Save/Load Code, Yet Another

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xflip04

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Wow I have been looking for an easy understanding save load code for ever this is awesome!

1 question though how can I add an account name specific code so someone cant take another persons code?
 

Steel

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It is a wonderful system, but I must say it uses a lot of globals...I understand this is done because it wasn't written for the advanced mappers that understand the ins and outs of JASS, but rather those people who want a save / load system that can be easily changed and formatted to their liking in the GUI.

Flip, he has a variable SaveLoad_UsePlayerName. This is what you want.
 

AceHart

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The initialization trigger has a line that says: "Set SaveLoad_UsePlayername = True".
If that variable is true, and it is by default, the player's name will be part of the code.



> ... a lot of globals...
> ... can be easily changed and formatted to their liking in the GUI.

Well, :p
 
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Great :D !

>(Substring((Entered chat string), 1, 6)) Equal to (Matched chat string)
>(Length of (Entered chat string)) Greater than 6

Does that really need both of them?
 

AceHart

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> Does that really need both of them?

Preferably, yes.


Imagine some in-game chat:

- hey, how do I use that save thing?
- easy, type -load and you're done (condition 1)
- K
- -load (condition 2)
- don't work, what now?
- well, you were supposed to add the code after "-load"... (condition 1)
 
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xflip04

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Ok I see it now cool, if I were to add all lower case to the alphabet trigger as well, to make the code more random would that be hard? =P
 

AceHart

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Code generation is deterministic.
It doesn't get more random if you use more characters...

But, like said somehwere in post #1, if you add both lower and upper case characters:
- the code might be shorter
- you must "Set SaveLoad_CaseSensitive = True", in the initialization trigger; otherwise decoding won't work correctly


As for "is it hard?"... there's a ready to use variable, also in "initialization", called "SaveLoad_Alphabet".
Note: you must use the same "alphabet" for coding and for decoding.
 
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xflip04

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Ok 1 more question, If someone were to put a save load code in their map your going to need some sort of trigger that detects single player mode to use cheats. How can I make it disable the save and load option when not being played in battlenet?
 

Doom-Angel

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this is an easy one just do this:
Code:
Single Mode
Event
    Map initialization
Condition
    (Number of players in (All players controlled by a User player)) Equal to 1
Action
    Turn off Saving <gen>
 

AceHart

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Code:
SaveLoad NoSinglePlayer
    Events
        Map initialization
    Conditions
    Actions
        Custom script:   if bj_isSinglePlayer then
        Trigger - Turn off <Save trigger>
        Trigger - Turn off <Load trigger>
        Wait 5.00 seconds
        Game - Display to (All players) the text: "Single player: -save and -load have been disabled"
        Custom script:   endif
 
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xflip04

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So that code will work even if someone adds computers in the empty slots to make it seem like theres more playing?
 
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gormey

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Putting in the trigger Unit - Remove (Triggering unit) from the game at the bottom of the trigger is not working how can I fix this?
 
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gormey

Guest
What trigger? Your save load trigger on the bottom of the save trigger
Where exactly? The end before I put the trigger turn off this trigger
And what are you trying to do? Remove the hero from the game after saving to end the game.
 

AceHart

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Well, the "save" trigger uses a "pick every unit in ..." to loop through your single Hero...
Put "Unit - Remove (Picked unit)" as very last action inside that loop.
 
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Kyxoan.

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nice save load code but...

I found an interesting bug.... The code will not restore a hero if it is saved with 0 gold, Is there a reason why that happens?

At first i used your map as a base for my map to preserve all the triggers / jass but i ended up needing to redo the terrain and stuff so i copy / pasted it to a new map. I didnt carry over the initialization trigger that is in yours thinking that was just for testing as stated..

I then tried to do a save load test with my partial terrain and it saved but said "decoding" and didn't create a new hero. So i wanted to see if its a single player only save load like some of them are and it didnt work there eaither.

I then decided to test it with gold and lumber on me for some reason (no idea what prompted me to do so) and it worked. first i did 100 gold / lumber and then i did just 1 gold piece and it saved me and loaded me perfectly.

So just for anyone out there running into this issue that is the only problem i have found with this save load.

If you know of anyway to fix it, I would appreciate the help. If not i will add a simple if then else for gold being less than 1 to set gold to 1 and it should work fine.
 

AceHart

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> If you know of anyway to fix it

Indeed.

With "Save[1] = 0", the decoder will miss one character...
Interesting.

Congratulations.


I'll sleep a night over it or so.
Until then, don't save a potential 0 in Save[1]...


> I didn't carry over the initialization trigger

You should though.
At least for the alphabet. Actually, for any lines after "these three lines ...".
And the required global variables.
 
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Kyxoan.

Guest
okay then=P

Also, Your tutorial makes it seem easy to add a new process by adding save[index] and telling it what to do, but i can't find anywhere to put a code to save str / agil / int or learned abilities. Do you have aim per chance? if so i am kproskater7 if not perhaps you could explain in detail to me what i need to do in PMs or on here =) thanks ace.

and, I carried the initialization Inside the save/load folder but not the one inside the initialization folder because that was just giving me ar andom level / gold. thats the one i ment.
 
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