From 622af177059265346819f6abfbabb9a3a7342a5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Dill <fabian.dill@web.de>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 11:44:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] MultiServer: make !hint prefer non-local

---
 MultiServer.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MultiServer.py b/MultiServer.py
index dd695fc1..e8e1cc8d 100644
--- a/MultiServer.py
+++ b/MultiServer.py
@@ -1308,6 +1308,8 @@ class ClientMessageProcessor(CommonCommandProcessor):
                             can_pay = 1000
 
                         self.ctx.random.shuffle(not_found_hints)
+                        # By popular vote, make hints prefer non-local placements
+                        not_found_hints.sort(key=lambda hint: int(hint.receiving_player != hint.finding_player))
 
                         hints = found_hints
                         while can_pay > 0: