Tell where a wandering trader is on any day so the player can find them

The trader who sells the one rare tool is never where the player looks, because nothing says where he is on which day. Here is how to give him a fixed round of stops and roads, answer where he is on any day, and tell the player the next day he will be in a given town.

Why this works

If a person's place follows only from the day number, nothing can drift: saving, waiting and skipping time all give the same answer, and the player can plan around a round they can learn. Stored positions that move step by step get lost.

When not to use it

Skip it when the trader should react to the player or to events, such as fleeing a war or following a rumour. A fixed round ignores the world. Then let the story move him, and only fall back on the round when nothing else happens.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 38 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "Tell where a wandering trader is on any day so the player can find them" (read_entry wandering-trader-on-a-round-of-stops) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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