Save/Load System

[Happy]

Hey guys...

i'm working on an ORPG map because my big project made to many problems and i got no ideas anymore so i decided to make a new map and continue the other project later.

Sooooo...and for this ORPG map i need a save/load system as you could imagine. But there are some problems i have.

1. I dont know good save/load systems.
2. even if i find a good or even the best save/load system i'm sure that this system wont save everything i need it to save.


so now my questions/request.

1. Would someone tell me (or better link me) one or some good save/load systems. If someone tells me one/two/etc. system/s would someone be able to customize it so it saves and loads everything i need?

2. If its too hard to customize an already existing system would someone write a system for me?



for the customization/writing of a new system...this is what the system needs to save and load :

-the Hero of the player
-the Hero Level & EXP
-the Items the Hero wears
-the number of charges an item has left
-the Spells the Hero have learned
-the Skillpoints the Hero has left
-the Gold of the owning Player
-the Wood of the onwing Player
-the Items in the Box of the Player
-the last Revival Point the Hero has activated (there are several buildings on the map and if the hero passes he activates that point as revival point and if he dies he revives there)
-Key-Boolean settings (there are several doors just opening if you did something before like cleaning a dungeon etc. and i would like to have these Key-Booleans saveable and loadable)
-the save/load code have to be player specific...means if player A saves only player A is able to load the code


I dont know what the one (or maybe the group of people) wanna have for helping me but im just able to give +rep and name them im my map. i hope thats enough.


thanks in advance

greetz happy

 

[Dirac]

1. The BEST save/load code is developed by Nestharus
http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php/167055-Simple-Save-Demo

2. Nestharus has small resources for ALL those things, PM him for more info

You MUST know vJass, but it works wonders.
Learning vJass is not as hard as it looks like (plus if you know how to code in vJass you save 1000% of your time when coding)

 

[Happy]

okay i took a look at the save/load system of Nestharus (the map with snippets and the tests he posted in the linked thread) but i dont even understand anything there Oo

okay some things i understood....like there are many snippets i can combine to my very own save/load system....but i dont understand how to use the snippets or how to customize them for my needs. -.-

so now the question is....can someone help me implementing and customizing this system? i already wrote Nestharus but i dont know when he will be online next time or whether he would even help me so^^

 

[Nestharus]

-> the Hero of the player
--> Simple catalog, easy

-> the Hero Level & EXP
--> SaveHeroXP function that will do just this provided you modify your map settings a little bit ^)^

-> the Items the Hero wears
--> SaveInventory function

-> the number of charges an item has left
--> Save Item Charges Function (I kid you not, lol)

-> the Spells the Hero have learned
--> [ljass]function SaveHeroAbilities takes NumberStack stack, unit whichUnit, Catalog abilityCatalog returns nothing[/ljass]
--> lol

-> the Skillpoints the Hero has left
--> You don't need to save this dummy ;p

-> the Gold of the owning Player
-> the Wood of the onwing Player
--> Super easy and good with CompressInt
--> http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php/168763-Compress-Number

-> the Items in the Box of the Player
--> SaveInventory function yet again ;o

-> the last Revival Point the Hero has activated
--> Easy provided you have an integer representation of the revival point : )

-> Key-Boolean settings
--> Very very easy
--> [ljass]call stack.push(keyActivated, 1)[/ljass]
--> booleans, when represented as numbers, can either be 0 or 1

-> the save/load code have to be player specific...means if player A saves only player A is able to load the code
--> Scrambler is the best player unique encryption around



Now, you did forget to mention some things... if your items have level requirements and or class requirements, the item catalog and save/load portion won't be so easy ;p. If you have equipment restrictions, like can only equip 1 breastplate or w/e, then the save/load will be difficult. The reason is because you can use any restriction to your advantage. For example, with your revival points, if some revival points require a certain player level, you can decrease the code size. With your keys, if some keys require other keys, you can decrease the code size : ).


Anyways, I'm busy doing other things, so I can't really help you with your save/load stuff. Furthermore, I'm not much in the mood to do the advanced item catalogs if your map calls for them >.<. Those things are a pain.