Add JSON setting for making trial fail on timeout

Author: JFrit

Assets/Scripts/ScriptableObjects/SessionSettings.cs

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ public enum FeedbackType
         public float fixationBreakCheckStart;
         public float fixationBreakCheckDuration;
 
+        public bool timeoutIsFailure;
+
         // IMPORTANT: Any changes made in this function should be cross-checked with both the corresponding JSON
         // and the UXF data-points collection
         public void LoadFromUxfJson()
@@ -142,6 +144,8 @@ public void LoadFromUxfJson()
             inputDuration = Convert.ToSingle(sessionSettingsDict["InputDurationMs"]);
             fixationBreakCheckStart = Convert.ToSingle(sessionSettingsDict["FixationBreakCheckStartMs"]);
             fixationBreakCheckDuration = Convert.ToSingle(sessionSettingsDict["FixationBreakCheckDurationMs"]);
+
+            timeoutIsFailure = Convert.ToBoolean(sessionSettingsDict["FailOnTimeout"]);
         }
 
         private static List<float> ParseFloatList(IEnumerable<object> list)

Assets/Scripts/Trial Manager/TrialManager.cs

@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ public void BeginTrial(Trial trial)
             trialNumUpdateEvent.Raise();
             percentageCorrectUpdateEvent.Raise();
 
-            
             _isTrialSuccessful = false;
             _isFixationBroken = false;
             soundPlayer.PlayStartSound();
@@ -146,12 +145,9 @@ public void EndTrial(Trial trial)
             correctPercentage.value = Convert.ToSingle(_numCorrect) / Convert.ToSingle(trialCount.value) * 100.0f;
             percentageCorrectUpdateEvent.Raise();
 
-            if (_inputReceived && trialCount.value <= sessionSettings.numTrials)
-            {
-                Session.instance.CurrentBlock.CreateTrial();
+            if (_inputReceived || sessionSettings.timeoutIsFailure)
                 trialCount.value++;
-            }
-            
+
             StartCoroutine(FeedBackRoutine());
         }
 
@@ -283,10 +279,13 @@ private IEnumerator FeedBackRoutine()
             feedbackModule.HideFeedback();
 
             // Redo trial if timed-out
-            if(!_inputReceived)
+            if(!_inputReceived && !sessionSettings.timeoutIsFailure)
                 BeginTrial(Session.instance.CurrentTrial);
             else if (trialCount.value <= sessionSettings.numTrials)
+            {
+                Session.instance.CurrentBlock.CreateTrial();
                 Session.instance.BeginNextTrial();
+            }
             else
                 Session.instance.End();
         }

Assets/StreamingAssets/TEMPLATE.json

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 		"CoherenceStaircase": [0, 40, 80, 120, 160, 200, 240, 280, 320, 338],
 		"StaircaseIncreaseThreshold": 3,
 		"StaircaseDecreaseThreshold": 1,
+		
+		"FailOnTimeout": true
 	}
 
 	"DebugSettings": {