public string SerializeToString()
{
if (factionDatabase == null)
{
return(string.Empty);
}
var sb = new StringBuilder();
// Record faction count:
sb.AppendFormat("{0},", factionDatabase.factions.Length);
for (int f = 0; f < factionDatabase.factions.Length; f++)
{
var faction = factionDatabase.factions[f];
// Record faction ID and name:
sb.AppendFormat("{0},{1},", faction.id, SafeConvert.ToSerializedElement(faction.name));
// Record faction personality trait values:
for (int p = 0; p < faction.traits.Length; p++)
{
sb.AppendFormat("{0},", faction.traits[p]);
}
// Record faction parents:
sb.AppendFormat("{0},", faction.parents.Length);
for (int p = 0; p < faction.parents.Length; p++)
{
var parentID = faction.parents[p];
sb.AppendFormat("{0},", parentID);
}
// Record faction relationships:
sb.AppendFormat("{0},", faction.relationships.Count);
for (int r = 0; r < faction.relationships.Count; r++)
{
var relationship = faction.relationships[r];
// Record relationship faction ID:
sb.AppendFormat("{0},{1},", relationship.factionID, (relationship.inheritable ? 1 : 0));
// Record relationship trait values:
for (int t = 0; t < factionDatabase.relationshipTraitDefinitions.Length; t++)
{
sb.AppendFormat("{0},", relationship.traits[t]);
}
}
}
return(sb.ToString());
}
