Fixing the broken AI_SMART option

[Therem Harth]

Something I just noticed in melee2.c:

		/* We're hurt (not badly), try to heal */
		else if (has_heal && (m_ptr->hp < m_ptr->maxhp * 3 / 4) &&
		         (randint0(100) < 60))
		{
			/* Choose heal spell */
			flags_mask(f, RSF_SIZE, RSF_HEAL_MASK, FLAG_END);
		}

So if a monster is slightly hurt, it has a pretty high chance of trying to heal, which is basically why AI_SMART is broken.

Suggestion: drop that to (randint0(100) < 10).

[fizzix]

That is not the only reason why AI_SMART is broken. It is one of them, but it's broken for monsters that can't heal either.

[Therem Harth]

Hmm. Can you elaborate on that? I did a little testing and it didn't seem too broken.

[buzzkill]

Originally Posted by Therem Harth

Hmm. Can you elaborate on that? I did a little testing and it didn't seem too broken.

AS I recall, monsters that can teleport you or teleport self are also really hard to kill. You can kill them, but it's a real challenge (and quite entertaining at first). But then again, isn't that what smart_ai is all about, making the enemy behave more like the player (very hard to kill with tele, to, or heal).

[Therem Harth]

Okay, thanks. That should not be hard to deal with either.

Actually I may want to write some of my own routines for the AI. The way AI_SMART is implemented is quite easy to understand...