Fix #421 - Access shorts immediately in BN 8.1

helpers.js

@@ -541,7 +541,8 @@ export async function getActiveSourceFiles_Custom(ns, fnGetNsDataThroughFile, in
     if (includeLevelsFromCurrentBitnode) {
         try {
             const currentNode = (await fnGetNsDataThroughFile(ns, 'ns.getResetInfo()', '/Temp/reset-info.txt', null, null, null, null, silent)).currentNode;
-            let effectiveSfLevel = currentNode == 4 ? 3 : 1; // In BN4, we get the perks of SF4.3
+            // In some Bitnodes, we get the *effects* of source file level 3 just by being in the bitnode.
+            let effectiveSfLevel = [4, 8].includes(currentNode) ? 3 : 1;
             dictSourceFiles[currentNode] = Math.max(effectiveSfLevel, dictSourceFiles[currentNode] || 0);
         } catch { /* We are expected to be fault-tolerant in low-ram conditions */ }
     }

stockmaster.js

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ let lastLog = ""; // We update faster than the stock-market ticks, but we don't
 let allStockSymbols = null; // Stores the set of all symbols collected at start
 let mock = false; // If set to true, will "mock" buy/sell but not actually buy/sell anythingorecast
 let noisy = false; // If set to true, tprints and announces each time stocks are bought/sold
-let dictSourceFiles; // Populated at init, a dictionary of source-files the user has access to, and their level
 // Pre-4S configuration (influences how we play the stock market before we have 4S data, after which everything's fool-proof)
 let showMarketSummary = false;  // If set to true, will always generate and display the pre-4s forecast table in a separate tail window
 let minTickHistory; // This much history must be gathered before we will offer a stock forecast.
@@ -129,8 +128,8 @@ export async function main(ns) {
         } while (!success);
     }
 
-    dictSourceFiles = await getActiveSourceFiles(ns); // Find out what source files the user has unlocked
-    if (!disableShorts && (!(8 in dictSourceFiles) || dictSourceFiles[8] < 2)) {
+    const effectiveSourceFiles = await getActiveSourceFiles(ns, true); // Find out what source files the user has unlocked
+    if (!disableShorts && effectiveSourceFiles[8] < 2) {
         log(ns, "INFO: Shorting stocks has been disabled (you have not yet unlocked access to shorting)");
         disableShorts = true;
     }