/// <summary>
/// Find the player owner of the pets at the top of the tree
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Player owner at the top of the tree. If there was no player, then return null.</returns>
public virtual GamePlayer GetPlayerOwner()
{
GameLiving owner = Owner;
int i = 0;
while (owner is GameNPC && owner != null)
{
i++;
if (i > 50)
{
throw new Exception("GetPlayerOwner() from " + Owner.Name + "caused a cyclical loop.");
}
// If this is a pet, get its owner
if (((GameNPC)owner).Brain is IControlledBrain)
{
owner = ((IControlledBrain)((GameNPC)owner).Brain).Owner;
}
// This isn't a pet, that means it's at the top of the tree. This case will only happen if
// owner is not a GamePlayer
else
{
break;
}
}
// Return if we found the gameplayer
if (owner is GamePlayer)
{
return((GamePlayer)owner);
}
// If the root owner was not a player or npc then make sure we know that something went wrong!
if (!(owner is GameNPC))
{
throw new Exception("Unrecognized owner: " + owner.GetType().FullName);
}
// No GamePlayer at the top of the tree
return(null);
}
