From 4f5c541ade082a8057d9f5c1e94be8fef34aefdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Chelaru <VicChelaru@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 20:24:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed codegen for colors in states

fixes #1342
---
 .../ViewModels/StateCategoryViewModel.cs            | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/FRBDK/Glue/OfficialPlugins/StateDataPlugin/ViewModels/StateCategoryViewModel.cs b/FRBDK/Glue/OfficialPlugins/StateDataPlugin/ViewModels/StateCategoryViewModel.cs
index 964ce9c5d..93530586c 100644
--- a/FRBDK/Glue/OfficialPlugins/StateDataPlugin/ViewModels/StateCategoryViewModel.cs
+++ b/FRBDK/Glue/OfficialPlugins/StateDataPlugin/ViewModels/StateCategoryViewModel.cs
@@ -322,10 +322,19 @@ private object Convert(object whatToConvert, CustomVariable variable)
             {
                 var valueAsString = whatToConvert?.ToString();
 
-                if(TypeManager.TryConvertStringValue(variable.Type, valueAsString, out object convertedValue))
+                // If this is a color like "White", we want to keep that named color
+                if(variable.Type == "Color")
                 {
-                    return convertedValue;
+                    // keep this as-is.
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    if(TypeManager.TryConvertStringValue(variable.Type, valueAsString, out object convertedValue))
+                    {
+                        return convertedValue;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 return whatToConvert;
             }
             catch