early-hack-template.js

/** @param {NS} ns **/
export async function main(ns) {
// Defines the "target server", which is the server
// that we're going to hack.
var target = "megacorp";

// Defines how much money a server should have before we hack it
// In this case, it is set to 75% of the server's max money
var moneyThresh = ns.getServerMaxMoney(target) * 0.75;

// Defines the maximum security level the target server can
// have. If the target's security level is higher than this,
// we'll weaken it before doing anything else
var securityThresh = ns.getServerMinSecurityLevel(target) + 5;

// If we have the BruteSSH.exe program, use it to open the SSH Port
// on the target server
// This is early game stuff
// if (ns.fileExists("BruteSSH.exe", "home")) {
//     ns.brutessh(target);
// }

// // Get root access to target server
// ns.nuke(target);

// Infinite loop that continously hacks/grows/weakens the target server
while (true) {
    if (ns.getServerSecurityLevel(target) > securityThresh) {
        // If the server's security level is above our threshold, weaken it
        await ns.weaken(target);
    } else if (ns.getServerMoneyAvailable(target) < moneyThresh) {
        // If the server's money is less than our threshold, grow it
        await ns.grow(target);
    } else {
        // Otherwise, hack it
        await ns.hack(target);
    }
}
}