agent.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
The intelligent agent
see flipped_agent for an example of how to flip the board in order to always
perceive the board as player 1
"""
import numpy as np
import Backgammon

def action(board_copy,dice,player,i):
    # the champion to be
    # inputs are the board, the dice and which player is to move
    # outputs the chosen move accordingly to its policy
    
    # check out the legal moves available for the throw
    possible_moves, possible_boards = Backgammon.legal_moves(board_copy, dice, player)
    
    # if there are no moves available
    if len(possible_moves) == 0: 
        return [] 
    
    # make the best move according to the policy
    
    # policy missing, returns a random move for the time being
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    move = possible_moves[np.random.randint(len(possible_moves))]

    return move