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high score carryover #408332 09/29/12 16:43 09/29/12 16:43
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 733 Whitefish, Montana JazzDude OP User
JazzDude OP User Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 733 Whitefish, Montana	How can I use the saved high score, which is in a text file, in an equation in a subsequent level which is a separate game. Pearl Harbor Encounter Attic Games

Re: high score carryover [Re: JazzDude] #408335 09/29/12 17:10 09/29/12 17:10
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,861 Kiel (Germany) Superku Senior Expert
Superku Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,861 Kiel (Germany)	Just read the text file again with the file_open_read/ file... instructions. "Falls das Resultat nicht einfach nur dermassen gut aussieht, sollten Sie nochmal von vorn anfangen..." - Manual Check out my new game: Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends

Re: high score carryover [Re: Superku] #408356 09/30/12 04:53 09/30/12 04:53
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 733 Whitefish, Montana JazzDude OP User
JazzDude OP User Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 733 Whitefish, Montana	Thanks, Superku I tried this: Code: function points_startup() { var filehandle; filehandle = file_open_read("highscore.txt"); if (filehandle)&&(level == 2) { file_str_read(filehandle, name_str); points = file_var_read(filehandle); } else { str_cpy(name_str, "None"); points = 0; } } But I'm doing something wrong. When level 2 starts the points variable reads 0 instead of the saved high score. Just had a thought. Maybe I should save the high score as a .dat file instead of a .txt Last edited by JazzDude; 09/30/12 04:58. Pearl Harbor Encounter Attic Games

Re: high score carryover [Re: JazzDude] #408361 09/30/12 08:34 09/30/12 08:34
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lemming Member Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 274 de	The extension is irrelevant. The problem is you don't close the file after reading it. http://www.conitec.net/beta/afile_close.htm So when you start the function a secound time in level 2 the file is still open. If you don't need access to a file anymore always close it. Last edited by lemming; 09/30/12 08:36.

Re: high score carryover [Re: lemming] #408409 09/30/12 18:42 09/30/12 18:42
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 733 Whitefish, Montana JazzDude OP User
JazzDude OP User Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 733 Whitefish, Montana	Thanks. It's working now. Yes, I found the .dat extension only changes the saved number with decimals. Pearl Harbor Encounter Attic Games