//create a grid of cells
public void generateCells(int seed)
{
squares = new Rectangle[gridRows, gridColumns]; //create a grid of rectangles
Random r = new Random(seed);
int move;
for (int i = 0; i < gridRows; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < gridColumns; j++)
{
//provides a random number between 0 and 7
move = r.Next(numStates);
//creates a new cell with the state number
cells[i, j] = new Cell(move, palette[move]);
cells[i, j].setStates();
}
}
}
//calculate the orthogonal rule for the next generation
public void orthogonal()
{
//create a blank grid of cells
Cell[,] nextCells = new Cell[gridRows, gridColumns];
//loop through each cell
for (int i = 0; i < gridRows; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < gridColumns; j++)
{
//method passes in the orthogonal neighbours
//to the current cell and returns a new state
State state = calculateCell(cells[i, j],
cells[i, getLeft(j)],
cells[i, getRight(j)],
cells[getTop(i), j],
cells[getBottom(i), j]);
//create a new cell with the state and color
nextCells[i, j] = new Cell(state, this.palette[(int)state]);
nextCells[i, j].setStates();
}
}
cells = nextCells; //update the cells to the new generation
}
//calculates the state of the cell of the next generation
private State calculateCell(Cell current, Cell one, Cell two, Cell three, Cell four)
{
State s = new State(); //create a blank state
//if any of the cell's four neighbours
//has the next state of the current cell
if (current.getNext == one.getState || current.getNext == two.getState ||
current.getNext == three.getState || current.getNext == four.getState)
{
s = current.getNext;
}
else
{
s = current.getState;
}
return s;
}