Help on Mountain Mercenaries

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while True:
    # Move to the nearest coin.
    # Use move instead of moveXY so you can command constantly.
    coin = hero.findNearestItem()
    hero.move(coin.pos)
    hero.say("I need coins!")
    
    # If you have funds for a soldier, summon one.
    if hero.gold > hero.costOf("soldier"):
        hero.say("I should summon something here!")
        
    enemy = hero.findNearest(hero.findEnemies())
    if enemy:
        soldiers = hero.findFriends()
        soldierIndex = 0
        soldier = soldiers[soldierIndex]
        # Loop over all your soldiers and order them to attack.
        while True:
            
            
            # Use the 'attack' command to make your soldiers attack.
            #hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)
            hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)

I don’t really understand what to put at the end

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Here put a for loop that loops over the soldiers array using soldier.

Why don’t you summon anything here?

Andrei

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while True:
    # Move to the nearest coin.
    # Use move instead of moveXY so you can command constantly.
    coin = hero.findNearestItem()
    hero.move(coin.pos)
    hero.say("I need coins!")
    
    # If you have funds for a soldier, summon one.
    if hero.gold > hero.costOf("soldier"):
        hero.say("I should summon something here!")
        
    enemy = hero.findNearest(hero.findEnemies())
    if enemy:
        soldiers = hero.findFriends()
        soldierIndex = 0
        soldier = soldiers[soldierIndex]
        # Loop over all your soldiers and order them to attack.
        while True:
            
            
            # Use the 'attack' command to make your soldiers attack.
            #hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)
            hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)

My hero still doesn’t gather any coins so they can’t summon any soldiers. Am I supposed to use findNearestItem?

4

You do not need this, do you?
And do not forget to correct those things too.

Andrei

5

Sorry overlooked that :sweat_smile: New Code:

while True:
    # Move to the nearest coin.
    # Use move instead of moveXY so you can command constantly.
    coin = hero.findNearestItem()
    hero.move(coin.pos)
    
    # If you have funds for a soldier, summon one.
    if hero.gold > hero.costOf("soldier"):
        hero.summon("soldier")
        
    enemy = hero.findNearest(hero.findEnemies())
    if enemy:
        soldiers = hero.findFriends()
        soldierIndex = 0
        soldier = soldiers[soldierIndex]
        # Loop over all your soldiers and order them to attack.
        while True:
            
            
            # Use the 'attack' command to make your soldiers attack.
            #hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)
            hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)
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And do not forget this.

Andrei

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while True:
    # Move to the nearest coin.
    # Use move instead of moveXY so you can command constantly.
    coin = hero.findNearestItem()
    hero.move(coin.pos)
    
    # If you have funds for a soldier, summon one.
    if hero.gold > hero.costOf("soldier"):
        hero.summon("soldier")
        
    enemy = hero.findNearest(hero.findEnemies())
    if enemy:
        soldiers = hero.findFriends()
        soldierIndex = 0
        soldier = soldiers[soldierIndex]
        # Loop over all your soldiers and order them to attack.
        while len(soldiers) > [soldierIndex]:
            # Use the 'attack' command to make your soldiers attack.
            #hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)
            soldier = soldiers[soldierIndex]
            hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)
            soldierIndex += 1

It seems that my hero ignores the presence of the ogres, and keep collecting coins. They have summoned the soldiers but don’t tell them to do anything

8

Delete those.

Here command to attack each soldier’s nearest enemy.

Andrei

9

What do you mean? Do I add it in after or inside the hero.command?

10

So make the variable enemy the enemy closest to soldier before you command to attack.

Andrei

11

Like this?

# Gather coins to summon soldiers and have them attack the enemy.

while True:
    # Move to the nearest coin.
    # Use move instead of moveXY so you can command constantly.
    coin = hero.findNearestItem()
    if coin:
        hero.move(coin.pos)
    # If you have funds for a soldier, summon one.
    if hero.gold > hero.costOf("soldier"):
        hero.summon("soldier")
    enemy = hero.findNearest(hero.findEnemies())
    if enemy:
        soldiers = hero.findFriends()
        soldierIndex = 0
        soldier = soldiers[soldierIndex]
        # Loop over all your soldiers and order them to attack.
        while len(soldiers) > [soldierIndex]:
            # Use the 'attack' command to make your soldiers attack.
            #hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)
            soldier = soldiers[soldierIndex]
            hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)
            soldierIndex += 1
12

No. But I have to go to bed now. Bye!

Andrei

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Bye (20 characters)(20 characters)

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14

Almost, but not quite.

Your first definition of soldier is not actually being used…you re-define soldier in the while loop, anyway.

Think about how you are defining your while statement…[soldierIndex] is pointing to an array element, not a counter. Without the brackets, it does then become a counter.

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It works, but only one soldier attacks

# Gather coins to summon soldiers and have them attack the enemy.

while True:
    # Move to the nearest coin.
    # Use move instead of moveXY so you can command constantly.
    item = hero.findNearestItem()
    hero.moveXY(item.pos.x, item.pos.y)
    # If you have funds for a soldier, summon one.
    if hero.gold > hero.costOf("soldier"):
        hero.summon("soldier")
    enemy = hero.findNearest(hero.findEnemies())
    if enemy:
        soldiers = hero.findFriends()
        soldierIndex = 0
        soldier = soldiers[soldierIndex]
        # Loop over all your soldiers and order them to attack.
        while len(soldiers) > soldierIndex:
            # Use the 'attack' command to make your soldiers attack.
            #hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)
            hero.command(soldier, "attack", enemy)
            soldierIndex += 1
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Like the comment says, use move instead of moveXY

Here you define soldier before the while loop, so every time you

you command the same soldier.

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17

Thanks! I got it! :sweat_smile:

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