// manipulation
private void StartGame()
{
int id;
List <string[]> players;
// grab the player names and algorithms for each player
players = new List <string[]>();
for (int i = 1; i <= AcquireConstants.MaxPlayers; i++)
{
string basename = Lstartbase + i;
if (null != GetItem <ComboBox>(basename, Lstartlist).SelectedItem)
{
string[] npair = new string[2];
npair[0] = (string)GetItem <ComboBox>(basename, Lstartlist).SelectedItem;
npair[1] = (string)GetItem <TextBox>(basename, Lstarttext).Text;
players.Add(npair);
}
}
if (players.Count < 2)
{
GetItem <TextBlock>(Lstartstatus).Text = (string)GetItem <Label>(Lstarterr).Content;
return;
}
// start Acquire game engine
game = new AcquireGame();
// init game state
computers.Clear();
cycleQueue.Clear();
// add the players
foreach (string[] npairs in players)
{
if (npairs.Length != 2)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Wrong size of the internal data structure");
}
if (!playerNames.ContainsKey(npairs[0]))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Missing a player implementation");
}
id = game.AddPlayer(npairs[1], playerNames[npairs[0]] != Oppenents.Human);
switch (playerNames[npairs[0]])
{
case Oppenents.Random:
computers.Add(id, new Computer1());
break;
case Oppenents.Computer2:
computers.Add(id, new Computer2());
break;
case Oppenents.Computer3:
computers.Add(id, new Computer3());
break;
}
}
// hide the UI
StartGrid.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Collapsed;
FinalDisplayGrid.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Collapsed;
if (lifetime.Count > 0 && (computers.Count == game.Players.Count))
{
// only display if there are computer players
DisplayLifetime();
}
// start the game
game.StartGame();
// update the UI
Refresh(game.CurrentPlayer);
}
