All-time High Score

W.HodgesStudios

I was wondering how I could get an all-time highscore on my game. It needs to be saved even after I quit the app. I am close to getting it, but I do not understand how the "Save Attribute" works.

Nabbo (ReflectiveByte)

Enjoy..

tatiang

The video should help but here's the general idea:

When game.score > game.highscore Change game.highscore to game.score Save attribute game.highscore to key highscore

In a separate actor (or the same actor if you like) at the top of the rule list outside of any rules...

Load attribute key highscore attribute game.highscore

This means that as soon as that scene loads, the high score will be loaded. You can even put this behavior on a different scene (e.g. the first scene in your game)... it's up to you.

The most important thing is to make sure the two keys are exactly the same. I strongly suggest using the name of the attribute (without the 'game.' prefix) as the key as it keeps things organized.

W.HodgesStudios

So the key can be anything I want, as long as I use the same key to load the attribute?

W.HodgesStudios

Okay, I have tested this method. I have a game where the score is updated every time you pass a checkpoint. When the player "dies" I have an actor do this:
if game.score > game.highscore change attribute game.highscore to game.score .
Next the actor does this:
save attribute: game.highscore key: gamehighscore
My actor that displays the highscore does this:
load attribute key:gamehighscore attribute:game.highscore.
When I play within the game, this setup works great. But when I quit the game and restart it, my all-time highscore is erased.

-W.HodgesStudios

asheft

By quitting and restarting do you mean clicking the preview button again in creator? I don't think it saves if you do that.

tatiang

You'll need to test it on a mobile device to see the effects of saving and loading attributes.

W.HodgesStudios

@tatiang I dont have an iOS developer account....will it work on the mac ios simulator? -W.HodgesStudios

gingagaming

@WHodgesStudios‌ you can simulate this by using the REFRESH button on the creator preview. It simulates exiting your app and restarting it

W.HodgesStudios

@gingagaming Thanks!

W.HodgesStudios

How do I make this "Solved"?