Added player flags to support invisibility.

Suppressed connection messages if player connects as invisible.

Added in an option to check if client wishes to connect as invisible
(leaves an unused variable in /client/Client.java).

MegaMek/src/megamek/client/Client.java

@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ public class Client implements IClientCommandHandler {
 
     // we need these to communicate with the server
     private String name;
-
+    private boolean conAsInvis;
+
     private IConnection connection;
 
     // the hash table of client commands
@@ -250,6 +251,27 @@ public Client(String name, String host, int port) {
         rsg = new RandomSkillsGenerator();
     }
 
+    public Client(String name, String host, int port, boolean invisible) {
+        // construct new client
+        this.name = name;
+        this.host = host;
+        this.port = port;
+        this.conAsInvis = invisible;
+
+        registerCommand(new HelpCommand(this));
+        registerCommand(new MoveCommand(this));
+        registerCommand(new RulerCommand(this));
+        registerCommand(new ShowEntityCommand(this));
+        registerCommand(new FireCommand(this));
+        registerCommand(new DeployCommand(this));
+        registerCommand(new ShowTileCommand(this));
+        registerCommand(new AddBotCommand(this));
+        registerCommand(new AssignNovaNetworkCommand(this));
+
+        rsg = new RandomSkillsGenerator();
+    }
+
+
     public int getLocalPlayerNumber() {
         return localPlayerNumber;
     }

MegaMek/src/megamek/client/ui/swing/MegaMekGUI.java

@@ -735,9 +735,17 @@ void connect() {
                             Messages.getString("MegaMek.ConnectAlert.message"), Messages.getString("MegaMek.ConnectAlert.title"), JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
             return;
         }
-
+        boolean conAsInvis = false;
+        if (cd.spectateValue.equalsIgnoreCase("Yes")) {
+        		conAsInvis = true;
+        }
         // initialize game
-        client = new Client(cd.playerName, cd.serverAddr, cd.port);
+        if(!conAsInvis){
+        	client = new Client(cd.playerName, cd.serverAddr, cd.port);
+        }
+        else {
+        	client = new Client(cd.playerName, cd.serverAddr, cd.port, true);
+        }
         ClientGUI gui = new ClientGUI(client,controller);
         controller.clientgui = gui;
         frame.setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR));

MegaMek/src/megamek/common/IPlayer.java

@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ public interface IPlayer extends ITurnOrdered {
     Vector<Coords> getArtyAutoHitHexes();
 
     void addArtyAutoHitHex(Coords c);
+
+    boolean isInvisible();
+
+    void setInvisible(boolean invisible);
 
     boolean hasTAG();
 
@@ -192,4 +196,5 @@ public interface IPlayer extends ITurnOrdered {
      * @return a vector of relevant entity ids
      */
     Vector<Integer> getAirborneVTOL();
+
 }

MegaMek/src/megamek/common/Player.java

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public final class Player extends TurnOrdered implements IPlayer {
 
     private String name = "unnamed";
     private int id;
-
+    private boolean invisible = false;
     private int team = TEAM_NONE;
 
     private boolean done = false; // done with phase
@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ public void setTeam(int team) {
         this.team = team;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isInvisible() {
+    	return this.invisible;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean isDone() {
         return done;
@@ -282,6 +287,11 @@ public void setObserver(boolean observer) {
             setSeeAll(false);
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setInvisible(boolean invisible) {
+    		this.invisible = invisible;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public int getColorIndex() {
@@ -554,4 +564,5 @@ public Vector<Integer> getAirborneVTOL() {
     public String toString() {
         return "Player " + getId() + " (" + getName() + ")";
     }
+
 }

MegaMek/src/megamek/server/Server.java

@@ -971,7 +971,8 @@ private void receivePlayerName(Packet packet, int connId) {
             && (game.getEntitiesOwnedBy(player) < 1)) {
             player.setObserver(true);
         }
-
+
+        if (player.isInvisible() == false) {
         // send the player the motd
         sendServerChat(connId, motd);
 
@@ -1015,6 +1016,8 @@ private void receivePlayerName(Packet packet, int connId) {
             sendServerChat(who);
 
         } // Found the player
+
+        }
 
     }