New baby distribution method, after Eve window closes: Instead of rou…

…nd-robin, we pick the family with the fewest potentially fertile females (fertile moms and girl children) left and send the next incoming baby there.

documentation/changeLog.txt

@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ Server Fixes
   (rickety, proposed, etc.) can react to each other and auto-orient.  No more
   out-of-whack fences caused by them being out-of-sync when placed.
 
+--New baby distribution method, after Eve window closes:  Instead of
+  round-robin, we pick the family with the fewest potentially fertile females
+  (fertile moms and girl children) left and send the next incoming baby there.
 
 
 

server/server.cpp

@@ -2667,7 +2667,7 @@ static void logFamilyCounts() {
 
 
 
-static int getNextBabyFamilyLineageEveID() {
+static int getNextBabyFamilyLineageEveIDRoundRobin() {
     nextBabyFamilyIndex++;
 
     if( nextBabyFamilyIndex >= familyCountsAfterEveWindow.size() ) {
@@ -6348,6 +6348,49 @@ static int countFamilies() {
 
 
 
+
+static int getNextBabyFamilyLineageEveIDFewestFemales() {
+    SimpleVector<int> femaleCountPerFam;
+
+    int minFemales = 999999;
+    int minFemalesLineageEveID = -1;
+
+    for( int i=0; i<familyLineageEveIDsAfterEveWindow.size(); i++ ) {
+        int lineageEveID = 
+            familyLineageEveIDsAfterEveWindow.getElementDirect( i );
+
+        int famMothers = countFertileMothers( lineageEveID );
+        int famGirls = countGirls( lineageEveID );
+
+        int famFemales = famMothers + famGirls;
+
+        if( famMothers > 0 ) {
+            // don't pick a fam that has no mothers at all
+            // there's no point (bb can't be born there now)
+
+            if( famFemales < minFemales ) {
+                minFemales = famFemales;
+                minFemalesLineageEveID = lineageEveID;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    return minFemalesLineageEveID;
+    }
+
+
+
+// allows us to switch back and forth between methods 
+static int getNextBabyFamilyLineageEveID() {
+    if( false ) {
+        // suppress unused warning
+        return getNextBabyFamilyLineageEveIDRoundRobin();
+        }
+    return getNextBabyFamilyLineageEveIDFewestFemales();
+    }
+
+
+
 static char isEveWindow() {
 
     if( players.size() <=