From 8805367db712515e8f725f28270d1dd4498af2b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: evanpelle <evanpelle@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 20:08:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] have bots attack sooner at start of game (#660)

## Description:
For the first attack, just send 1/5 troops and don't wait until the bot
has sufficient reserves.
It looked weird because none of the bots moved at all for the first 5
seconds of the game.
## Please complete the following:

- [ ] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [ ] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced
- [ ] I understand that submitting code with bugs that could have been
caught through manual testing blocks releases and new features for all
contributors

## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:

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Co-authored-by: evan <openfrontio@gmail.com>
---
 src/core/execution/utils/BotBehavior.ts | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/execution/utils/BotBehavior.ts b/src/core/execution/utils/BotBehavior.ts
index 4f1d5fde9..c4f765c79 100644
--- a/src/core/execution/utils/BotBehavior.ts
+++ b/src/core/execution/utils/BotBehavior.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ export class BotBehavior {
   private enemy: Player | null = null;
   private enemyUpdated: Tick;
 
-  private assistAcceptEmoji: number;
+  private assistAcceptEmoji = flattenedEmojiTable.indexOf("👍");
+
+  private firstAttackSent = false;
 
   constructor(
     private random: PseudoRandom,
@@ -24,9 +26,7 @@ export class BotBehavior {
     private player: Player,
     private triggerRatio: number,
     private reserveRatio: number,
-  ) {
-    this.assistAcceptEmoji = flattenedEmojiTable.indexOf("👍");
-  }
+  ) {}
 
   handleAllianceRequests() {
     for (const req of this.player.incomingAllianceRequests()) {
@@ -172,8 +172,13 @@ export class BotBehavior {
     const maxPop = this.game.config().maxPopulation(this.player);
     const maxTroops = maxPop * this.player.targetTroopRatio();
     const targetTroops = maxTroops * this.reserveRatio;
-    const troops = this.player.troops() - targetTroops;
+    // Don't wait until it has sufficient reserves to send the first attack
+    // to prevent the bot from waiting too long at the start of the game.
+    const troops = this.firstAttackSent
+      ? this.player.troops() - targetTroops
+      : this.player.troops() / 5;
     if (troops < 1) return;
+    this.firstAttackSent = true;
     this.game.addExecution(
       new AttackExecution(
         troops,