Easiest way to convert array to the ini object???

[RickyRombo]

Please don't tell me I have to go through 196 different events to save all of the coordinates of the array to ini! THAT WOULD SUCK! I'm posting a new thread since the one in the File Archive is getting long and this is more straight to the point. The thread in the File Archive is Problems with Fastloops and Arrays, just if you want to take a look at my program so far.

I need to use the ini object to save the user's maze from Vitalize! (I think, Yves suggested it) and I can't use fastloops apparently as they only work with the ini++ which can read and write as fast as you want. So far all I can come up with is going through each coordinate and having the group equal the x coordinate and the item be the y. This is going to take forever, seeing that there are 196 squares, and I'm going to have to do it again to load them. Which sucks. Any other way to do this? I JUST finished making the array work, PLEASE let me use it :cry:

In short, @title.

Thanks,
~RickyRombo

[Shawn]

Doesn't the array object have it's own file saving routine? I know that the associative array does.

[RickyRombo]

Yes, but you aren't seeing why I need an ini. Arrays can't save from Vitalize!, and, according to Yves who wasn't sure when he said this, ini's can. Read the second paragraph

[BrandonC]

You can probably run a fast loop that will save the value in the coordinates of the loop index. You might need two fast loops to test for both X and Y. Three if you're checking for Z.

[RickyRombo]

I don't think I completely understand what you're saying, but I don't think the ini object works with fast loops

[Corentin]

I'm nearly sure ini and fastloops works, yet I can't believe you didn't try it yourself...

I'm sure making a test like the following one would have been faster than posting here...
Start of Frame
-Ini Set File to apppath$+"Savingtest.ini"
-Start loop Save 1000Times

On loop Save
-Ini Write value in Group "Game" item "item"+str$(loopindex("Save")) Value loopindex("Save")

Tell us what the results are please

[RickyRombo]

don't use fast loops and INIs in conjunction (unless it's ini++ which can read and write correctly as fast as you want)

I started out using fastloops + ini, and this is what I have in advice. I guess I'll try it again anyways. Thanks for assuming I'm too dumb to test it. what, do you think I'm stupid?

[Corentin]

I'm not sure I understand very well what you meant (I don't speak english that well).

I don't think you're dumb or anything, it's just that I haven't seen you much around here, and didn't know what your MMF-skills were like, that's why I suggested a small and fast test.

Hope it saves you the pain of rewriting your game to use an array.

[RickyRombo]

actually I didn't understand what you said now that I see it, SEELE just meant that they didn't work well when it had to find the values and everything, but straight values to the ini must work fine. I also noticed that you weren't insulting me, you just thought I should've tested to see what worked and what didn't. I always seem to be misunderstood or I misunderstand, understand? :grin: Understood.

By the way, I think I'm getting this problem solved.

[Corentin]

I know my english isn't perfect and can lead to some misunderstanding, no problem. I hope things are going ok for you project.

I'm actually pretty sure I used intensive writing/reading to/from ini in fast loops before (MMF1.5 I think), and it worked but it's really slow, maybe that's what SEELE was talking about ? Anyway, you should try for yourself.