Now that we can send messages from the ViewModel to the View, we can add the code for the player to fight the monsters.
Step 1: Edit Engine\Models\Player.cs
We want to give the player the ability to select the weapon to fight with. So, we’re going to display a combobox (dropdown box) on the screen, with all their weapons.
To do this, we’re going to create a new property in the Player class. This is the Weapons property (lines 80 and 81).
Because this property is a subset of the Inventory property, we won’t use a getter and setter. It will just be a LINQ query of all objects in the Inventory property whose datatype is Weapon.
We need to add the ToList() at the end of the LINQ Where() because LINQ queries are not actually run until they have to do something with the results. This is called “deferred execution”.
Because this property doesn’t have a “set”, we need to manually raise the property changed event for it, whenever its value changes. We’ll do that in the AddItemToInventory (lines 93 through 98).
We could add GameItem objects directly to the Inventory property. However, using this function gives us some extra capabilities.
For now, the function will only add the item to the player’s inventory and raise a property changed event for the Weapons property. In the future, we will could use this to limit the player’s inventory – if we wanted to add weight to the GameItems, and limit the amount of weight a player can carry.
Player.cs
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Linq;
namespace Engine.Models
{
public class Player : BaseNotificationClass
{
#region Properties
private string _name;
private string _characterClass;
private int _hitPoints;
private int _experiencePoints;
private int _level;
private int _gold;
public string Name
{
get { return _name; }
set
{
_name = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Name));
}
}
public string CharacterClass
{
get { return _characterClass; }
set
{
_characterClass = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(CharacterClass));
}
}
public int HitPoints
{
get { return _hitPoints; }
set
{
_hitPoints = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HitPoints));
}
}
public int ExperiencePoints
{
get { return _experiencePoints; }
set
{
_experiencePoints = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(ExperiencePoints));
}
}
public int Level
{
get { return _level; }
set
{
_level = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Level));
}
}
public int Gold
{
get { return _gold; }
set
{
_gold = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Gold));
}
}
public ObservableCollection<GameItem> Inventory { get; set; }
public List<GameItem> Weapons =>
Inventory.Where(i => i is Weapon).ToList();
public ObservableCollection<QuestStatus> Quests { get; set; }
#endregion
public Player()
{
Inventory = new ObservableCollection<GameItem>();
Quests = new ObservableCollection<QuestStatus>();
}
public void AddItemToInventory(GameItem item)
{
Inventory.Add(item);
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Weapons));
}
}
}
Step 2: Edit Engine\Factories\ItemFactory.cs
Currently, the ItemFactory function CreateGameItem() returns an object with a GameItem datatype. That’s the base datatype for all game objects. In order to know which items in the player’s inventory are weapons, we need to make a change to CreateGameItem().
When CreateGameItem creates a new object, it uses the Clone function on the “standardItem” object. However, since “standardObject” is declared as a GameItem, this will use the Clone function in the GameItem class.
This returns a GameItem object, that only has its ItemTypeID, Name, and Price properties set (the only parameters used in the Clone function). When we create a Weapon object, we need to use the Clone function from the Weapon class.
To do this, we’ll add the code on lines 31 through 34.
If the standardItem’s datatype is Weapon, we will cast it as a Weapon object (the “(standardItem as Weapon)” part of line 33), and then call its Clone function. This will use the Clone function from the Weapon class.
ItemFactory.cs
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Engine.Models;
namespace Engine.Factories
{
public static class ItemFactory
{
private static List<GameItem> _standardGameItems;
static ItemFactory()
{
_standardGameItems = new List<GameItem>();
_standardGameItems.Add(new Weapon(1001, "Pointy Stick", 1, 1, 2));
_standardGameItems.Add(new Weapon(1002, "Rusty Sword", 5, 1, 3));
_standardGameItems.Add(new GameItem(9001, "Snake fang", 1));
_standardGameItems.Add(new GameItem(9002, "Snakeskin", 2));
_standardGameItems.Add(new GameItem(9003, "Rat tail", 1));
_standardGameItems.Add(new GameItem(9004, "Rat fur", 2));
_standardGameItems.Add(new GameItem(9005, "Spider fang", 1));
_standardGameItems.Add(new GameItem(9006, "Spider silk", 2));
}
public static GameItem CreateGameItem(int itemTypeID)
{
GameItem standardItem = _standardGameItems.FirstOrDefault(item => item.ItemTypeID == itemTypeID);
if (standardItem != null)
{
if (standardItem is Weapon)
{
return (standardItem as Weapon).Clone();
}
return standardItem.Clone();
}
return null;
}
}
}
Step 3: Edit Engine\Models\Monster.cs and Engine\Factories\MonsterFactory.cs
Now that the player can have a weapon, it’s only fair to let the monsters do some damage.
In the future, we can add the ability for monsters to use weapons. But, for now, because all our monsters are animals, they will only do damage by biting.
We’ll add two new properties to the Monster class: MinimumDamage and MaximumDamage (both integer properties) – on lines 21 and 22.
To populate these properties, we’ll add two new parameters to the Monster constructor (line 31), and set the properties with the passed-in parameter values (lines 38 and 39).
Now we need to pass values for these parameters when we instantiate a Monster object in the MonsterFactory.
Change lines 14 and 23, to pass in 1 as the minimumDamage and 2 as the maximumDamage. Because spiders are much more powerful, I changed line 32 to pass in 1 as the minimumDamage, and 4 as the maximumDamage.
MonsterFactory.cs
using System;
using Engine.Models;
namespace Engine.Factories
{
public static class MonsterFactory
{
public static Monster GetMonster(int monsterID)
{
switch (monsterID)
{
case 1:
Monster snake =
new Monster("Snake", "Snake.png", 4, 4, 1, 2, 5, 1);
AddLootItem(snake, 9001, 25);
AddLootItem(snake, 9002, 75);
return snake;
case 2:
Monster rat =
new Monster("Rat", "Rat.png", 5, 5, 1, 2, 5, 1);
AddLootItem(rat, 9003, 25);
AddLootItem(rat, 9004, 75);
return rat;
case 3:
Monster giantSpider =
new Monster("Giant Spider", "GiantSpider.png", 10, 10, 1, 4, 10, 3);
AddLootItem(giantSpider, 9005, 25);
AddLootItem(giantSpider, 9006, 75);
return giantSpider;
default:
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("MonsterType '{0}' does not exist", monsterID));
}
}
private static void AddLootItem(Monster monster, int itemID, int percentage)
{
if (RandomNumberGenerator.NumberBetween(1, 100) <= percentage)
{
monster.Inventory.Add(new ItemQuantity(itemID, 1));
}
}
}
}
Monster.cs
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
namespace Engine.Models
{
public class Monster : BaseNotificationClass
{
private int _hitPoints;
public string Name { get; private set; }
public string ImageName { get; set; }
public int MaximumHitPoints { get; private set; }
public int HitPoints
{
get { return _hitPoints; }
set
{
_hitPoints = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HitPoints));
}
}
public int MinimumDamage { get; set; }
public int MaximumDamage { get; set; }
public int RewardExperiencePoints { get; private set; }
public int RewardGold { get; private set; }
public ObservableCollection<ItemQuantity> Inventory { get; set; }
public Monster(string name, string imageName,
int maximumHitPoints, int hitPoints,
int minimumDamage, int maxmumDamage,
int rewardExperiencePoints, int rewardGold)
{
Name = name;
ImageName = string.Format("/Engine;component/Images/Monsters/{0}", imageName);
MaximumHitPoints = maximumHitPoints;
HitPoints = hitPoints;
MinimumDamage = minimumDamage;
MaximumDamage = maxmumDamage;
RewardExperiencePoints = rewardExperiencePoints;
RewardGold = rewardGold;
Inventory = new ObservableCollection<ItemQuantity>();
}
}
}
Step 4: Edit WPFUI\MainWindow.xaml and MainWindow.xaml.cs
We will display the combat controls in MainWindow.xaml, using the code in lines 212 through 237.
On line 228 is a new ComboBox control. This displays a selectable dropdown box. We’ll populate it with the player’s Weapons (the ItemSource), and bind the GameSession’s “CurrentWeapon” property to the SelectedItem of the ComboBox. This way, if the player changes the item in the ComboBox, it will update the CurrentWeapon property – and we will use the correct weapon during combat.
On 234-236 is the button that will call the combat function “OnClick_AttackMonster”.
In MainWindow.xaml.cs, the new function to attack the monster (OnClick_AttackMonster) is on lines 46 through 49. It will call the AttackCurrentMonster function we will create next in the GameSession class.
MainWindow.xaml
<Window x:Class="WPFUI.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:viewModels="clr-namespace:Engine.ViewModels;assembly=Engine"
d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance viewModels:GameSession}"
mc:Ignorable="d"
FontSize="11pt"
Title="Scott's Awesome Game" Height="768" Width="1024">
<Window.Resources>
<BooleanToVisibilityConverter x:Key="BooleanToVisibility" />
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="225"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="250"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<!-- Menu -->
<Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Content="Menu" Background="AliceBlue"/>
<!-- Player stats -->
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Background="Aquamarine">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Content="Name:"/>
<Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Content="{Binding CurrentPlayer.Name}"/>
<Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Content="Class:"/>
<Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Content="{Binding CurrentPlayer.CharacterClass}"/>
<Label Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Content="Hit points:"/>
<Label Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" Content="{Binding CurrentPlayer.HitPoints}"/>
<Label Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="0" Content="Gold:"/>
<Label Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1" Content="{Binding CurrentPlayer.Gold}"/>
<Label Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="0" Content="XP:"/>
<Label Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="1" Content="{Binding CurrentPlayer.ExperiencePoints}"/>
<Label Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="0" Content="Level:"/>
<Label Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="1" Content="{Binding CurrentPlayer.Level}"/>
</Grid>
<!-- Gameplay -->
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1"
Background="Beige">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="3*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="2*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<!-- Game Messages -->
<Border Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
Grid.RowSpan="2"
BorderBrush="Gainsboro"
BorderThickness="1">
<RichTextBox x:Name="GameMessages"
Background="Beige"
VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<RichTextBox.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Paragraph}">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0"/>
</Style>
</RichTextBox.Resources>
</RichTextBox>
</Border>
<!-- Location information -->
<Border Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1"
BorderBrush="Gainsboro"
BorderThickness="1">
<Grid Margin="3">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Text="{Binding CurrentLocation.Name}"/>
<Image Grid.Row="1"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Height="125"
Width="125"
Source="{Binding CurrentLocation.ImageName}"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Text="{Binding CurrentLocation.Description}"
TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
<!-- Monster information -->
<Border Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1"
BorderBrush="Gainsboro"
BorderThickness="1">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Height="Auto"
Text="{Binding CurrentMonster.Name}" />
<Image Grid.Row="1"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Height="125"
Width="125"
Source="{Binding CurrentMonster.ImageName}" />
<StackPanel Grid.Row="2"
Visibility="{Binding HasMonster, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibility}}"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock>Current Hit Points:</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding CurrentMonster.HitPoints}" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Border>
</Grid>
<!-- Inventory and Quests -->
<Grid Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0"
Background="BurlyWood">
<TabControl>
<TabItem Header="Inventory">
<DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding CurrentPlayer.Inventory}"
AutoGenerateColumns="False"
HeadersVisibility="Column">
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Description"
Binding="{Binding Name}"
Width="*"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Price"
Binding="{Binding Price}"
Width="Auto"/>
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
</TabItem>
<TabItem Header="Quests">
<DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding CurrentPlayer.Quests}"
AutoGenerateColumns="False"
HeadersVisibility="Column">
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Name"
Binding="{Binding PlayerQuest.Name}"
Width="*"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Done?"
Binding="{Binding IsCompleted}"
Width="Auto"/>
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
</TabItem>
</TabControl>
</Grid>
<!-- Action controls -->
<Grid Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1"
Background="Lavender">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="255" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<!-- Combat Controls -->
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
Visibility="{Binding HasMonster, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibility}}"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="150"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="10"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="50"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ComboBox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
ItemsSource="{Binding CurrentPlayer.Weapons}"
SelectedItem="{Binding CurrentWeapon}"
DisplayMemberPath="Name"
SelectedValuePath="ID"/>
<Button Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2"
Content="Use"
Click="OnClick_AttackMonster"/>
</Grid>
<!-- Movement Controls -->
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Button Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1"
Height="25" Width="65" Margin="10"
Click="OnClick_MoveNorth"
Visibility="{Binding HasLocationToNorth, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibility}}"
Content="North"/>
<Button Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0"
Height="25" Width="65" Margin="10"
Click="OnClick_MoveWest"
Visibility="{Binding HasLocationToWest, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibility}}"
Content="West"/>
<Button Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2"
Height="25" Width="65" Margin="10"
Click="OnClick_MoveEast"
Visibility="{Binding HasLocationToEast, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibility}}"
Content="East"/>
<Button Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1"
Height="25" Width="65" Margin="10"
Click="OnClick_MoveSouth"
Visibility="{Binding HasLocationToSouth, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibility}}"
Content="South"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</Window>
MainWindow.xaml.cs
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using Engine.EventArgs;
using Engine.ViewModels;
namespace WPFUI
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
private GameSession _gameSession;
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
_gameSession = new GameSession();
_gameSession.OnMessageRaised += OnGameMessageRaised;
DataContext = _gameSession;
}
private void OnClick_MoveNorth(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
_gameSession.MoveNorth();
}
private void OnClick_MoveWest(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
_gameSession.MoveWest();
}
private void OnClick_MoveEast(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
_gameSession.MoveEast();
}
private void OnClick_MoveSouth(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
_gameSession.MoveSouth();
}
private void OnClick_AttackMonster(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
_gameSession.AttackCurrentMonster();
}
private void OnGameMessageRaised(object sender, GameMessageEventArgs e)
{
GameMessages.Document.Blocks.Add(new Paragraph(new Run(e.Message)));
GameMessages.ScrollToEnd();
}
}
}
Step 5: Edit Engine\ViewModels\GameSession.cs
Now, everything is ready to add the logic for the player to fight monsters.
The first thing we need to do is add the CurrentWeapon property on line 57. We don’t have a backing variable for this property because it will only ever be changed from the UI.
If we ever want to change the value from the ViewModel, or Model, we would need to raise a property changed event, to let the UI know. But, we aren’t going to do that now.
Next, we need to do is give the player a weapon. Inside the GameSession constructor, on lines 107 through 110, we check the player’s Weapons property. If there are not any objects in that property, we will get a Pointy Stick (item 1001) from the ItemFactory, and give it to the player.
Then, we will finally write the combat function “AttackCurrentMonster” (lines 165 through 234). This function is longer than I like functions to be. But, we will do our refactoring (clean-up) after we get the code working.
On lines 167-171, we check if there is no weapon selected. If there isn’t, we use the RaiseMessage function to display the message in the RichTextBox in the UI. Then, we return from the function on line 170.
This is sometimes called “early exit”. If there is something that will prevent the rest of the function from working, we return from the function before we try to run the rest of the function. This is a common pattern for handling validation that you have all the values you need.
On line 174, we get the damage to do to the monster. And, on lines 176 through 184, we raise a message about how much damage the player did to the monster (or if they didn’t do any damage). On line 182, we also subtract the damage from the monster’s hit points.
If you haven’t seen it before, “-=” is another way to say, “CurrentMonster.HitPoints = CurrentMonster.HitPoints – damage”. This line takes the value of the HitPoints property, subtracts the damage, and assigns the results back into the HitPoints property. This is like the “+=” we used in the Location class, to add together the ChanceOfEncountering for all the monsters in the MonstersHere list.
On lines 187 through 207, we handle the player defeating the monster.
If the monster’s hit points are at 0 (or less), we give the player the rewards for defeating the monster, and call RaiseMessage to show the rewards on the UI.
On line 206, we call GetMonsterAtLocation(), so the player has a new monster to fight.
The “else” condition on line 208 is to handle when the monster is still alive. Now, it’s time for the monster to attack.
The logic for the monster attack is like the logic for the player attack. We get a random amount of damage, subtract hit points (if the damage was not zero), and display some messages.
However, if the monster defeats the player, the monster is not rewarded. Instead, on lines 223 through 231, we display a message that the player was killed, we move the player back to their home, and we completely heal the player – so they can return to battle.
In the future, we can make this more complex – determining who attacks first, allowing damage over time (from poison or spells), etc. However, this is what we will start with.
GameSession.cs
using System;
using System.Linq;
using Engine.EventArgs;
using Engine.Factories;
using Engine.Models;
namespace Engine.ViewModels
{
public class GameSession : BaseNotificationClass
{
public event EventHandler<GameMessageEventArgs> OnMessageRaised;
#region Properties
private Location _currentLocation;
private Monster _currentMonster;
public World CurrentWorld { get; set; }
public Player CurrentPlayer { get; set; }
public Location CurrentLocation
{
get { return _currentLocation; }
set
{
_currentLocation = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(CurrentLocation));
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasLocationToNorth));
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasLocationToEast));
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasLocationToWest));
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasLocationToSouth));
GivePlayerQuestsAtLocation();
GetMonsterAtLocation();
}
}
public Monster CurrentMonster
{
get { return _currentMonster; }
set
{
_currentMonster = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(CurrentMonster));
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasMonster));
if (CurrentMonster != null)
{
RaiseMessage("");
RaiseMessage($"You see a {CurrentMonster.Name} here!");
}
}
}
public Weapon CurrentWeapon { get; set; }
public bool HasLocationToNorth
{
get
{
return CurrentWorld.LocationAt(CurrentLocation.XCoordinate, CurrentLocation.YCoordinate + 1) != null;
}
}
public bool HasLocationToEast
{
get
{
return CurrentWorld.LocationAt(CurrentLocation.XCoordinate + 1, CurrentLocation.YCoordinate) != null;
}
}
public bool HasLocationToSouth
{
get
{
return CurrentWorld.LocationAt(CurrentLocation.XCoordinate, CurrentLocation.YCoordinate - 1) != null;
}
}
public bool HasLocationToWest
{
get
{
return CurrentWorld.LocationAt(CurrentLocation.XCoordinate - 1, CurrentLocation.YCoordinate) != null;
}
}
public bool HasMonster => CurrentMonster != null;
#endregion
public GameSession()
{
CurrentPlayer = new Player
{
Name = "Scott",
CharacterClass = "Fighter",
HitPoints = 10,
Gold = 1000000,
ExperiencePoints = 0,
Level = 1
};
if (!CurrentPlayer.Weapons.Any())
{
CurrentPlayer.AddItemToInventory(ItemFactory.CreateGameItem(1001));
}
CurrentWorld = WorldFactory.CreateWorld();
CurrentLocation = CurrentWorld.LocationAt(0, 0);
}
public void MoveNorth()
{
if(HasLocationToNorth)
{
CurrentLocation = CurrentWorld.LocationAt(CurrentLocation.XCoordinate, CurrentLocation.YCoordinate + 1);
}
}
public void MoveEast()
{
if(HasLocationToEast)
{
CurrentLocation = CurrentWorld.LocationAt(CurrentLocation.XCoordinate + 1, CurrentLocation.YCoordinate);
}
}
public void MoveSouth()
{
if(HasLocationToSouth)
{
CurrentLocation = CurrentWorld.LocationAt(CurrentLocation.XCoordinate, CurrentLocation.YCoordinate - 1);
}
}
public void MoveWest()
{
if(HasLocationToWest)
{
CurrentLocation = CurrentWorld.LocationAt(CurrentLocation.XCoordinate - 1, CurrentLocation.YCoordinate);
}
}
private void GivePlayerQuestsAtLocation()
{
foreach(Quest quest in CurrentLocation.QuestsAvailableHere)
{
if(!CurrentPlayer.Quests.Any(q => q.PlayerQuest.ID == quest.ID))
{
CurrentPlayer.Quests.Add(new QuestStatus(quest));
}
}
}
private void GetMonsterAtLocation()
{
CurrentMonster = CurrentLocation.GetMonster();
}
public void AttackCurrentMonster()
{
if (CurrentWeapon == null)
{
RaiseMessage("You must select a weapon, to attack.");
return;
}
// Determine damage to monster
int damageToMonster = RandomNumberGenerator.NumberBetween(CurrentWeapon.MinimumDamage, CurrentWeapon.MaximumDamage);
if (damageToMonster == 0)
{
RaiseMessage($"You missed the {CurrentMonster.Name}.");
}
else
{
CurrentMonster.HitPoints -= damageToMonster;
RaiseMessage($"You hit the {CurrentMonster.Name} for {damageToMonster} points.");
}
// If monster if killed, collect rewards and loot
if(CurrentMonster.HitPoints <= 0)
{
RaiseMessage("");
RaiseMessage($"You defeated the {CurrentMonster.Name}!");
CurrentPlayer.ExperiencePoints += CurrentMonster.RewardExperiencePoints;
RaiseMessage($"You receive {CurrentMonster.RewardExperiencePoints} experience points.");
CurrentPlayer.Gold += CurrentMonster.RewardGold;
RaiseMessage($"You receive {CurrentMonster.RewardGold} gold.");
foreach(ItemQuantity itemQuantity in CurrentMonster.Inventory)
{
GameItem item = ItemFactory.CreateGameItem(itemQuantity.ItemID);
CurrentPlayer.AddItemToInventory(item);
RaiseMessage($"You receive {itemQuantity.Quantity} {item.Name}.");
}
// Get another monster to fight
GetMonsterAtLocation();
}
else
{
// If monster is still alive, let the monster attack
int damageToPlayer = RandomNumberGenerator.NumberBetween(CurrentMonster.MinimumDamage, CurrentMonster.MaximumDamage);
if (damageToPlayer == 0)
{
RaiseMessage("The monster attacks, but misses you.");
}
else
{
CurrentPlayer.HitPoints -= damageToPlayer;
RaiseMessage($"The {CurrentMonster.Name} hit you for {damageToPlayer} points.");
}
// If player is killed, move them back to their home.
if (CurrentPlayer.HitPoints <= 0)
{
RaiseMessage("");
RaiseMessage($"The {CurrentMonster.Name} killed you.");
CurrentLocation = CurrentWorld.LocationAt(0, -1); // Player's home
CurrentPlayer.HitPoints = CurrentPlayer.Level * 10; // Completely heal the player
}
}
}
private void RaiseMessage(string message)
{
OnMessageRaised?.Invoke(this, new GameMessageEventArgs(message));
}
}
}
Step 6: Test the game
Everything should be ready for the player to fight monsters. Run the program, move to a location with a monster, and see if you can defeat it – and collect your gold and loot!
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GameSession class line 182 has error when trying to reduce monster’s hit points because in lesson 07.1, Monster class line 15 has hit points setter set to private. Maybe I missed where this visibility restriction was removed (i.e. set to public)?
Hi Dave,
The setter for the HitPoints property in the Monster class does not have a visibility specified, so it defaults to “internal” – which means it can be seen by other classes in the same assembly (project). Do you see an error when building the solution, or running the game? If so, what is the error message?
the error message in Visual Studio (2019) is:
The property or indexer ‘Monster.Hitpoints’ cannot be used in this context because the set accessor is inaccessible
Hi Wekkel,
Check that the HitPoints property in the Monster class has “public”. That means the property can be used (read) in other projects in the solution.
Please let me know if that does not work, or if you have any other questions.
Had the same issue, for anyone else with the same problem,I think at some point the code was shown as :
private set
{
_hitPoints = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HitPoints));
}
In the monster class… changing it from “private set” to just “set” should fix it
Hi, first of all, thank you for the course i’m really enjoying it.
I just wanted to let you know that in the mainwindow.xaml there is a binding failure, line 182 should say ItemTypeID, not ID. Another thing I noticed is that the relative image path is not working in my solution, this is the the Engine;component part of the code. Ive used the (somewhat clumsy looking) system.directory library to do the trick. Do you perhaps have a better solution?
You’re welcome Fabian!
On line 182 of MainWindow.xaml, I see the tab item for the Quests – nothing with ID. Are you talking about a different line.
For the images, the easiest solution is probably to continue to lesson 14.3, where we use a different method for binding to the images.
I believe Fabian was referring to the new ComboBox for the weapons, in the video, the SelectedValuePath was set to “ID” in the MainWindow.xaml
I have set it to ItemTypeID as I had an error too, and ItemTypeID was what we had used earlier for property for the game item class.
Thanks for the series Scott, this is the best WPF tutorial I’ve seen, and fun to go through. I’ve definitely learned some cool tricks in C# to boot.
public void AddItemToInventory(GameItem item)
{
Inventory.Add(item);
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Weapons));
}
Shouldn’t this be OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Inventory)); since it applies to all types of items?
The Inventory property’s “set” is only called if we assign a new value to the property “Inventory = new ObservableCollection<GameItem>();”
In this case, we are only adding a new object to the existing collection, not setting the property to a new instance of a collection. We would have to monitor the Inventory.CollectionChanged event to detect when a GameItem is added to the ObservableCollection, or removed from it. Then, the handler for the CollectionChanged event could call the OnpropertyChanged(Weapons). But, there are some other problems with using the CollectionChanged event, especially if you bulk add or bulk remove items. So, I went with this method.