Saving Data

[Bruto]

ohh yes the Vista. I think you'll need to use the file object to save in the appdata directory.. search for an example by Oliver Pearl in the file archive.

[Angelfox]

i am using vista too and it works perfectly

did u do everything exactly how the tutorial told u to?

i think for vista u have to specify exactly where u want to save and upload the file

[sam_sdc]

Here's the file. What did I do wrong?

http://sites.google.com/site/hgames7/Home/BrokenINI.mfa

[Nick]

You didn't... it works.

But you should save the file to apppath$ (the applications directory) so that the player doesn't have a random .ini file dumped on his computer.

[sam_sdc]

But mine doesn't work. >

[Nick]

Set the file to:

apppath$+"myini.ini"

At the start of the frame.

[sam_sdc]

Thanks! Now it works!

[Nick]

No problem! Your computer must have a security setting which prevents it creating random files wherever it was trying to create it to start with!

Remember though, anyone can open up an ini file in notepad and edit it. A mild way to stop this would be getting rid of the .ini extension on the file name, but people will still edit it if they take a guess at opening it in notepad.

[sam_sdc]

Good point. When I finish my game, it will utilize an install program. Most people will use the shortcuts, rather than go to "Program Files", so they won't even notice it.