RumbleBot shorter path to line of sight

src/RumbleBot.java

@@ -4,19 +4,18 @@ import java.util.Random;
 
 public class RumbleBot extends Bot {
     protected final static String obstacles = "~#X*";
-    protected final static String targets = "v^<>";
+    protected final static String players = "v^<>";
+    protected final static String targets = players + "o";
 
     protected Random random = new Random();
     protected int steps = 0;
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        if(args.length == 0) {
+        if (args.length == 0) {
             String[] dummyArgs = {"localhost", "63187"};
-            new Thread(new EnemyBot(dummyArgs)).start();
-            new Thread(new EnemyBot(dummyArgs)).start();
-            new Thread(new EnemyBot(dummyArgs)).start();
-            new Thread(new EnemyBot(dummyArgs)).start();
-            new Thread(new EnemyBot(dummyArgs)).start();
+            for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+                new Thread(new EnemyBot(dummyArgs)).start();
+            }
         }
 
         Bot bot = new RumbleBot(args);
@@ -50,40 +49,42 @@ public class RumbleBot extends Bot {
         char[][] grid = new char[size][size];
         for (int i = 0; i < data.length(); i++) {
             char c = data.charAt(i);
-            if("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYZ".contains("" + c))
-                c = 'A';
+            if (Character.isUpperCase(c) && c != 'X') c = 'A';
             grid[i % size][i / size] = c;
         }
         return grid;
     }
 
     protected void markFiringLines(char[][] grid) {
+        int[][] dir = {{0, -1}, {0, 1}, {1, 0}, {-1, 0}};
         int size = grid.length;
+
         for (int x = 0; x < size; x++) {
             for (int y = 0; y < size; y++) {
-                int[][] dir = {{0, -1}, {0, 1}, {1, 0}, {-1, 0}};
 
                 switch (grid[x][y]) {
-                    case '^' -> markLine(grid, x, y, dir[0], '*');
-                    case 'v' -> markLine(grid, x, y, dir[1], '*');
-                    case '>' -> markLine(grid, x, y, dir[2], '*');
-                    case '<' -> markLine(grid, x, y, dir[3], '*');
+                    case '^' -> markLine(grid, x, y, dir[0], '*', false);
+                    case 'v' -> markLine(grid, x, y, dir[1], '*', false);
+                    case '>' -> markLine(grid, x, y, dir[2], '*', false);
+                    case '<' -> markLine(grid, x, y, dir[3], '*', false);
                 }
 
-                if(targets.contains("" + grid[x][y])) {
+                if (players.contains("" + grid[x][y])) {
                     for (int[] direction : dir) {
-                        markLine(grid, x, y, direction, 'o');
+                        markLine(grid, x, y, direction, 'o', true);
                     }
                 }
+
             }
         }
     }
 
-    private void markLine(char[][] grid, int x, int y, int[] dir, char c) {
+    private void markLine(char[][] grid, int x, int y, int[] dir, char c, boolean block) {
         int size = grid.length;
         x += dir[0];
         y += dir[1];
         while (x >= 0 && x < size && y >= 0 && y < size && !obstacles.contains("" + grid[x][y])) {
+            if (grid[x][y] == 'A' && block) break;
             if (grid[x][y] == '.') {
                 grid[x][y] = c;
             }
@@ -94,11 +95,11 @@ public class RumbleBot extends Bot {
 
     protected boolean isInLineOfSight(char[][] grid) {
         int size = grid.length;
-        for (int y = size / 2; y > 0; y--) {
+        for (int y = size / 2; y >= 0; y--) {
             if (obstacles.contains("" + grid[size / 2][y]))
                 break;
 
-            if (targets.contains("" + grid[size / 2][y]))
+            if (players.contains("" + grid[size / 2][y]))
                 return true;
         }
         return false;