///
/// The Walk command allows players to walk from Room to Room, traversing the Mud world.
/// The command supports all of the available travel directions found within the
/// MudEngine.GameObjects.Environment.AvailableTravelDirections enum.
///
public class CommandWalk : IGameCommand
{
///
/// Used by the Command Engine to allow for overriding any other commands that contain the same name.
/// TODO: Does Overriding Commands still work? This is part of some old code I wrote several years back and might be broke.
///
public Boolean Override { get; set; }
///
/// The name of the command.
/// If Override is set to true, this command will override any other command that contains the same name.
///
public String Name { get; set; }
///
/// A collection of strings that contains helpfull information for this Command.
/// When the user enteres 'Help Exit' the game will print the content of this collection.
/// This is treated like a virtual book, each entry in the collection is printed as a new line.
///
public List Help { get; set; }
///
/// Constructor for the class.
///
public CommandWalk()
{
Help = new List();
Help.Add("Allows you to traverse through the world.");
Help.Add("You may walk in any direction available within the current Room.");
Help.Add("You may use the Look command to see a description of the current Room, and decide where you would like to walk.");
Help.Add("Usage: Walk 'Direction' where Direction may equal one of the following:");
//We will construct a string that contains all of the available travel directions for the player.
StringBuilder directions = new StringBuilder();
//Store a array of existing values within the AvailableTravelDirection enum.
//These values are the legal travel directions that are supported by the game.
Array values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(AvailableTravelDirections));
//Loop through the array, printing each travel direction we found in the enum array collection
//to the screen for the user to see and select from.
foreach (Int32 v in values)
{
//Since enum values are not strings, we can't simply assign a string value to the enum.
//The enum needs to be queried to retrieve a value that matches that of 'v' and convert it to a String
String displayName = Enum.GetName(typeof(AvailableTravelDirections), v);
//Add the current travel direction to our string for later use.
directions.Append(displayName + ", ");
}
//Place the newly constructed String with all of our available travel directions into the help collection.
Help.Add(directions.ToString());
//Note that you could have placed each direction in manually "Help.Add("West")" etc. however this would
//prove an issue with maintanence if directions were changed within the engine, new ones added or old ones removed.
//Getting the travel directions the way we did always ensures that the help command will always show every
//available travel direction contained within the engine, regardless if we add or remove directions internally or not.
//It's a dynamic way of displaying our directions.
}
///
/// Constructor for the class.
///
public void Execute(String command, BaseCharacter player)
{
//Since the walk command requires a second word (ex: walk north)
//we split the words into an array so they are seperate.
String[] words = command.Split(' ');
List directions = new List();
//We only 1 word was found within the array, then the user failed to provide a second word
//which would be the travel direction they are wanting to go.
if (words.Length == 1)
{
player.Send("No direction provided!");
return;
}
//The user supplied a traveling direction for us, lets ensure it's a valid one.
else
{
//iterate through each door within the current Room and see if we have a Door that
//contains a exit in the direction that the player supplied.
foreach (Door door in player.CurrentRoom.Doorways)
{
//See if the current door has the same travel direction value as that of the users entered direction.
if (door.TravelDirection == TravelDirections.GetTravelDirectionValue(words[1]))
{
//The matches the users direction, so move the player in the direction supplied by the user.
player.Move(door.TravelDirection);
//BAD - Don't invoke commands directly by the player as it causes issues for them client-side.
//Always invoke the command internally, passing a reference to the player instead.
//player.ExecuteCommand("Look");
//Use the Look command to print the contents of the new Room to the Player.
//Good - Correct way of invoking commands automatically for the player.
//The command will be executed for which ever player is passed as a reference.
IGameCommand look = CommandEngine.GetCommand("CommandLook");
if (look != null)
look.Execute("look", player);
//If the current Active Game has Auto-Save enabled, we will save the player.
if (player.ActiveGame.AutoSave)
player.Save();
return;
}
}
}
//If the user entered a travel direction that does not exist within the current Room, they will be told so
//and no moving will be performed.
player.Send("Unable to travel in that direction.");
}
}