Fox and Geese Question

Question

Hello,
I am creating a fox and geese game using a normal checkerboard. The checkerboard is a .txt file and I am implementing five methods. I am having problems verifying that the geese can move. It is probably a semantics error. I was hoping if someone could take a look at my code and tell me what is wrong? Thanks
public class FoxAndGeese {
     private int[][] board;
     private int playerTurn;
     private boolean ComputerIsFox;
     private boolean GameOver;
     public FoxAndGeese(){
          // Set player turn equal to 1 - Human will always play first...
          // Set computer equal to fox or geese
          // Initialize gameover variable to false
          playerTurn = 1;
          ComputerIsFox = false; // CHANGE THIS TO FALSE IF COMPUTER IS TO BE GEESE!
          GameOver = false;
          if(!ComputerIsFox){
               System.out.println("Human is playing the GEESE (blue)\n");
               System.out.println("Computer is playing the FOX (red)\n");
          }else{
               System.out.println("Human is playing the FOX (blue)\n");
               System.out.println("Computer is Playing the GEESE (blue)...\n");               
          System.out.println("\nHuman to play first...\n");
          // populate board pieces...
          // Key:     0 -> no piece
          //          1 -> goose
          //          2 -> fox
          board = new int[8][8];     
          for(int i=0;i<8;++i){
               for(int j=0;j<8;++j){
                    board[i][j]=0;
          board[0][1] = 1;board[0][3] = 1;board[0][5] = 1;board[0][7] = 1;
          board[7][4] = 2;
     public boolean verifyMoveGoose(int r1, int c1, int r2, int c2){
          // (r1,c1) is the the initial row/column location of the piece
          // (r2,c2) is the target row/column location of where the piece is going.
          // Return true if this is a valid GOOSE move, false otherwise...
          if(board[r2][c2]==0)//if target is available
               if(board[r2][c2]==board[r1+1][c1+1])//goose wants to move down, right
               return true;//ok to make move
               else if(board[r2][c2]==board[r1+1][c1-1])//goose wants to move down, left
               return true;//ok to make move
          return false;//move doesnt satisfy criteria
     public boolean verifyMoveFox(int r1, int c1, int r2, int c2){
          // (r1,c1) is the the initial row/column location of the piece
          // (r2,c2) is the target row/column location of where the piece is going.
          // Return true if this is a valid FOX move, false otherwise...
          if(board[r2][c2]==0)//if target is available
               if(board[r2][c2]==board[r1+1][c1+1])//fox wants to move down,right
               return true;//ok to make move
               else if(board[r2][c2]==board[r1+1][c1-1])//fox wants to move down, left
               return true;//ok to make move
               else if(board[r2][c2]==board[r1-1][c1-1])//fox wants to move up, left
               return true;//ok to make move
               else if(board[r2][c2]==board[r1-1][c1+1])//fox wants to move up, right
               return true;//ok to make move
          return false;//move doesnt satisfy criteria     
     public boolean HumanMoved(int r1, int c1, int r2, int c2 ){
          // Gets called when the Human has 'dragged and dropped' a checkers piece
          // (r1,c1) is the the initial row/column location of the piece
          // (r2,c2) is the target row/column location of where the piece is going.
          // This method needs to
          //    -  Needs to verify the move is valid - call verifyMoveGoose or verifyMoveFox...
          //    -  Make the move if it is valid (UPDATE THE BOARD VALUES...)
          //       - Needs to return true if the move has been made
          //       - otherwise return false.     
          if(verifyMoveGoose(r1,c1,r2,c2))
          board[r2][c2]=board[r1][c1];
          board[r1][c1]=0;
          if(verifyMoveFox(r1,c1,r2,c2))
               board[r2][c2]=board[r1][c1];
               board[r1][c1]=0;
          System.out.println("HumanMoved Called with:  " + r1 + " " + c1 + " " +r2 + " " + c2);
          return false;     
     public boolean computerTurnToPlay(){
          return playerTurn == 2;
     public boolean ComputerMoveGoose(){
          // Have the computer make a move if computer is playing GEESE          
          // If the computer can move, make the move (UPDATE THE BOARD VALUES...) and then
          // verify that the human can make a move.... IF the human CANNOT make any possible move
          // then set the GameOver variable to true and print out "COMPUTER WINS!".
          // Return 'true' if you were able to make the move, 'false' if the computer cannot make any
          // moves.
          // If the computer cannot play, then print out "HUMAN WINS!" and set the
          // GameOver variable to true...
          return false;
     public boolean ComputerMoveFox(){
          // Have the computer make a move if computer is playing FOX          
          // If the computer can move, make the move (UPDATE THE BOARD VALUES...) and then
          // verify that the human can make a move.... IF the human CANNOT make any possible move
          // then set the GameOver variable to true and print out "COMPUTER WINS!".
          // Return 'true' if you were able to make the move, 'false' if the computer cannot make any
          //  moves.
          // If the computer cannot play, then print out "HUMAN WINS!" and set the
          // GameOver variable to true...
          return false;
     public void changePlayerTurn(){
          if(playerTurn == 1){
               playerTurn = 2;
               System.out.println("It is now the Computer's turn to play...");
          }else{
               playerTurn = 1;
               System.out.println("It is now the Human's turn to play...");
     public boolean getComputerIsFox(){
          return ComputerIsFox;
     public boolean getGameOver(){
          return GameOver;
     public int[][] getBoard(){
          return board;
}

Answer 1

Unfortunately Fox and FX on demand are not currently available on FIOS and we do not have any type of ETA.
Thank you,
Peter C
Peter_VZ
Verizon Support
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