Thread: [Help][SOLVED] - Catch sequence of 3 or more pieces of same color [BEJEWELED GAME]

I need help... I'm doing Bejeweled in JAVA, but I need help to overpass a problem...

When I start the board for the first time, I cannot have 3 or more pieces of the same color, but my function "verifica_inicio" it's not doing the work that it should have :S

Can anyone help me?

pos_x/pos_y is the position in the matrix
fig_aleat is the random piece that is randomized at the moment

public int verifica_inicio(int fig_aleat,int pos_x,int pos_y){
        if(pos_x<2 && pos_y<2){
                return 1;
        }
 
        if(pos_x<2){
                if((fig_aleat!=matriz[pos_x][pos_y-1] || fig_aleat!=matriz[pos_x][pos_y-2])){
                        return 1;
                }
        }
 
        if (pos_y<2){
                if(fig_aleat!=matriz[pos_x-1][pos_y] || fig_aleat!=matriz[pos_x-2][pos_y]){
                        return 1;
                }
        }
 
        if(fig_aleat!=matriz[pos_x-1][pos_y] || fig_aleat!=matriz[pos_x-2][pos_y]){
            if((fig_aleat!=matriz[pos_x][pos_y-1] || fig_aleat!=matriz[pos_x][pos_y-2])){
                    return 1;
            }
        }
 
        return 0;
}

The code should see if there are 3 or more pieces in consecutive positions...
The "aleat_fig" as the values 0 to 5 (6 pieces)!

For example, I cannot have this combination:

# EDIT -> it's nxn, not nxm, sorry :S #
0 1 4 4 2 4
0 3 5 4 5 3
0 4 4 2 4 5
2 3 4 1 3 5
1 3 1 4 4 3
4 5 2 3 4 5

Because of the three 0's...

This situation:
Sem Título.jpg

The green rectangles...

I messed up... It's a nxn grid, not nxm, sorry... But yes! If 3 or more numbers are the same, I have to change the 1st appearence of that number to other!

pos_x/pos_y is the position in the matrix
fig_aleat is the random piece that is randomized at the moment

When returns 1, it indicates that there's no 3 or more pieces (numbers) in sequence!

I already do that, but I appears that at the end, there is, once more, a sequence of 3 or more pieces of the same color... :S I cannot do anything more, I exhausted...

I already do that, I swear... I don't understand what's missing :S I already have Array out of bounds a bunch of times...

matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x][pos_y-1] && matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x][pos_y-2]
matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x][pos_y+1] && matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x][pos_y+2]
matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x+1][pos_y] && matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x+2][pos_y]
matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x-1][pos_y] && matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x-2][pos_y]

These are all the conditions... If one of those occurs, I need to change the matriz[pos_x][pos_y] to another number...

But I don't know how :S I tried... And tried...

There aren't counters...

My thought: search in the rows... Search for a sequence of 3 or more numbers... If it find it, change the first number to another... Now, it returns to search in the rows (from the beginning)... If its ok, go to the columns... Do the same!

I tried to do this more than once... I have no results...

I can answer with this:

matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x][pos_y-1] && matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x][pos_y-2]
matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x][pos_y+1] && matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x][pos_y+2]
matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x+1][pos_y] && matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x+2][pos_y]
matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x-1][pos_y] && matriz[pos_x][pos_y] == matriz[pos_x-2][pos_y]

This is the "solution"... I know it!

3 hours later...

  public void verifica_inicio(int[][] matriz, int n){
		  	int i;
			int j;
			int temp;
			int temp_2;
			int temp_3 = n;
			Random rand = new Random();
 
			for(i = 0;i<n;i++){
				for(j = 0;j<n;j++){
					if (i < n-2){
						System.out.print(i +" + "+ j+"\n");
						if (matriz[i][j] == matriz[i+1][j] && matriz[i][j] == matriz[i+2][j]){
							temp = matriz[i][j];
							do{
								temp_2=rand.nextInt(6);
							}while(temp_2 == temp);
							matriz[i][j] = temp_2;
							try{
								verifica_inicio(matriz,temp_3);
							} catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e){
								System.out.println("ERROR: Array Index Out Of Bounds -> (" + i +" ; "+ j+")");
							}
						}	
					}
 
					if (j < n-2){
						if (matriz[i][j] == matriz[i][j+1] && matriz[i][j] == matriz[i][j+2]){
							temp = matriz[i][j];
							do{
								temp_2=rand.nextInt(6);
							}while(temp_2 == temp);
							matriz[i][j] = temp_2;
							try{
								verifica_inicio(matriz,temp_3);
							} catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e){
								System.out.println("ERROR: Array Index Out Of Bounds -> (" + i +" ; "+ j+")");
							}
						}	
					}
				}
			}
		}

Hard work, but I did it


Thank you!