\n- In borg_think(), the borg needed to do his borg_notice() before borg_update() because some of his my_stat_ind[] were not being loaded on time.\u00a0 This would have him believe that he had no spells available as well as other problems with his attributes.\u00a0 This was only a problem on his very first pass through borg_think() and only showed up if there was a monster on-screen.\u00a0 Imagine a screen-saver initiating with a monster on-screen.\u00a0 The borg would not have proper knowledge of his attributes that first round.<\/li>\n
- I needed to add the borg_notice() and borg_hidden() to the begining of borg_think() as well as at the end because some of the variables looked at during borg_think() were not populated yet.\u00a0 In particular, borg_cheat_spell() uses some of the borg_skill[], but those are empty when borg_cheat_spell() is called.<\/li>\n
- I added a structure member called ‘avoid’ to the structure borg_kills[]. This will tell the borg to avoid flowing to this monster.\u00a0 It is a hard to kill monster (borg lacks strong attacks against it) and he should not pick a fight with this guy.\u00a0 I also added ‘cautious’ which means the monster is hard to kill and it will take at least 7 rounds to kill it.<\/li>\n
- Borg_flow_kill_corridor_2() needed a fix.\u00a0 It was looking at the wrong monster.\u00a0 It was using monster ‘i’ instead of ‘borg_kills_summoner’.\u00a0 ooops.<\/li>\n
- I needed to add a monster flow version of borg_data_hard in order to help the borg understand monster flow patterns better.\u00a0 He was believing the monsters could not flow on a grid unless the grid was a known grid.<\/li>\n
- borg_flow_spread_m() needed a rework.\u00a0 Additionally it had some variable naming problems, like ‘i’ being used in a loop, when it was previously assigned to be the monster id#.\u00a0 Some monsters can move through doors.<\/li>\n
- borg_flow_commit_m() needed a correction. It was looking at cost of flowing to the wrong grid and needed to look at the 0 vs 255 cost differently.<\/li>\n
- Reduced the danger from bolts to zero when the borg has Reflection flag.<\/li>\n
- Reduced the amount of time the borg would rest on a grid waiting for a monster to approach.\u00a0 He would wait for up to 350 turns, that was dropped to 75.<\/li>\n
- Passwalling borgs might try to cast Glyph while in the walls.<\/li>\n
- The flow for anti-summon corridors (type 2) was using goal type GOAL_KILL when GOAL_DIGGING is a better fit.\u00a0 There is better handling of GOAL_DIGGING in borg_play_step().<\/li>\n
- The type 2 anti-summon corridor will be used only on never_move monsters.
\nA passwalling borg might get twitchy if he was dark-exploring and was parked on a closed stair.<\/li>\n - The game message “You tunnel into the granite wall” was causing the tunneling borg to reset his goals.\u00a0 This is not a good idea since he was tunneling to begin with.\u00a0 The message is helpful to keep the borg from looping.\u00a0 But I added a check to not reset the goal if goal == GOAL_DIGGING.\u00a0 The negative effect of this bug was that the borg was not completing his anti-summon corridors.<\/li>\n
- The ‘sneak’ used in borg_flow_committ() should not look at the borgs own grid; he is leaving that grid.<\/li>\n
- Updated borg_flow_old() so that he is penalized for trying to flow through a monster.
\nBorg_play_step() needed a bounds check on the section that deals with orbing the loot on the floor.<\/li>\n - Borg_defend_aux_rest() was improved by incorporating the improved borg_flow code.
\nI taught the borg to flow to an ‘unreachable’ grid.\u00a0 The borg will select a grid which is safe from melee combat but also affords the borg a good ranged attack position.\u00a0 For example, he will flow to deep water, to keep land-lubbers from attacking him.<\/li>\n - The borg needed to know the extra terrains could not hold a glyph of warding.<\/li>\n
- The borg will now be allowed to shoot spells into walls to attack PASS_WALL guys.\u00a0 Previously, all ranged attacks were forbidden if the PASS_WALL was sitting in the wall.\u00a0 The game will allow a spell to hit the monster but not a thrown\/fired ammo.<\/li>\n
- Borg should not attempt to flee a battle in order to flow to a recovery grid.\u00a0 There is a check in place now to make sure there are no adjacent monsters.<\/li>\n
- Borg was bouncing on grids trying to get to a take.\u00a0 He thought his pet was on the take and he could not flow through his pet. Pets had been exempted from the I-haven’t-seen-you-in-a-while expiration.\u00a0 But they will be added back in.<\/li>\n
- Also in borg_flow_old() the borg will be allowed to flow through his pets\/friendlies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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