/**
* Run the game with time limit (asynchronous mode). This is how it will be done in the
* competition. Can be played with and without visual display of game states.
*
* @param pacManController The Pac-Man controller
* @param ghostController The Ghosts controller
* @param visual Indicates whether or not to use visuals
*/
public void runGameTimed(
Controller<MOVE> pacManController,
Controller<EnumMap<GHOST, MOVE>> ghostController,
boolean visual) {
Game game = new Game(0);
GameView gv = null;
if (visual) gv = new GameView(game).showGame();
if (pacManController instanceof HumanController)
gv.getFrame().addKeyListener(((HumanController) pacManController).getKeyboardInput());
new Thread(pacManController).start();
new Thread(ghostController).start();
while (!game.gameOver()) {
pacManController.update(game.copy(), System.currentTimeMillis() + DELAY);
ghostController.update(game.copy(), System.currentTimeMillis() + DELAY);
try {
Thread.sleep(DELAY);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
game.advanceGame(pacManController.getMove(), ghostController.getMove());
if (visual) gv.repaint();
}
pacManController.terminate();
ghostController.terminate();
}
/**
* Run a game in asynchronous mode: the game waits until a move is returned. In order to slow
* thing down in case the controllers return very quickly, a time limit can be used. If fasted
* gameplay is required, this delay should be put as 0.
*
* @param pacManController The Pac-Man controller
* @param ghostController The Ghosts controller
* @param visual Indicates whether or not to use visuals
* @param delay The delay between time-steps
*/
public void runGame(
Controller<MOVE> pacManController,
Controller<EnumMap<GHOST, MOVE>> ghostController,
boolean visual,
int delay) {
try {
PrintStream out = new PrintStream("replay.txt");
Game game = new Game(0);
GameView gv = null;
if (visual) gv = new GameView(game).showGame();
while (!game.gameOver()) {
game.advanceGame(
pacManController.getMove(game.copy(), -1),
ghostController.getMove(game.copy(), System.currentTimeMillis() + Long.MAX_VALUE));
try {
Thread.sleep(delay);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
if (visual) gv.repaint();
out.println(game.getGameState());
out.flush();
}
out.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
* Run the game in asynchronous mode but proceed as soon as both controllers replied. The time
* limit still applies so so the game will proceed after 40ms regardless of whether the
* controllers managed to calculate a turn.
*
* @param pacManController The Pac-Man controller
* @param ghostController The Ghosts controller
* @param fixedTime Whether or not to wait until 40ms are up even if both controllers already
* responded
* @param visual Indicates whether or not to use visuals
*/
public void runGameTimedSpeedOptimised(
Controller<MOVE> pacManController,
Controller<EnumMap<GHOST, MOVE>> ghostController,
boolean fixedTime,
boolean visual) {
Game game = new Game(0);
GameView gv = null;
if (visual) gv = new GameView(game).showGame();
if (pacManController instanceof HumanController)
gv.getFrame().addKeyListener(((HumanController) pacManController).getKeyboardInput());
new Thread(pacManController).start();
new Thread(ghostController).start();
while (!game.gameOver()) {
pacManController.update(game.copy(), System.currentTimeMillis() + DELAY);
ghostController.update(game.copy(), System.currentTimeMillis() + DELAY);
try {
int waited = DELAY / INTERVAL_WAIT;
for (int j = 0; j < DELAY / INTERVAL_WAIT; j++) {
Thread.sleep(INTERVAL_WAIT);
if (pacManController.hasComputed() && ghostController.hasComputed()) {
waited = j;
break;
}
}
if (fixedTime) Thread.sleep(((DELAY / INTERVAL_WAIT) - waited) * INTERVAL_WAIT);
game.advanceGame(pacManController.getMove(), ghostController.getMove());
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
if (visual) gv.repaint();
}
pacManController.terminate();
ghostController.terminate();
}
/**
* For running multiple games without visuals. This is useful to get a good idea of how well a
* controller plays against a chosen opponent: the random nature of the game means that
* performance can vary from game to game. Running many games and looking at the average score
* (and standard deviation/error) helps to get a better idea of how well the controller is likely
* to do in the competition.
*
* @param pacManController The Pac-Man controller
* @param ghostController The Ghosts controller
* @param trials The number of trials to be executed
*/
public void runExperiment(
Controller<MOVE> pacManController,
Controller<EnumMap<GHOST, MOVE>> ghostController,
int trials) {
double avgScore = 0;
Random rnd = new Random(0);
Game game;
for (int i = 0; i < trials; i++) {
game = new Game(rnd.nextLong());
while (!game.gameOver()) {
long due = System.currentTimeMillis() + DELAY;
game.advanceGame(
pacManController.getMove(game.copy(), due), ghostController.getMove(game.copy(), due));
}
avgScore += game.getScore();
System.out.println(i + "\t" + game.getScore());
}
System.out.println(avgScore / trials);
}