/**
* Initializes a new game.
*
* @param numHouseSets the number of house sets (each set is 4 houses of each suit)
* @param numDecks the number of standard 52 card deck
* @param withJokerRule <code>true</code> for the Joker Rule to be added, otherwise <code>false
* </code>
* @param withNumCardRule <code>true</code> for the NumCard Rule to be added, otherwise <code>
* false</code>
*/
public void startNewGame(int numHouseSets, int numDecks) {
this.playersHandCard = null;
this.playerScore = 0;
this.started = true;
this.gameOver = false;
this.gameOverMessage = "";
this.houses = new House[numHouseSets * CardSuit.values().length];
int j = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < numHouseSets; i++) {
for (CardSuit suit : CardSuit.values()) {
this.houses[j] = createNewHouse(suit, jokerRule, sixCardsRule);
j++;
}
}
int jokerSet = 0;
if (jokerRule) jokerSet = 1;
this.dealer = new CardDeck(numDecks, jokerSet);
dealer.shuffle();
dealer.shuffle();
dealer.shuffle();
try {
deal();
} catch (HoCException e) {
System.err.println("WTF??? The game just started!!!");
e.printStackTrace();
}
for (EngineListener lstnr : listeners) {
lstnr.newGameStarted();
}
}
/** @return the image associated with the card */
public ImageIcon getImage() {
String cardName =
"/edu/psu/ist412/view/graphics/" + value.toString() + suit.toString() + ".png";
return new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource(cardName));
}
