Highscore Saving Problem

0belisk

for some reason my highscore isnt saving on my game, it worked fine on my previous game, and ive just copied over the stuff i used last time but obviously changed it to make it relevant, the only difference is, my new game is about getting the lowest score, not the highest.

everytime i play the game, it always saves the highscore as 0 when say for example my score was actually 50. i thought i could tackle this by making the highscore start at 9999, and say if its equal to 9999, display N/A to show the player doesnt have a highscore yet, then once they hit a score under 9999 which is 100% impossible not to, change the highscore to the players score.

but for some reason everytime its still displaying the highscore as 0. i am saving the attribute and loading it, yet still get this, any ideas? is there something else im supposed to be doing when making a backwards highscore?

thanks

morphinegamingmachine

if you just copied the rules are for another one where it takes the highest one did you switch < to >?

0belisk

when i say copied i mean i looked at how i did it last time and just replicated it, i didnt actually drag it over from one project to another, but yeah i changed it from "higher than" to "lower than".

COBGames

remember for load and save attributes you can't hit the "e" button to type in your key name. you just have to type it in the box.

0belisk

just double checked i hadnt made that mistake COB, and i havent, its still occuring

0belisk

any idea guys? i dont understand what the problem is , my last highscores worked fine.

Highscore Actor:

Load attribute

Key: Hi - game.Highscore

Display Text:

game.Highscore

End Score Actor:

Rule

If game.End Score is lower than game.Highscore

Change attribute

game.Highscore to game.End Score

Save attribute

Key: Hi - game.Highscore

but when it goes back to the menu, the highscore still hasnt changed.

FYI: Yes its supposed to be lower than, objective is to get the lowest time/score. The highscore starts at 99999, but displays as N/A when the value is 99999, and will display the player highscore when its lower than 99998 which will always happen.

however after every play it still says N/A, when means the highscore isnt changing from its original value, rather not saving, or not loading...

0belisk

bump..

0belisk

not to worry, deleted everything and re-did it, and now its magically worked, lol