Way to Save Separate Game Files with INI?

[Jdsfrog]

Hi, I'm making a game where it's like a virtual life where you get stats and I'm using an INI object to save the information. Although I was wondering if there is a way to save game data as separate game files, eg: Jeff made a new game file, and after he types in his new username and password that information gets saved into a new INI file titled Jeff's username. Also if someone could tell me how to load those certain INIs, that would be great. Thanx!

Jdsfrog

[DavidN]

Yes, you can do this by using the "Set file" action of the INI object. As you can include strings in the expression that are alterable as well as those that are fixed, you could use something like

On start of frame: Set file of INI to PlayerName + "-save.ini"

to make it point to the correct file (assuming your player name is stored in a global string called PlayerName).

[Bruto]

Yes, you can do this by using the "Set file" action of the INI object. As you can include strings in the expression that are alterable as well as those that are fixed, you could use something like

On start of frame: Set file of INI to PlayerName + "-save.ini"

to make it point to the correct file (assuming your player name is stored in a global string called PlayerName).

But if the game has limited slots, it gets simpler than that doesn't it? If slot 1 selected, load from file "slot1.ini"? To create a new player like Jeff,player would have to erase previous profile in order to create another one in its place.

[DavidN]

You can also do that, and it's probably slightly easier (just keep a global value that can be either 1, 2 or 3). I tend to use the name method to avoid having any slot limits, although to be honest I can't imagine most people needing many more than three saved game slots on the same computer these days.