Disallow discarding at 8 clues

src/game.rs

@@ -654,6 +654,11 @@ impl GameState {
                     TurnResult::Hint(results)
                 }
                 TurnChoice::Discard(index) => {
+                    assert!(
+                        self.board.hints_remaining < self.board.hints_total,
+                        "Tried to discard while at max clue count"
+                    );
+
                     let card = self.take_from_hand(index);
                     debug!("Discard card in position {}, which is {}", index, card);
                     self.board.discard.place(card.clone());

src/strategies/cheating.rs

@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ impl PlayerStrategy for CheatingPlayerStrategy {
             return TurnChoice::Play(index);
         }
 
+        // cannot discard while at max clue count
+        if view.board.hints_remaining == view.board.hints_total {
+            return self.throwaway_hint(view);
+        }
+
         // discard threshold is how many cards we're willing to discard
         // such that if we only played,
         // we would not reach the final countdown round

src/strategies/examples.rs

@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ pub struct RandomStrategyPlayer {
 impl PlayerStrategy for RandomStrategyPlayer {
     fn decide(&mut self, view: &BorrowedGameView) -> TurnChoice {
         let p = rand::random::<f64>();
-        if p < self.hint_probability {
+        if p < self.play_probability {
-            if view.board.hints_remaining > 0 {
+            TurnChoice::Play(0)
+        } else if view.board.hints_remaining == view.board.hints_total
+            || (view.board.hints_remaining > 0 && p < self.play_probability + self.hint_probability)
+        {
             let hint_player = view.board.player_to_left(&self.me);
             let hint_card = rand::thread_rng()
                 .choose(view.get_hand(&hint_player))
@@ -62,11 +65,6 @@ impl PlayerStrategy for RandomStrategyPlayer {
         } else {
             TurnChoice::Discard(0)
         }
-        } else if p < self.hint_probability + self.play_probability {
-            TurnChoice::Play(0)
-        } else {
-            TurnChoice::Discard(0)
-        }
     }
     fn update(&mut self, _: &TurnRecord, _: &BorrowedGameView) {}
 }

src/strategies/information.rs

@@ -889,9 +889,9 @@ impl InformationPlayerStrategy {
             self.find_useless_cards(&view.board, &public_info.get_player_info(me));
         let useless_indices = self.find_useless_cards(&view.board, &private_info);
 
-        // NOTE When changing this, make sure to keep the "discard" branch of update() up to date!
+        // NOTE When changing this, make sure to keep the "discard" branch of update_wrapped() up to date!
-        let will_hint = if view.board.hints_remaining > 0
+        let will_hint = if view.board.hints_remaining == view.board.hints_total
-            && public_info.someone_else_needs_hint(view)
+            || (view.board.hints_remaining > 0 && public_info.someone_else_needs_hint(view))
         {
             true
         } else if view.board.discard_size() <= discard_threshold && !useless_indices.is_empty() {