// go through the model board, find those with gui needs to be
// updated set to true, and use the refs array to obtain the gui tile
// finally set the model back to guineedsupdate=false
// used only for initially adding the pieces
private void renderAllPieces(Board modelBoard)
{
// use gui=true tiles from modelBoard.internalBoard
// find the corresponding panels in guiTileRefs
// ADD OR REMOVE THE CONTAINING PIECE ACCORDINGLY
// mark the modelBoard tiles as gui=false
int size = modelBoard.Size;
for (int row = 0; row < size; row ++)
{
Tile[] rowOfTiles = modelBoard.InternalBoard[row];
for (int col = 0; col < size; col ++)
{
Tile tile = rowOfTiles[col];
try
{
System.Windows.Forms.Panel guiTile = guiTileRefs[row][col];
if (tile.IsOccupied)
{
string player = tile.OccupyingPiece.Player;
CirclePanel guiPiece = new CirclePanel(player);
guiPiece.BackColor = Color.Transparent; // this set in the current main thread for visual priority
guiPiece.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(20, 20);
guiPiece.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(10, 10);
guiPiece.Click += (sender, eventArgs) => { tileClickedHandler(sender, tile.TileCoord); };
guiPiece.Name = "guiPiece"; //
guiTile.Controls.Add(guiPiece);
}
else // remove the corresponding gui piece
// since this means guineedsupdating=true, and there are NO pieces on the logic tile
{
// so remove the guiPiece which should currently be on PiecePanel
guiTile.Controls.Clear();
}
// finally mark the tile as gui=false, this is LOGIC CODE
}
catch (NullReferenceException e)
{
System.Console.Error.WriteLine("resetting board before its created");
// it is better practise to not have this type of error handled here
// it is better to have the option to click reset disabled while the
// board has not been created yet
}
}
}
}
/* A general function to replace the repeated calls to the render pieces function at the end of every turn.
* Takes a list of coords of tiles which are required to be updated on the display, rather than checking every one
* and updating those required. Guitiles will need to be updated when they are marked for highlighting or when
* a piece has moved to or from them.
Makes use of the guiTileRefs array */
private void updateGuiTiles(List<Coord> tilesToUpdate)
{
foreach (Coord c in tilesToUpdate)
{
Tile modelTile = board.getTile(c);
Panel guiTile = guiTileRefs[c.Y][c.X];
// update the properties
// highlighting (add a highlight panel to the tile)
if (modelTile.IsHighlighted)
{
//System.Console.WriteLine("highlight something");
//guiTile.BackColor = (modelTile.IsHighlighted) ? Color.DarkBlue : guiTile.BackColor;
Panel highlightTile = new Panel();
highlightTile.BackColor = Color.Blue;
highlightTile.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(20, 20);
highlightTile.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
highlightTile.Click += (sender, eventArgs) => { tileClickedHandler(sender, modelTile.TileCoord); };
highlightTile.Name = "highlightTile";
guiTile.Controls.Add(highlightTile);
}
if (!modelTile.IsHighlighted)
{
guiTile.Controls.RemoveByKey("highlightTile");
//System.Console.WriteLine("HIGHLIGHT SHOULD BE REMOVED HERE");
}
// piece (add a piece panel to the tile)
if (modelTile.IsOccupied)
{
string player = modelTile.OccupyingPiece.Player;
CirclePanel guiPiece = new CirclePanel(player);
guiPiece.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
guiPiece.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(20, 20);
guiPiece.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(10, 10);
guiPiece.Click += (sender, eventArgs) => { tileClickedHandler(sender, modelTile.TileCoord); };
guiPiece.Name = "guiPiece"; //
guiTile.Controls.Add(guiPiece);
}
if (!modelTile.IsOccupied)
{
/* The greater issue being that a given tile should only have one piece on it anyway.
* need to figure out why there are duplicates.
* seems to be related to those tiles which start with a piece on them
* maybe when it is clicked, a 2nd piece is being redrawn
* For now, this should remove all 'pieces' from the tile */
while (guiTile.Controls.ContainsKey("guiPiece"))
{
guiTile.Controls.RemoveByKey("guiPiece");
}
//System.Console.WriteLine("GUIPIECE SHOULD BE REMOVED HERE");
}
}
}