/// <summary>
/// This method inits some data for the first game turn.
/// It looks for the possible moves and starts the timer.
/// </summary>
public void StartGame()
{
currentPossibleMoves = LogicalBoard.GetPossibleMoves(logicalBoard.BoardArray, whitePlayerTurn, BOARD_DIMENSIONS);
UpdateHintsDisplay();
if (windowView != null)
{
windowView.DisplayPlayerTurnHighlight(whitePlayerTurn);
}
GetPlayerStopwatch(whitePlayerTurn).Start();
refreshTimer.Start();
}
/// <summary>
/// This function changes the variables to change turn, calculates the possible moves for the current player and checks for game over.
/// </summary>
private void ChangeTurn()
{
GetPlayerStopwatch(whitePlayerTurn).Stop();
whitePlayerTurn = !whitePlayerTurn;
if (windowView != null)
{
windowView.DisplayPlayerTurnHighlight(whitePlayerTurn);
}
UpdateHintsDisplay(false);
var nextPossibleMoves = LogicalBoard.GetPossibleMoves(logicalBoard.BoardArray, whitePlayerTurn, BOARD_DIMENSIONS);
if (!nextPossibleMoves.Any())
{
// if the possible moves for the previous player and the current one are empty nobody can play anymore, it's the end of the game
if (!currentPossibleMoves.Any())
{
string playerName = ScoreWhite >= ScoreBlack ? "White player" : "Black player";
if (windowView != null && windowView.DisplayReplayDialog(playerName))
{
ResetGame();
}
}
// if only the current ones are empty it's to the other play again
else
{
currentPossibleMoves = nextPossibleMoves;
UpdateHintsDisplay();
ChangeTurn();
return;
}
}
// otherwise we switch player turns regularly
else
{
GetPlayerStopwatch(whitePlayerTurn).Start();
currentPossibleMoves = nextPossibleMoves;
UpdateHintsDisplay();
}
if (AI && whitePlayerTurn == false)
{
Tuple <int, int> movePos = GetNextMove(logicalBoard.BoardArray, 5, whitePlayerTurn);
PlayMove(movePos.Item1, movePos.Item2, whitePlayerTurn);
return;
}
}