Mana Pool

[zerker2000]

Is there any reason against putting a

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if (!mana.contains(getColor(letter +"")))

into Input_PayManaCostUtil.getManaAbilities(card), or at least a

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if(!mana.contains(getColor(letter +""))&&(card.getName() == "Mana Pool"))

for mPool ease of use? (I would suppose it would be placed so:

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  public static ArrayList<String> getManaAbilities(Card card)
  {
    ArrayList<?> check = card.getKeyword();
    ArrayList<String> mana  = new ArrayList<String>();

    char letter;

    for(int i = 0; i < check.size(); i++)
    {
       if(check.get(i).toString().startsWith(manaString) || check.get(i).toString().startsWith("ManaPool:"))
        {
          //gets G from "tap: add G"
          letter = check.get(i).toString().charAt(manaString.length());
          if(!mana.contains(getColor(letter +""))&&(card.getName() == "Mana Pool"))
            mana.add(getColor(letter +""));
        }
    }

    return mana;
  }

... are there any cards that would matter for anyways?

[Rob Cashwalker]

I'm not following... what's the intended result of the change?

[zerker2000]

I'm not following... what's the intended result of the change?

It makes mana abilities only count once per color interface-wise, e.g. when you have ~20 mana in your pool from a cradle/academy you will still only have to click on the pool once (and if you have both you won't have to scroll down to the one you need, instead being given the choice between green and blue).

[Mr.Chaos]

Maybe just a stoopid suggestion from a non coder but...
Now, if you tap a Gaea's cradle and put 5 mana in the mana pool and then cast a 4mana costing card, you have to click the pool 4 times and select 1 mana each time.
Is it possible to make it so you click to mana pool and then select any number of the mana there and click an OK button and at that point see the selected mana be removed from the pool and used for the cost of a card or ability?

I asked Dennis a similar question about Sacrificing saproling tokens to Nemata, Grove Guardian, so you could sac several at once without going back to Nemata for each and he said that should be possible.
To me, non coder that I am, the mana pool idea feels very similar.
*hides behind the couch to avoid angry looks from programmerpeeps*

[zerker2000]

Maybe just a stoopid suggestion from a non coder but...
Now, if you tap a Gaea's cradle and put 5 mana in the mana pool and then cast a 4mana costing card, you have to click the pool 4 times and select 1 mana each time.
Is it possible to make it so you click to mana pool and then select any number of the mana there and click an OK button and at that point see the selected mana be removed from the pool and used for the cost of a card or ability?

I asked Dennis a similar question about Sacrificing saproling tokens to Nemata, Grove Guardian, so you could sac several at once without going back to Nemata for each and he said that should be possible.
To me, non coder that I am, the mana pool idea feels very similar.
*hides behind the couch to avoid angry looks from programmerpeeps*

I don't know about the saprolings, however the if thingy I posted three posts above does make it so that you'd click on the mana pool four times without selections in the process(provided you only have one color of mana in the pool, otherwise you have to select the color).

[Rob Cashwalker]

All I can suggest is.. try it. Experiment with it until it works for you, then post the final changes necessary.

[DennisBergkamp]

I had something different in mind with Nemata, Grove Guardian.
Anyway, I like zerker's solution... I had to make a small change to make his code work correctly though (otherwise I couldn't pay for spells the regular way anymore) :

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public static ArrayList<String> getManaAbilities(Card card)
  {
    ArrayList<?> check = card.getKeyword();
    ArrayList<String> mana  = new ArrayList<String>();

    char letter;

    for(int i = 0; i < check.size(); i++)
    {
       if(check.get(i).toString().startsWith(manaString) || check.get(i).toString().startsWith("ManaPool:"))
        {
          //gets G from "tap: add G"
          letter = check.get(i).toString().charAt(manaString.length());
          if (!card.getName().equals("Mana Pool"))
             mana.add(getColor(letter +""));
         
          else if(!mana.contains(getColor(letter +""))&&(card.getName().equals("Mana Pool")))
             mana.add(getColor(letter +""));
        }
    }

    return mana;
  }

Anyway, I think this is actually a much better way than selecting the amount of mana to be paid from a list initially. Right now you can just quickly click the manapool for however much mana of a single color you want to draw

[zerker2000]

oh right oops by

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if (!mana.contains(getColor(letter +"")))

, or at least a

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if(!mana.contains(getColor(letter +""))&&(card.getName() == "Mana Pool"))

, I meant "Only add the color if it isn't already a choice, or at least do so if we're getting the mana from the mana pool" . Personally, I put the first version in mine, since adding a color that is already in the list is kind of redundant.

[zerker2000]

Ok, here's the big one (my lats post was a saved draft, figured I'd post it here anyways).
I decided to follow up on the "class ManaPool" idea. Here's what I have so far:
The Classfile(It didn't look like anything important/referenced was in there, and I think rares said it was old experimenting):

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import java.util.*;

public class ManaPool extends Card
{
   public ManaPool()
   {
      super();

      addIntrinsicKeyword("Shroud");
      addIntrinsicKeyword("Indestructible");
      clear();
   }
   final String colors = "WUBRG";
   private boolean empty = false;
   private int[] paid= new int[6];
   private int[] has = new int[6];
   
   public ArrayList<String> getColors()
     {
       ArrayList<String> mana  = new ArrayList<String>();
       for(int i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
       {
          if (has[i]>0)
             mana.add(Input_PayManaCostUtil.getColor(colors.charAt(i-1)+""));
       }
       if(has[0]>0) mana.add(Constant.Color.Colorless);
       return mana;
     }
   public void addMana(String mana){
      if (mana.length()<=1) addOne(mana);
      /*String[] cost=mana.split("");
      String Colorless = "";
      int cless = 0;
      for(String s : cost)
      {
         if(colors.contains(s))
         {
            has[colors.indexOf(s) + 1]++;
            try{
               cless+= Integer.parseInt(Colorless);
               Colorless="";
            }catch(NumberFormatException ex)
            {
              throw new RuntimeException("Mana_Pool : Error, noncolor mana cost is not a number - " +Colorless);
            }
         }
         else Colorless.concat(s);
      }
      has[0]+=cless;*/
   }
   public void addOne(String Mana)
   {
      if(Mana.isEmpty()) return;
      if(colors.contains(Mana))
      {
         has[colors.indexOf(Mana) + 1]++;
      }
      else try
      {
            has[0]+= Integer.parseInt(Mana);
      }
      catch(NumberFormatException ex)
      {
         throw new RuntimeException("Mana_Pool.AddOne : Error, noncolor mana cost is not a number - " + Mana);
      }

   }

   public ManaCost subtractMana(ManaCost m){
      String mana = m.toString().replaceAll(" ", "");
      if (mana.length()==1)
      {
         m=subtractOne(m,mana);
         return m;
      }
      String[] cost=mana.split("");
      String Colorless = "";
      for(String s : cost)
      {
         if(colors.contains(s))
         {
            m=subtractOne(m,s);
            m=subtractOne(m,Colorless);
            Colorless = "";
         }
         else Colorless.concat(s);
      }
      m=subtractOne(m , Colorless);
      return m;
   }
   public void subtractOne(String Mana){subtractOne(new ManaCost(Mana),Mana);}
   public ManaCost subtractOne(ManaCost manaCost, String Mana)
   {
      if(Mana.isEmpty()||manaCost.toString().isEmpty()) return manaCost;
      if(colors.contains(Mana))
        if(has[colors.indexOf(Mana) + 1]>0)
        {
           manaCost.subtractMana(Input_PayManaCostUtil.getColor(Mana));
           has[colors.indexOf(Mana) + 1]--;
           paid[colors.indexOf(Mana) + 1]++;
        }
      else
      {
         int cless;
         try
         {
            cless = Integer.parseInt(Mana);
         }
         catch(NumberFormatException ex)
         {
            throw new RuntimeException("Mana_Pool.SubtractOne : Error, noncolor mana cost is not a number - " + Mana);
         }
         if(has[0] >= cless)
         {
            has[0]-=cless;
            paid[0]+=cless;
            for(int i = 0; i<cless ; i++)
               manaCost.subtractMana(Constant.Color.Colorless);
         }
      }
      return manaCost;
   }

   public void clear(){
      Arrays.fill(paid, 0);
      Arrays.fill(has, 0);
   }
   public void paid(){
      Arrays.fill(paid, 0);
   }
   public void unpaid(){
      for(int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
         has[i]+=paid[i];
      Arrays.fill(paid, 0);
   }

}

AllZone:

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    public static final ManaPool ManaPool = new ManaPool();

And its references:
-GameAction.newGame

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    Allzone.ManaPool.clear();

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    Card mp = AllZone.ManaPool;
    AllZone.Human_Play.add(mp);


-Phase.nextPhase

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    //empty manapool:
    AllZone.ManaPool.clear();

--Input_PayManaCost(_Ability):

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    AllZone.ManaPool.paid();

in the beggining of done / in selectCard after "tappedLand.clear();", and

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    AllZone.ManaPool.unpaid();

in selectButtonCancel defore "Card c;".
And of course,
--Input_PayManaCostutil:
-tapCard:

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    if (card == AllZone.ManaPool)
        AllZone.ManaPool.subtractOne(getColor2(color));

-getManaCost:

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    if (card == AllZone.ManaPool) return AllZone.ManaPool.getColors();

...Though I am quite sure this is nowhere near optimal, it's a good couple days' coding, and should be expandable. The main things I shall be working on are addMana and subtractMana since those point to their correspoinsing "addOne"'s in all curently referenced situations(i.e. W/U/B/R/G/1). The two main things that need to be done to make it fully functional are adding a getText(that actually makes sense for a mana pool) and replacing all

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            CardList list = new CardList(AllZone.getZone(Constant.Zone.Play, Constant.Player.Human).getCards());
            list = list.getName("Mana Pool");
            Card mp = list.getCard(0);

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mp.addExtrinsicKeyword("ManaPool:<color");

with "Card mp = AllZone.ManaPool;" and "mp.addMana(<color>);", respectively(or have addMana convert the keywords into "has[<n>]++"-es on startup, or ditch the whole int[] idea and keep using the keywords ... this whole thing is obviously very open for development).
Ok, I don't want to take up the whole page, so I'll wait for comments .

added ExtrinsicKeyword, color->index, and getText() methods, used cIndex in the <add/subtract>OneMana, added and used "empty" boolean, so now the class looks like this:

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import java.util.*;

public class ManaPool extends Card
{
   private int cIndex(String c)
   {
      if(!colors.contains(c)) return 0;
      return colors.indexOf(c) + 1;
   }
   private String indexC(int index)
   {
      if (index > 0) return "1";
      return colors.charAt(index - 1) + "";
   }
   private void updateKeywords()
   {
      extrinsicKeyword.clear();
      for(int val : has)
         for(int i=0; i <= val; i++)
            extrinsicKeyword.add("ManaPool:" + indexC(val));
   }
   private ArrayList<String> extrinsicKeyword = new ArrayList<String>();
   public ArrayList<String> getExtrinsicKeyword() {return new ArrayList<String>(extrinsicKeyword);}
   public void setExtrinsicKeyword(ArrayList<String> a)
   {
      extrinsicKeyword = new ArrayList<String>(a);
      Arrays.fill(has, 0);
      for(String Manaword : extrinsicKeyword)
         if (Manaword.startsWith("ManaPool:"))
         {
            String[] cost=Manaword.split(":");
            if (cost[1].length() == 1) has[cIndex(cost[1])]++;
         }
      this.updateObservers();
   }
   public void addExtrinsicKeyword(String s)
   {
      if (s.startsWith("ManaPool:"))
      {
         extrinsicKeyword.add(s);
         addMana(s.split(":")[1]);
      }
   }
   public void removeExtrinsicKeyword(String s)
   {
      if (s.startsWith("ManaPool:"))
      {
         updateKeywords();
         extrinsicKeyword.remove(s);
         subtractOne(s.split(":")[1]);
         this.updateObservers();
      }
   }
   public int getExtrinsicKeywordSize() {updateKeywords(); return extrinsicKeyword.size(); }
      
   public ManaPool()
   {
      super();
      setName("Mana Pool");
      addIntrinsicKeyword("Shroud");
      addIntrinsicKeyword("Indestructible");
      clear();
   }
   public String getText()
   {
      empty = true;
      String res="Mana available:\r\n";
      if(has[0]>0) {res+=Integer.toString(has[0]); empty = false;}
      for(char c : colors.toCharArray())
         {
         int n =has[cIndex(c+"")];
         for(int i = 0; i< n ; i++)
            res +=(c+"");
         if (n > 0) {res+="("+Integer.toString(n)+")"; empty = false;}
         }
      if (empty) res+="None";
      return res;
   }
   final String colors = "WUBRG";
   private int[] paid= new int[6];
   private int[] has = new int[6];
   
   public ArrayList<String> getColors()
     {
       ArrayList<String> mana  = new ArrayList<String>();
       for(int i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
       {
          if (has[i]>0)
             mana.add(Input_PayManaCostUtil.getColor(colors.charAt(i-1)+""));
       }
       if(has[0]>0) mana.add(Constant.Color.Colorless);
       return mana;
     }
   public void addMana(String mana){
      if (mana.length()<=1) {addOne(mana); return;}
      String[] cost=mana.split("");
      String Colorless = "";
      int cless = 0;
      for(String s : cost)
      {
         if(s.isEmpty()) continue;//mana.split gave me a "" for some reason
         if(colors.contains(s))
         {
            has[colors.indexOf(s) + 1]++;
            try{
               cless+= Integer.parseInt(Colorless);
               Colorless="";
            }catch(NumberFormatException ex)
            {
              throw new RuntimeException("Mana_Pool : Error, noncolor mana cost is not a number - " +Colorless);
            }
         }
         else Colorless.concat(s);
      }
      has[0]+=cless;*/
   }
   public void addOne(String Mana)
   {
      if(Mana.isEmpty()) return;
      int cInt = cIndex(Mana);
      if(cInt > 0)
         has[cInt]++;
      else try
      {
            has[cInt]+= Integer.parseInt(Mana);
      }
      catch(NumberFormatException ex)
      {
         throw new RuntimeException("Mana_Pool.AddOne : Error, noncolor mana cost is not a number - " + Mana);
      }
   }
   public ManaCost subtractMana(ManaCost m){
      if (empty) return;
      String mana = m.toString().replaceAll(" ", "");
      if (mana.length()==1)
      {
         m=subtractOne(m,mana);
         return m;
      }
      String[] cost=mana.split("");
      String Colorless = "";
      for(String s : cost)
      {
         if(colors.contains(s))
         {
            m=subtractOne(m,s);
            m=subtractOne(m,Colorless);
            Colorless = "";
         }
         else Colorless.concat(s);
      }
      m=subtractOne(m , Colorless);
      return m;
   }
   public void subtractOne(String Mana){subtractOne(new ManaCost(Mana),Mana);}
   public ManaCost subtractOne(ManaCost manaCost, String Mana)
   {
      if(Mana.isEmpty()||manaCost.toString().isEmpty()) return manaCost;
      if(cIndex(Mana) >0 )
      {
             manaCost.subtractMana(Input_PayManaCostUtil.getColor(Mana));
           has[cIndex(Mana)]--;
           paid[cIndex(Mana)]++;
      }
      else
      {
         int cless;
         try
         {
            cless = Integer.parseInt(Mana);
         }
         catch(NumberFormatException ex)
         {
            throw new RuntimeException("Mana_Pool.SubtractOne : Error, noncolor mana cost is not a number - " + Mana);
         }
         int subcless = cless;
         if(has[0] >= cless) {has[0]-=cless;   paid[0]+=cless;}
         else {paid[0]+=has[0]; subcless=has[0]; has[0]=0;}
         for(int i = 0; i<subcless ; i++)
               manaCost.subtractMana(Constant.Color.Colorless);
      }
      return manaCost;
   }

   public void clear(){
      Arrays.fill(paid, 0);
      Arrays.fill(has, 0);
   }
   public void paid(){
      Arrays.fill(paid, 0);
   }
   public void unpaid(){
      for(int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
         has[i]+=paid[i];
      Arrays.fill(paid, 0);
   }

}

The extrinsicKeyword methods should theoretically restore the pool to original functionality(i.e. just change "make Card "mana pool"" into "make ManaPool "mana pool"" and it should work same as the old one) while still keeping inside format/methods (e.g. unpaid() to make the mana come back)... I have not tested anything in that regard though. Just basically, if you want to keep the mana pool handling methods as is, and only add in the ManaPool class, change AllZone.newGame to have the mana pool be a ManaPool, and replace what is currently in ManaPool.java with the above.

[DennisBergkamp]

Somehow, I missed this entire post.... zerker, this looks great
Have you made progress since ?

[zerker2000]

The edit... I Was away from the computer for the last five days though.