/// <summary>
/// This method begins preperations for the building of the game world by creating and filling the world and also creating the update timer
/// for the server as well.
/// </summary>
static void Start()
{
// No players have added at this moment so set the member variable to false.
noPlayersJoined = true;
// Create the HashTable for the client sockets and thier respective player cube ids.
ClientSockets = new Dictionary <Socket, int>();
socketsToRemove = new List <Socket>();
allWorldCubes = new StringBuilder();
DeadPlayersUIDs = new HashSet <int>();
// Create the game world.
world = new World("C:\\Users\\weisched\\Source\\Repos\\JacksonRepo\\AgCubio\\Resources\\XMLWorldParameters.xml");
// Lock the world object, and create all the food that will be added to the world.
lock (world)
{
// Populate the world with an initial amount of food
world.CreateFood(world.INITIAL_FOOD_AMT, true);
world.CreateVirus(world.MAX_VIRUSES, true);
}
// Create timer for calling Update()
updateTimer = new Timer(1 / (world.UPDATES_PER_SECOND / (double)1000));
updateTimer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(updateTimerEvent);
updateTimer.Start();
// Call Sever_Awaiting_Client method and await the connection of the first client.
Network.Server_Awaiting_Client(HandleNewClient, 11000);
// Also have server listen for incoming web requests on Port 11100
Network.Server_Awaiting_Client(GetWebRequest, 11100);
}