hey everyone,
i just started working with java graphical user interface, i found some source codes from the web and trying to play around with them and i am just unable to understand it fully, the code is well commented and easy to understand it is a simple game called space invaders.
well my problem is i am trying to make it as simple as possible so i can try improving it later on. what i really want to change is that where the game uses .gif images i want to make them to a simple shapes such as rectangle or oval using for example drawRect(100,100,50,60);
here is the full code of all the game it quite big and i hope somebody could help me simplify it.
please respond to this thread and let me know if im doing something wrong. any advice would be greatly appreciated .
game.java
the line is 129 where the image that i want to change is.
this is the main file
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package spaceinvaders;
import java.awt.Canvas;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferStrategy;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Game extends Canvas {
/** The stragey that allows us to use accelerate page flipping */
private BufferStrategy strategy;
/** True if the game is currently "running", i.e. the game loop is looping */
private boolean gameRunning = true;
/** The list of all the entities that exist in our game */
private ArrayList entities = new ArrayList();
/** The list of entities that need to be removed from the game this loop */
private ArrayList removeList = new ArrayList();
/** The entity representing the player */
private Entity ship;
/** The speed at which the player's ship should move (pixels/sec) */
private double moveSpeed = 300;
/** The time at which last fired a shot */
private long lastFire = 0;
/** The interval between our players shot (ms) */
private long firingInterval = 300;
/** The number of aliens left on the screen */
private int alienCount;
/** The message to display which waiting for a key press */
private String message = "";
/** True if we're holding up game play until a key has been pressed */
private boolean waitingForKeyPress = true;
/** True if the left cursor key is currently pressed */
private boolean leftPressed = false;
/** True if the right cursor key is currently pressed */
private boolean rightPressed = false;
/** True if we are firing */
private boolean firePressed = false;
/** True if game logic needs to be applied this loop, normally as a result of a game event */
private boolean logicRequiredThisLoop = false;
/**
* Construct our game and set it running.
*/
public Game() {
// create a frame to contain our game
JFrame container = new JFrame("shoot them all");
// get hold the content of the frame and set up the resolution of the game
JPanel panel = (JPanel) container.getContentPane();
panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,600));
panel.setLayout(null);
// setup our canvas size and put it into the content of the frame
setBounds(0,0,800,600);
panel.add(this);
// Tell AWT not to bother repainting our canvas since we're
// going to do that our self in accelerated mode
setIgnoreRepaint(true);
// finally make the window visible
container.pack();
container.setResizable(false);
container.setVisible(true);
// add a listener to respond to the user closing the window. If they
// do we'd like to exit the game
container.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
// add a key input system (defined below) to our canvas
// so we can respond to key pressed
addKeyListener(new KeyInputHandler());
// request the focus so key events come to us
requestFocus();
// create the buffering strategy which will allow AWT
// to manage our accelerated graphics
createBufferStrategy(2);
strategy = getBufferStrategy();
// initialise the entities in our game so there's something
// to see at startup
initEntities();
}
/**
* Start a fresh game, this should clear out any old data and
* create a new set.
*/
private void startGame() {
// clear out any existing entities and intialise a new set
entities.clear();
initEntities();
// blank out any keyboard settings we might currently have
leftPressed = false;
rightPressed = false;
firePressed = false;
}
/**
* Initialise the starting state of the entities (ship and aliens). Each
* entitiy will be added to the overall list of entities in the game.
*/
private void initEntities() {
// create the player ship and place it roughly in the center of the screen
ship=new ShipEntity(this,"spaceinvaders/ship.gif",380,550);
entities.add(ship);
// create a block of aliens (5 rows, by 12 aliens, spaced evenly)
alienCount = 0;
for (int row=0;row<3;row++) {
for (int x=0;x<6;x++) {
Entity alien = new AlienEntity(this,"spaceinvaders/alien.gif",100+(x*50),(50)+row*30);
entities.add(alien);
alienCount++;
}
}
}
/**
* Remove an entity from the game. The entity removed will
* no longer move or be drawn.
*
* @param entity The entity that should be removed
*/
public void removeEntity(Entity entity) {
removeList.add(entity);
}
/**
* Notification that the player has died.
*/
public void notifyDeath() {
message = "Oh no! They got you, try again?";
waitingForKeyPress = true;
}
/**
* Notification that the player has won since all the aliens
* are dead.
*/
public void notifyWin() {
message = "Well done! You Win!";
waitingForKeyPress = true;
}
/**
* Notification that an alien has been killed
*/
public void notifyAlienKilled() {
// reduce the alient count, if there are none left, the player has won!
alienCount--;
if (alienCount == 0) {
notifyWin();
}
}
/**
* Attempt to fire a shot from the player. Its called "try"
* since we must first check that the player can fire at this
* point, i.e. has he/she waited long enough between shots
*/
public void tryToFire() {
// check that we have waiting long enough to fire
if (System.currentTimeMillis() - lastFire < firingInterval) {
return;
}
// if we waited long enough, create the shot entity, and record the time.
lastFire = System.currentTimeMillis();
ShotEntity shot = new ShotEntity(this,"spaceinvaders/shot.gif",ship.getX()+10,ship.getY()-30);
entities.add(shot);
}
/**
* The main game loop. This loop is running during all game
* play as is responsible for the following activities:
* <p>
* - Working out the speed of the game loop to update moves
* - Moving the game entities
* - Drawing the screen contents (entities, text)
* - Updating game events
* - Checking Input
* <p>
*/
public void gameLoop() {
long lastLoopTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
// keep looping round til the game ends
while (gameRunning) {
// work out how long its been since the last update, this
// will be used to calculate how far the entities should
// move this loop
long delta = System.currentTimeMillis() - lastLoopTime;
lastLoopTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
// Get hold of a graphics context for the accelerated
// surface and blank it out
Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D) strategy.getDrawGraphics();
g.setColor(Color.gray);
g.fillRect(0,0,800,600);
// cycle round asking each entity to move itself
if (!waitingForKeyPress) {
for (int i=0;i<entities.size();i++) {
Entity entity = (Entity) entities.get(i);
entity.move(delta);
}
}
// cycle round drawing all the entities we have in the game
for (int i=0;i<entities.size();i++) {
Entity entity = (Entity) entities.get(i);
entity.draw(g);
}
// brute force collisions, compare every entity against
// every other entity. If any of them collide notify
// both entities that the collision has occured
for (int p=0;p<entities.size();p++) {
for (int s=p+1;s<entities.size();s++) {
Entity me = (Entity) entities.get(p);
Entity him = (Entity) entities.get(s);
if (me.collidesWith(him)) {
me.collidedWith(him);
him.collidedWith(me);
}
}
}
// remove any entity that has been marked for clear up
entities.removeAll(removeList);
removeList.clear();
// finally, we've completed drawing so clear up the graphics
// and flip the buffer over
g.dispose();
strategy.show();
// resolve the movement of the ship. First assume the ship
// isn't moving. If either cursor key is pressed then
// update the movement appropraitely
ship.setHorizontalMovement(0);
if ((leftPressed) && (!rightPressed)) {
ship.setHorizontalMovement(-moveSpeed);
} else if ((rightPressed) && (!leftPressed)) {
ship.setHorizontalMovement(moveSpeed);
}
// if we're pressing fire, attempt to fire
if (firePressed) {
tryToFire();
}
// finally pause for a bit. Note: this should run us at about
// 100 fps but on windows this might vary each loop due to
// a bad implementation of timer
try { Thread.sleep(10); } catch (Exception e) {}
}
}
/**
* A class to handle keyboard input from the user. The class
* handles both dynamic input during game play, i.e. left/right
* and shoot, and more static type input (i.e. press any key to
* continue)
*
* This has been implemented as an inner class more through
* habbit then anything else. Its perfectly normal to implement
* this as seperate class if slight less convienient.
*
* @author Kevin Glass
*/
private class KeyInputHandler extends KeyAdapter {
/** The number of key presses we've had while waiting for an "any key" press */
private int pressCount = 1;
/**
* Notification from AWT that a key has been pressed. Note that
* a key being pressed is equal to being pushed down but *NOT*
* released. Thats where keyTyped() comes in.
*
* @param e The details of the key that was pressed
*/
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
// if we're waiting for an "any key" typed then we don't
// want to do anything with just a "press"
if (waitingForKeyPress) {
return;
}
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT) {
leftPressed = true;
}
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT) {
rightPressed = true;
}
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_SPACE) {
firePressed = true;
}
}
/**
* Notification from AWT that a key has been released.
*
* @param e The details of the key that was released
*/
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
// if we're waiting for an "any key" typed then we don't
// want to do anything with just a "released"
if (waitingForKeyPress) {
return;
}
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT) {
leftPressed = false;
}
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT) {
rightPressed = false;
}
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_SPACE) {
firePressed = false;
}
}
/**
* Notification from AWT that a key has been typed. Note that
* typing a key means to both press and then release it.
*
* @param e The details of the key that was typed.
*/
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
// if we're waiting for a "any key" type then
// check if we've recieved any recently. We may
// have had a keyType() event from the user releasing
// the shoot or move keys, hence the use of the "pressCount"
// counter.
if (waitingForKeyPress) {
if (pressCount == 1) {
// since we've now recieved our key typed
// event we can mark it as such and start
// our new game
waitingForKeyPress = false;
startGame();
pressCount = 0;
} else {
pressCount++;
}
}
}
}
/**
* The entry point into the game. We'll simply create an
* instance of class which will start the display and game
* loop.
*
* @param argv The arguments that are passed into our game
*/
public static void main(String argv[]) {
Game g =new Game();
// Start the main game loop, note: this method will not
// return until the game has finished running. Hence we are
// using the actual main thread to run the game.
g.gameLoop();
}
}here is the class where the constructor for the image object is
package spaceinvaders;
/**
* The entity that represents the players ship
*
* @author Kevin Glass
*/
public class ShipEntity extends Entity {
/** The game in which the ship exists */
private Game game;
public ShipEntity(Game game,String ship,int x, int y){
super(ship,x,y);
}
public void move(long delta) {
// if we're moving left and have reached the left hand side
// of the screen, don't move
if ((dx < 0) && (x < 10)) {
return;
}
// if we're moving right and have reached the right hand side
// of the screen, don't move
if ((dx > 0) && (x > 750)) {
return;
}
super.move(delta);
}
/**
* Notification that the player's ship has collided with something
*
* @param other The entity with which the ship has collided
*/
public void collidedWith(Entity other) {
// if its an alien, notify the game that the player
// is dead
if (other instanceof AlienEntity) {
game.notifyDeath();
}
}
}Thank you very much, i am waiting for any help possible
there are 5 more classes for this game, i haven't pasted them if you need them to sort my problem just let me know.
thank you very much
