enabled displaying robot position in the web app and setting the

position at the start of the game

app.py

@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ class Player:
     def __init__(self):
         if Player.player_counter < Player.MAX_PLAYERS:
             self.id = Player.player_counter
-            self.marker_id = 11
             Player.player_counter += 1
 
             self.max_cards = 9
@@ -99,11 +98,14 @@ class Player:
             self.action_count = 5
             self.action_chosen = False
 
-            self.robot = game.board.create_robot(1,1,'>', self.id, self.marker_id)
+            self.robot = None
 
         else:
             print("max players reached!")
 
+    def initialize_robot(self, x, y, orientation, marker_id):
+        self.robot = game.board.create_robot(x, y, orientation, self.id, marker_id)
+
     def draw_new_cards(self):
         self.player_hand += deck.draw_cards(self.max_cards - len(self.player_hand))
 
@@ -115,6 +117,11 @@ def send_cmds():
         player_id = session['player_id']
         p = players[player_id]
 
+        if p.robot is None:
+            x = int(request.form.get('x'))
+            y = int(request.form.get('y'))
+            p.initialize_robot(x, y, '>', 11)
+
         if game.register_actions(p.id, p.player_hand[0:p.action_count]):
             p.player_hand = p.player_hand[p.action_count:]  # discard used cards
             p.draw_new_cards()
@@ -154,7 +161,12 @@ def hello_world():
 
 
     if request.method == 'GET':
-        return render_template('drag_example.html', cmds=player_hand, player_id=player_id)
+        robot = players[player_id].robot
+        if robot is not None:
+            robot_pos = (robot.x, robot.y)
+        else:
+            robot_pos = None
+        return render_template('drag_example.html', cmds=player_hand, player_id=player_id, robot_pos=robot_pos)
     elif request.method == 'POST':
         #print(request.form)
 

roborally.py

@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ class Board:
         #self.create_robot(1,1,'>', 7, 11)
 
     def create_robot(self, x, y, orientation, player_id, marker_id):
-        self.robots[player_id] = Robot(x, y, orientation, marker_id, self.board)
+        new_robot = Robot(x, y, orientation, marker_id, self.board)
+        self.robots[player_id] = new_robot
+        return new_robot
 
 
     def handle_push(self, direction, pushed_robot, forward=True, pushing_robot=None):