/// <summary>
/// Method used to update the controls from the UI after a player's move.
/// </summary>
public void UpdateUI()
{
/* update current player and score. */
currentPlayerLabel.Text = "Current player: " + game.GetCurrentPlayer().GetColor().ToString();
currentPlayerLabel.Refresh();
playerOneScoreLabel.Text = game.GetPlayer(1).GetColor().ToString() + " score: " + game.GetScore(1);
playerOneScoreLabel.Refresh();
playerTwoScoreLabel.Text = game.GetPlayer(2).GetColor().ToString() + " score: " + game.GetScore(2);
playerTwoScoreLabel.Refresh();
/* check if the game is finished. */
if (game.IsFinished() == true)
{
currentPlayerLabel.Text = game.GetGameResult();
game.SetGameState(GameState.stopped);
}
pictureBox.Refresh();
}
/// <summary>
/// "Start" button press event handler. This method starts the game.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="e"></param>
private void startButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
/* set game type. */
int gameIdx = gameTypeComboBox.SelectedIndex;
game = GameFactory <int> .Create(gameIdx, botOne, botTwo);
game.Start();
pictureBox.Size = boardImage.Size;
pictureBox.Paint += new System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventHandler(this.pictureBox_Paint);
Type a = game.GetType(), b = typeof(HHGame <int>), c = typeof(HCGame <int>);
if (a.Equals(b) == true || a.Equals(c) == true)
{
pictureBox.MouseUp += new MouseEventHandler(this.pictureBox_MouseUp);
}
else
{ /* CCGame: launch a thread that will update the ui. */
// launch a worker thread that will get the bot's next move and update the UI.
// this way the UI thread is not blocked and the operation is permitted (does not throw any exceptions).
uiUpdaterWorker = new Thread(
new ParameterizedThreadStart(
(parameter) => {
Form1 form = (Form1)parameter;
while (game.IsFinished() == false && cancelToken.IsCancellationRequested == false)
{
form.Invoke((MethodInvoker) delegate
{
form.UpdateUI(); // runs on UI thread.
});
Thread.Sleep(UI_REFRESH_RATE);
}
Console.WriteLine("[FORM] UI Updater thread exit.");
})
);
uiUpdaterWorker.Start(this);
}
pictureBox.Refresh();
}
