UNO over TCP/IP

Uno over TCP/IP, UOTI for short, is an open source program to play the famous Uno card game over TCP/IP based networks or/and against the computer. The program has a console which can also be used to chat with the people that are connected to the server. The user can use selfmade card images, which are used to draw the cards on the screen. The card images can be in the tiff or gif file format. If no card images are found, the program draws the cards itself. Please note that "drag and drop" is not implemented! To make a move, just click onto a card.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Java 2 Runtime Environment 1.4 or higher.
800x600 screen resolution or higher
A network interface card supporting TCP/IP

Features:

Multi-threaded: run as many servers and clients within one instance of Uno as you like
High performance: server runs a thread for each client
Customizable: use your own card images to customize the appearance of Uno
Intergrated chat module: chat with the other players, no extra program is needed
Multi-platform support: run Uno under your prefered platform. It runs under Linux, Windows, and Mac OS alike
Coming soon: multi-GUI support: change the GUI at runtime
Coming soon: computer player: no human opponents ready? Play against the computer itself!

Available commands on the prompt:
sts <port number> == start server using port number <port number>
stc <IP> <port number> == start client connected to <IP> and <port number>
cls <port number> == close server using port number <port number>
clc <port number> == close client connected to <port number>
closec == close all open connections
closec == close all open connections
ng [port number] == start new game (server only)
emchk/dmchk == enable/disable move checker (server only)
myIP == show current IP of this computer
setName <name> == set a name for the player
quit == quits the program

Rules:

The rules of the game as implemented here differ from the standard in the following ways:

Wild Draw Four can be played without any restrictions
Wild Draw Four and Draw Two can be played followed directly by each other. The number of cards a player has to draw is accumulated.

These rules can be disabled in the options window coming in version 0.9.1. If you want to play according to other rules, you can do so by disabling the move checker.

A sample session:
Start the program by typing 'java -jar uno09rc.jar' on the OS console. The program will show you the following prompt:

UNO over TCP/IP V0.9 RC (c) 2005 - 2008 by Adrian Posor
This program is free software! Free as in speech, not price.
The command line interpreter with integrated chat module:

Drawing card images myself .......................................................

ready>

Type 'sts 5000' to start a server listening on port 5000 for incoming connection requests. A window like to following one will show up:

Type 'stc 127.0.0.1 5000' on the same prompt to start a client connecting to 127.0.0.1 on port 5000. Click on a card to to make your move.

Download:

Version 0.9 RC: uno09rc.jar (includes the source code)

Still to do:

Add an options menu to the move checker to provide the possibility to select / deselect rules of the game.
Implement a computer player so that one can play against the computer
Add support for multiple GUIs, changeable at runtime
Write an alternative GUI that supports double buffering for smooth animations.
Create cool animations.

Known Bugs:

Race Condition: If more than two players are involved in a game, the server may hang while dealing the cards.
If a pending player closes the connection, the whole game is aborted. A pending player is a player who joined the server while a game had already been in progress.
If a server and a client are running in the same instance of UOTI, then the cards in the player's hand of the server are not taken from the player's hand. The game will work properly if you start a new game.
With JRE 6 under Linux, the font color of the menu is white instead of black. This problem does not exist with JRE 1.4.

Please report bugs to: bugreport(at)posor.hostingkunde.de

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