/** Generates the thread that runs the main game loop */
private void makeGameThread() {
Thread t =
new Thread() {
@Override
public void run() {
// run the loop when the game has started,
// hasn't been stopped, and isn't finished
while (!isFinished && hasStarted && !gameStopped) {
// if paused, sleep thread
while (paused) {
// sleep for a while and wait to see if paused state has changed
try {
sleep(100);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
}
// run main gameLoop
model.getNextRobot();
model.doTurn();
isFinished = model.isFinished();
// update board
gameBoard.repaint();
// update results
gameInfo.revalidate();
gameInfo.repaint();
// sleep and wait to see if user has given any input
try {
sleep((long) waitTime);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
}
// code to build updates and display results when game finishes
if (isFinished) {
gameInfo.repaint();
gameBoard.repaint();
model.buildUpdate();
}
}
};
// start up the thread
t.start();
}
