = "2";
// }
// else if (_somenumber >= 6 && _somenumber <= 10)
// {
// _position = "4";
// }
// else if (_somenumber >= 11 && _somenumber <= 15)
// {
// _position = "6";
// }
// else if (_somenumber >= 16 && _somenumber <= 20)
// {
// _position = "8";
// }
// else
// {
// _position = "5";
// }
//}
//else
//{
// // analyze board
_position = _botLogic.Analyze(inBoardState, this);
//}
return(_position);
}