On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:22:37 GMT, Angbandit wrote:
> Hi, I've been working on a game for the last decade off and on and
> I've come to the point now that I need to learn how to create and
> read files.
>
> For instance, my game creates a player character for an RPG and I
> need to be able to save the data to a file with the same name as
> the player such as "Conan.dat". I need to be able to then load the
> data from that file and play it in the game, like the old Might and
> Magic and Wizardry games used to do. I've gotten as far as open as
> binary and write and such, but I guess I just don't know what I'm
> doing. I'm sure this is very simple. Any help would be
> appricitated. If I'm being vauge, I'm sorry.
The simple way would be something like this:
fNum& = FREEFILE
OPEN Character.Name$ & ".dat" FOR BINARY AS fNum&
PUT #fNum&, , Character.Strength%
PUT #fNum&, , Character.Intelligence%
PUT #fNum&, , Character.HitPoints&
PUT #fNum&, , Character.Mana&
'[etc.]
CLOSE
To read it back in, do the same thing, just replace "PUT" with "GET".
Bear in mind, while this is one of the simpler ways to do this, it
isn't the *only* way, and probably not the best way. ("Best" depends
upon your requirements, of course.) This also doesn't take into
account things like compression and encryption.
On a side note, if you're writing a roguelike (as suggested by your
nym), you may want to visit rec.games.roguelike.development for ideas
and other such things.
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