From 004aebceb5852d0eac1faf9e06dd22817307835a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hba56 <hba56@uclive.ac.nz>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:27:36 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] fix null pointer when playing tutorial

---
 .../main/java/visualiser/Controllers/HostGameController.java   | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/HostGameController.java b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/HostGameController.java
index 2e267031..abd681f5 100644
--- a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/HostGameController.java
+++ b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/HostGameController.java
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ public class HostGameController extends Controller {
      */
     public void alertMatchBrowser(){
         try{
+            if (matchBrowserInterface == null){
+                return;//private game
+            }
             matchBrowserInterface.startSendingHostData(App.game.getHostedGameData(), udpSocket);
         }catch (IOException e){
             System.err.println("failed to send out hosted game info");