Alpaca Resources

Your alpaca relies on two key resources: Stamina and Tickets. Stamina is crucial as it dictates your alpaca's Run States. It serves as the energy reserve that your alpaca draws upon to move and sprint. Effective stamina management ensures your alpaca can perform optimally throughout the race. Tickets are essential for activating Skills. Every alpaca receives one ticket every X seconds.

Stamina Management

• Sprint Phase: Stamina decreases during the Sprint state. The rate of decrease is determined by the alpaca's Stamina Decrease Rate stat.

• Run Phase: Stamina does not decrease while in the Run state, maintaining a moderate pace without consuming stamina.

• Rest Phase: Stamina increases during the Rest state, allowing recovery. The rate of recovery is influenced by the Stamina Increase Rate stat.

Tickets

Tickets are crucial for activating Active Skills during a race.

Ticket System

• Earning Tickets: One ticket every SKILL_ACTIVATION_STEPS steps.

• Using Tickets: Active skills cost 1 ticket each. Passive skills do not require tickets.

• Skill Activation: Skills are chosen based on readiness and conditions.

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Ticket Brains

The ticket system is managed by different brains that control ticket earning and usage. The current brain in use is the Time Interval Dropper.

Time Interval Dropper

• Function: Drops a ticket every SKILL_ACTIVATION_STEPS steps.

• Mechanism: Checks if enough steps have been taken since the last ticket was earned. If so, the alpaca earns a ticket.

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Key Points

• Earn Tickets: One ticket every SKILL_ACTIVATION_STEPS steps.

• Active Skills: Cost 1 ticket each.

• Passive Skills: No ticket required.

• Skill Selection: Based on readiness and effectiveness.

Effective ticket management allows strategic skill activation to gain a competitive edge.