Naming the global values: a quick way?

[Boba Fonts]

Is there any quick way to name a great number of global values from any sort of database/array/ini file? INI or INI++ could help to create not only values but even names for the global values, saving the uneasy effort of manually adding and naming them one by one?
If I need to name the first ten, tweny or so globals it's easy to edit them in the Properties tab; but if I need to give a name to global 100, global 500, global 1050, etc. (each as a starting point for each character's series of global values) and all their following numbers (101, 102, 103, etc), I must click "New" to add new globals for hours until I reach the high numbers I need? :crazy:

[James]

I'm afraid not - you could just access them directly from the data file by name instead of using global values in the first place?

[Boba Fonts]

Mmh, I'm not sure I've understood what you mean

[Nifflas]

This sounds dodgy. Don't use global values for this, use some associative array extension that can be global. There's no reason to specifically need to give a name to global value 500 or 1050 if you don't use up every single one before that number, unless you're solving a problem horribly wrong.

[James]

Could you explain what you're trying to do in more depth?

[Boba Fonts]

In my point and click adventure I have many many characters. I need all their values ready to be saved in every moment, regardless of which "room" we're in, regardless of whether that characters's active object has been created or not. Global values seemed the best way to store globally the room (frame) number a character is in, the X and Y coordinates, whether he's carrying or not a particular item in his inventory, if he has to be affected by scaling/illumination or not, his X and Y walking speed etc.: a great number of options for each character.
First character: starting from Global 100, second one: starting from 200, etc.
I wanted to set up the names of the globals in an easy way, in a .txt file, a .ini, a Excel sheet or whatever, avoiding the effort of changing names one by one in the Properties of MMF2.
Now that idea of using an associative array instead of Global Values could be interesting; but can it be saved in a "Save Frame Position" action as efficiently as the globals? Can I "trust" it to handle all those values (and maybe strings, if I decide to use it for the objects descriptions)? A safe and trusty savegame feature is crucial for me.
Boys, making a point&click adventure game is a nightmare without a tool such as Adventure Game Studio! But I love Multimedia Fusion and I want to succeed in that task, at all costs! :grin:

[Nifflas]

I sounds like you just need a two-dimensional array, one dimension for each object, the second dimension for each object parameter. That, or use Ini++ and let each group identify the objects, and use the items as the object parameters. Look into the array extensions, check out all of them which can be global, and find out which that work with "Save Frame Position". The worst thing that can happen is that everytime you save the frame position, you'll also have to save the array in a separate file, and everytime you load the frame position you'll also have to retrieve the content of the array.

That, or build your own savegame feature with any extension that you think will work (Ini++ is great)

Making a point&klik adventure game shouldn't be a nightmare. You might just need some more practice using MMF2. Using Global Values is a dodgy solution in this case, I really don't recommend that.

[Boba Fonts]

If I choose to use the INI++ can I compile it entirely in a text editor?

[uprize]

yes. ini is a readable and editable format so that also means your users will be able to edit its data. But if you went down this path you can do everythnig in notepad and then once everything works fine use the ini++ object and encrypt the data using blowfish encryption available using this extension.