The AI players are still refusing to acknowledge their turns. I haven't yet had a contiguous block of time to do an in-depth debugging session on it, but I have verified a few minor elements of the process. This is just a note to keep track of what has been attempted and what is to come next.
Hypothesis #1: The AI characters weren't moving because they had no action points assigned.
Procedure: Manual trace of source code to identify logic that may be prohibiting the movement functionality.
Test Results: Action points are not yet being validated by the server, so this is irrelevant.
Hypothesis #2: The AI characters aren't receiving the notification that it's their turn.
Procedure: Console output from both client and server whenever the "whose turn" message is sent or received.
Test Results: All clients, including the AI, are receiving correct values from the server regarding whose turn it is.
Hypothesis #3: The method for determining whether a player is a human or an AI is faulty.
Procedure: Trace the isAIPlayer() method to validate its functionality.
Test Results: I have not had time to do this yet. It is the very next thing I will attempt.
At the moment, there are no further hypotheses regarding this defect. I'm always open to suggestions if anyone has any ideas that I haven't thought of yet.
More to come on this issue.
A project journal for the Team Laser Combat game by Michael Henson.
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