public List <Node> findPathToStart(NodeForPathfinding startingNode)
{
// Console.Write("FINDING DISTANCE TO START FOR NODE " + this.uniqueNumber + " . STARTING NODE IS : " + startingNode.uniqueNumber + "\n");
List <Node> pathToStart = new List <Node>();
NodeForPathfinding currentNode = this;
NodeForPathfinding nextPredecessor = this.predecessor;
bool foundStartingNode = false;
while (!foundStartingNode)
{
// Console.Write("Current node is : " + currentNode.uniqueNumber + "\n");
pathToStart.Add(currentNode);
if (nextPredecessor == startingNode)
{
foundStartingNode = true;
}
else
{
currentNode = nextPredecessor;
nextPredecessor = currentNode.predecessor;
}
}
return(pathToStart);
}
public static void DisplayAllNeighbours(NodeForPathfinding nodeToDisplay, string nodeType)
{
Console.Write("Neighbours of " + nodeType + " :\n");
int i = 1;
foreach (Node neighbour in nodeToDisplay.GetNeighbours())
{
DebugFunctions.DisplayNodeInfoInConsole(neighbour, "Neighbour " + i);
i++;
}
}
public static void DisplayLinksOfNode(NodeForPathfinding nodeToDisplay, string nodeType)
{
Console.Write("Links of " + nodeType + " :\n");
int i = 1;
foreach (Link linkOfNode in nodeToDisplay.links)
{
Console.Write("Link " + i + " : Between node " + linkOfNode.nodes[0].uniqueNumber
+ " and " + linkOfNode.nodes[1].uniqueNumber + ", cost = " + linkOfNode.cost +
", shortcut = " + linkOfNode.shortcut +
", difference in x : " + (linkOfNode.nodes[0].coordinates[0] - linkOfNode.nodes[1].coordinates[0]) +
", difference in y : " + (linkOfNode.nodes[0].coordinates[1] - linkOfNode.nodes[1].coordinates[1]) + "\n");
i++;
}
}
public double findDistanceToStartCH(NodeForPathfinding startingNode)
{
// Console.Write("FINDING DISTANCE TO START FOR NODE " + this.uniqueNumber + " . STARTING NODE IS : " + startingNode.uniqueNumber + "\n");
double distanceToStart = 0;
NodeForPathfinding currentNode = this;
NodeForPathfinding nextPredecessor = this.predecessor;
bool foundStartingNode = false;
while (!foundStartingNode)
{
// DebugFunctions.DisplayNodeInfoInConsole(currentNode, "currentNode");
// DebugFunctions.DisplayNodeInfoInConsole(nextPredecessor, "nextPredecessor");
// DebugFunctions.DisplayLinksOfNode(currentNode, "currentNode");
Link linkBetweenNodes = currentNode.links.Find(Link => Link.nodes[0].uniqueNumber == nextPredecessor.uniqueNumber || Link.nodes[1].uniqueNumber == nextPredecessor.uniqueNumber);
// we use linkBetweenNodes.cost/ linkBetweenNodes.cost just to have "1", but to make sure that the link exist. It will make an error if it doesnt.
try { distanceToStart = distanceToStart + linkBetweenNodes.cost; }
catch
{
Console.Write("\nERROR : LINK MISSING FROM A CERTAIN NODE\n");
DebugFunctions.DisplayNodeInfoInConsole(currentNode, "currentNode");
DebugFunctions.DisplayLinksOfNode(currentNode, "currentNode");
DebugFunctions.DisplayNodeInfoInConsole(nextPredecessor, "nextPredecessor");
DebugFunctions.DisplayLinksOfNode(nextPredecessor, "nextPredecessor");
}
if (nextPredecessor == startingNode)
{
foundStartingNode = true;
}
else
{
currentNode = nextPredecessor;
nextPredecessor = currentNode.predecessor;
}
}
return(distanceToStart);
}
public static void DisplayNodeInfoInConsole(NodeForPathfinding nodeToDisplay, string nodeType)
{
Console.Write(nodeType + " : " + nodeToDisplay.uniqueNumber
+ " ; Coordinates : " + nodeToDisplay.coordinates[0] + ";" + nodeToDisplay.coordinates[1]
+ " ; Number of links : " + nodeToDisplay.links.Count + "\n");
}
public static double DijkstraLeastCostPath(Node arrival, Node departure)
{
// Open the first node as a (Departure) "Node of pathfinding"
NodeForPathfinding startingNode = new NodeForPathfinding(departure);
// DebugFunctions.DisplayNodeInfoInConsole(startingNode, "startingNode");
// DebugFunctions.DisplayLinksOfNode(startingNode, "startingNode");
// DebugFunctions.DisplayAllNeighbours(startingNode, "startingNode");
// Create the list of "closed" nodes
List <NodeForPathfinding> listOfClosedNodes = new List <NodeForPathfinding>();
List <NodeForPathfinding> listOfOpenNodes = new List <NodeForPathfinding>();
// Look at all of his neighbours and register them as Nodes of pathfinding
foreach (Node neighbourOfStartingNode in startingNode.GetNeighbours())
{
NodeForPathfinding neighbourAsPathfindingNode = new NodeForPathfinding(neighbourOfStartingNode);
// For each, register the first node as a predecessor, and the cost to the start
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = startingNode;
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance = neighbourAsPathfindingNode.findDistanceToStart(startingNode);
listOfOpenNodes.Add(neighbourAsPathfindingNode);
}
listOfClosedNodes.Add(startingNode);
bool foundTheGoal = false;
// This line is just to circumvent a limitation of C# who doesn't like objects initialized in conditions.
NodeForPathfinding arrivalAsPathfindingNode = startingNode;
// Console.Write("Looking for arrival node number " + arrival.uniqueNumber + "...\n");
while (!foundTheGoal)
{
// We take the open node with the smallest Dijkstra distance
listOfOpenNodes = listOfOpenNodes.OrderBy(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.dijkstraDistance).ToList();
NodeForPathfinding nodeToClose = listOfOpenNodes[0];
// We remove it from the list, as we are going to close it.
listOfOpenNodes.RemoveAt(0);
// Console.Write("Looking at a cell with distance = " + nodeToClose.dijkstraDistance + "...\n");
foreach (Node neighbourtoOpen in nodeToClose.GetNeighboursWithoutShortcuts())
{
// Console.Write("Looking at a neighbour number " + neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber + "...\n");
// System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
NodeForPathfinding neighbourAsPathfindingNode = new NodeForPathfinding(neighbourtoOpen);
// Before creating a new NodePathfinding object, we check it it's not already in a list
if (listOfClosedNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber) != null)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode = listOfClosedNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber);
}
else if (listOfOpenNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber) != null)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode = listOfOpenNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber);
}
// If he wasn't in any list, he needs to be open when we finish
else
{
listOfOpenNodes.Add(neighbourAsPathfindingNode);
}
// If the node is already closed, don't consider it)
if (!listOfClosedNodes.Contains(neighbourAsPathfindingNode))
{
// If the distance to start haven't been calculated yet, do it
if (neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance == double.PositiveInfinity)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = nodeToClose;
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance = neighbourAsPathfindingNode.findDistanceToStart(startingNode);
}
// Else, check if the distance to start if we go throught nodeToClose isn't
// smaller than the current registered one and change predecessor + distance if needed
else
{
NodeForPathfinding predecessorWeMightKeep = neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor;
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = nodeToClose;
double distanceThroughtNodeToClose = neighbourAsPathfindingNode.findDistanceToStart(startingNode);
if (distanceThroughtNodeToClose < neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance = distanceThroughtNodeToClose;
}
else
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = predecessorWeMightKeep;
}
}
/* WHY THE HELL DID I WROTE THIS HERE ?????
* neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = startingNode;
* neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance = neighbourAsPathfindingNode.findDistanceToStart(startingNode);
* listOfOpenNodes.Add(neighbourAsPathfindingNode);
*/
}
// Now that the neighbour is opened (predecessor + distance to start),
// He his also in the open list if he wasn't here before.
// We are just going to check if he was the arrival node.
foundTheGoal = (neighbourAsPathfindingNode.uniqueNumber == arrival.uniqueNumber);
// Console.Write("foundTheGoal = " + foundTheGoal + "\n");
if (foundTheGoal)
{
arrivalAsPathfindingNode = neighbourAsPathfindingNode; break;
}
}
// We close the node now that all of his neighbours have been found
listOfClosedNodes.Add(nodeToClose);
}
// Now, the arrival node have been found. The least-cost path is the dijkstradistance of this node, calculated when he was opened.
// Console.Write(listOfClosedNodes.Count + "Were closed during this search.\n");
return(arrivalAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance);
}
// Function containing the contraction hierarchies least-cost path algorithm
// For this function to be used, map must be pre-processed. We check by looking at the "Map" object.
public static List <Node> CHLeastCostPathList(Node arrival, Node departure, Form1 form, Map mapOfPathFinding)
{
// We create a bitmap in the form with the departure/arrival points
// If there is already a picture box, we remove it.
// We create a new picture box
PictureBox pb1 = new PictureBox();
// We display the map, but with the departure and arrival points
Bitmap bmpForPictureBox = RasterFunctions.MapToBitmapWithArrivalAndDeparture(mapOfPathFinding, false);
pb1.Image = bmpForPictureBox;
// We display everything nicely
pb1.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage;
form.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1000, 1000);
pb1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1000, 1000);
pb1.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage;
form.Controls.Add(pb1);
// We initialize what we need for the search
List <NodeForPathfinding> forwardListOfOpenNodes = new List <NodeForPathfinding>();
List <NodeForPathfinding> forwardListOfClosedNodes = new List <NodeForPathfinding>();
NodeForPathfinding startingForwardNode = new NodeForPathfinding(mapOfPathFinding.departureNode);
forwardListOfOpenNodes.Add(startingForwardNode);
List <NodeForPathfinding> backwardListOfOpenNodes = new List <NodeForPathfinding>();
List <NodeForPathfinding> backwardListOfClosedNodes = new List <NodeForPathfinding>();
NodeForPathfinding startingBackwardNode = new NodeForPathfinding(mapOfPathFinding.arrivalNode);
backwardListOfOpenNodes.Add(startingBackwardNode);
bool didTheyMeet = false;
while (!didTheyMeet)
{
// We do one step in the forward Dijkstra search (see Dijkstra search in pathFinding class for comments)
// Console.Write("One step forward...\n");
forwardListOfOpenNodes = forwardListOfOpenNodes.OrderByDescending(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.order).ToList();
if (forwardListOfOpenNodes.Count > 0)
{
NodeForPathfinding nodeToClose = forwardListOfOpenNodes[0];
forwardListOfOpenNodes.RemoveAt(0);
// Console.Write("Forward : looking at Node " + nodeToClose.uniqueNumber + "\n");
foreach (Node neighbourtoOpen in nodeToClose.GetNeighbours())
{
// Is the neighbor of higher order ? If so, we look at it
if (neighbourtoOpen.order > nodeToClose.order)
{
// We do the necessary transformations of the neighbour into a pathFindingNode, and add it in the open list if it's not in already
NodeForPathfinding neighbourAsPathfindingNode = new NodeForPathfinding(neighbourtoOpen);
if (forwardListOfClosedNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber) != null)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode = forwardListOfClosedNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber);
}
else if (forwardListOfOpenNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber) != null)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode = forwardListOfOpenNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber);
}
else
{
forwardListOfOpenNodes.Add(neighbourAsPathfindingNode);
}
// If the neighbour already has a predecessor, we look if that predecessor is of lower order than our current node. If not, the current node becomes the predecessor.
if (neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor != null)
{
if (neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor.order > nodeToClose.order)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = nodeToClose;
}
}
else
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = nodeToClose;
}
}
}
// We close the node we studied, and update the map.
forwardListOfClosedNodes.Add(nodeToClose);
bmpForPictureBox.SetPixel(nodeToClose.coordinates[0], nodeToClose.coordinates[1], Color.FromArgb(0, 204, 204));
pb1.Image = bmpForPictureBox;
pb1.Refresh();
}
// We do one step in the backward Dijkstra search
// Console.Write("One step backward...\n");
backwardListOfOpenNodes = backwardListOfOpenNodes.OrderBy(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.order).ToList();
if (backwardListOfOpenNodes.Count > 0)
{
NodeForPathfinding nodeToClose = backwardListOfOpenNodes[0];
backwardListOfOpenNodes.RemoveAt(0);
// Console.Write("Backward : looking at Node " + nodeToClose.uniqueNumber + "\n");
foreach (Node neighbourtoOpen in nodeToClose.GetNeighbours())
{
// Is the neighbor of lower order ? If so, we look at it
if (neighbourtoOpen.order < nodeToClose.order)
{
// We do the necessary transformations of the neighbour into a pathFindingNode, and add it in the open list if it's not in already
NodeForPathfinding neighbourAsPathfindingNode = new NodeForPathfinding(neighbourtoOpen);
if (backwardListOfClosedNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber) != null)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode = backwardListOfClosedNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber);
}
else if (backwardListOfOpenNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber) != null)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode = backwardListOfOpenNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber);
}
else
{
backwardListOfOpenNodes.Add(neighbourAsPathfindingNode);
}
// If the neighbour already has a predecessor, we look if that predecessor is of lower order than our current node. If not, the current node becomes the predecessor.
if (neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor != null)
{
if (neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor.order > nodeToClose.order)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = nodeToClose;
}
}
else
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = nodeToClose;
}
}
}
// We close the node we studied, and update the map.
backwardListOfClosedNodes.Add(nodeToClose);
bmpForPictureBox.SetPixel(nodeToClose.coordinates[0], nodeToClose.coordinates[1], Color.FromArgb(0, 204, 204));
pb1.Image = bmpForPictureBox;
pb1.Refresh();
}
// Is there an open cell that is both in the foward and backward search ?
if (forwardListOfOpenNodes.Select(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber).ToList().Intersect(backwardListOfOpenNodes.Select(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber).ToList()).Count() != 0)
{
didTheyMeet = true;
}
// Console.Write("Intersect count : " + forwardListOfClosedNodes.Intersect(backwardListOfClosedNodes).Count() + "\n");
}
// If so, the search is other. We take the path using the predecessors.
List <Node> unionListOfNodes = new List <Node>();
// First, we have to treat the case in which the arrival or depature node was found uniquely by the backward or the forward search.
if (forwardListOfClosedNodes[forwardListOfClosedNodes.Count - 1].uniqueNumber == mapOfPathFinding.arrivalNode.uniqueNumber)
{
// We allow the return of the path from the node just before the starting or arrival node to avoid errors of predecessors
unionListOfNodes = forwardListOfClosedNodes[forwardListOfClosedNodes.Count - 2].findPathToStart(startingForwardNode);
}
else if (backwardListOfClosedNodes[backwardListOfClosedNodes.Count - 1].uniqueNumber == mapOfPathFinding.departureNode.uniqueNumber)
{
unionListOfNodes = backwardListOfClosedNodes[backwardListOfClosedNodes.Count - 2].findPathToStart(startingBackwardNode);
}
// Now, we treat the case in which arrival and departure found each other
else
{
// First, we find the uniquen number of the node where they met.
List <int> forwardUniqueNumbers = forwardListOfOpenNodes.Select(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber).ToList();
// forwardUniqueNumbers.AddRange(forwardListOfClosedNodes.Select(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber).ToList());
List <int> backwardUniqueNumbers = backwardListOfOpenNodes.Select(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber).ToList();
// backwardUniqueNumbers.AddRange(backwardListOfClosedNodes.Select(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber).ToList());
int nodeWhereTheyMet = forwardUniqueNumbers.Intersect(backwardUniqueNumbers).ToList()[0];
Console.Write("We met at a node ! Number is : " + nodeWhereTheyMet + "\n");
// We take the path from this node to the start and to the arrival with each list
List <Node> pathFromMeetingNodeToStart = new List <Node>();
if (nodeWhereTheyMet != startingForwardNode.uniqueNumber)
{
pathFromMeetingNodeToStart = forwardListOfOpenNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == nodeWhereTheyMet).findPathToStart(startingForwardNode);
}
else
{
pathFromMeetingNodeToStart = new List <Node> {
startingForwardNode
};
}
List <Node> pathFromMeetingNodeToEnd = new List <Node>();
if (nodeWhereTheyMet != startingBackwardNode.uniqueNumber)
{
pathFromMeetingNodeToEnd = backwardListOfOpenNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == nodeWhereTheyMet).findPathToStart(startingBackwardNode);
}
else
{
pathFromMeetingNodeToEnd = new List <Node> {
startingBackwardNode
};
}
// We join those two lists
unionListOfNodes = pathFromMeetingNodeToStart;
unionListOfNodes.AddRange(pathFromMeetingNodeToEnd);
}
// We add the first node of the list to the pathlist
return(unionListOfNodes);
// We look at each node one by one in the list until we arrive
// at the arrival node.
// we look at the node at its link to the next node
// If the link is a shortcut, we open the short and add every node inside it to the pathlist
// Else, we just add the next node to the path list.
// Current node becomes next node
}
public static List <Node> AStarLeastCostPathList(Node arrival, Node departure, Form1 form, Map mapOfPathFinding)
{
// We create a bitmap in the form with the departure/arrival points
// If there is already a picture box, we remove it.
// We create a new picture box
PictureBox pb1 = new PictureBox();
// We display the map, but with the departure and arrival points
Bitmap bmpForPictureBox = RasterFunctions.MapToBitmapWithArrivalAndDeparture(mapOfPathFinding, false);
pb1.Image = bmpForPictureBox;
// We display everything nicely
pb1.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage;
pb1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1000, 1000);
pb1.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage;
form.Controls.Add(pb1);
// For comments, see previous functions.
NodeForPathfinding startingNode = new NodeForPathfinding(departure);
List <NodeForPathfinding> listOfClosedNodes = new List <NodeForPathfinding>();
List <NodeForPathfinding> listOfOpenNodes = new List <NodeForPathfinding>();
foreach (Node neighbourOfStartingNode in startingNode.GetNeighbours())
{
NodeForPathfinding neighbourAsPathfindingNode = new NodeForPathfinding(neighbourOfStartingNode);
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = startingNode;
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance = neighbourAsPathfindingNode.findDistanceToStart(startingNode) + neighbourAsPathfindingNode.manhattanDistanceToNode(mapOfPathFinding, arrival);
listOfOpenNodes.Add(neighbourAsPathfindingNode);
// Console.Write("We opened node " + neighbourAsPathfindingNode.uniqueNumber + " . Distance to start was " + neighbourAsPathfindingNode.findDistanceToStart(startingNode)
// + " and distance to finish is approximatly " + neighbourAsPathfindingNode.manhattanDistanceToNode(arrival) +
// " Sum of distances is : " + neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance + "\n");
}
listOfClosedNodes.Add(startingNode);
bool foundTheGoal = false;
NodeForPathfinding arrivalAsPathfindingNode = startingNode;
while (!foundTheGoal)
{
listOfOpenNodes = listOfOpenNodes.OrderBy(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.dijkstraDistance).ToList();
NodeForPathfinding nodeToClose = listOfOpenNodes[0];
listOfOpenNodes.RemoveAt(0);
// Console.Write("Closing cell " + nodeToClose.uniqueNumber + " with distance = " + nodeToClose.dijkstraDistance + "\n");
foreach (Node neighbourtoOpen in nodeToClose.GetNeighboursWithoutShortcuts())
{
NodeForPathfinding neighbourAsPathfindingNode = new NodeForPathfinding(neighbourtoOpen);
if (listOfClosedNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber) != null)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode = listOfClosedNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber);
}
else if (listOfOpenNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber) != null)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode = listOfOpenNodes.Find(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber == neighbourtoOpen.uniqueNumber);
}
else
{
listOfOpenNodes.Add(neighbourAsPathfindingNode);
}
if (!listOfClosedNodes.Select(NodeForPathfinding => NodeForPathfinding.uniqueNumber).Contains(neighbourAsPathfindingNode.uniqueNumber))
{
if (neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance == double.PositiveInfinity)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = nodeToClose;
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance = neighbourAsPathfindingNode.findDistanceToStart(startingNode) + neighbourAsPathfindingNode.manhattanDistanceToNode(mapOfPathFinding, arrival);
// Console.Write("We opened node " + neighbourAsPathfindingNode.uniqueNumber + " . Distance to start was " + neighbourAsPathfindingNode.findDistanceToStart(startingNode)
// + " and distance to finish is approximatly " + neighbourAsPathfindingNode.manhattanDistanceToNode(arrival) +
// " Sum of distances is : " + neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance + "\n");
}
else
{
NodeForPathfinding predecessorWeMightKeep = neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor;
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = nodeToClose;
double distanceThroughtNodeToClose = neighbourAsPathfindingNode.findDistanceToStart(startingNode) + neighbourAsPathfindingNode.manhattanDistanceToNode(mapOfPathFinding, arrival);
if (distanceThroughtNodeToClose < neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance)
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.dijkstraDistance = distanceThroughtNodeToClose;
}
else
{
neighbourAsPathfindingNode.predecessor = predecessorWeMightKeep;
}
}
}
foundTheGoal = (neighbourAsPathfindingNode.uniqueNumber == arrival.uniqueNumber);
if (foundTheGoal)
{
arrivalAsPathfindingNode = neighbourAsPathfindingNode; break;
}
}
listOfClosedNodes.Add(nodeToClose);
// We update the imagebox to show the progression of the pathfinding
bmpForPictureBox.SetPixel(nodeToClose.coordinates[0], nodeToClose.coordinates[1], Color.FromArgb(0, 204, 204));
pb1.Image = bmpForPictureBox;
pb1.Refresh();
}
Console.Write(listOfClosedNodes.Count + " nodes were closed during this search.\n");
return(arrivalAsPathfindingNode.findPathToStart(startingNode));
}
