/// <summary>
/// Merges the current Cell with the 3 other Cells in a 2x2 block with this Cell as the top left
/// </summary>
/// <param name="grid"> The grid of Units currently in the simulation </param>
/// <param name="row"> The row of the grid that this Cell resides in </param>
/// <param name="col"> The column of the grid that this Cell resides in </param>
protected override void Merge(Unit[,] grid, Environment gameEnv)
{
KillMergedUnits(grid, gameEnv);
// Replace the current Cell with a newly created Colony
grid[Location.r, Location.c] =
UnitFactory.CreateUnit(Enums.UnitType.Colony, Location.r, Location.c);
}
/// <summary>
/// Merge a Colony with neighboring Colonies into a Multicellular organism.
/// Precondition: the Colony should be merged (that is, it is the top left block
/// in a 2x2 square of neighboring colonies).
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Author: Rudy Ariaz
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="grid">The grid in which the Colony is.</param>
/// <param name="gameEnv">The Environment of the Colony.</param>
protected override void Merge(Unit[,] grid, Environment gameEnv)
{
// Kill the Colonies that should be merged
KillMergedUnits(grid, gameEnv);
// Replace the current Colony with a newly created Plant or Animal, depending
// on the environmental conditions
grid[Location.r, Location.c] =
UnitFactory.CreateUnit(GetMergeType(gameEnv), Location.r, Location.c);
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads a single Unit represented in a string of parameters.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Author: Nicole Beri
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="unitString">A string representation of a Unit, according to the format
/// described in UnitFileFormat.</param>
/// <returns>The Unit represented by "unitString", or null if the description is not valid.</returns>
private static Unit LoadUnit(string unitString)
{
// The string representation is semicolon-separated, so split the representation into
// the various parameters
string[] unitArray = unitString.Split(';');
// Stores the unit type
int u;
// Get the unit type
int.TryParse(unitArray[UnitFileFormat.UNIT_TYPE], out u);
// Cast the unit type from integer to unit ytpe
Enums.UnitType unitType = (Enums.UnitType)u;
// Use the UnitFactory to create the Unit with the given parameters
return(UnitFactory.CreateUnit(unitType, unitArray));
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new unit of a given type at the given location using unit factory
/// </summary>
/// <param name="row"> the row index of the unit's location </param>
/// <param name="col"> the column index of the unit's location </param>
/// <param name="UnitType"> the type of unit </param>
public void CreateUnit(int row, int col, Enums.UnitType UnitType)
{
currentState.UnitGrid[row, col] = UnitFactory.CreateUnit(UnitType, row, col);
}
