We now have a GUI for HW6. Now you can play your players in a nice graphical environment instead of on the console. Goto the Homework 6 assignment area and download the hw6gui.jar file. Unjar the file into the directory that you have been working on HW6 in. To start the GUI, type, java GraphicsGame (after compiling everything of course). From there it shouldn't be too hard to figure out what is going on. When it asks for you class name in the New Game dialog box, type the name of your class file, MINUS the .class. So if I had a player file, MyPlayer.class, I would type MyPlayer into the text box.
This is the first release of this GUI and it is known to have bugs! Please report them all to mmaxim@cs.cmu.edu or arv@andrew.cmu.edu. There is still some functionality not implemented yet either, like Save, but that will all change as soon as possible. Also, if people want to make changes in the GUI code, please email me and let me know what you did so I can include it in the "release" version for the whole class if I think it is a good addition. Check the Discussion Boards often for GUI updates! For now I hope you enjoy seeing your game in a more explicit environment!
Mike |