/// <summary>
/// loads the appropriate square control object into each cell of the table layout panel
/// </summary>
private void SetUpGuiGameBoard()
{
// for each row
for (int row = 0; row < NUM_OF_ROWS; row++)
{
// for each column
for (int column = 0; column < NUM_OF_COLUMNS; column++)
{
Current_Square = Board.GetGameBoardSquare(column + (row * NUM_OF_COLUMNS));
Square_Box = new SquareControl(Current_Square, HareAndTortoise_Game.Players);
if (Current_Square.GetName() == "Start" || Current_Square.GetName() == "Finish")
{
Square_Box.BackColor = Color.BurlyWood;
}
// if row number is divisible by 2, orientate squares left to right
if (row % 2 == 0)
{
gameBoardPanel.Controls.Add(Square_Box, column, (NUM_OF_ROWS - 1) - row);
}
// if row number is divisible by 2, orientate squares right to left
else
{
gameBoardPanel.Controls.Add(Square_Box, (NUM_OF_COLUMNS - 1) - column, (NUM_OF_ROWS - 1) - row);
}
}
}
}//end SetUpGuiGameBoard()
private void SetUpGuiGameBoard()
{
int row;
int column;
for (int i = Board.START_SQUARE; i <= Board.FINISH_SQUARE; i++) {
Square position = Board.GetGameBoardSquare(i);
SquareControl control = new SquareControl(position, HareAndTortoise_Game.Players);
if (i == Board.START_SQUARE || i == Board.FINISH_SQUARE) {
control.BackColor = Color.BurlyWood;
}
MapSquareToTablePanel(i, out column, out row);
// Now adding the square controllers to each box in gameBoardPanel
gameBoardPanel.Controls.Add(control, column, row);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Moves playerTokens one by one and square by square from their previous location to the new one.
/// This function had to be made more complex just to tackle the situation when after a roll dice a player moves few positions back rather than forward.
/// </summary>
public void MapOnePlayer()
{
BindingList <Player> playerList;
playerList = HareAndTortoise_Game.Players;
for (int i = 0; i < HareAndTortoise_Game.numberOfPlayers; i++)
{
int a = playerList[i].LastLocation.Number;
int b = playerList[i].Location.Number;
int counts = System.Math.Abs(a - b);
while (counts != 0)
{
int row, column;
MapSquareToTablePanel(a, out row, out column);
SquareControl sqControl = (SquareControl)gameBoardPanel.GetControlFromPosition(column, row);
sqControl.ContainsPlayers[i] = false;
gameBoardPanel.Invalidate(true);
Application.DoEvents();
int y;
if (a < b) // moves y one step towards current Location by adding to a
{
y = a + 1;
}
else // moves y one step towards current Location by subtracting from a
{
y = a - 1;
}
MapSquareToTablePanel(y, out row, out column);
sqControl = (SquareControl)gameBoardPanel.GetControlFromPosition(column, row);
sqControl.ContainsPlayers[i] = true;
gameBoardPanel.Invalidate(true);
Application.DoEvents();
if (a < b) // This if else decides to keep increasing the counter or decreasing
{
a++;
}
else
{
a--;
}
counts--;
}
}
}
private void SetUpGuiGameBoard()
{
for (int i = Board.START_SQUARE; i <= Board.END_SQUARE; i++)
{
Square sq = Board.GetGameBoardSquare(i);
SquareControl squareControl = new SquareControl(sq, HareAndTortoise_Game.Players);
if (sq.Number == Board.START_SQUARE || sq.Number == Board.END_SQUARE)
{
squareControl.BackColor = Color.BurlyWood;
}
else
{
//Donot Set colour
}
int row;
int column;
MapSquareToTablePanel(i, out row, out column);
gameBoardPanel.Controls.Add(squareControl, column, row);
}
}//end SetUpGuiGameBoard()
} //end ResizeGameBoard
/// <summary>
/// Update each square object in which players reside
/// </summary>
/// <param name="clear">determines whether the update is clearing players or adding them</param>
public void UpdatePlayerSquares(bool clear)
{
for (int player = 0; player < HareAndTortoise_Game.NumberOfPlayers; player++)
{
// Get location (square object) of corresponding player object
Square _Player_location = HareAndTortoise_Game.Players[player].Location;
// Get corresponding square number from Square
int square_number = _Player_location.GetNumber();
// Get the control object of square number by finding its row and column
SquareControl _Control = (SquareControl)GetControlOfSquareNumber(square_number);
// Set corresponding bool of ContainsPlayers to true
if (clear)
{
_Control.ContainsPlayers[player] = true;
}
else
{
_Control.ContainsPlayers[player] = false;
}
}
// Re-display game board
gameBoardPanel.Invalidate(true);
}
} //end ResizeGameBoard
/// <summary>
/// gets square control objects of every player based on their location
/// and makes them visible
/// by changing ContainsPlayer property value for that particular player
/// </summary>
/// <param name="status"> True status makes playerTokens visible whereas False make them invisible</param>
public void MapPlayers(bool status)
{
BindingList <Player> playerList;
playerList = HareAndTortoise_Game.Players;
for (int i = 0; i < HareAndTortoise_Game.numberOfPlayers; i++)
{
Square location = playerList[i].Location;
int row, column;
int number = location.Number;
MapSquareToTablePanel(number, out row, out column);
SquareControl sqControl = (SquareControl)gameBoardPanel.GetControlFromPosition(column, row);
if (status == true)
{
sqControl.ContainsPlayers[i] = true;
gameBoardPanel.Invalidate(true);
}
else if (status == false)
{
sqControl.ContainsPlayers[i] = false;
gameBoardPanel.Invalidate(true);
}
}
}