/// <summary>
/// Executes a single AGI interpreter tick, or cycle. This method is invoked 60 times a
/// second, but the rate at which the logics are run and the animation updated is determined
/// by the animation interval variable.
/// </summary>
public void Tick()
{
// Regardless of whether we're already in a Tick, we keep counting the number of Ticks.
state.TotalTicks++;
// Tick is called 60 times a second, so every 60th call, the second clock ticks. We
// deliberately do this outside of the main Tick block because some scripts wait for
// the clock to reach a certain clock value, which will never happen if the block isn't
// updated outside of the Tick block.
if ((state.TotalTicks % 60) == 0)
{
UpdateGameClock();
}
// Only one thread can be running the core interpreter cycle at a time.
if (!inTick)
{
inTick = true;
// Proceed only if the animation tick count has reached the set animation interval x 3.
if (++state.AnimationTicks < (state.Vars[Defines.ANIMATION_INT] * 3))
{
inTick = false;
return;
}
// Reset animation tick count.
state.AnimationTicks = 0;
// Clear controllers and get user input.
ProcessUserInput();
// Update input line text on every cycle.
textGraphics.UpdateInputLine(false);
// If ego is under program control, override user input as to his direction.
if (!state.UserControl)
{
state.Vars[Defines.EGODIR] = ego.Direction;
}
else
{
ego.Direction = state.Vars[Defines.EGODIR];
}
// Calculate the direction in which objects will move, based on their MotionType. We do
// this here, i.e. call UpdateObjectDirections() before starting the logic scan, to
// allow ego's direction to be known to the logics even when ego is on a move.obj().
UpdateObjectDirections();
// Continue scanning LOGIC 0 while the return value is above 0, indicating a room change.
while (NewRoom(commands.ExecuteLogic(0)))
{
;
}
// Set ego's direction from the variable.
ego.Direction = state.Vars[Defines.EGODIR];
// Update the status line, in case the score or sound status have changed.
textGraphics.UpdateStatusLine();
state.Vars[Defines.OBJHIT] = 0;
state.Vars[Defines.OBJEDGE] = 0;
// Clear the restart, restore, & init logics flags.
state.Flags[Defines.INITLOGS] = false;
state.Flags[Defines.RESTART] = false;
state.Flags[Defines.RESTORE] = false;
// If in graphics mode, animate the AnimatedObjects.
if (state.GraphicsMode)
{
AnimateObjects();
}
// If there is an open text window, we render it now.
if (textGraphics.IsWindowOpen())
{
textGraphics.DrawWindow();
}
// Store what the key states were in this cycle before leaving.
for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++)
{
userInput.OldKeys[i] = userInput.Keys[i];
}
inTick = false;
}
}