Global Ruin
Posted: 20 Sep 2008, 21:46DennisBergkamp suggested that this card be added. Currently the computer cannot play it. This card was very tricky to get working and took a few hours. One tough spot was to make sure all of the variables got reset if a user canceled playing the spell. This needs to be done with some cards so the next time they play the spell things aren't in a bad state. Quite a of the problems we see in MTG forge are due to cards not cleaning up correctly. I did not test this card in many scenarios, but I tried a few. Let me know how it works for you.
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I would be really interested in the cases where the human does not have any basic land types (use moxes or creatures to create the mana). I wonder if the code for this spell would still work then. Please let me know anything you test with this card.
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Global Ruin
4 W
Sorcery
Each player chooses from the lands he or she controls a land of each basic land type and sacrifices the rest.
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//*************** START *********** START **************************
else if(cardName.equals("Global Ruin"))
{
final CardList target = new CardList();
//need to use arrays so we can declare them final and still set the values in the input and runtime classes. This is a hack.
final int[] index = new int[1];
final int[] countBase = new int[1];
final Vector humanBasic = new Vector();
final SpellAbility spell = new Spell(card)
{
public boolean canPlayAI()
{
return false;
//should check if computer has land in hand, or if computer has more basic land types than human.
}
public void resolve()
{
//add computer's lands to target
int computerCountBase = 0;
Vector computerBasic = new Vector();
//figure out which basic land types the computer has
CardList land = new CardList(AllZone.Computer_Play.getCards());
String basic[] = {"Forest", "Plains", "Mountain", "Island", "Swamp"};
for (int i = 0; i < basic.length; i++)
{
CardList cl = land.getType(basic[i]);
if (!cl.isEmpty())
{
//remove one land of this basic type from this list
//the computer AI should really jump in here and select the land which is the best.
//to determine the best look at which lands have enchantments, which lands are tapped
cl.remove(cl.get(0));
//add the rest of the lands of this basic type to the target list, this is the list which will be sacrificed.
target.addAll(cl.toArray());
}
}
//when this spell resolves all basic lands which were not selected are sacrificed.
for(int i = 0; i < target.size(); i++)
if(AllZone.GameAction.isCardInPlay(target.get(i)))
AllZone.GameAction.sacrifice(target.get(i));
}//resolve()
};//SpellAbility
final Input input = new Input()
{
private int count;
public void showMessage()
{ //count is the current index we are on.
//countBase[0] is the total number of basic land types the human has
//index[0] is the number to offset the index by
count = countBase[0] - index[0] - 1; //subtract by one since humanBasic is 0 indexed.
if(count<0){
//need to reset the variables in case they cancel this spell and it stays in hand.
humanBasic.clear();
countBase[0] = 0;
index[0] = 0;
stop();
}
else{
AllZone.Display.showMessage("Select target " + humanBasic.get(count) +" land to not sacrifice");
ButtonUtil.enableOnlyCancel();
}
}
public void selectButtonCancel() {stop();}
public void selectCard(Card c, PlayerZone zone)
{
if(c.isLand() && zone.is(Constant.Zone.Play) && c.getController().equals(Constant.Player.Human) && c.getName().equals(humanBasic.get(count)))
{
//get all other basic[count] lands human player controls and add them to target
PlayerZone humanPlay = AllZone.getZone(Constant.Zone.Play, Constant.Player.Human);
CardList land = new CardList(humanPlay.getCards());
CardList cl = land.getType((String)humanBasic.get(count));
cl.remove(c);
target.addAll(cl.toArray());
index[0]++;
showMessage();
if(index[0] >= humanBasic.size())
stopSetNext(new Input_PayManaCost(spell));
}
}//selectCard()
};//Input
Input runtime = new Input()
{
public void showMessage()
{
countBase[0] = 0;
//figure out which basic land types the human has
//put those in an set to use later
CardList land = new CardList(AllZone.Human_Play.getCards());
String basic[] = {"Forest", "Plains", "Mountain", "Island", "Swamp"};
for (int i = 0; i < basic.length; i++)
{
CardList c = land.getType(basic[i]);
if (!c.isEmpty())
{
humanBasic.add(basic[i]);
countBase[0]++;
}
}
if(countBase[0] == 0){
//human has no basic land, so don't prompt to select one.
stop();
}
else{
index[0] = 0;
target.clear();
stopSetNext(input);
}
}
};//Input
card.clearSpellAbility();
card.addSpellAbility(spell);
spell.setBeforePayMana(runtime);
}//*************** END ************ END **************************
I would be really interested in the cases where the human does not have any basic land types (use moxes or creatures to create the mana). I wonder if the code for this spell would still work then. Please let me know anything you test with this card.
