/** Plays the game automatically for the user */
private void AI() {
isAI = true; // This tells other function that the AI is calling them
AIUsed = true; // This stops the score being added to the low score list once the AI is used
moveMade = false; // This is so the AI knows if it has made a move
boolean isLegal = false;
for (int i = 4;
i < cardStrings.size() + 1;
i++) { // Starts at i=4 as that is the first position in which jumping 2 piles is possible
isLegal =
piles.movePileTwoPlacesLeft(
isLegal, i - 1, moveMade); // Checks if it is legal for that pile
if (isLegal) { // If one of the piles can legally move
moveMade = true;
movePileTwoPlacesLeft(i, isAI, isLegal); // Move the pile over 2 piles to the left
break;
}
}
if (!moveMade) { // If up until here no move was made, then start checking if any card can move
// to cards next to them
for (int i = 1;
i < cardStrings.size();
i++) { // Starts at i=1 as its the first position this move is possible
isLegal = piles.movePileOntoPrevious(isLegal, i, moveMade); // Checks if it is legal
if (isLegal) { // If it is legal
moveMade = true;
movePileOntoPrevious(i, isAI, isLegal); // Makes the move
break;
}
}
}
if (!moveMade) { // If here, then no moves were possible, so (try to) draw a card
if (drawCard) { // If drawing a card is possible
dealCard(); // Deal a new card
}
}
isAI = false;
moveMade = false;
}
/**
* Move the last pile onto the previous if it is possible
*
* @param cardSelected The card to be moved
* @param isAI Whether the AI has called this function
* @param isLegal Whether the move is legal
*/
private void movePileOntoPrevious(int cardSelected, boolean isAI, boolean isLegal) {
if (cardStrings.size() > 1 && cardSelected > 0 && cardSelected < cardStrings.size()) {
if (!isAI) { // If the AI is calling this function, isLegal has already been decided, so
// shouldn't be changed
isLegal = false;
}
int pileToMove = cardSelected;
int pileToRemove = cardSelected - 1;
if (!isAI) {
isLegal = piles.movePileOntoPrevious(isLegal, pileToMove, moveMade);
}
if (isLegal) {
cardStrings.remove(pileToRemove); // Remove the pile from the table
saveLog(); // Calls the function to log the turn
}
printFrame(); // Updates the frame
} else {
if (!isAI) {
System.out.println("There are no pile to move the last pile onto");
}
}
isLegal = false;
}
