/// <summary>
/// saves all information that the user entered into the menu
/// </summary>
public void saveSettings()
{
// TODO : covert HelperSetter to ValidationHelper
StringFunct setEcoName = new StringFunct(ecoEditor.setName);
bool a = HelperValidator.setName(ecoNameTextBox, errorObj, setEcoName);
IntFunct setAPPC = new IntFunct(ecoEditor.setAbilityPointsPerCreature);
bool b = HelperValidator.setIntegerFunct(abilityPtsPerCreatTextBox, setAPPC, errorObj);
IntFunct setCommBits = new IntFunct(ecoEditor.setCommBits);
bool c = HelperValidator.setIntegerFunct(commBitsText, setCommBits, errorObj);
IntFunct setDistinctPheno = new IntFunct(ecoEditor.setDistinctPhenotypeNum);
bool d = HelperValidator.setIntegerFunct(distinctPhenoText, setDistinctPheno, errorObj);
// saves tentative resource options to Ecosystem object
ecoEditor.saveResourceOptions();
// TODO : don't forget to call EcosystemEditor save methods
/** call methods to save ecoEditor data to actual Ecosystem object **/
// saves tentative resource options to Ecosystem object
ecoEditor.saveResourceOptions();
ecoEditor.saveFoundersToSpecies();
ecoEditor.addCurrentPopulationToEcosystem();
ecoEditor.saveMap();
}
/*
* Create populator (with population),
* set population parameters
* generate population
* saves population and adds it to list of populations
* adds population to map, and saves map
* */
public void populateSpecies(string name, float populationDeviation, int popSize, int maxPopSize)
{
SpeciesPopulator populator = ecoCreator.populateSpecies(name);
populator.SetAbilityStandardDeviation(1);
populator.setNetworkWeightStandardDeviation(populationDeviation);
populator.setMaxPopSize(maxPopSize);
populator.populateRandom(popSize);
ecoCreator.saveCurrentPopulation();
ecoCreator.addCurrentPopulationToEcosystem();
ecoCreator.addCurrentPopulationToMap();
ecoCreator.saveMap(); // need to save updated tentative map
// TODO: Include system for saving a temporary map to the actual map.
// this applies to both the MapEditor, and SpeciesPopulator.
}
