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Rook Zimbabwe (Posted 2004) [#1]

I am writnig a game... I know... shock and amazement that ANYONE on this forum would be writing a game... ;] BUT I am writing an othello game. I have had a lot of very well intentioned advice... a lot of very good advice though sometimes the two types of advice aren't the same... So I took WolRons advice to heart and recoded the game the way I know how. It works... after a fashion. I am currently using mesh entitys to represent the pieces and all the squares on the board. When a legal move is selected the game puts the new piece color info in the correct location of the array... GOOD Then the setupboard() plunks the pieces down on the screen. But I don't know how to delete the old peices before it does this so the old pieces still remain and you can't really see the new piece. I thought of hideentity... but where to start... Should I just use sprites??? I don't want to use sprites! They don't look as good. ; ; Hexathello (OK Othello but I hope to get the square thing figured out ; then nail a hex thing! ; Ralph Dunn Graphics3D 800,600,16,2 SetBuffer BackBuffer() player=CreatePivot() camera=CreateCamera(player) light=CreateLight() RotateEntity light,45,45,0 AmbientLight 48,48,48 ; was 32,32,32 EntityType camera,1 PositionEntity camera,0,90,8 RotateEntity camera,90,0,0 Dim boardarea(9,9) Dim boardx(9) Dim boardz(9) Dim turnpiecex(9) Dim turnpiecez(9) Global square Global xx Global zz Global what Global wp Global bp Global colorflag Global musicflag Global numfreespace Global numbpieces Global numwpieces ; now create an array called boardarea of 10 by 10 and ; fill in the entire matrix with 0 For fillx = 0 To 9 For fillz=0 To 9 boardarea(fillx,fillz)=0 Next Next ; ################################## Initial Pieces Start Location boardarea(4,4)=1 boardarea(4,5)=2 boardarea(5,4)=2 boardarea(5,5)=1 numfreespace=97 ; have to add one becuae the setupboard funct - 1 numbpieces=2 numwpieces=2 boardx(0)=-45 boardx(1)=-35 boardx(2)=-25 boardx(3)=-15 boardx(4)=-5 boardx(5)=5 boardx(6)=15 boardx(7)=25 boardx(8)=35 boardx(9)=45 boardz(0)=-45 boardz(1)=-35 boardz(2)=-25 boardz(3)=-15 boardz(4)=-5 boardz(5)=5 boardz(6)=15 boardz(7)=25 boardz(8)=35 boardz(9)=45 annoy=LoadSound("anoy1.ogg") LoopSound annoy Global play_annoy=PlaySound(annoy) ; ####################################### Load Mesh Objects gameboard=LoadMesh("squareboard.b3d") UpdateNormals gameboard ScaleEntity gameboard,5.5,5.5,5.5 EntityShininess gameboard,1 Global empty=LoadMesh("square.b3d") EntityPickMode empty,2 HideEntity empty Global wpiece=LoadMesh("piece2.b3d") EntityShininess wpiece,1 HideEntity wpiece Global bpiece=CopyMesh(wpiece) RotateEntity bpiece,180,0,0 EntityShininess bpiece,1 HideEntity bpiece ; ###################################### Plunk Tiles For xx=0 To 9 For zz=0 To 9 e=CopyEntity (empty) PositionEntity e,boardx(xx),1,boardz(zz) Next Next ; ############################################## Start of Game Loop ShowPointer colorflag=1 ; white piece gets put first so computer can countermove musicflag=1 ; For the rasta othello player in each of us! setupboard() While Not KeyDown(1) x=MouseX() y=MouseY() e=CameraPick(camera,x,y) If e<>entity# If entity Then EntityColor entity,255,255,255 entity#=e EndIf If KeyHit(29)=True Then PositionEntity camera,0,53,-69 RotateEntity camera,35,0,0 EndIf If KeyHit(50)>=1 Then musicflag=1-musicflag If KeyHit(56)=True Then PositionEntity camera,0,90,8 RotateEntity camera,90,0,0 EndIf If MouseHit(1) = True Then hat=CameraPick(camera,x,y) If hat=0 Then Goto outme colorflag=1-colorflag Select empty Case empty xx=EntityX(entity) zz=EntityZ(entity) Default pp=0 End Select If colorflag = 0 Then put_white() If colorflag = 1 Then put_black() setupboard() .outme EndIf If entity# EntityColor entity,54,80,232 ; 73,253,146 lime 254,216,38 gold 254,80,232 magenta EndIf If numfreespace=0 Then Goto thatsall If numbpieces=0 Then Goto thatsall If numwpieces=0 Then Goto thatsall If musicflag=1 Then ChannelVolume play_annoy,0.4 Else ChannelVolume play_annoy,0 UpdateWorld RenderWorld Text 0,10,"X: "+x Text 0,20,"Y: "+y Text 0,30,"Z: "+z Text 0,50,"THING: "+e Text 0,60,"XX "+xx Text 0,70,"ZZ "+zz Text 0,80,"Free: "+numfreespace xp=turnpiecex(0) zp=turnpiecez(0) Text 0,100,"XP: "+xp Text 0,110,"ZP: "+zp Text 0,120,"ROW: "+wp Text 0,130,"COL: "+bp Flip Wend .thatsall End Function put_white() Select xx Case -45 row=0 Case -35 row=1 Case -25 row=2 Case -15 row=3 Case -5 row=4 Case 5 row=5 Case 15 row=6 Case 25 row=7 Case 35 row = 8 Case 45 row=9 End Select Select zz Case -45 col=0 Case -35 col=1 Case -25 col=2 Case -15 col=3 Case -5 col=4 Case 5 col=5 Case 15 col=6 Case 25 col=7 Case 35 col= 8 Case 45 col=9 End Select ;###################################### CHECK IF ITS LEGAL If boardarea(row,col)=0 Then lc=col+1 For lcheck=lc To 9 If boardarea(row,lc)= 1 Then Goto badmove If boardarea(row,lc)=2 Then For x= 0 To 9 turnpiecex(x)=row turnpiecez(x)=lc turnblack = turnblack+1 If boardarea(row,lcheck)=1 Then Goto islegal; breakout as soon as you hit a 1 Next EndIf Next EndIf .islegal For w=1 To turnblack wp=row ; this so I could check where it thinks it has to put the piece bp=col ; I also checked the first location of turnpiecex and turnpiecez boardarea(turnpiecex(w-1),turnpiecez(w-1))=1 boardarea(row,col)=1 turnblack=0 Next .badmove colorflag=1 End Function Function put_black() ; AI starts here! End Function Function setupboard() Cls For row=0 To 9 For col=0 To 9 what=boardarea(row,col) If what = 1 Then g=CopyEntity (wpiece) PositionEntity g,boardx(row),2,boardz(col) ElseIf what = 2 Then h=CopyEntity (bpiece) PositionEntity h,boardx(row),2,boardz(col) EndIf Next Next numfreespace=numfreespace-1 End Function ;EDIT::: Sorry about forgetting the end statement to codebox there!

Rhyolite (Posted 2004) [#2]

If you wish to update your board from the array each time, why not place a piece (entity/mesh) at each board position and hide the ones you do not want to see. Show piecies (entities) that you do want to display and set thier colour accordingly (or use two meshes at each location). Rhy Out

Rook Zimbabwe (Posted 2004) [#3]

That is an interesting idea... I could also just use one mesh and change the color...