From dcfff34b3606e87f1874d8459590f389a8c62077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cs-powell <142438185+cs-powell@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:45:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added file writing flush callto clean up file writing and
 prevent file overflow for new experiments

---
 .vscode/settings.json         |  3 +++
 Python3/src/cognitiveModel.py |  2 --
 Python3/src/testPlatform.py   | 11 +++++++++--
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .vscode/settings.json

diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c25a5f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "cmake.sourceDirectory": "/Users/flyingtopher/Desktop/Code Citadel/School/2. Research/Fork Clone/XPlaneConnectCSP/C"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Python3/src/cognitiveModel.py b/Python3/src/cognitiveModel.py
index 994c8e8..5ee37a0 100644
--- a/Python3/src/cognitiveModel.py
+++ b/Python3/src/cognitiveModel.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import math
 from geographiclib.geodesic import Geodesic as geo
 from rich import print
 
-
-
 # Initialize XPlaneConnect client
 class scaleFactor():
     SCALEYOKEPULL = 10
diff --git a/Python3/src/testPlatform.py b/Python3/src/testPlatform.py
index 6ec87d6..651e259 100644
--- a/Python3/src/testPlatform.py
+++ b/Python3/src/testPlatform.py
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ def log(cogModel, file,timeElapsed):
     mainString[len(mainString)-1] = "\n"
     finalString = "".join(mainString)
     file.write(finalString)
+    file.flush()
     # file.write(str(timeElapsed) + "," + str(data[0][0]) + "," + str(data[1][0]) + "," + str(data[2][0]) + "," + str(data[3][0]) +"\n")    
 
 
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ def setUp():
 def cleanUp(count,title):
     now = datetime.datetime
     # shutil.copy("/Users/flyingtopher/X-Plane 11/Data.txt", "/Users/flyingtopher/Desktop/Test Destination/" + title + "_"+ count + "_" + str(now.now()) + "_" + ".txt")
-    shutil.copy("/Users/flyingtopher/X-Plane 11/Data.txt", "/Users/flyingtopher/Desktop/Test Destination/Current Experiment/" + title + "_"+ str(count) + "_" + ".txt")
+    shutil.copy("/Users/flyingtopher/X-Plane 11/Data.txt", "/Users/flyingtopher/Desktop/Test Destination/Current Experiment/" + str(count)+ "_" + title + ".txt")
     print("CLEAN UP: Data File Deleted and Reset")
     specialPrint("Data File Ready",False,messageType.REGULAR)
 
@@ -358,6 +359,8 @@ def ex():
     experimentCount = int(startAt)
     header = "Cycle Time,Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Pitch, Roll\n"
     file2 = open("/Users/flyingtopher/Desktop/Test Destination/Current Experiment/CurrentExperimentList.txt", 'w')
+    file2.write(str(title) + "\n")
+    startTime = time.time()
     """
     Experiment Loop
     """
@@ -366,12 +369,16 @@ def ex():
         file = open("/Users/flyingtopher/X-Plane 11/Data.txt", 'a')
         file.write(str(header)) #Write Header to File$
         currentConditions = experimentConditionMatrix[experimentCount]
-        file2.write(str(experimentCount) +" // " + str(currentConditions) + "\n")
+        file2.write(str(experimentCount) +" // " + str(currentConditions))
+        file2.flush()
         exitExperimentLoop = runExperiment(title,currentConditions,allowPrinting,isNewExperiment,experimentCount,file)
         if(exitExperimentLoop):
             break
         cleanUp(experimentCount,title)
         experimentCount+=1
+        endTime = time.time()
+        elapsed = endTime-startTime
+        file2.write(" " + str(elapsed) + "\n")
         # pag.alert(text="Experiment " + str(experimentCount+1) + " complete. Starting new Experiment", title="EXPERIMENT STATUS UPDATE")
     """
     End of Experiments