private MyShipPosition GetNewShip(List <MyShipPosition> positionsSoFar, int length)
{
while (true)
{
Square startSquare = Square.randomSquare();
bool horizontal = r.Next(2) == 1;
MyShipPosition shipAttempt;
if (horizontal)
{
shipAttempt =
new MyShipPosition(
startSquare.x,
startSquare.y,
startSquare.x,
startSquare.y + length - 1);
}
else
{
shipAttempt =
new MyShipPosition(
startSquare.x,
startSquare.y,
startSquare.x + length - 1,
startSquare.y);
}
if (isLegal(shipAttempt, positionsSoFar))
{
return(shipAttempt);
}
}
}