public bool syncParametersWithSubgoal()
{
//Check to see if parameter variables to pass are synced with subgoal to pursue
// Add new ones, delete non-existent ones, and warn about newly instantiated ones
// that the user has never edited due to the update
//NOTE: This synchronization process uses the parameter name as the identifying
// data, instead of the TypeID variable. This allows for changes in the story goal
// to not totally destroy any old settings the user has entered. This sync process
// is therefore not the same as the typeid-based sync for character/environment
// traits in the Utilities class
List <Parameter> subgoalParams = StoryWorldDataProvider.findAuthorGoalById(_subGoalId).Parameters;
List <Parameter> syncList = new List <Parameter>();
bool dataUpdated = false;
foreach (Parameter param in subgoalParams)
{
Parameter oldParam = Utilities.findParameterByName(_parametersToPass, param.Name);
if (oldParam == null)
{
//nonexistent parameter that needs to be in the param list
syncList.Add(new Parameter(param, StoryWorldDataProvider.getStoryData()));
dataUpdated = true;
}
else
{
//Synchronize type id's - this is not currently used, but could be in the future
oldParam.TypeId = param.TypeId;
if (oldParam.Type != param.Type)
{
dataUpdated = true;
//sync types - this will switch the value of the parameter.
oldParam.Type = param.Type;
//Because types were switched, variable binding is cleared as well
oldParam.ValueIsBoundToVariable = false;
oldParam.resetValue();
}
syncList.Add(oldParam);
}
}
// Change list to corrected list
_parametersToPass = syncList;
return(dataUpdated);
}
