play: throttle quiz_carry preview bot pathfinding; slower path steps in editor embed

Made-with: Cursor

www/html/Game/public/js/play.js

@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@
         balloonBossScore: 0,
         balloonBossBalloons: 5,
         balloonBossEliminated: false,
+        botQuizCarryPathfindAfter: performance.now() + previewBotSeq * 75 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 160),
       });
       botIds.push(id);
     }
@@ -1104,6 +1105,14 @@
         o.ty = s.y;
       });
     }
+    if (mapData.gameType === 'quiz_carry') {
+      const t0 = performance.now();
+      [...others.keys()].filter(isPreviewBotId).forEach((bid, idx) => {
+        const o = others.get(bid);
+        if (!o) return;
+        o.botQuizCarryPathfindAfter = t0 + idx * 90 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 140);
+      });
+    }
     if (mapData.gameType === 'gauntlet') {
       applyGauntletPreviewSpawnLayout(false);
       emitGauntletPreviewRowsToServer();
@@ -2039,6 +2048,8 @@
   function stepQuizCarryPreviewBots() {
     if (!previewFillBots || !isQuizCarry() || !mapData || !quizCarryCurrent) return;
     const w = mapData.width || 20, h = mapData.height || 15;
+    const nowPf = performance.now();
+    const pathfindMinGap = editorEmbedReturn ? 280 : 140;
     others.forEach((o, id) => {
       if (!isPreviewBotId(id)) return;
       if (!o.botPath || o.botPath.length === 0) {
@@ -2050,6 +2061,9 @@
         : Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.max(2, (quizCarryCurrent.choices || []).length));
       const wantIdx = pickQuizCarryTargetOptionIndexAvoidingTaken(rawWant);
       if (!o.botPath || !o.botPath.length) {
+        if (typeof o.botQuizCarryPathfindAfter !== 'number') o.botQuizCarryPathfindAfter = 0;
+        if (nowPf < o.botQuizCarryPathfindAfter) return;
+        const jitter = (String(id).length * 31 + ((o.x | 0) ^ (o.y | 0)) * 7) % 160;
         if (o.quizCarryHeld == null && wantIdx != null) {
           const dest = pickRandomTileForQuizCarryOption(mapData, wantIdx, o);
           if (dest) {
@@ -2063,6 +2077,7 @@
             if (path && path.length > 1) o.botPath = path.slice(1);
           }
         }
+        o.botQuizCarryPathfindAfter = nowPf + pathfindMinGap + jitter;
       } else {
         stepPreviewBotAlongPath(o, w, h);
       }
@@ -5805,7 +5820,8 @@
       return;
     }
     const len = dist || 1;
-    const step = Math.min(MOVE_SPEED * 1.28, len);
+    const pathStepMul = (previewFillBots && editorEmbedReturn) ? 0.56 : 1;
+    const step = Math.min(MOVE_SPEED * 1.28 * pathStepMul, len);
     const nx = o.x + (dx / len) * step;
     const ny = o.y + (dy / len) * step;
     if (Math.abs(dy) > Math.abs(dx)) o.direction = dy > 0 ? 'down' : 'up';

www/html/Game/public/play.html

@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
   </div>
   <script src="/Game/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
   <script src="js/version.js?v=0.0166"></script>
-  <script src="js/play.js?v=0.082"></script>
+  <script src="js/play.js?v=0.083"></script>
   <div class="version-tag">v —</div>
 </body>
 </html>