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Moving with dice rolls, and loops. - MikeZapawa - 08-10-2020
Hi! I've started learning Ludii just yesterday. I want to implement a non-combinatorial mancala, where the movement protocol is as follows:
1. A player rolls the dice
2. A player chooses one of his nonempty pits
3. A player moves a seed from his chosen pit along a track, accordingly to the number of pips on a dice
4. If the chosen pit is empty, the turn ends.
5. If the chosen pit isn't empty, a player rerolls the dice and moves another seed from the same pit accordingly to the number of pips on a dice.
6. Come back to point 4.
But I have multiple problems with implementing it -- basically 1. and 2. are the only ones I'm fairly certain about.
I'd be grateful for any tips. In particular, I don't really get how to make a piece move accordingly to the number of pips. I've tried copying the code from Backgammon, but it didn't work...
Also, must I treat steps 1-3 and 4-6 as separate phases (then implementing a loop with "move again") or is there some other way?
RE: Moving with dice rolls, and loops. - Eric Piette - 08-11-2020
Hi,
Here an example of the code to do what you describe in your 6 steps. FYI, I did not include the end rules
Code:
(play
(do (roll)
next:(move
(from
(if
(is Mover Prev)
(sites {(last From)})
(sites Mover)
)
if:(> (count at:(from)) 0)
)
(to
(trackSite Move steps:(count Pips) )
)
(then
(if (not (is Empty (last From)))
(moveAgain)
)
)
)
)
)Regards,
Eric
RE: Moving with dice rolls, and loops. - MikeZapawa - 08-11-2020
Thanks a lot! I think I'll manage to define the equipment and win condition on my own. I'll post it on the forum when it's ready.
With regards,
Mike