placing more than two players in a card game

[capdetrons]

Hi,

I'm trying to get started to create a four player card game and this is the code I have in the handleInternalEvent function in the extension. Could anyone tell me if this would be the right way to assign ids to the players?

The original tris example is :

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if (u.getPlayerIndex() == 1)
         p1id = u.getUserId()
      else
         p2id = u.getUserId()

I am trying it like this and I get the error that my code can't cal the method getName in the extension:

(Error in extension [ botifarra.as ]: TypeError: Cannot call method "getName" of undefined (botifarra.as#1627) Internal: 50 -- Line number: 49 in file: botifarra.as)

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if (u.getPlayerIndex() != -1)
   {
      numPlayers++;
         
      if (u.getPlayerIndex() == 1)
         p1id = u.getUserId()
      else if (u.getPlayerIndex() == 2)
         p2id = u.getUserId()
      else if (u.getPlayerIndex() == 3)
         p3id = u.getUserId()
      else if(u.getPlayerIndex() == 4)
         p4id = u.getUserId()

      if(numPlayers == 4 && !gameStarted)
      {
         startGame();
}

[Bax]

In the code you posted there's no call to a getName method, so the error must originate somewhere else.

[capdetrons]

Alright, I got something going... even though I still get the message where the getName method can not get called.

I have all the players in the client and I did seat them correctly recurring to the _global.myID variable for each one, but I keep wondering about the message besides not seeing the player id number in the administrator panel.

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[Bax]

The error is telling you that one of those users[xxx] is undefined, while it should return a User object. Therefore, being undefined, it can call the getName method on it.
You have to check where the users array is created, how users are added to it and why one of the elements is undefined.

[capdetrons]

Hi, thanks Bax... but if it were undefined I wouldn't see that player's name in the client after the startGame function goes on, would I?

What I really wanted to know is whether the code to handle the internal event looked right?

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function handleInternalEvent(evt)
{
   evtName = evt.name
   
   // Handle a user joining the room
   if (evtName == "userJoin")
   {

      if (currentRoomId == undefined)
      {
         currentRoomId = evt["room"].getId()
      }

      u = evt["user"]

      users[u.getUserId()] = u

if (u.getPlayerIndex() != -1)
   {
      numPlayers++;
         
      if (u.getPlayerIndex() == 1)
         p1id = u.getUserId()
      else if (u.getPlayerIndex() == 2)
         p2id = u.getUserId()
      else if (u.getPlayerIndex() == 3)
         p3id = u.getUserId()
      else if(u.getPlayerIndex() == 4)
         p4id = u.getUserId()

      if(numPlayers == 4 && !gameStarted)
      {
         startGame();
}

[Lapo]

It seems pretty much right, but in order to know you will have to run it

[Bax]

Are you sure you are creating a Room of type "game"? Because alle the player IDs are 0, while in a game Room each user (unless they join as spectators) should have an ID set.

[capdetrons]

Good day,

thanks for replying.

I wouldn't know, but the tris example doesn't show the player's id in the administrator either. Debugged In Flash it does.

But, so far, so good Everything seems to be working now. Thanks