private void CreateRowsInPreviousState()
{
for (int row = 0; row < RowCount; row++)
{
PreviousState.Add(new List <ICell>());
}
}
public override bool Update()
{
// Add the begining state
if (PreviousState.Count == 0)
{
PreviousState.Add(getStateFromCells(CellMatrix));
}
// Checking which cells need to be updated
// Doing so without inplace updates to exclude grid corruption
for (int i = 0; i < width; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < height; j++)
{
CellMatrix[i, j].CheckAliveState();
}
}
// Update the changed cells
for (int i = 0; i < width; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < height; j++)
{
if (CellMatrix[i, j].NeedUpdate)
{
CellMatrix[i, j].IsAlive = CellMatrix[i, j].NewState;
CellMatrix[i, j].NeedUpdate = false;
}
}
}
if (CheckPreviousStates(getStateFromCells(CellMatrix)))
{
PreviousState.Add(getStateFromCells(CellMatrix));
return(true);
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}