Animation finally working! Probably need better sprites.

EduNetworkBuilder/AnimationClass.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Drawing;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
 
 namespace EduNetworkBuilder
 {
@@ -15,9 +16,9 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
         Size HowBig; //how big is each animation.
         public DateTime NextAnimation;
         int AnimationCount = 0;
-        int AnimationSpeed = 300; //ms between animations
+        int AnimationSpeed = 150; //ms between animations
-        Image BackgroundSnip;
         int maxAnim = 6;
+        bool erased = true;
 
         public bool AnimationDone { get { if (AnimationCount > 0) return false; return true; } }
         public bool FinalErase = false;
@@ -43,27 +44,31 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
                     AnimationCount = 6;
                     break;
             }
+            NextAnimation = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMilliseconds(AnimationSpeed);
         }
 
-        public void GrabBackground(Image TheNetworkImage)
+        public void DrawAnimation(Image TheNetworkImage, PictureBox myPB)
         {
-            BackgroundSnip = new Bitmap(Where.Width, Where.Height);
+            if (AnimationCount < 0) return;
-            Graphics.FromImage(BackgroundSnip).DrawImage(TheNetworkImage, new Rectangle(0, 0, Where.Width, Where.Height), Where, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
+            if (!erased) return;
-        }
-
-        public void DrawAnimation(Image TheNetworkImage)
-        {
-            Bitmap AnimationFrame  = new Bitmap(Where.Width, Where.Height);
             Rectangle AniminSnip = new Rectangle((maxAnim - AnimationCount) * HowBig.Width, ImageStartPoint.Y, HowBig.Width, HowBig.Height);
-
+            Graphics.FromImage(TheNetworkImage).DrawImage(Properties.Resources.Animations, Where, AniminSnip, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
-            Graphics.FromImage(AnimationFrame).DrawImage(Properties.Resources.Animations, new Rectangle(0, 0, Where.Width, Where.Height), AniminSnip, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
+            myPB.Invalidate(Where);
-
-            Graphics.FromImage(TheNetworkImage).DrawImage(AnimationFrame, new Rectangle(0, 0, Where.Width, Where.Height), Where, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
         }
 
-        public void EraseAnimation(Image TheNetworkImage)
+        public void EraseAnimation(Image TheNetworkImage, PictureBox myPB, Image TheNetworkImageBackground)
         {
-            Graphics.FromImage(TheNetworkImage).DrawImage(BackgroundSnip, Where, new Rectangle(0,0,Where.Width, Where.Height), GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
+            if (DateTime.UtcNow >= NextAnimation)
+            {
+                //Console.WriteLine("\nThis happened at: " + DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("mm:ss.fff tt"));
+                if (TheNetworkImageBackground == null) return;//do nothing if no animation set
+                Graphics.FromImage(TheNetworkImage).DrawImage(TheNetworkImageBackground, Where, Where, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
+                myPB.Invalidate(Where);
+                erased = true;
+                NextAnimation = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMilliseconds(AnimationSpeed);
+                //Console.WriteLine("next: "+ NextAnimation.ToString("mm:ss.fff tt"));
+                AnimationCount--;
+            }
         }
     }
 }

EduNetworkBuilder/Network.cs

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
         private List<string> BrokenItems = new List<string>();
         public bool IsRandomNetwork = false;
 
+        private List<AnimationClass> Animations = new List<AnimationClass>();
+
         /// <summary>
         /// WhatFrom: If we are launched from a homework, we remember it here.
         /// </summary>
@@ -1359,7 +1361,15 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
         public void Tick(bool SkipVisuals = false)
         {
             if (!SkipVisuals)
+            {
+                foreach (AnimationClass one in Animations)
+                    one.EraseAnimation(TheNetImageBackground, myPBox, TheNetImage);
                 EraseOldPackets();
+                for(int i= Animations.Count-1; i>=0; i--)
+                {
+                    if (Animations[i].AnimationDone) Animations.RemoveAt(i);
+                }
+            }
             //if (myPackets.Count > 50)
                 //Console.WriteLine("Packets: " + myPackets.Count.ToString());
             if (myPackets.Count > 0)
@@ -1376,7 +1386,9 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
                     //It has all been taken care of
                 }
                 if (!SkipVisuals)
+                {
                     DrawPackets();
+                }
                 //myPBox.Refresh();
                 previously_had_packets = true;
             }
@@ -1416,6 +1428,19 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
                 }
                 previously_had_packets = false;
             }
+            if (!SkipVisuals)
+            {
+                foreach (AnimationClass one in Animations)
+                {
+                    one.DrawAnimation(TheNetImageBackground, myPBox);
+                }
+                myPBox.Refresh();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void AddAnimation(AnimationName What, Rectangle Where)
+        {
+            Animations.Add(new AnimationClass(What, Where));
         }
 
         public void AddMessage(PacketMessage toAdd)

EduNetworkBuilder/NetworkBuilder.cs

@@ -941,6 +941,18 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
                 {
                     if(!myNetwork.ItemTestIsComplete(ItemClickedOn.hostname, NetTestType.DeviceBlowsUpWithPower))
                     {
+                        Rectangle Where = new Rectangle(ItemClickedOn.myLocation().X, 
+                            ItemClickedOn.myLocation().Y - ((ItemClickedOn.Size * 2) / 3), ItemClickedOn.Size, ItemClickedOn.Size);
+                        if(ItemClickedOn.IsBurned)
+                        {
+                            int which = GameRandomGen.Next(2);
+                            if(which ==0)
+                                myNetwork.AddAnimation(AnimationName.Smoke1, Where);
+                            else
+                                myNetwork.AddAnimation(AnimationName.Spark1, Where);
+                        }
+                        else
+                            myNetwork.AddAnimation(AnimationName.Fire1, Where);
                         ItemClickedOn.IsBurned = true;
                     }
                 }