// handlePlayerTurn METHOD THAT OVERRIDES THE ONE IN GENERIC GAME
// Returns true always.
// TODO: How do we end the game? Do we change the send packet so that the second character after the delim is the player's assigned number?
public override bool handlePlayerTurn(String s) // each player will call this function with their input.
{
Console.Write("It is currently this player's turn: " + loop.getActivePlayer());
Console.Write("Recieved: " + s + " from client. Handling message...");
String[] move = s.Split('%'); // Split the string by the delimiter.
int placeX = System.Convert.ToInt32(move[0]); // Convert Strings to int for the placeX
int placeY = System.Convert.ToInt32(move[1]); // Technically we don't need this... TODO: is there something we can do?
int thePlayer = loop.getActivePlayer(); // should return either 0 or 1 provided server checked to make sure there are 2 players.
Piece_Generic piece = new Piece_Generic();
piece.setX(placeX);
if (thePlayer == 0)
{
piece.setValue(1); // value of piece is 1, indicating player 1
}
else
{
piece.setValue(2); // value of piece is 2, indicating player 2
}
// add the piece
gamePieces.Add(piece);
// assignPiece to the place; if it is valid, the method will go ahead and place it.
// On a not successful attempt, placeY will instead be null.
placeY = assignPiece(placeX, placeY, piece.getValue()); // assignPiece will "attempt" to place the piece there. it will then return the placeY value.
// get input on where the piece has been placed and save it to gameBoard, check that the spot is already occupied.
if (placeY == -1)
{
// invalid move, return early.
return(false);
}
else if (placeY != -1) // if placeY is not the error code
{
// Set the "piece" of the player to be their last move so it is printed out. (Unecessary, but shows us something)
gamePieces[thePlayer].setX(placeX);
gamePieces[thePlayer].setY(placeY);
if (checkGameState(placeX, placeY)) // using the recently placed piece, check if the state is a win condition.
{
Console.Write("[CONNECT 4] Game is over! Player: " + (loop.getActivePlayer() + 1) + " is the victor!");
// mark gameState as false, which will in turn trigger a specific message that will be sent.
gameState = false;
}
}
return(true); // the move was not valid
}
public Game_Generic(int x_size, int y_size)
{
gameBoard = new int[x_size, y_size];
gamePieces = new List <Piece_Generic>();
currentPlayers = new List <Player>();
loop = new Server_GameLoop();
gameType = "generic";
maxPlayers = 2;
// Player 1 - temp -
Piece_Generic piece = new Piece_Generic();
piece.setX(2);
piece.setY(2);
piece.setValue(0)
// Player 2 - temp -
Piece_Generic piece2 = new Piece_Generic();
piece2.setX(3);
piece2.setY(3);
piece2.setValue(1)
// Add to board
gamePieces.Add(piece1);
gamePieces.Add(piece2);
}