Just a Question

[whiptcream13]

I'm wondering: How do I set up the game so I can't go to a certain level if the level link is invisible? In one game I made, I had the character collect objects to set the global value at a certain amount, which would render the instructions "double click the right mouse button to enter the level" appear, but that won't work for 10 levels in what is meant to be a simple game. Help, anyone?

[Popcorn]

Ok, here's a rough guide on how to use the iniobject to accomplish this.

1: learn how to use the ini file

2: the structure of the inifile should be like this

[levels]
level 1:
password: bla

level 2:
password: blabla

etc..

3: When a level is completed the information about the next level is added

So the first time the game is played, the inifile will be empty.
When level 1 is done, the inifile will contain information about level 1. Etc..

4: On the level loading screen, check each level and password. If they match, open access to the corresponding level. Each level could be displayed as text, an active object, a miniscreenshot, etc... so these should only be visible or clickable if their the correct password is in the inifile.


This is not helpful for you if you don't know how to use the inifile. You'll find a tutorial on how to use it in the tutorials section of the forum. And yes, I wrote that tutorial

[whiptcream13]

Thanks. Now I need to learn about the Inifile.

[catharsis]

Just a personal thing, but I would use the EasyXML object instead of the INI object.

You can format the data inside of an XML file better.

Either one would work.

[James]

[levels]
level 1:
password: bla

level 2:
password: blabla

That'd be

[levels]
level 1=
password=bla

level 2=
password=blabla

[Dynamite]

: or =

They both make up

: ) =)

SMILEYS!


Popcorn, the same guy that replied earlier posted this tutorial: http://www.clickteam.com/eng/resources/ini_tutorial.pdf