/// <summary>
/// Updates the motivation state of a player with an motivation evidence.
/// </summary>
///
/// <param name="me"> Motivation evidence for the update. </param>
internal void updateMotivationState(MotivationEvidence me)
{
loggingMAs("Start updating motivation state.");
MotivationState currentMs = getMotivationState();
MotivationState newMs = currentMs.getCopy();
MotivationAssessmentAssetSettings maas = (MotivationAssessmentAssetSettings)getMAsA().Settings;
if (me.EvidenceType == EvidenceType.LevelReached)
{
updatePrimaryMotivationAspect(newMs, "satisfaction", true);
lastTimeUpdated = DateTime.Now;
}
else if (me.EvidenceType == EvidenceType.ProblemSolved)
{
if (me.FirstTryDuration < maas.FirstTryMinDuration)
{
updatePrimaryMotivationAspect(newMs, "attention", false);
}
else
{
if (me.SolvingDuration > maas.SolutionMaxDuration)
{
updatePrimaryMotivationAspect(newMs, "attention", false);
}
else
{
updatePrimaryMotivationAspect(newMs, "attention", true);
}
if (me.NoOfErrors > maas.MaxNoErrors || me.NoOfHelpRequests > maas.MaxNoHelpRequests)
{
updatePrimaryMotivationAspect(newMs, "confidence", false);
}
else
{
updatePrimaryMotivationAspect(newMs, "confidence", true);
}
}
}
else
{
loggingMAs("Warning: Evidence Type unknown!", Severity.Warning);
}
//downgrade satisfaction, if too much time passed by
checkSatisfactionDowngrade(newMs);
//Method for storing changes
storeNewMotivationState(newMs);
}
/// <summary>
/// Methode generating a motivation evidence out of a motivation hint series and processing this evidence further.
/// </summary>
///
/// <param name="mhs"> List of Motivation hints forming a series. </param>
internal void evaluateHintSeries(List <MotivationHint> mhs)
{
loggingMAs("Hint series complete - start evaluating series.");
MotivationEvidence me = new MotivationEvidence();
if (mhs[mhs.Count - 1].HintId == "new level")
{
me.EvidenceType = EvidenceType.LevelReached;
if (mhs.Count != 1)
{
loggingMAs("Hint series corrupted! - no evaluation done.");
return;
}
}
else if (mhs[mhs.Count - 1].HintId == "success")
{
if (mhs[0].HintId != "new problem")
{
loggingMAs("Hint series corrupted! - no evaluation done.");
return;
}
me.EvidenceType = EvidenceType.ProblemSolved;
TimeSpan ts = mhs[mhs.Count - 1].OccurTime - mhs[0].OccurTime;
me.SolvingDuration = ts.TotalSeconds;
ts = mhs[1].OccurTime - mhs[0].OccurTime;
me.FirstTryDuration = ts.TotalSeconds;
me.NoOfErrors = 0;
me.NoOfHelpRequests = 0;
foreach (MotivationHint mh in mhs)
{
if (mh.HintId.Equals("fail"))
{
me.NoOfErrors++;
}
else if (mh.HintId.Equals("help"))
{
me.NoOfHelpRequests++;
}
}
}
updateMotivationState(me);
}
