backward induction

more bug fixes (many worlds, disintegrated armament)

tech: backward induction - gain all the tech options you didn't choose from your previous tech selection menu

js/bullet.js

@@ -4123,11 +4123,20 @@ const b = {
                                     y: mob[i].position.y,
                                     radius: Math.log(2 * damage + 1.1) * 40,
                                     color: "rgba(100,0,200,0.25)",
-                                    time: simulation.drawTime
+                                    time: simulation.drawTime * 2
                                 });
                             }
                         }
                     }
+                    if (tech.isRailAreaDamage) {
+                        simulation.drawList.push({ //add dmg to draw queue
+                            x: m.pos.x,
+                            y: m.pos.y,
+                            radius: range,
+                            color: "rgba(100,0,200,0.04)",
+                            time: simulation.drawTime
+                        });
+                    }
                     for (let i = 0, len = body.length; i < len; ++i) {
                         const SUB = Vector.sub(body[i].position, m.pos)
                         const DISTANCE = Vector.magnitude(SUB)

js/player.js

@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ const m = {
         //remove all tech and count current tech total
         let totalTech = 0;
         for (let i = 0, len = tech.tech.length; i < len; i++) {
-            if (!tech.tech[i].isLore) {
+            if (tech.tech[i].count > 0 && !tech.tech[i].isLore) {
                 if (tech.tech[i].isJunk) {
                     tech.tech[i].frequency = 0
                 } else if (tech.tech[i].frequencyDefault) {

js/powerup.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ let powerUp = [];
 
 const powerUps = {
     totalPowerUps: 0, //used for tech that count power ups at the end of a level
+    lastTechIndex: null,
     choose(type, index) {
         if (type === "gun") {
             b.giveGuns(index)
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ const powerUps = {
             m.setField(index)
             simulation.makeTextLog(`<span class='color-var'>m</span>.setField("<span class='color-text'>${m.fieldUpgrades[m.fieldMode].name}</span>")`);
         } else if (type === "tech") {
+            powerUps.lastTechIndex = index
             tech.giveTech(index)
             simulation.makeTextLog(`<span class='color-var'>tech</span>.giveTech("<span class='color-text'>${tech.tech[index].name}</span>")`);
         }
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ const powerUps = {
                 simulation.makeTextLog(`powerUps.tech.length: ${Math.max(0,powerUps.tech.lastTotalChoices - powerUps.tech.banishLog.length)}`)
             }
         }
-        if (tech.manyWorlds && powerUps.research.count === 0) {
+        if (tech.isAnsatz && powerUps.research.count === 0) {
             for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) powerUps.spawn(m.pos.x + 40 * (Math.random() - 0.5), m.pos.y + 40 * (Math.random() - 0.5), "research", false);
         }
         document.getElementById("choose-grid").style.display = "none"

js/tech.js

@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@
                 count: 0,
                 frequency: 2,
                 isNonRefundable: true,
+                isBadRandomOption: true,
                 allowed() {
                     return tech.isAmmoForGun
                 },
@@ -2154,6 +2155,7 @@
                 frequency: 1,
                 frequencyDefault: 1,
                 isNonRefundable: true,
+                isBadRandomOption: true,
                 allowed() {
                     return ((m.health / m.maxHealth) < 0.7 || build.isExperimentSelection) && !tech.isNoHeals
                 },
@@ -2321,7 +2323,7 @@
                 count: 0,
                 frequency: 2,
                 allowed() {
-                    return powerUps.research.count === 0 && !tech.manyWorlds
+                    return powerUps.research.count === 0 && !tech.isAnsatz
                 },
                 requires: "no research",
                 effect() {
@@ -2345,10 +2347,10 @@
                 },
                 requires: "not superdeterminism or Ψ(t) collapse, no research",
                 effect: () => {
-                    tech.manyWorlds = true;
+                    tech.isAnsatz = true;
                 },
                 remove() {
-                    tech.manyWorlds = false;
+                    tech.isAnsatz = false;
                 }
             }, {
                 name: "Bayesian statistics",
@@ -2588,6 +2590,7 @@
                 frequency: 1,
                 frequencyDefault: 1,
                 isNonRefundable: true,
+                isBadRandomOption: true,
                 allowed() {
                     return (tech.totalCount > 3) && !tech.isSuperDeterminism
                 },
@@ -2618,6 +2621,7 @@
                 frequency: 1,
                 frequencyDefault: 1,
                 isNonRefundable: true,
+                isBadRandomOption: true,
                 allowed() {
                     return (tech.totalCount > 3) && !tech.isSuperDeterminism && tech.duplicationChance() > 0
                 },
@@ -2635,6 +2639,7 @@
                 frequency: 1,
                 frequencyDefault: 1,
                 isNonRefundable: true,
+                isBadRandomOption: true,
                 allowed() {
                     return !tech.isSuperDeterminism && tech.duplicationChance() > 0 && powerUps.research.count > 1
                 },
@@ -2693,6 +2698,7 @@
                 frequency: 1,
                 frequencyDefault: 1,
                 isNonRefundable: true,
+                isBadRandomOption: true,
                 allowed() {
                     return !tech.isSuperDeterminism
                 },
@@ -2732,7 +2738,34 @@
                         if (tech.tech[i].count > 0 && tech.tech[i].frequency > 1) tech.tech[i].frequency /= 100
                     }
                 }
-            }, {
+            },
+
+            {
+                name: "backward induction",
+                description: "gain all the <strong class='color-m'>tech</strong> <strong>options</strong> you didn't <strong>choose</strong><br>from your previous <strong class='color-m'>tech</strong> selection",
+                maxCount: 1,
+                count: 0,
+                frequency: 1,
+                isNonRefundable: true,
+                isBadRandomOption: true,
+                allowed() {
+                    return powerUps.tech.choiceLog.length > 5 && !tech.isDeterminism
+                },
+                requires: "rejected an option in the last tech selection",
+                effect: () => {
+                    let num = 3
+                    if (tech.isExtraChoice) num = 5
+                    if (tech.isDeterminism) num = 1
+                    for (let i = powerUps.tech.choiceLog.length - 1 - num; i > powerUps.tech.choiceLog.length - 1 - num * 2; i--) {
+                        const index = powerUps.tech.choiceLog[i]
+                        if (powerUps.tech.choiceLog[i] !== powerUps.lastTechIndex && tech.tech[index].count < tech.tech[index].maxCount && tech.tech[index].allowed()) {
+                            tech.giveTech(index)
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                remove() {}
+            },
+            {
                 name: "cardinality",
                 description: "<strong class='color-m'>tech</strong>, <strong class='color-f'>fields</strong>, and <strong class='color-g'>guns</strong> have <strong>5</strong> <strong>choices</strong>",
                 maxCount: 1,
@@ -2778,7 +2811,7 @@
                 frequencyDefault: 8,
                 isBadRandomOption: true,
                 allowed() {
-                    return tech.isDeterminism && !tech.manyWorlds && !tech.isGunSwitchField
+                    return tech.isDeterminism && !tech.isAnsatz && !tech.isGunSwitchField
                 },
                 requires: "determinism, not unified field theory",
                 effect: () => {
@@ -2829,12 +2862,20 @@
                     tech.isNoHeals = true;
                     level.difficultyDecrease(simulation.difficultyMode * 2)
                     simulation.makeTextLog(`simulation.difficultyMode <span class='color-symbol'>-=</span> 2`)
+                    powerUps.heal.color = "#abb"
+                    for (let i = 0; i < powerUp.length; i++) { //find active heal power ups and adjust color live
+                        if (powerUp[i].name === "heal") powerUp[i].color = powerUps.heal.color
+                    }
                 },
                 remove() {
-                    tech.isNoHeals = false;
+                    if (tech.isNoHeals) {
-                    if (this.count > 0) {
+                        powerUps.heal.color = "#0eb"
-                        level.difficultyIncrease(simulation.difficultyMode * 2)
+                        for (let i = 0; i < powerUp.length; i++) { //find active heal power ups and adjust color live
+                            if (powerUp[i].name === "heal") powerUp[i].color = powerUps.heal.color
+                        }
                     }
+                    tech.isNoHeals = false;
+                    if (this.count > 0) level.difficultyIncrease(simulation.difficultyMode * 2)
                 }
             },
             //************************************************** 
@@ -4768,7 +4809,7 @@
                 },
                 requires: "at least 1 gun",
                 effect() {
-                    if (b.activeGun && b.inventory.length > 0) b.removeGun(b.guns[b.activeGun].name)
+                    if (b.inventory.length > 0) b.removeGun(b.guns[b.activeGun].name)
                     simulation.makeGunHUD()
                     powerUps.spawn(m.pos.x + 60 * (Math.random() - 0.5), m.pos.y + 60 * (Math.random() - 0.5), "gun");
                 },
@@ -5783,7 +5824,7 @@
         nailsDeathMob: null,
         isSlowFPS: null,
         isNeutronStun: null,
-        manyWorlds: null,
+        isAnsatz: null,
         isDamageFromBulletCount: null,
         isLaserDiode: null,
         isNailShot: null,

todo.txt

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 ******************************************************** NEXT PATCH ********************************************************
  
-some tech is now only 50% likely to show up
+more bug fixes (many worlds, disintegrated armament)
-  I choose about 25 tech that don't effect game play as much, and dropped them down to 50% frequency
 
-reset on experiment menu should now clear power ups and bullets
+tech: backward induction - gain all the tech options you didn't choose from your previous tech selection menu
-
-fixed bug with no heals
 
 ******************************************************** BUGS ********************************************************
 
@@ -38,6 +35,15 @@ fix door.isOpen actually meaning isClosed?
 
 ******************************************************** TODO ********************************************************
 
+change the color of heals for ergodicity
+
+look into improving mouse lag with pointer lock?
+https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Pointer_Lock_API
+https://www.vsynctester.com/game.html
+https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26530272
+
+clarify dielectric polarization text / graphics
+
 tech - gain all the tech you didn't take on the last selection menu
   normally 2, but synergy with cardinality - 4, and 0 with determinism
   frequency to 1