/// <summary>
/// Returns an enumerator that solves the maze by creating a solution path using the WallFollower Algorithm
/// </summary>
/// <param name="service"></param>
public override IEnumerator SolveMazeRoutine(MazeSolvingService service)
{
//set starting point
MazeCell walker = service.EntranceCell;
walker.MarkAsPartOfSolution();
//store direction for manipulation
Vector2Int direction = Vector2Int.left;
//loop until exit has been reached by the walker
MazeCell exitCell = service.ExitCell;
while (walker != exitCell)
{
//try first walking left and then walking forward. Rotate right if both fail
MazeCell nextCellInPath = null;
if (service.GetNextCellInPathRelative(walker, GetValueRotatedLeft(direction), ref nextCellInPath))
{
//if we can walk left, first rotate left
Rotate(ANGLE_LEFT, ref direction);
//make the next cell in the path and the passage towards it part of the solution
nextCellInPath.MarkAsPartOfSolution();
nextCellInPath.MarkWallAsPartOfSolution(walker);
walker.MarkWallAsPartOfSolution(nextCellInPath);
}
else if (service.GetNextCellInPathRelative(walker, direction, ref nextCellInPath))
{
//make the next cell in the path and the passage towards it part of the solution
nextCellInPath.MarkAsPartOfSolution();
nextCellInPath.MarkWallAsPartOfSolution(walker);
walker.MarkWallAsPartOfSolution(nextCellInPath);
}
else
{
//rotate right to look for a new way to walk left or forward
Rotate(ANGLE_RIGHT, ref direction);
}
if (nextCellInPath != null)
{
//if the next cell in the path was found, we can walk on from it
walker = nextCellInPath;
if (service.DebugMode)
{
walker.SetDirectionArrow(direction);
walker.ShowDirectionArrow(true);
}
}
yield return(null);
}
CompletedRoutine();
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns an enumerator that solves the maze by creating a solution path using the Recursive Backtracking Algorithm
/// </summary>
/// <param name="service"></param>
public override IEnumerator SolveMazeRoutine(MazeSolvingService service)
{
//create datastructues necessary for algorithm to work
Stack <MazeCell> stack = new Stack <MazeCell>();
//set starting point and store exit for loop condition
MazeCell exitCell = service.ExitCell;
MazeCell entrance = service.EntranceCell;
entrance.MarkAsPartOfSolution();
stack.Push(entrance);
//loop until the next cell in path is the exit
MazeCell nextCellInPath = null;
while (nextCellInPath != exitCell)
{
//look at the cell at the top of the stack and get the next cells in the path relative to it
MazeCell cell = stack.Peek();
List <MazeCell> cellsNextInPath = service.GetNextCellsInPath(cell);
//check if the path is a dead end or not
if (cellsNextInPath.Count > 0)
{
//fetch a random cell that is next in the path and mark it as part of the solution
nextCellInPath = cellsNextInPath[Random.Range(0, cellsNextInPath.Count)];
nextCellInPath.MarkAsPartOfSolution();
//mark the walls as part of the solution aswell
cell.MarkWallAsPartOfSolution(nextCellInPath);
nextCellInPath.MarkWallAsPartOfSolution(cell);
//push the next cell to the stack
stack.Push(nextCellInPath);
}
else
{
//mark the dead end and its broken walls as checked, so not part of the solution anymore
cell.MarkAsChecked();
cell.MarkBrokenWallsAsChecked();
//pop the stack to backtrack
stack.Pop();
}
yield return(null);
}
CompletedRoutine();
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns an enumerator that solves the maze by creating a solution path using the DeadEndFilling Algorithm
/// </summary>
/// <param name="service"></param>
public override IEnumerator SolveMazeRoutine(MazeSolvingService service)
{
//fill dead ends of the maze until junktions are found
IEnumerable <MazeCell> deadEnds = service.Cells.Cast <MazeCell>().Where(cell => cell.IsDeadEnd);
foreach (MazeCell deadEnd in deadEnds)
{
yield return(CheckUntilJunctionRoutine(deadEnd, service));
}
//start walking from the entrance
MazeCell walker = service.EntranceCell;
walker.MarkAsPartOfSolution();
yield return(null);
//loop until the walker is at the exit
MazeCell exitCell = service.ExitCell;
while (walker != exitCell)
{
//get the next cell that is on current path
List <MazeCell> nextCellsInPath = service.GetNextCellsInPath(walker);
if (nextCellsInPath.Count == 1)
{
//make the cell part of the path solution
MazeCell nextCellInPath = nextCellsInPath[0];
nextCellInPath.MarkAsPartOfSolution();
//mark its walls as part of the solution aswell
walker.MarkWallAsPartOfSolution(nextCellInPath);
nextCellInPath.MarkWallAsPartOfSolution(walker);
//the next cell in the path is now the walker
walker = nextCellInPath;
}
else
{
throw new System.InvalidOperationException($"The solution path could not be created from {walker.name} with {nextCellsInPath.Count} next cells in path :: this is unintended behaviour!");
}
yield return(null);
}
CompletedRoutine();
}