Basic game queue in a turn-based game

[aankhra]

Hi All!

I want to make a turn-based game and i don't know how to notify my Player/Game object about the input from the player.

My main routine should be:

- wait for input from the player
- process input
- process npcs
- repaint the screen.

But how should i send the result of the keyListener to the Game object? Dont want to do it with a global variable.

What should be the best way to do this?

cu,
aankhra

[K.I.L.E.R]

Here is a loop:

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public static void main(String[] args) {       Main main = new Main();             while (!main.exit) {          main.game.changeResolution(main.frame.getWidth(), main.frame.getHeight());          main.input();          main.logic();          main.render();                    try {             Thread.sleep(main.timeToSleep);          } catch (InterruptedException e) {             e.printStackTrace();          }       }             System.exit(0);    }

Sending Input to Game:

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private void input() {       if (mouseClick != null) {          getDeviceCoords(mouseClick);          game.mouseClick(mouseButtonPressed, mouseClick);          mouseClick = null;       }             if (mouseLocation != null) {          getDeviceCoords(mouseClick);          game.mouseLocation(mouseLocation);       }    }

After this you may want to create class or a collection that stores the inputs and the process them within the logic.

Like so:

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if(!plays.isEmpty())             for (Point click : plays)                world.playCard(player, click);                    if (!discards.isEmpty())             for (Point click : discards)                world.discardCard(player, click);              if(turn.isPlayersTurn(ai)) {          //TODO: add more advanced AI      }

[aankhra]

OK,

i assume, that your input() method implements a kind of a (Mouse)Adapter. My game will be controlled only by the keyboard. But how to notify the main object about the input? I want to pass the action (like Player.GO_WEST, or Player.USE_SKILL) to the game.logic()

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[K.I.L.E.R]

ArrayList<KeyEvent> keysPressed = new (...);

public void keyPressed(...){
        keysPressed.add(evt);
}


public void input(){
      for(KeyEvent keys : keysPressed){
            switch(keys.getKeyCode()){
               case KeyEvent.VK_UP:
                   game.movePlayerUp();
                   break;
            }
      }
}


Make sure you add the required listeners to your class.

"class Main implements KeyboardListener"