/// <summary>
/// A method that creates an initial state of the world based on user preferences.
/// </summary>
public void CreateInitialState()
{
if (manualInput) // Demo story
{
// === LOCATIONS CREATING ===
// We create locations, determine their names and the presence of evidence in them.
List <string> locationNames = CreateLocationsNamesList(locationsCounter);
List <bool> locationsEvidences = CreateLocationsEvidencesList(locationsCounter);
Dictionary <LocationStatic, LocationDynamic> locations = CreateLocationSet(locationNames, locationsEvidences);
// The first step in creating the initial state is setting up the environment, that is - locations.
CreateEnviroment(locations);
// === AGENTS CREATING ===
// We create sets of attributes for agents: names, states, roles, goals, and beliefs.
List <string> names = CreateAgentsNamesList(agentsCounter);
List <bool> statuses = CreateStatusesList(agentsCounter);
List <AgentRole> roles = CreateAgentsRolesList(agentsCounter);
List <Goal> goals = CreateGoalSet(roles);
List <WorldContext> beliefs = CreateBeliefsSet(agentsCounter);
// The second step in creating the initial state is the creation of agents, initially with empty goals and beliefs,
// since they are highly dependent on the agents themselves existing in the "world". We'll finish setting this up in the next step.
CreateAgents(names, statuses, roles, goals, beliefs, GetRandomLocationName(locationNames), agentsCounter);
// We randomly assign an initiative value to the agents to determine the order of their turn, and sort the agents on the initiative.
DistributionOfInitiative();
currentStoryState.OrderAgentsByInitiative();
// The third step in creating an initial state is assigning to agents their goals and beliefs.
// === Goals === //
// Go through all the agents in the world.
foreach (var agent in currentStoryState.GetAgents())
{
// If the agent's goal is to save/kill someone.
if (agent.Value.GetGoal().goalTypeIsStatus == true)
{
// Unless the agent has the role of the killer.
if (agent.Key.GetRole() != AgentRole.KILLER)
{
// Then his goal is that the killer must be neutralized.
agent.Value.GetGoal().GetGoalState().AddAgent(AgentRole.KILLER, false, "???");
}
// If the agent is the killer.
else if (agent.Key.GetRole() == AgentRole.KILLER)
{
int agentCounter = 0;
int playerCounter = 1;
int killerCounter = NumberOfKillers();
// Then we go through all the agents.
foreach (var anotherAgent in currentStoryState.GetAgents())
{
// And for everyone who is not a killer...
if (anotherAgent.Key.GetRole() != AgentRole.KILLER)
{
agentCounter++;
// ...add a new "victim" to the goals.
if (agentCounter == (currentStoryState.GetAgents().Count() - playerCounter - killerCounter))
{
agent.Value.GetGoal().GetGoalState().AddAgent(AgentRole.PLAYER, false, anotherAgent.Key.GetName());
}
else
{
agent.Value.GetGoal().GetGoalState().AddAgent(AgentRole.USUAL, false, anotherAgent.Key.GetName());
}
}
}
}
}
}
// === Beliefs === //
// We go through all the agents in the world.
foreach (var agent in currentStoryState.GetAgents())
{
// For each separately.
foreach (var anotherAgent in currentStoryState.GetAgents())
{
// If the agent meets himself.
if (agent.Equals(anotherAgent))
{
continue;
}
else
{
// Otherwise, copies the name of the selected agent and by default does not consider him a killer.
agent.Value.GetBeliefs().AddAgentInBeliefs(anotherAgent, AgentRole.USUAL);
}
}
}
}
}