// Fills the canvas with new and equally sized rectangles representing the cells of the Game of Life
public static void DrawGameBoard(Canvas surface, GameState givenGame)
{
var canvasLength = surface.ActualWidth;
var cellPixelLength = canvasLength / givenGame.Length();
surface.Children.Clear(); // resets surface
for (int i = 0; i < givenGame.Length(); i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < givenGame.Length(); j++)
{
DrawCell(surface, cellPixelLength, cellPixelLength, j * cellPixelLength, i * cellPixelLength, givenGame.GameStatus()[i, j]);
}
}
}
// Redraws all the items without creating new rectangle objects
// Essentially just sets their fill and border colors to match their current state (alive/dead)
public static void RedrawGameBoard(Canvas surface, GameState givenGame)
{
for (int i = 0; i < givenGame.Length(); i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < givenGame.Length(); j++)
{
int surfaceChildIndex = (i * givenGame.Length()) + j;
if (surface.Children[surfaceChildIndex] is Rectangle)
{
RedrawCell((surface.Children[surfaceChildIndex] as Rectangle), givenGame.GameStatus()[i, j]);
}
else
{
throw new NotSupportedException("Children in " + surface.Name + " is not a Rectangle item"); // item in children is not a rectangle, throw exception
}
}
}
}
public SetupMenu(LifeRuleset rulesetToModify, GameState currentGame)
{
InitializeComponent();
helper = new SetupMenuHelper(rulesetToModify);
helper.RecolorBoxes(LivingList, GrowingList, DyingList);
backupEnteredTextString = "";
currentLength = currentGame.Length();
EnteredLength.Text = currentLength.ToString();
}
// Opens a LoadFile window, sets Rules to its results
void LoadClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
PauseGameWhileMenuOpen();
LoadFileWindow window = new LoadFileWindow(Rules);
window.ShowDialog();
Rules = window.ReturnResult();
MainGame = new GameState(MainGame.Length(), (int)LifeBoard.ActualWidth, (int)LifeBoard.ActualHeight, Rules);
UnpauseGame();
}
// Finds the rectangle matching the xPos and yPos given, sets its color to differentiate it from other cells
public static void DrawHighlightedCell(Canvas surface, int xPos, int yPos, GameState givenGame)
{
if (xPos >= 0 && yPos >= 0 && xPos < surface.ActualWidth && yPos < surface.ActualWidth)
{
var canvasLength = surface.ActualWidth;
var cellPixelLength = canvasLength / givenGame.Length();
int xIndex = (int)(xPos / cellPixelLength);
int yIndex = (int)(yPos / cellPixelLength);
int surfaceChildIndex = (yIndex * givenGame.Length()) + xIndex;
if (surfaceChildIndex < surface.Children.Count && surface.Children[surfaceChildIndex] is Rectangle)
{
(surface.Children[surfaceChildIndex] as Rectangle).Fill = Brushes.LightBlue;
}
else
{
throw new NotSupportedException("Children in " + surface.Name + " is not a Rectangle item"); // item in children is not a rectangle, throw exception
}
}
}