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-Liam- Cake Addict Registered 06/12/2008 Points 556	11th August, 2013 at 11/08/2013 11:20:55 - Okay! I'm re-writing this as I've figured out how to use the ini to save/load a Global Value - This saves which level the player has reached. But now I also need to save the Hi Score, and the number of lives the player has. Do I do this using the same ini? Do I have to "set" the ini differently when using it to store numerous values? Would it be better to use numerous ini objects..? Edited by -Liam- Tell 'em Babs is 'ere...
Windybeard Games Registered 14/04/2005 Points 219	11th August, 2013 at 11/08/2013 22:37:29 - You can use the same INI for sure. Do something like [STATS] HIGHSCORE = * LIVES = * OTHER STAT 1 = * OTHER STAT 2 = * and so on. You just have to reference them correctly n/a
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-Liam- Cake Addict Registered 06/12/2008 Points 556	17th August, 2013 at 17/08/2013 16:53:16 - Thanks Windybeard. I'm not sure I understand how to reference these values though. I have it set up like this: Start of Frame Set Ini to "ini" Set global Value A to value of( "Ini" ) That works for loading Global Value A. But I'm confused about expanding upon this. I can get this far: Start of Frame Set Ini to "lives" ... But then am I supposed to just load value of "Ini" like I did before? Because it doesn't know what "lives" is. and it wont let me change "Ini" to "lives" as it's not valid. Sorry I'm pretty new to the ini. Tell 'em Babs is 'ere...
Akai_R Registered 16/04/2008 Points 436	17th August, 2013 at 17/08/2013 23:48:42 - Set lives of player to > Get value (Group - Item) So for example, Set lives of player to > Get value > STATS > LIVES ______ http://akai-r.com/
lembi2001 Registered 01/04/2005 Points 608	18th August, 2013 at 18/08/2013 20:09:51 - Do you know how to use groups within the ini Liam?? This is what Windybeard is trying to explain. Ini's are pretty powerful in the fact that you can have a load of information for your game within one ini file. To seperate the info you can split it up into "groups". This is done by entering the group name into square brackets: [group name] So for example an ini containing player info and level info could look like this: [player_info] lives=3 score=4572 current_lvl=5 continues=2 [1] high_score=340 time=64 [2] high_score=420 time=86 etc.. to reference these groups simply use the ini command - set group Hope that helps n/a
-Liam- Cake Addict Registered 06/12/2008 Points 556	21st August, 2013 at 21/08/2013 09:54:27 - Thanks Lembi. I don't want to sound completely uninformed, but I don't really understand anything about inis, other than they save and load data. What does Set "file" do? "Group"? "Item"? "Value Item"? "Value Group - item" You don't have to explain all that, but it's just a bit confusing. There's just so much to it. So I need to separate everything into groups... Start of Level -Set current file to "ini" -Set current group to "level" -Set Global value A to value of( "level" ) The expression editor doesn't like that. I'm lost... Is there a tutorial for beginners somewhere? Tell 'em Babs is 'ere...
Windybeard Games Registered 14/04/2005 Points 219	21st August, 2013 at 21/08/2013 14:29:00 - Liam check this out, It will tell you everything you need to know to get you started with INI's. Hope it helps. http://www.create-games.com/article.asp?id=188 Also if you are working on saving/loading i would advise taking the time to look at the Array object and learn ho to use it, it is much more versatile and much more secure than ini's however it is harder to get on with if your new to saving etc. n/a

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