Attributes not saving

lescobar94

None of my attributes are being saved. I save them with a key and load them back up in the first scene with that same key but none of them actually load whenever I restart the preview. I use the normal "Save Attribute" and "Load Attribute" behaviors. What can be going wrong?

gyroscope

Hi @lescobar94 Although there aren't any fixed rules as such concerning saving and loading attributes in GameSalad, there's a tried and trusted way which should give you good results.

So first to say, it's probably not a good idea to load your attributes in the first scene, if by this you mean the first playable scene....

Instead, make a menu screen, with at least two buttons, one which is New Game, that'll take you to the first scene when touched; and the other called Continue. When this is pressed, load in your behaviours. The final Load Behaviour will be for your Scene attribute.

When SceneAtt is 1
Change Scene YourScene1

When SceneAtt is 2
Change Scene YourScene2

When SceneAtt is 3
Change Scene YourScene3

etc.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Save and load doesn't work in the creator preview.

lescobar94

@gyroscope What do you mean by "The final Load Behaviour will be for your Scene attribute."?

lescobar94

@FryingBaconStudios how can I test it in the iPhone simulator?

gyroscope

Hi, I mean at the beginning of each scene in your game, (put into a blank actor off-screen), you need a Change Attribute behaviour (text), so for instance: Change Attribute MyScene to scene5
Then a Save Attribute as you know, i.e Attribute: MyScene Key:scene


So in the Continue button on the menu screen, when you are using the Load Attribute behaviours, you use all of them, but leave the Load Attribute Key:scene Attribute: MyScene til last.

Then you need, as prev. mentioned the Rules:

When MyScene is scene1
Change Scene Go to Scene: scene1

When MyScene is scene2
Change Scene Go to Scene: scene2

When MyScene is scene3
Change Scene Go to Scene: scene3

When MyScene is scene4
Change Scene Go to Scene: scene4

etc. Hope I've made the explanation a bit clearer for you.