public GameController()
{
gameInput = null;
infoMessage = null;
displayableGameModel = null;
evaluator = null;
gLoopThread = null;
gameState = EGameControlState.PreInitial;
}
/* This takes a value indicating a gameModel and returns the values of the displayable
and game models and utilities to null. */
public void UnInitialiseModel(EGameModels model)
{
switch(model)
{
case EGameModels.Chess:
chessModel = null;
evaluator = null;
break;
case EGameModels.TicTacToe:
tictactoeModel = null;
break;
}
displayableGameModel = null;
gameState = EGameControlState.PreInitial;
}
/* This takes a value indicating a gameModel and terminates any running gameLoop,
sets some values to null and sets the models player value to null. */
public void Terminate(EGameModels model)
{
//terminate t, if its running
StopGameLoop();
gameInput = null;
infoMessage = null;
switch(model)
{
case EGameModels.Chess:
chessModel.Player = null;
break;
case EGameModels.TicTacToe:
tictactoeModel.Player = null;
break;
}
gameState = EGameControlState.Initial;
this.Message = "Game is terminated";
}
/* This takes a value indicating a gameModel and starts a new thread
running the appropriate gameLoop for the gameModel. */
public void StartGameLoop(EGameModels model)
{
switch(model)
{
case EGameModels.Chess:
gLoopThread = new Thread(ChessGameLoop);
break;
case EGameModels.TicTacToe:
gLoopThread = new Thread(TicTacToeGameLoop);
break;
}
if (gameState == EGameControlState.Ready)
gLoopThread.Start();
gameState = EGameControlState.GameInProgress;
}
/* This takes a value indicating a gameModel and performs the initial setup of the
model. Mainly populating with initial starting pieces / setting the starting player. */
public void PrepareModel(EGameModels model)
{
switch(model)
{
case EGameModels.Chess:
chessModel.Setup();
chessModel.Player = new Player(EGamePlayers.White);
break;
case EGameModels.TicTacToe:
tictactoeModel.Setup();
tictactoeModel.Player = new Player(EGamePlayers.X);
break;
}
gameState = EGameControlState.Ready;
}
/* Receives a value indicating a game model and sets up the model as
'displayableModel' (to which the view is bound) and also
'*Model' (which is used in the game loop etc). This method also
sets up any dependent utilities. */
public void InitialiseModel(EGameModels model, System.Windows.Forms.Form viewRef)
{
switch(model)
{
case EGameModels.Chess:
displayableGameModel = new ChessPositionModel();
chessModel = (ChessPositionModel)displayableGameModel;
evaluator = new Evaluator();
evaluator.ViewRef = viewRef;
evaluator.GenerateRays();
evaluator.GeneratePawnRays();
break;
case EGameModels.TicTacToe:
displayableGameModel = new TicTacToePositionModel();
tictactoeModel = (TicTacToePositionModel)displayableGameModel;
break;
}
gameState = EGameControlState.Initial;
}
