// clears all tiles
private void clearGuiTiles(Board modelBoard)
{
// use gui=true tiles from modelBoard.internalBoard
// find the corresponding panels in guiTileRefs
// ADD OR REMOVE THE CONTAINING PIECE ACCORDINGLY
// mark the modelBoard tiles as gui=false
int size = modelBoard.Size;
for (int row = 0; row < size; row++)
{
Tile[] rowOfTiles = modelBoard.InternalBoard[row];
for (int col = 0; col < size; col++)
{
Tile tile = rowOfTiles[col];
if (tile.GuiMustBeUpdated)
{
try
{
System.Windows.Forms.Panel guiTile = guiTileRefs[row][col];
guiTile.Controls.Clear();
// finally mark the tile as gui=false, this is LOGIC CODE
}
catch (NullReferenceException e)
{
System.Console.Error.WriteLine("resetting board before its created");
// it is better practise to not have this type of error handled here
// it is better to have the option to click reset disabled while the
// board has not been created yet
}
}
}
}
}
public View(Board board)
{
this.DoubleBuffered = true;
this.data = new Data();
this.board = board; //model
InitializeComponent(); //view
renderTiles(board);
}
public void test()
{
Console.WriteLine("test1");
Board b = new Board();
b.populateGameBoard();
Coord c = new Coord(2, 2); //this piece
List<Move> vm = b.getValidAvailableMoves(c);
Console.WriteLine("board created and populated");
Console.WriteLine(">: NUM OF VALID MOVES FOR THIS PIECE {0}", vm.Count); //this piece
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Board board = new Board(); // model
Gui gui = new Gui(); // view
Controller logic = new Controller(board, gui); // controller - model, view goes in here
logic.test();
/*
* board b contains internal board
* puplic generateboard, clearboard, populateBoard, addPiecestorows, getTile (ref), getPiecesValidAMoves,
* getTilesWithPieceMoves, isCoordTileOnBoard, isPieceOnKingRow, movePiece
* */
}
public Controller(Board board, Gui gui)
{
this.board = board;
this.gui = gui;
}
// go through the model board, find those with gui needs to be
// updated set to true, and use the refs array to obtain the gui tile
// finally set the model back to guineedsupdate=false
// used only for initially adding the pieces
private void renderAllPieces(Board modelBoard)
{
// use gui=true tiles from modelBoard.internalBoard
// find the corresponding panels in guiTileRefs
// ADD OR REMOVE THE CONTAINING PIECE ACCORDINGLY
// mark the modelBoard tiles as gui=false
int size = modelBoard.Size;
for (int row = 0; row < size; row ++)
{
Tile[] rowOfTiles = modelBoard.InternalBoard[row];
for (int col = 0; col < size; col ++)
{
Tile tile = rowOfTiles[col];
try
{
System.Windows.Forms.Panel guiTile = guiTileRefs[row][col];
if (tile.IsOccupied)
{
string player = tile.OccupyingPiece.Player;
CirclePanel guiPiece = new CirclePanel(player);
guiPiece.BackColor = Color.Transparent; // this set in the current main thread for visual priority
guiPiece.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(20, 20);
guiPiece.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(10, 10);
guiPiece.Click += (sender, eventArgs) => { tileClickedHandler(sender, tile.TileCoord); };
guiPiece.Name = "guiPiece"; //
guiTile.Controls.Add(guiPiece);
}
else // remove the corresponding gui piece
// since this means guineedsupdating=true, and there are NO pieces on the logic tile
{
// so remove the guiPiece which should currently be on PiecePanel
guiTile.Controls.Clear();
}
// finally mark the tile as gui=false, this is LOGIC CODE
}
catch (NullReferenceException e)
{
System.Console.Error.WriteLine("resetting board before its created");
// it is better practise to not have this type of error handled here
// it is better to have the option to click reset disabled while the
// board has not been created yet
}
}
}
}
/* null the guiTileRefs, clear the tilePanel controls */
private void undrawTiles(Board board)
{
guiTileRefs = null;
tilePanel.Controls.Clear();
}
/* Event response to the vs Computer game option clicked, firstly the board tiles should be drawn
* the method will need to get the size of the board from the settings (logic/model)
* it will use the same .py loop method for generating the physical placement of the gui components
* ADDITIONALLY, it will place a referene of the compontents in an easy to access array. So when the
* logic needs to access the tiles it can do so without having to resort to the expensive find_withtag
* gui method such was used in the .py version */
private void renderTiles(Board modelBoard)
{
// get the size of the board from the logic
//int size = logic.getSize();
int size = modelBoard.Size;
// initialise the refs array
guiTileRefs = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel[size][];
int tilePanelDimension = this.tilePanel.Size.Height; // height==width
int tileSize = this.tilePanel.Size.Height / size;
// tilePanel dimensions are 322*322,
// 8x40p-wide tiles with 1 pixel outermost border
// starting board position relative to tilePanel == 1,1
int baseLocationX = 1;
int baseLocationY = 1;
for (int row = 0; row < size; row ++) // multi by
{
System.Windows.Forms.Panel[] listOfPanels = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel[size];
for (int col = 0; col < size; col ++)
{
// create the control
System.Windows.Forms.Panel tile = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
// add control to 'this' form
// NOT TIMES PLUS ?=
//
int newLocationX = baseLocationX + (col * tileSize); // col * size(tile)
int newLocationY = baseLocationY + (row * tileSize);
tile.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(newLocationX, newLocationY);
tile.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(tileSize, tileSize);
// get the tileIcon/color from the logical tile
// modelBoard obj already made previously
Coord coord = new Coord(col, row);
Tile modelTile = modelBoard.getTile(coord);
//string strColor = modelBoard.getTile(coord).TileIcon;
//tile.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromName(strColor);
if (modelTile.TileIcon == "white")
{
tile.BackgroundImage = checkers_wf.Properties.Resources.off_white_micro_fiber_cloth_fabric_texture_190x190;
}
if (modelTile.TileIcon == "black")
{
tile.BackgroundImage = checkers_wf.Properties.Resources.Indian_Premium_Black_Slab_464x464;
}
// add the event handler
tile.Click += (sender, eventArgs) => { tileClickedHandler(sender, coord); };
tilePanel.Controls.Add(tile);
// now add the reference to the gui array
listOfPanels[col] = tile;
}
guiTileRefs[row] = listOfPanels;
}
}