Finish MOC implementation

src/moc-tracking.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import random
 
 class City:
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class Board:
     neighbors = "Detroit", "Pittsburgh", "Lewisburg", "Knoxville", "Nashville"
     self.cities.append(City("Cincinnati", neighbors))
     #neighbors = "Detroit", "Cincinnati", "St Louis", "Davenport", "St Paul", "Duluth"
-    neighbors = "Detroit", "Cincinnati", "Davenport"
+    neighbors = "Detroit", "Cincinnati"
     self.cities.append(City("Chicago", neighbors))
     neighbors = "Pittsburgh", "Baltimore", "Norfolk", "Charlotte", "Knoxville", "Cincinnati"
     self.cities.append(City("Lewisburg", neighbors))
@@ -58,8 +59,8 @@ class Board:
     self.cities.append(City("Savannah", neighbors))
 
     # The South (4 cities)
-    #neighbors = "Cincinnati", "Atlanta", "New Orleans", "Little Rock", "St Louis"
+    #neighbors = "Cincinnati", "Knoxville", "Atlanta", "New Orleans", "Little Rock", "St Louis"
-    neighbors = "Cincinnati", "Atlanta", "New Orleans"
+    neighbors = "Cincinnati", "Knoxville", "Atlanta", "New Orleans"
     self.cities.append(City("Nashville", neighbors))
     neighbors = "Charlotte", "Charleston", "Savannah", "Mobile", "Nashville", "Knoxville"
     self.cities.append(City("Atlanta", neighbors))
@@ -117,13 +118,22 @@ class MamaOConnel:
     # We need at least 3 accesses to the city, to provide hints through different axes (but even cities with 3 accesses
     # can generate a triangle (like Bangor or Tampa), hence the need for 4 accesses)
     # It could be more proper to have a dedicated method to check if a city can be the location (using distance?)
-    while len(self.location.neighbors) < 4:
+    # Moreover, due to their location and their corner neighbors, Montreal and Jacksonville can never have enough hints
+    # TODO Buffalo sometimes runs in an infinte loop as well; check if still the case after we finished adding cities
+    while len(self.location.neighbors) < 4 or self.location.name in ("Montreal", "Jacksonville"):
       self.location = self.board.cities[random.randint(0, len(self.board.cities) - 1)]
-    print("location = " + self.location.name)
 
     hints = [], [], []
     hintsDistance = 3, 3, 2 # TODO randomize
     for h in range(0, 3):
+
+
+      # Next hop(s) of hint
+      #for i in range(0, hintsDistance[h] - 1):
+      i = -1
+      while i < hintsDistance[h] - 1:
+        if i == -1:
+          # First hop of hint
           city = self.board.getCityByName(self.location.neighbors[random.randint(0, len(self.location.neighbors) - 1)])
           if h == 1:
             while city in hints[0]:
@@ -131,18 +141,23 @@ class MamaOConnel:
           if h == 2:
             while city in hints[0] or city in hints[1]:
               city = self.board.getCityByName(self.location.neighbors[random.randint(0, len(self.location.neighbors) - 1)])
-      print("Hint " + str(h + 1) + ": step 1: " + city.name)
+          hints[h].insert(0, city)
-      hints[h].append(city)
+          i = 0
-      for i in range(0, hintsDistance[h] - 1):
+        else:
+          do = True
           city = self.board.getCityByName(hints[h][i].neighbors[random.randint(0, len(hints[h][i].neighbors) - 1)])
+          counter = 0
           while self.board.distance(city, self.location) < i + 2 or h >= 1 and city in hints[0] or h == 2 and city in hints[1]:
+            if counter > len(hints[h][i].neighbors) + 5: # arbitrary failsafe
+              i = i - 1
+              do = False
+              hints[h].pop()
+              break
             city = self.board.getCityByName(hints[h][i].neighbors[random.randint(0, len(hints[h][i].neighbors) - 1)])
-        print("Hint " + str(h + 1) + ": step " + str(i + 2) + ": " + city.name)
+            counter = counter + 1
-        hints[h].append(city)
+          if do:
-    print("FINISH")
+            hints[h].insert(i + 1, city)
-    print("Hideout was: " + self.location.name)
+            i = i + 1
-    for hint in hints:
-      print(hint[-1].name)
 
   # at the end of generation, board and cities should be dropped (no use to keep them in saved data)