Comment by aidenn0
1 month ago
Llama seems to make illegal moves which confuses the game engine; it tries to play to non-existant piles which causes the chips to disappear (not end up in the Dead box). This then confuses other AIs which are counting chips in the dead box and on the board.
Even were that fixed, that doesn't solve the problem that the AI makes really bad moves. I can win just by doing the following:
1. If there is a pile that I can capture with at least one chip not of my color, do it
2. Otherwise play on the largest pile
Well, really bad moves are still better than illegal moves. I'm not sure why the engine allows itself to be confused by illegal moves, rather than just... disallowing them.
Not bothering to test edge cases: a tale as old as programming.
Assuming stuff with no knowledge: a tale as old as humans.