// Use this for initialization
void Start()
{
currentPosition = originalPosition;
//we fill the list with empty stackpieces with default information.
pool = new LinkedList <StackPiece>();
for (int i = 0; i < poolSize; i++)
{
int rNum = Random.Range(0, QueueCars.Length);
StackPiece clone = Instantiate <StackPiece>(QueueCars[rNum]);
clone.gameObject.SetActive(false);
clone.transform.SetParent(this.transform);
clone.transform.position = currentPosition;
pool.AddLast(clone);
}
for (int i = 1; i < 5; i++)
{
stackinground [i].gameObject.SetActive(false);
}
}
// activates a stack piece and changes its name this also chaning the value that it displays
void Spawn()
{
//if the list is empty (we reached the limit of the stack) we will display this debug message
if (pool.Count == 0)
{
Debug.Log("Nothing left to spawn ...");
return;
}
// this line obtains the value that the newest element in the stack has
string newtext = QueueManager.getQueueManager().queueList.last();
// this gets the first stackpiece object that is store in the list
StackPiece next = pool.First.Value;
// the following two lines active the piece and changes its name to
// the text of the last piece inserted into the stack respectively
next.transform.position = currentPosition;
next.gameObject.SetActive(true);
next.name = newtext;
// We assign to the piece the same index number it would have in the stack so we can find it later
next.setIndex(StackManager.getCurrentStackManager().numberOfElements() - 1);
// the stackpiece is removed from the stack list pool
pool.RemoveFirst();
}
