/// <summary>
/// Modifies the map according to the number players connected.
/// </summary>
public bool playerConnected()
{
players = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Player");
powCount = 0;
while (Mathf.Pow(2, powCount) <= players.Length)
powCount++; // THOUGHT: Maybe have a look at Mathf.Log()
powCount--;//need to go one step back, as the loop above will stop when one step further in the calculation of the pow count
//if any of the map rings have sunked previously and we need to spawn new ones.
//if (powCount > map.transform.childCount - 1 && powCount > ringsSpawned - ringsSunk)
if (powCount > map.transform.childCount - 1)
{
startSinking();
// if the number of players requires more map rings than already present, generate them.
if (!sinkingARing)
{
//thickness represents how many extra ring components will the new map ring contain, based on the number of players
thickness = 8f / Mathf.Pow(2, powCount - 1);
//increase the number of rings Spawned, substracting the ones that have sunk, to keep track of how many rings are on the map atm.
ringsSpawned = ringsSpawned - ringsSunk + 1;
GameObject ringNo = new GameObject(); //create a new Ring parent for the the map parts to be spawned
ringNo.transform.parent = map.transform; //add the new Ring as a child to the map GameObject
ringNo.transform.name = ringsSpawned.ToString(); //give it the name of it's ring number
ringNo.transform.tag = "Ring";
mapPartBehavior mapPart = ringNo.AddComponent<mapPartBehavior>() as mapPartBehavior;
mapData = ringNo.AddComponent<MeshGenerator>() as MeshGenerator;
mapData.AlocateMeshData((int)(thickness + radius) * 2, (int)(thickness + radius) * 2);
ringDrawing((int)thickness, ringNo); // need to deal with a float thickness to account for smaller rings.
//Set the Layer to Ground.
ringNo.transform.gameObject.layer = LayerMask.NameToLayer("Ground");
print("RngNo Layer = " + ringNo.transform.gameObject.layer);
//Remove redundant vertices.
HashSet<Vector3> noDuplicateVertices = new HashSet<Vector3>();
Vector3[] vertices = ringNo.GetComponent<MeshFilter>().mesh.vertices;
for (int i = 0; i < vertices.Length; i++)
{
noDuplicateVertices.Add(vertices[i]);
}
Vector3[] newVertices = new Vector3[noDuplicateVertices.Count];
noDuplicateVertices.CopyTo(newVertices);
//Add the new ring to the List of the map.
//map.GetComponent<EnvironmentPlacement>().AddSection(ringNo, newVertices);
}
else
{
sinkingARing = false;
int mapRingsNo = map.transform.childCount;
Transform temp = map.transform.GetChild(mapRingsNo - 1);
mapPartBehavior partsToSink = temp.GetComponent<mapPartBehavior>();
if (partsToSink != null)
partsToSink.stopSinking();
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
