/// <summary>
/// Cycles through the game starting at generation 0 up to the number of generations set in the Settings
/// </summary>
public void CycleThroughGame()
{
SetInitialState();
grid.InitializeWindow();
Stopwatch watch = new Stopwatch();
for (int i = 0; i <= settings.Generations; i++)
{
grid.SetFootnote($"Generation: {i}");
// Only need to create a new generation from i = 1 onwards
if (i != 0)
{
statusArray = CreateNextGeneration();
}
UpdateCellStatus();
int matchIndex = CompareToMemory();
// Only need to compare to memory from i = 1 onwards
if (i != 0)
{
if (matchIndex != -1)
{
periodicity = i - generationInMemory[matchIndex];
steadyState = true;
// Break out of loop to end game
break;
}
}
AddToMemory(statusArray, i);
grid.Render();
watch.Restart();
// User cycles through 1 generation at a time by pressing space if step mode enabled
if (settings.StepMode)
{
CheckForSpace(writeMsg: false);
}
// Otherwise game cycles through at the update rate specified in Settings
else
{
while (watch.ElapsedMilliseconds < ((1 / settings.UpdateRate) * 1000))
{
;
}
}
}
// Write final array to file if valid output file path specified
if (settings.OutputFile != null)
{
WriteToFile();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Main method, which runs the entire program and calls external methods found above and below Main.
/// </summary>
/// <author>Zac Wolter</author>
/// <date>September 2020</date>
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int periodicity = 0;
// Check for command line arguments...
Console.WriteLine("Interpreting command line arguments...");
if (args.Length == 0)
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
Console.WriteLine("[SUCCESS] No command line arguments found.");
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
Console.WriteLine("The program will use the following default settings.");
//Call the WriteValues method with no parameters, hence printing default set values
WriteFinalValues();
}
// If command line arguments exist, perform the for loop to check each value
else if (args.Length > 0)
{
for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
{
// Check if the current value contains the dimensions flag
if (args[i].Contains("--dimensions"))
{
DimensionArgCheck(args);
}
// Check if the current value contains the survival flag
else if (args[i].Contains("--survival"))
{
SurvivalArgCheck(args);
}
// Check if the current value contains the survival flag
else if (args[i].Contains("--birth"))
{
BirthArgCheck(args);
}
//Check for periodic behaviour boolean
else if (args[i].Contains("--periodic"))
{
PerioidicArgCheck();
}
//Check for Random Factor double
else if (args[i].Contains("--random"))
{
RandomArgCheck(args, i);
}
// Check for seed argument
else if (args[i].Contains("--seed"))
{
SeedFileCheck(args, i);
}
// Check for generations argument
else if (args[i].Contains("--generations"))
{
GenerationArgCheck(args, i);
}
// Check for maximum update rate
else if (args[i].Contains("--max-update"))
{
MaxUpdateArgCheck(args, i);
}
// Check for step mode value
else if (args[i].Contains("--step"))
{
StepArgCheck();
}
// Check for neighbourhood value
else if (args[i].Contains("--neighbour"))
{
NeighourhoodCheck(args, i, currentValues.Rows, currentValues.Columns);
}
// Check for memory value
else if (args[i].Contains("--memory"))
{
MemoryArgCheck(args, i);
}
// Check for ghost mode value
else if (args[i].Contains("--ghost"))
{
GhostArgCheck();
}
// Check for output file value
else if (args[i].Contains("--output"))
{
OutputFileCheck(args, i);
}
}
// Check that the given survival and birth values supplied by the user are less than or equal to the number
// of neighbourhing cells depending on the neighbourhood type
CheckSurvivalAndBirthValues(currentValues);
// Check that the given neighbourhood order supplied by the user is less than or equal to half the shortest
// grid dimension
NeighbourhoodOrderCheck(currentValues.NeighbourhoodSize, currentValues.Rows, currentValues.Columns);
WriteFinalValues();
}
CLA paramValues = storedValues();
// Wait until the user presses the spacebar before beginning the simulation
Console.WriteLine("Press Spacebar to begin.");
WaitForSpacebarPress();
int[,,] currentCells = new int[currentValues.Rows, currentValues.Columns, currentValues.Memory];
int[,,] newCells = new int[currentValues.Rows, currentValues.Columns, 1];
// HOW THE NEW 3D ARRAY WILL WORK:
// EACH CELL: { x, y, z}
// Where:
// x = x coordinate
// y = y coordinate
// z = generation
// Seed file initialisation or random seed generation
if (currentValues.InputFile == "N/A")
{
currentCells = GenerateRandomGrid(currentValues.Probability, currentCells, currentValues.Rows,
currentValues.Columns);
}
else
{
currentCells = CheckAndInitialiseInputFile(currentValues.InputFilePath, currentCells, currentValues.Rows, currentValues.Columns);
}
// Construct grid...
Grid grid = new Grid(currentValues.Rows, currentValues.Columns);
// Initialize the grid window (this will resize the window and buffer)
grid.InitializeWindow();
// Set the footnote (appears in the bottom left of the screen).
grid.SetFootnote($"Generation: 0");
Stopwatch watch = new Stopwatch();
// Initialise cells
InitialiseFirstGen(grid, currentCells);
// Render updates to the console window...
grid.Render();
// Integer to keep track of the number of iterations
int iterations = Convert.ToInt32(currentValues.Generations);
int passes = 0;
// Calculate speed of simulation (applies only if step mode is off)
int updateTime = 1000 / Convert.ToInt32(currentValues.MaxRefreshRate);
// Run the simulation
while (passes < iterations)
{
watch.Restart();
grid.SetFootnote($"Generation: {passes}");
grid.Render();
passes++;
// Check all x layers for any similarities against all other layers
periodicity = steadyStateCheck(currentCells);
if (periodicity != -1)
{
steadyStateCompletion(grid, periodicity, currentCells);
break;
}
// Method that checks every cell in the grid for alive neighbours, decides if each cell is alive or
// dead in the next generation, and updates the display based on if ghost mode is activated or not
SimulateNextGen(currentValues.GhostMode, currentCells, grid, newCells);
// Generates a new array of cells with the previous layers moved forward 1 layer
// First layer [0] is empty
currentCells = RotateMemory(currentCells, newCells);
// Check if step mode is enabled, if so, wait for key press
if (currentValues.StepMode == true)
{
while (Console.ReadKey(true).Key != ConsoleKey.Spacebar)
{
;
}
}
else
{
// Update timer if required...
while (watch.ElapsedMilliseconds < updateTime)
{
;
}
}
}
grid.SetFootnote("Press Space to Exit");
// Set complete marker as true
grid.IsComplete = true;
// Render updates to the console window (grid should now display COMPLETE)...
grid.Render();
// Wait for user to press a key...
while (true)
{
var keyPress = Console.ReadKey(true);
if (keyPress.Key == ConsoleKey.Spacebar)
{
break;
}
}
// Revert grid window size and buffer to normal
grid.RevertWindow();
// Tell user that no steady-state was detected (this code will only execute if the number of generations
// is reached before a steady-state occurs)
Console.WriteLine("Steady-state not detected...");
if (currentValues.OutputFile != "N/A")
{
GenerateOutputFile(currentValues.OutputFile, currentValues.Rows, currentValues.Columns, currentCells);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press spacebar to close program...");
// Wait for user to press spacebar...
while (true)
{
var keyPress = Console.ReadKey(true);
if (keyPress.Key == ConsoleKey.Spacebar)
{
break;
}
}
// Close the program here
Environment.Exit(0);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Options options = ArgumentProcessor.Process(args);
int[,] universe = InitializeUniverse(options);
Grid grid = new Grid(options.Rows, options.Columns);
var universeList = new List <int[, ]>();
bool isSteadyState = false;
bool successfullyWroteToFile = false;
Logging.Message("Press spacebar to begin the game...");
WaitSpacebar();
grid.InitializeWindow();
Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
int iteration = 0;
while (iteration <= options.Generations)
{
stopwatch.Restart();
if (iteration != 0)
{
universe = EvolveUniverse(universe, options.Periodic, options.NeighbourOrder, options.NeighbourhoodType, options.CentreCount, options.BirthRate, options.SurvivalRate);
}
if (universeList.Count == options.GenerationalMemory) //Remove the first item in the list if the list capacity is reached (Capacity is the generationalMemory)
{
universeList.RemoveAt(0);
}
UpdateGrid(grid, universe);
grid.SetFootnote($"Generation: {iteration++}");
grid.Render();
isSteadyState = CheckSteadyState(universeList, options, universe); //Check if the current universe have reached a steady state
if (isSteadyState)
{
break; //If a steady state is found then stop the next generation from happening
}
universeList.Add(universe);
if (options.StepMode)
{
WaitSpacebar();
}
else
{
while (stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds < 1000 / options.UpdateRate)
{
;
}
}
}
grid.IsComplete = true;
grid.Render();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.OutputFile))
{
using StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(options.OutputFile);
writer.WriteLine("#version=2.0");
OutputToFile(options, universeList, writer);
writer.Close();
successfullyWroteToFile = true;
}
WaitSpacebar();
grid.RevertWindow();
if (isSteadyState && options.IsAllDead == false)
{
Logging.Message($"Steady-state detected... periodicity = {iteration - 1}");
}
if (isSteadyState && options.IsAllDead == true)
{
Logging.Message($"Steady-state detected... periodicity = N/A");
}
if (successfullyWroteToFile)
{
Logging.Success($": Final generation written to file: {options.OutputFile}");
}
Logging.Message("Press spacebar to exit program...");
WaitSpacebar();
}
/// <summary >
/// Starts the simulation by running the main loop of the program
/// This method calls other methods to collect the information required to use the Display API.
/// </ summary >
/// <param name =" grid " > Used to display the Cell matrix in the console </ param >
public int start(Grid grid)
{
Stopwatch watch = new Stopwatch(); //initialise time
CellState[,] state = new CellState[getRows, getColumns]; //set state for each cell
CellState[] ghostState = { CellState.Dark, CellState.Medium, CellState.Light }; //ghost states
for (int g = 0; g <= getGenerations; g++) //loop per generation
{
watch.Restart();
for (int r = 0; r < getRows; r++) // For each of the cells...
{
for (int c = 0; c < getColumns; c++)
{
state[r, c] = CellState.Blank; //clear cell state
int ghosts = (previousGenerations.Count > 2) ? 2 : previousGenerations.Count - 1; //ghost count
ghosts = (ghostMode) ? ghosts : -1; //turn on : off ghost mode
for (int gh = ghosts; gh >= 0; gh--)
{
state[r, c] = (previousGenerations[gh][r, c] == alive) ? ghostState[gh] : state[r, c]; //set ghosts
}
state[r, c] = (cells[r, c] == alive) ? CellState.Full : state[r, c]; //get new generation states
grid.UpdateCell(r, c, state[r, c]); // Update grid
}
}
while (watch.ElapsedMilliseconds < (1 / getMaxUpdate * 1000))
{
; //Timer
}
grid.SetFootnote("Generation: " + g); //prints current generation
grid.Render(); // Render updates to the console window...
period = steadyState(cells); //get period
if (period > -1) //steady state? End game if true
{
if (getOutputPath != String.Empty)
{
outputSeed(cells); //output seed
}
return(period);
}
cells = this.mutation(cells); //MUTATION, following the Conways game of life...
if (stepMode)
{
space(); //Step Mode
}
}
if (getOutputPath != String.Empty)
{
outputSeed(cells); //output seed
}
return(period);
}
/// <summary>
/// Main Function which contains all code that wasn't put into methods
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args"></param>
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Declaring the variables
int Rows = 16; // Default: 16. Change as required for testing.
int Columns = 16; // Default: 16. Change as required for testing.
bool PeriodicBehaviour = false; // Default: false. Change as required for testing
double RandFactor = 0.5; // Default: 0.5. Change as required for testing
string InputFile = ""; // Default: NO input. Change as required for testing
int Generations = 50; // Default: 50. Change as required fo testing
double MaxUpdateRate = 5; // Default: 5. Change as required for testing
bool StepMode = false; // Default: NOT step mode. Change as required for testing
bool CheckAllConditions = true; //Checking all the parameters
//To count the number of generations
int GenCount = 0;
Stopwatch watch = new Stopwatch();
// Checking the user input
for (int count = 0; count < args.Length; count++)
{
//Checking the dimensions of the game
CheckDimensions(ref args, ref count, ref Rows, ref Columns, ref CheckAllConditions);
//Checking if the game will have periodic behaviour
CheckPeriodic(ref args, ref count, ref PeriodicBehaviour);
//Checking Random factor
CheckRandomFactor(ref args, ref count, ref RandFactor, ref CheckAllConditions);
//Checking the input file
CheckSeedfile(ref args, ref count, ref InputFile, ref CheckAllConditions);
//Checking the generations
GenerationMethod(ref args, ref count, ref Generations, ref CheckAllConditions);
//Checking the max update rate
MaxUpdaterate(ref args, ref count, ref MaxUpdateRate, ref CheckAllConditions);
//Checking step mode
StepModeMethod(ref args, ref count, ref StepMode);
}
//Game array which stores the cell coordinates
int[,] GameArray = new int[Rows, Columns];
//Temporary Array to store the neighbours
int[,] TempArray = new int[Rows, Columns];
// Construct grid...
Grid grid = new Grid(Rows, Columns);
//Checking randomness
RandomnessMethod(ref InputFile, ref Columns, ref Rows, ref GameArray, ref RandFactor);
//Displaying user uput
DispUserInput(ref CheckAllConditions, ref InputFile, ref Generations, ref MaxUpdateRate, ref PeriodicBehaviour,
ref Rows, ref Columns, ref StepMode, ref RandFactor);
// Wait for user to press a key...
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to start...");
Console.ReadKey();
// Game
// Initialize the grid window (this will resize the window and buffer
grid.InitializeWindow();
// Set the footnote (appears in the bottom left of the screen).
grid.SetFootnote("Life " + GenCount);
// Declaring variable to see if neighbouring cells are active for next generation
int ThreeCount = 0;
// For each of the cells...
for (int i = 0; i < GameArray.GetLength(0); i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < GameArray.GetLength(1); j++)
{
if (GameArray[i, j] == 1)
{
// Update grid with a new cell...
grid.UpdateCell(i, j, CellState.Full);
}
else
{
grid.UpdateCell(i, j, CellState.Blank);
}
}
}
// Timer for Life game
watch.Restart();
while (watch.ElapsedMilliseconds < (1000 / MaxUpdateRate))
{
;
}
grid.Render();
//Increasing the generations
while (Generations >= GenCount)
{
//Checking the neighbours of the cells
ActualGame(ref Rows, ref Columns, ref GameArray, ref ThreeCount, ref PeriodicBehaviour, ref TempArray);
//Step function holding answer till space is pressed
if (StepMode == true)
{
while (Console.ReadKey().Key != ConsoleKey.Spacebar)
{
;
}
}
grid.SetFootnote("Life " + GenCount);
// For each of the cells...
for (int i = 0; i < GameArray.GetLength(0); i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < GameArray.GetLength(1); j++)
{
if (TempArray[i, j] == 1)
{
// Update grid with a new cell...
grid.UpdateCell(i, j, CellState.Full);
GameArray[i, j] = TempArray[i, j];
}
else
{
grid.UpdateCell(i, j, CellState.Blank);
GameArray[i, j] = 0;
}
TempArray[i, j] = 0;
}
}
// Timer for Life Game
watch.Restart();
while (watch.ElapsedMilliseconds < (1000 / MaxUpdateRate))
{
;
}
// Render updates to the console window...
grid.Render();
GenCount++;
}
// Set complete marker as true
grid.IsComplete = true;
grid.Render();
Console.ReadKey();
grid.RevertWindow();
}