//dijkstra method that allow finding the shortest path depending on the cost of the blocks*******************************************************
Stack <Vector3> Dijkstra(Vector3 start, Vector3 end, VoxelChunk vc)
{
Stack <Vector3> waypoints = new Stack <Vector3> ();
Dictionary <Vector3, int> distance = new Dictionary <Vector3, int> ();
Dictionary <Vector3, Vector3> visitedParent = new Dictionary <Vector3, Vector3> ();
bool found = false;
Stack <Vector3> q = new Stack <Vector3> ();
List <Vector3> l = new List <Vector3>();
int newDist = 0;
int length = 0;
int tempHolder;
//Vector3 tempDKHolder;
start += new Vector3(0, -1, 0);
end += new Vector3(0, -1, 0);
Vector3 current = start;
foreach (Vector3 n in vc.GetTerrainList())
{
distance[n] = int.MaxValue;
l.Add(n);
//Debug.Log (n);
}
distance [start] = 0;
while (l.Count > 0 && !found)
{
//set tempHolder to inf*
tempHolder = int.MaxValue;
//loop through each of the items in the list to find the smallest value
foreach (Vector3 v in l)
{
//if the item is in the distance dictionary
if (distance.ContainsKey(v))
{
//the tempholder will be always greater than the first value because its inf
//but after it will equal to the first value
//which will campare to each value of the list to find the smallest value again
if (tempHolder > distance[v])
{
tempHolder = distance[v];
//once it found the smaller value, set the current equal to that vector
current = v;
}
}
}
//once the smallest value confirmed, remove the item from the list
l.Remove(current);
if (current != end)
{
//our adjacent nodes are x+1, x-1, z+1 and z-1
List <Vector3> neighbourList = new List <Vector3>();
neighbourList.Add(current + new Vector3(1, 0, 0)); //x+1
neighbourList.Add(current + new Vector3(-1, 0, 0)); //x-1
neighbourList.Add(current + new Vector3(0, 0, 1)); //z+1
neighbourList.Add(current + new Vector3(0, 0, -1)); //z-1
foreach (Vector3 n in neighbourList)
{
if (l.Contains(n))
{
//check if n is within range
if ((n.x >= 0 && n.x < vc.GetChunkSize()) &&
n.z >= 0 && n.z < vc.GetChunkSize())
{
//check if we can traverse over this
if (vc.IsTraversableForDijkstra(n))
{
if (vc.isStone(n))
{
length = 1;
}
else
{
length = 3;
}
newDist = distance[current] + length;
if (newDist < distance[n] || !distance.ContainsKey(n))
{
// //check if node is alread processed
// if(!visitedParent.ContainsKey(n))
// {
distance[n] = newDist;
visitedParent[n] = current;
// }
}
}
}
}
}
}
else
{
found = true;
}
}
if (found)
{
while (current != start)
{
//put the current location into the waypoint
waypoints.Push(current + offset + new Vector3(0, 1, 0));
//find the parent of the current and replace the current location
current = visitedParent[current];
}
waypoints.Push(start + offset + new Vector3(0, 1, 0));
}
//Debug.Log (waypoints.Count);
return(waypoints);
}