From 64b5c49187e9ad5820bc83cbbc3d50cb07125245 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver-Akins <Tyler.Akins1999@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 16:48:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add method to see if the game can start

---
 src/utils/Game.ts | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/utils/Game.ts b/src/utils/Game.ts
index 83e0f8d..6ca9fd8 100644
--- a/src/utils/Game.ts
+++ b/src/utils/Game.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ export class Game {
 		this.player_len--;
 	};
 
+	public start_error(): string {
+		/**
+		 * This function gives the error as to why the game is not able to
+		 * start to be able to send it to the client. If the return string is
+		 * empty that means that the game is able to be started.
+		 *
+		 * @return The error that prevents the game from starting.
+		 */
+		if (this.player_len <= 4) {
+			return `Cannot start game with less than 4 players.`;
+		};
+		return ``;
+	};
+
 	public toString(): string {
 		let player_count = Object.keys(this._players).length;
 		return `Game(code=${this.code},players=${player_count})`;