/// <summary>
/// Returns true of false in regards to whether an ant knows about a destroyed food source
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ant">The ant that is having its memory checked</param>
/// <param name="passingVector">The location of the proposed nest</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private bool KnowsDestoryedFoodSource(WorkerAntAgent ant, SOFT152Vector passingVector)
{
foreach (SOFT152Vector vector in ant.usedUpFoodList)
{
if (MatchingVectors(vector, passingVector))
{
return(true);
}
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates all the ants when the simulation is first executed
/// </summary>
private void CreateAnts()
{
antList = new List <WorkerAntAgent>();
agressiveAntList = new List <AgressiveAntAgent>();
WorkerAntAgent tempAgent;
AgressiveAntAgent tempBadGuy;
Rectangle worldLimits;
int randX;
int randY;
int antLimit;
// create a radnom object to pass to the ants
randomGenerator = new Random();
// define some world size for the ants to move around on
// assume the size of the world is the same size as the panel
// on which they are displayed
worldLimits = new Rectangle(0, 0, drawingPanel.Width, drawingPanel.Height);
// sets the number of ants to make
// TODO: allow user to delcare
antLimit = 100;
// generates ants in random locations and adds them to the dynamic list
for (int i = 0; i < antLimit; i++)
{
randX = randomGenerator.Next(0, worldLimits.Width + 1);
randY = randomGenerator.Next(0, worldLimits.Height + 1);
tempAgent = new WorkerAntAgent(new SOFT152Vector(randX, randY), randomGenerator, worldLimits);
antList.Add(tempAgent);
antList[i].AgentSpeed = 1.0;
antList[i].WanderLimits = 0.25;
antList[i].usedUpFoodList = new List <SOFT152Vector>();
// keep the agent within the world
antList[i].ShouldStayInWorldBounds = true;
}
someObject = new SOFT152Vector(250, 250);
}
