public async static Task<Animat> SeedAsync(ScenarioSpecies species, GeoRect geoRect, Bathymetry bathymetry) { var yxzFileName = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Path.GetRandomFileName()) + ".txt"); bathymetry.ToYXZ(yxzFileName, -1); var mbs = new C3mbs(); mbsRESULT mbsResult; if (mbsRESULT.OK != (mbsResult = mbs.SetOutputDirectory(Path.GetTempPath()))) throw new AnimatInterfaceMMBSException("SetOutputDirectory Error:" + mbs.ResultToTc(mbsResult)); var config = mbs.GetConfiguration(); config.enabled = false; // binary output enabled/disabled config.durationLess = true; // make sure we're in durationless mode. mbs.SetConfiguration(config); mbsResult = mbs.LoadBathymetryFromTextFile(yxzFileName); if (mbsRESULT.OK != mbsResult) throw new AnimatInterfaceMMBSException("Bathymetry failed to load: " + mbs.ResultToTc(mbsResult)); mbsResult = mbs.AddSpecies(species.SpeciesDefinitionFilePath); if (mbsRESULT.OK != mbsResult) throw new AnimatInterfaceMMBSException(string.Format("C3mbs::AddSpecies FATAL error {0} for species {1}", mbs.ResultToTc(mbsResult), species.SpeciesDefinitionFilePath)); var bounds = new GeoArray(geoRect.NorthWest, geoRect.NorthEast, geoRect.SouthEast, geoRect.SouthWest, geoRect.NorthWest); var result = new Animat { ScenarioSpecies = species }; var area = bounds.Area; //Debug.WriteLine("Area: {0}",area); var transformManyBlock = new TransformManyBlock<int, Geo<float>>(count => { var geos = new List<Geo<float>>(); for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) { var location = bounds.RandomLocationWithinPerimeter(); var depth = bathymetry.Samples.GetNearestPointAsync(location).Result.Data; mbsRESULT retval; lock (mbs) retval = mbs.AddIndividualAnimat(0, new mbsPosition { latitude = location.Latitude, longitude = location.Longitude, depth = 0 }); if (mbsRESULT.OK == retval) geos.Add(new Geo<float>(location.Latitude, location.Longitude, (float)(depth * Random.NextDouble()))); } return geos; }, new ExecutionDataflowBlockOptions { TaskScheduler = TaskScheduler.Default, BoundedCapacity = -1, MaxDegreeOfParallelism = -1, }); var bufferBlock = new BufferBlock<Geo<float>>(); transformManyBlock.LinkTo(bufferBlock); var population = (int)Math.Round(area * species.PopulationDensity); result.TotalAnimats = population; const int blockSize = 100; while (population > 0) { transformManyBlock.Post(population > blockSize ? blockSize : population); population -= blockSize; } transformManyBlock.Complete(); await transformManyBlock.Completion; //mbsResult = mbs.InitializeRun(); //if (mbsRESULT.OK == mbsResult) while (mbsRUNSTATE.INITIALIZING == mbs.GetRunState()) Thread.Sleep(1); //else throw new AnimatInterfaceMMBSException("C3mbs::Initialize FATAL error " + mbs.ResultToTc(mbsResult)); mbsResult = mbs.FinishRun(); if (mbsRESULT.OK != mbsResult) throw new AnimatInterfaceMMBSException("C3mbs::FinishRun FATAL error " + mbs.ResultToTc(mbsResult)); IList<Geo<float>> animatGeos; if (bufferBlock.TryReceiveAll(out animatGeos)) result.Locations.AddRange(animatGeos); return result; }