FreeGame: fix an infinite game when all the players keep passing forever.

Now the game ends when all the players passed in the last 3 turns.

game/freegame.cpp

@@ -169,11 +169,18 @@ int FreeGame::endTurn()
         catch (EndGameException &e)
         {
             // End of the game
-            endGame();
+            endGame(m_currPlayer);
             return 1;
         }
     }
 
+    if (allPlayersPassedThreeTimesInARow())
+    {
+        LOG_INFO("All the players passed 3 times consecutively");
+        endGame(getNPlayers());
+        return 2;
+    }
+
     // Next player
     nextPlayer();
 
@@ -194,7 +201,7 @@ int FreeGame::endTurn()
 
 
 // Adjust the scores of the players with the points of the remaining tiles
-void FreeGame::endGame()
+void FreeGame::endGame(unsigned iWinningPlayer)
 {
     LOG_INFO("End of the game");
 
@@ -209,7 +216,9 @@ void FreeGame::endGame()
     // We currently handle case 1, and cannot handle case 3 until timers are
     // implemented.
     // For case 2, we need both to detect a blocked situation (not easy...) and
-    // to handle it in the endGame() method (very easy).
+    // to handle it in the endGame() method (very easy). As a workaround for
+    // case 2, we consider that if all players pass 3 times the game ends
+    // without any winner.
 
     // Add the points of the remaining tiles to the score of the current
     // player (i.e. the first player with an empty rack), and remove them
@@ -217,7 +226,7 @@ void FreeGame::endGame()
     int addedPoints = 0;
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < getNPlayers(); i++)
     {
-        if (i != m_currPlayer)
+        if (i != iWinningPlayer)
         {
             const PlayedRack &pld = m_players[i]->getCurrentRack();
             pld.getAllTiles(tiles);
@@ -233,10 +242,13 @@ void FreeGame::endGame()
             accessNavigation().addAndExecute(pCmd);
         }
     }
-    // Add all the points to the current player
-    Command *pCmd = new PlayerEventCmd(*m_players[m_currPlayer],
-                                       PlayerEventCmd::END_GAME, addedPoints);
-    accessNavigation().addAndExecute(pCmd);
+    // Give all the points to the winning player
+    if (iWinningPlayer < getNPlayers())
+    {
+        Command *pCmd = new PlayerEventCmd(*m_players[m_currPlayer],
+                                        PlayerEventCmd::END_GAME, addedPoints);
+        accessNavigation().addAndExecute(pCmd);
+    }
 
     // Lock game
     m_finished = true;
@@ -307,3 +319,27 @@ int FreeGame::pass(const wstring &iToChange)
     return 0;
 }
 
+
+bool FreeGame::allPlayersPassedThreeTimesInARow() const
+{
+    const unsigned NB_OF_PASSES = 3;
+    // Only one player really plays at each turn
+    const unsigned NB_TURNS_TO_CHECK = NB_OF_PASSES * getNPlayers();
+
+    bool result = true;
+    BOOST_FOREACH(const Player *player, m_players)
+    {
+        const History &history = player->getHistory();
+        result = result && (history.getSize() >= NB_TURNS_TO_CHECK);
+        for (unsigned turnNb = history.getSize() - NB_TURNS_TO_CHECK;
+             turnNb < history.getSize();
+             ++turnNb)
+        {
+            const Move &move = history.getTurn(turnNb).getMove();
+            // Players who did not play got a null move for the turn
+            result = result && (move.isPass() || move.isNull());
+        }
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+

game/freegame.h

@@ -96,14 +96,20 @@ private:
     /// Finish the current turn
     int endTurn();
 
-    /// Finish the game
-    void endGame();
+    /**
+     * Finish the game.
+     * @param The winning player is given, use an invalid player number to
+     * indicate that there was no winner (e.g.: all players pass several times)
+     */
+    void endGame(unsigned iWinningPlayer);
 
     /**
      * Check whether it is legal to change the letters of iToChange.
      * The return codes are the same as the ones on the pass() method
      */
     int checkPass(const Player &iPlayer, const wstring &iToChange) const;
+
+    bool allPlayersPassedThreeTimesInARow() const;
 };
 
 #endif /* _FREEGAME_H_ */

test/driver

@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ arbitration/load_save 0  # randseed unused
 freegame/play       7
 # The human player always passes, letting the AI player do what it wants
 freegame/passing    1
+# Two humans play, and reach the end of the game by passing 3 times consecutively
+freegame/passing_3_times 24
 # 2 human players, changing letters a lot
 freegame/change     3
 # Three AI players

test/freegame/passing_3_times.input

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+l 2 0
+p
+p
+p
+p
+p
+a t
+p BEFH
+p
+p
+p
+p
+p
+p
+a S
+a T
+a p
+p
+q
+q
+

test/freegame/passing_3_times.ref

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+Using seed: 24
+[?] pour l'aide
+commande> l 2 0
+mode partie libre
+[?] pour l'aide
+commande> p
+commande> p
+commande> p
+commande> p
+commande> p
+commande> a t
+BEFHLRT
+commande> p BEFH
+commande> p
+commande> p
+commande> p
+commande> p
+commande> p
+commande> p
+commande> a S
+Score 0:   -9
+Score 1:  -18
+commande> a T
+Rack 0: AEEOPUU
+Rack 1: CILORTZ
+commande> a p
+Game: player 2 out of 2
+Game: mode=Free game
+Game: history:
+    N |   RACK   |    SOLUTION    | REF | PTS | BONUS
+   ===|==========|================|=====|=====|======
+    1 |  AUEUOEP | (PASS)         |  -  |   0 |  
+    2 |  ELBFHTR | (PASS)         |  -  |   0 |  
+    3 |  AEEOPUU | (PASS)         |  -  |   0 |  
+    4 |  BEFHLRT | (PASS)         |  -  |   0 |  
+    5 |  AEEOPUU | (PASS)         |  -  |   0 |  
+    6 |  BEFHLRT | [BEFH]         |  -  |   0 |  
+    7 |  AEEOPUU | (PASS)         |  -  |   0 |  
+    8 | LRT+COIZ | (PASS)         |  -  |   0 |  
+    9 |  AEEOPUU | (PASS)         |  -  |   0 |  
+   10 |  CILORTZ | (PASS)         |  -  |   0 |  
+   11 |  AEEOPUU | (PASS)         |  -  |   0 |  
+   12 |  CILORTZ | (PASS)         |  -  |   0 |  
+
+
+Rack 0: AEEOPUU
+Rack 1: CILORTZ
+Score 0:   -9
+Score 1:  -18
+commande> p
+Cannot pass (3)
+commande> q
+fin du mode partie libre
+commande> q