Need help with saving attribute.

riverbat1

I've watched videos on how to save the score and stuff like that. But, lets say I quit on a certain scene ( no my game doesn't have levels ) is there a way I can save the screen so you can come back to that scene instead of restarting the whole game?

riverbat1

Yup. Thanks!

riverbat1

Dang it, sorry, but what do I put in the attribute?

tatiang

It sounds like you're wanting to save the scene # or name. Because the Change Scene behavior has a drop-down menu instead of an expression field, you can't simply plug in an attribute with the scene name, but you can use a rule so that When game.currentScene="Level 1" --> Change Scene [Level 1]. You'd need to save the current scene name during gameplay.

ericzingeler

Well, now that editing tables is possible, I would suggest using tables to store data.

but, if you must know...

The attribute would be where your score is stored during gameplay (lets give it a name "score"). Its best practice to save your score often so incase the game crashes or the device runs out of battery, the players recent points won't get lost.

Do something like this when points need to be added:

1. Change Attribute Score to Score+[points to add] (add points to the current score)
2. Save Attribute Score to [Key Name] (Now save the score. A key name like "SavedScore" will do)

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On Scene Load:

1. Load Attribute [Key Name] to Score (Throw this behavior in one actor in the scene outside of a rule so it fires on scene load).

tatiang

@eezing, his [/her] initial comment is that he watched videos about scoring but is needing help with saving/loading the current scene itself.

riverbat1

Yeah, Tatiang is right, I need help saving/loading the scene itself. I will re-read your first comment, but yes, i need to know if I need to make a new attribute or not. I will try and do what you said your first comment. Because if I get this down I will have smooth sailing and hopefully be able to publish it when i'm finished with it. Thanks!

riverbat1

And yes i'm planning on just having whoever is playing to save the scene they are on.

ericzingeler

Oh ok, sorry... I read that wrong. You would have to create and save a Game attribute that stores a value corresponding to that scene.

Inside your rule to launch the scene would be something like:

1. Load Attribute [SavedScene]

2. Change attribute [StartSavedScene] = 1

3. If [StartSavedScene] = 1

Here's the sucky part, you have to insert a rule for each scene. No way to dynamically load a scene.

3a. If [SavedScene] = 1, load Scene 1
3b. If [SavedScene] = 2, load Scene 2
and so on...

riverbat1

Oh ok, sorry... I read that wrong. You would have to create and save a Game attribute that stores a value corresponding to that scene.

Inside your rule to launch the scene would be something like:

1. Load Attribute [SavedScene]

2. Change attribute [StartSavedScene] = 1

3. If [StartSavedScene] = 1

Here's the sucky part, you have to insert a rule for each scene. No way to dynamically load a scene.

3a. If [SavedScene] = 1, load Scene 1
3b. If [SavedScene] = 2, load Scene 2
and so on...

Hmm... This will take me a while to try and figure out, but thanks this will probably help me later on.