The trackpoint line is now a line (poly-line) instead of a sequence of circles. A point along the poly-line is added every 250ms.

issue #18

racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/model/ResizableRaceCanvas.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package visualiser.model;
 
 
 import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
+import javafx.scene.paint.LinearGradient;
 import javafx.scene.paint.Paint;
 import javafx.scene.transform.Rotate;
 import network.Messages.Enums.BoatStatusEnum;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import shared.model.Mark;
 import shared.model.RaceClock;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ public class ResizableRaceCanvas extends ResizableCanvas {
                 graphCoordinateB.getX(),
                 graphCoordinateB.getY() );
 
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -523,15 +526,27 @@ public class ResizableRaceCanvas extends ResizableCanvas {
             //Apply the boat color.
             gc.setFill(boat.getColor());
 
+            double[] xPoints = new double[boat.getTrack().size()];
+            double[] yPoints = new double[boat.getTrack().size()];
+            int index = 0;
+
             //Draw each TrackPoint.
             for (TrackPoint point : new ArrayList<>(boat.getTrack())) {
 
                 //Convert the GPSCoordinate to a screen coordinate.
                 GraphCoordinate scaledCoordinate = this.map.convertGPS(point.getCoordinate());
 
-                //Draw a circle for the trackpoint.
+                xPoints[index] = ((double)scaledCoordinate.getX());
-                gc.fillOval(scaledCoordinate.getX(), scaledCoordinate.getY(), point.getDiameter(), point.getDiameter());
+                yPoints[index] = ((double)scaledCoordinate.getY());
+
+                
+
+                index++;
             }
+
+
+
+            gc.strokePolyline(xPoints, yPoints, xPoints.length);
         }
 
     }

racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/model/TrackPoint.java

@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ public class TrackPoint {
      */
     private final double minAlpha;
 
-    /**
-     * The diameter to draw the track point with.
-     */
-    private final double diameter;
-
 
     /**
      * Creates a new track point with fixed GPS coordinates and time, to reach minimum opacity on expiry.
@@ -53,7 +48,6 @@ public class TrackPoint {
         this.expiry = expiry;
 
         this.minAlpha = 0.1;
-        this.diameter = 5d;
     }
 
 
@@ -97,12 +91,4 @@ public class TrackPoint {
         return timeAdded;
     }
 
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the diameter to draw the track point with.
-     * @return The diameter to draw the track point with.
-     */
-    public double getDiameter() {
-        return diameter;
-    }
 }

racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/model/VisualiserBoat.java

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package visualiser.model;
 
-import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
-import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
 import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
 import network.Messages.Enums.BoatStatusEnum;
 import shared.model.Azimuth;
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ public class VisualiserBoat extends Boat {
     /**
      * The minimum period of time, in milliseconds, between the creation of each track point.
      */
-    private static final long trackPointTimeInterval = 5000;
+    private static final long trackPointTimeInterval = 250;
 
     /**
      * The number of track points that should be created before fully diminishing the alpha of a given track point.
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ public class VisualiserBoat extends Boat {
     /**
      * Scalar used to scale the boat's wake.
      */
-    private static final double wakeScale = 5;
+    private static final double wakeScale = 20;
 
     /**
      * If true then this boat has been allocated to the client.