/// <summary>
/// Set up a new game for the specified number of players.
/// </summary>
private void NewGame(int nPlayers, bool chess960)
{
// clean up all of the things first
if (!m_manualBoard)
{
Stop();
}
// create new game for number of players
m_aigame = (nPlayers == 0);
chess = new ChessRun(this, nPlayers, !m_manualBoard, chess960);
// show turn status
SetTurn(Player.WHITE);
SetStatus(false, "White's turn");
// reset timers
m_whiteTime = new TimeSpan(0);
m_blackTime = new TimeSpan(0);
lblWhiteTime.Text = m_whiteTime.ToString("c");
lblBlackTime.Text = m_blackTime.ToString("c");
// show ai difficulty
if (nPlayers < 2)
{
LogMove("AI Difficulty " + (string)temp.Tag + "\n");
}
if (m_manualBoard)
{
// allow setting up the board
SetStatus(false, "You may now place pieces via the menu.");
setPieceToolStripMenuItem.Enabled = true;
}
else
{
// start the game
SetStatus(false, "White's Turn");
if (m_aigame)
{
new Thread(chess.AISelect).Start();
}
tmrWhite.Start();
}
// allow stopping the game
endCurrentGameToolStripMenuItem.Enabled = true;
}
/// <summary>
/// Stop all current activity / games and reset everything.
/// </summary>
private void Stop()
{
SetStatus(false, "Choose New Game or Manual Board.");
// stop the ai and reset chess
AI.STOP = true;
chess = null;
// reset turn indicator
SetTurn(Player.WHITE);
// reset timers
tmrWhite.Stop();
tmrBlack.Stop();
m_whiteTime = new TimeSpan(0);
m_blackTime = new TimeSpan(0);
lblWhiteTime.Text = m_whiteTime.ToString("c");
lblBlackTime.Text = m_blackTime.ToString("c");
// clear the board ui and log
SetBoard(new ChessBoard());
txtLog.Text = "";
// reset board status vars
m_checkmate = false;
m_aigame = false;
m_finalizedBoard = false;
// reset the menu
manualBoardToolStripMenuItem.Enabled = true;
endCurrentGameToolStripMenuItem.Enabled = false;
if (m_finalizedBoard || m_manualBoard)
{
setPieceToolStripMenuItem.Enabled = false;
manualBoardToolStripMenuItem.Checked = false;
}
endCurrentGameToolStripMenuItem.Enabled = false;
}