Saving and Loading Varibles 1

[fugigoose]

I create RPG's and other games on Director. I have never figured out how to save though. Saving stats and position in a game in crucial, especially in a RPG. I was wondering how you could save a list of varibles (their values) to an external file and then load them again at a later date. That way the player can get out of the game and get back in and their progress will be recorded. I hope theres a way to do this

 

[blended]

Dunno.

Expect it has something to do with cgi or asp. As far as I know, that's the only way to change a document on a server. I guess you'd have to have the user submit their score and it'd post to the cgi script (for example) and rewrite the text file (or whatever).

Blended

 

[fugigoose]

Note: This game isn't on a server, I just need to save it into a file on the hardrive
Also, what is the easiest way to do clipping, I assume its got something to do with inside(sprite(5).loch + 25,sprite(6).rect)=false, or maybe not.

 

[Horrid]

setVariable
getVariable

read and write a file to the users HD that can contain any text info. Look it up in lingo dictionary for full details.