/// <summary>
/// Method for loading default motivation model - specified by asset settings
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
internal MotivationModel loadDefaultMotivationModel()
{
loggingMAs("Loading default Domain model.");
MotivationAssessmentAssetSettings maas = (MotivationAssessmentAssetSettings)getMAsA().Settings;
IDataStorage ids = MotivationAssessmentAsset.Instance.getInterfaceFromAsset <IDataStorage>();
if (ids != null)
{
if (!ids.Exists(maas.XMLLoadingId))
{
loggingMAs("File " + maas.XMLLoadingId + " not found for loading Motivation model.", Severity.Error);
//throw new Exception("EXCEPTION: File "+ maas.XMLLoadingId + " not found for loading Motivation model.") ;
return(null);
}
loggingMAs("Loading Motivation model from File.");
return(this.getMMFromXmlString(ids.Load(maas.XMLLoadingId)));
}
else
{
loggingMAs("IDataStorage bridge absent for requested local loading method of the Motivation model.", Severity.Error);
//throw new Exception("EXCEPTION: IDataStorage bridge absent for requested local loading method of the Motivation model.");
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Method for sending the motivation values to the tracker
/// </summary>
internal void sendMotivationValuesToTracker()
{
//get the tracker
if (tracker == null)
{
if (AssetManager.Instance.findAssetsByClass("TrackerAsset").Count >= 1)
{
tracker = (TrackerAsset)AssetManager.Instance.findAssetsByClass("TrackerAsset")[0];
loggingMAs("Found tracker for tracking motivation values!");
}
else
{
//no tracking
loggingMAs("No tracker implemented - motivational state is not send to the server");
return;
}
}
if (tracker.CheckHealth())
{
loggingMAs(tracker.Health);
MotivationAssessmentAssetSettings maas = (MotivationAssessmentAssetSettings)getMAsA().Settings;
if (tracker.Login(maas.TrackerName, maas.TrackerPassword))
{
loggingMAs("logged in - tracker");
}
else
{
loggingMAs("Maybe you forgot to store name/password for the tracker to the Motivation Assessment Asset Settings.");
}
}
if (tracker.Connected)
{
tracker.Start();
Dictionary <string, double> ms = getMotivationState().getMotivation();
foreach (string motivationAspect in ms.Keys)
{
tracker.setVar(motivationAspect, ms[motivationAspect].ToString());
}
tracker.Completable.Completed("MotivationAssessmentAsset");
#if !PORTABLE
new Thread(() =>
{
//next line: thread is killed after all foreground threads are dead
Thread.CurrentThread.IsBackground = true;
tracker.Flush();
}).Start();
#else
tracker.Flush();
#endif
}
else
{
loggingMAs("Not connected to tracker.");
}
}
/// <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>
/// Method for updating the motivation state aspect satisfaction due to 'too much time no new level'
/// </summary>
/// <param name="newMs"> the new motivation state</param>
private bool checkSatisfactionDowngrade(MotivationState newMs)
{
MotivationAssessmentAssetSettings maas = (MotivationAssessmentAssetSettings)getMAsA().Settings;
if (lastTimeUpdated.AddSeconds(maas.SatisfactionDowngradeTime) < DateTime.Now)
{
updatePrimaryMotivationAspect(newMs, "satisfaction", false);
lastTimeUpdated = DateTime.Now;
return(true);
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the MotivationAssessmentAsset.Asset class.
/// </summary>
private MotivationAssessmentAsset()
: base()
{
//! Create Settings and let it's BaseSettings class assign Defaultvalues where it can.
settings = new MotivationAssessmentAssetSettings();
}