Some sort of hints

[airbreather]

Autopelago can get stuck in BK. Depending on the multiworld settings, it should be possible to get the slot to request a hint for something that will let it progress again.

Maybe it shouldn't do this automatically, but it should be possible nonetheless.

[airbreather]

Some discussion from the Discord thread:

fore772: if you want the game to hint things randomly, you could put the progression items into an item group and have it automatically hint something from the group? i think current behaviour hints the next lowest sphere one. otherwise someone logging into the slot in a text client could hint specific items manually

fore772: idk if theres a more elegant solution, thats what my non programming brain went to

sterlia: another thing could be if it ever gets stuck it auto hints the thing it's missing

sterlia: that way it acts like a human

fore772: but then stuck you'd want to set up an arbitrary time before it hints it I think

fore772: since you do want it to be idle at the end of the day

sterlia: I would argue that you want it to finish as well, like a real human

[airbreather]

More discussion:

fore772: I do think the idea of it automatically sending a hint if it gets bk'd is neat, but i feel like it would be best to send only one hint if that turns into an option. Then if the next barrier needs 2 items, it can't hint the second until that first is obtained and is still bk.

swiftrunner: other idea re: hints: if it realizes it's only one check away from completing the game, it might auto-hint That Item to try and figure out where the last check it needs to win is hiding?

snolidice: if it rehints once it could be fine i am kinda iffy on auto hinting tho

snolidice: idea: right-clicking items on the left will type the hint command for u and send it, (Not auto hints)

snolidice: just convience so u dont have to type shit

swiftrunner: ooo that's a good idea

snolidice: the landstalker client has that and its so goood

skidznet: I know we were throwing around a way for the rat to hint. realistically it would probably be another text command. Without official data, it does seem like hovering around 20 sec might be best as the default for the rat. Once we get to balancing (which is soonish) we can get the times really nailed down

skidznet: i do like the hint being tied to the items on the side, though

skidznet: maybe i can get that to happen

skidznet:

snolidice: my suggestion isnt related to auto hinting or anything like that

snolidice: just a functionality for the item side

skidznet: yea, i like the idea of interacting with the side panel