Condition based on contents of a string?

[fawfulfan]

I'm trying to make an unlockable feature for a game, which is based on the contents of a file containing a word. I want it to load the file, then read the word, and if there is a specific word, it runs a condition. How can I do this?

[DavidN]

Hmm. Can you explain more about what the file might contain? It's unclear what exactly you're trying to react to. Is this a file that may or may not be there (therefore the result will be "targetword" or nothing), or are you searching in a larger file for a specific word?

To answer the question in the topic title, you can look at the contents of a string by using the "Compare two general values" condition, and selecting "Alterable string" in the text object as one of the sides of the equation.

[fawfulfan]

Okay, the real problem seems to be that I don't know how to load the contents of the file into the program. How do I take the file and put its contents into a string?

[Richard_Pikk]

You could load the file into an Edit box. Then you could use the "Compare two general values" condition to compare the contents of the file with another string.

[Shawn]

Okay, the real problem seems to be that I don't know how to load the contents of the file into the program. How do I take the file and put its contents into a string?

Probably the best way is the ini++ object (you'll need to encrypt the file so the user can't edit it). or the Associative Array (AssArray) object, also supports encryption. You'll need to download those two objects separately as they aren't included with MMF2. But you have the object load the file, then read the values directly from the ini/array object. Just use the compare two general values and check the item in the ini file and compare it to the string. So, basically, is ini value = to string value? If so, unlock this feature.

Just to not cause any confusion you use either the ini++ or AssArray objects. You don't use them both. And since these objects hold the values in memory when you load them, you don't need to put anything in an edit box or whatnot.

[LB]

If the file has a format you can't control, eg it may have NULL characters, you should use one of the several binary objects.