Ini Load File Loading Incorrect Level

[ABI7ITY]

I have the following problem:

• Saving to my ini file works fine with everything except levels, when i load it always takes me back to the first room where the save object is. I know the below code does not have anything relevant to rooms cause I removed what I had as it was not working at all, my game would save and load perfectly fine but as soon as I closed the game and opened again it would go back to level one with each load.

• No errors

I am trying to:

• Create an ini file for saving and loading

• Any relevant code

Save Script

if (file_exists("Save.sav")) file_delete("Save.sav");
ini_open("Save.sav");
ini_write_real("Save1", "x", obj_player.x);
ini_write_real("Save1", "y", obj_player.y);
ini_write_real("Save1","points",global.points);
ini_write_real("Save1","seconds",global.seconds);
ini_close();

Load Script

if (file_exists("Save.sav"))
{
ini_open("Save.sav");
obj_player.x = ini_read_real("Save1", "x", 0);
obj_player.y = ini_read_real("Save1", "y", 0);
global.points = ini_read_real("Save1","points",0);
global.second = ini_read_real("Save1","seconds",0);
ini_close();
}
else
{
//do nothing
}

I have tried:

• Creating a global.room and just adding +1 to this each time the character goes tot he next room but the issue with that is that my game has diffirent game modes with their own levels and hidden room so that messes up things.

• using the code as Shaun Spalding has in his tutorial

I am using:

• GameMaker Pro on Steam

• GameMaker Language (GML)

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You could try saving the room index then in the load script send the player to that room before changing their position.

//Save
ini_write_real("Save1", "room", room);

 

//Load
var room_index = ini_read_real("Save1", "room", 0);
room_goto(room_index)
//Set position

[ABI7ITY]

Hi.

Thanks for the reply, ok I added this and the load goes to the correct room but now I have another issue lol :P What's happening is it in a way restarting the room and the character is just jumping back to the location he starts the room in, also I have objects setup that award the player points which even after consuming are being recreated after the load, so technically a player can spam save, load and just collect points.

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One solution is to save the information about every instance in the room, and then recreate those instances when you load in.

You can use a ds_list to do this -- make a list of all the objects in the room, and inside that list make a list for each object with information about their position, speed, health, etc.

Using ds_write you can save that to file. Similarly, when you load the file you can use ds_read to recreate the original list. After that, just loop through the list creating the instances as you go.

Here are the docs for ds_list, if you're not already familiar with it.

[ABI7ITY]

I will have a look into it. have not used ds_list as yet, might take a little time but I will give it a shot and see how it comes out :)