saving

[jeb2022]

My friend and i are making a game, and we have it all done except for the saving part. It is single player, and we need a programmer, ANYONE, who knows how to save. If you do then please post here. Thanks,
Fellow Programmers

[filburt1]

Please post in Project Requests. There is nothing we can do unless we can see the source code for the entire game.

[jeb2022]

uh, first we need to know if anyone is willing to help us maybe
but um, if u ask for it i can send u the source code or the game or i can attack it here

[Cander]

And dont post pointless polls.
If you ha e a problem ask, there is no reason to post a poll saying Can You help Me?

[plenderj]

Saving is just normal File I/O, and then figuring out what to do with the information.

[filburt1]

Originally posted by jeb2022
uh, first we need to know if anyone is willing to help us maybe

Uh, that's what Project Requests is for...

Looking for some developers for your next project? Looking for beta testers? This is the place to post. Please - no spamming though.

http://www.vbforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=13

[jeb2022]

fine ill go post over there

[plenderj]

Jesus filburt, give him a break

[filburt1]

Originally posted by plenderj
Jesus filburt, give him a break

Methinks I should be a moderator.

[jeb2022]

im just looking for someone who is willing to help

[plenderj]

Just post exactly what you want done in here.

Eg.
"
If I'm using the following UDTs to store user information, how could I store/load the information to/from the drive ?
"

And here's some code for you :

Option Explicit
 
Private Type playerType
    name As String
    someVar As Long
End Type
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim myPlayer As playerType, otherPlayer As playerType
    With myPlayer
        .name = "Jamie"
        .someVar = 128
    End With
    
    'write to drive
    Open "c:\something.txt" For Random As #1
        Put #1, , myPlayer
    Close #1
    
    'read from drive
    Open "c:\something.txt" For Random As #1
        Get #1, , otherPlayer
    Close #1
    
    With otherPlayer
        MsgBox "Name : " & .name & vbCrLf & "someVar : " & .someVar
    End With
    
End Sub

[jeb2022]

okies,
we are making a game, and it's like a single player RPG. so we have an internal clock, etc. every time you level up by getting expirience, you get to add points to your stats, such as hp and strength...so i would like to be able to save on something like an encrypted notepad file:
how much strength, hp, and defense you have.
how much gold (bank and your on hand) you have
and i would like to save the time.
any help appreciated, and there may be more things as i think of them thx again

[plenderj]

All you have to do is modify the "Private Type playerType" part and add/remove your bits and pieces.

In relation to the encryption, there's hundreds of examples of simple encryption on the net.