Can i save a database in GE ??

[BloodRaven]

my new game needs a small help ! BLACK DUSK one of my game[its a 3d shooting game ] i'm trying to convert models(images) to GE, not easy but done, i decided to go with a rpg game but my doubt
can i create a database with GE ?? i need to create an inventory, thats done but how to save items in inventory ,
inventory is in realistic style so i need to save every position of items, i saved it using a loop and checking each cells but the problem is some of them share 2 or more cells, i cann't check that !!
if cell 1 and 2 contains guns and it saved and cell 4 & 5 sharing one mission item and it is big , is there any way to save this kind of inventory.
i checked 4 and automatically add it to 5, but i got vertical items, it will share 4 and 7 so how i know the item is big and it horizontal or vertical ???please help ....

[schnellboot]

cool

[Bee-Ant]

Database in this would be array.
OK, go to the Script Editor, add some variable called Inventory or something, choose YES on the array and give the textbox the value. In that screenshot, you have 16 slots, then type 16.

You already know array? the index starts from 0.
So, if you want to fill the first slot, then it should be:

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Inventory[0]=1; //for example 1 is the code for 'gun'

You can fill more slot with the same way.

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Inventory[1]=2; //for example 2 is the code for 'blade'
Inventory[2]=5; //for example 5 is the code for 'shorgun'
Inventory[15]=7; //for example 7 is the code for 'grenade'

And 15 would be the last index.
Where to put the code?
Well, you should put it in where you add the weapon. maybe in shop?or something.

[BloodRaven]

thanks, i did almost same like this but i'm using not a fixed inventory, players can move items through the inventory, so first time one item may be in first cell another time may be in another cell...and weapons are not purchasing it is picked from field.
I changed the concept little bit, i had a common actor-actor_gun in inventory, if i had pick a gun a new actor array is added and change its image and want to save all actors pos using a loop..
my doubt is if i had 4 guns,actor_gun[1], actor_gun[2], actor_gun[3] and actor_gun[4],
actor_gun[3] and actor_gun[4] uses 2 cells, one is vertical and other is horizontal
actor_gun[1] takes item[1], actor_gun[2] takes item[2], actor_gun[3]-vertical one takes item[4] & item[7], and actor_gun[4] takes item[5] and item[6],
these are the values for guns

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actor_gun[1] = 1;
actor_gun[2] = 2;
actor_gun[3] = 3;
actor_gun[4] = 4;
actor_gun[5] = 5;

i saved item[4] & item[7] = 3
i saved item[5] & item[6] = 4
how can i load all actors and gives the exact position used ?

[schnellboot]

It would be nice if you could tell me a bit more about your problem.

[BloodRaven]

i used ge for a long time so i forgot how to save an array
i solved the main part of my problem by myself by adding item_cond[] array,if item_cond[] =1 then it is a normal item only one cell needed and 2 it needs more cell ..
in short i want to save item[] array with the all actor_gun[].x,actor_gun[].y, also item_cond[] array which stores the guns value

[schnellboot]

so you solved it or not

[Bee-Ant]

in short i want to save item[] array with the all actor_gun[].x,actor_gun[].y, also item_cond[] array which stores the guns value

Oh... so in this case you need 2D array...

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int MasterItem[10][8]; //[10] is the small array total, [8] is the total attribute

So, this is how to store:

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MasterItem[0][0] = actor_gun[0];
MasterItem[0][1] = actor_gun[1];
MasterItem[0][2] = actor_fun[2];

MasterItem[1][0] = item_cond[0];
MasterItem[1][0] = item_cond[1];

//etc...

This is the full map of MasterItem[10][8] if you still confused on how to use it.

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MasterItem[10][8]=
{
    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,    //actor_gun[0-8]
    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,    //item_cond[0-8]
    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,    //takes_item[0-8]
    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,    //etc1[0-8]
    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,    //etc2[0-8]
    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,    //etc3[0-8]
    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,    //etc4[0-8]
    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,    //etc5[0-8]
    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,    //etc6[0-8]
};

MasterItem[0][0-8] used to store actor_gun[0-8], MasterItem[1][0-8] used to store item_cond[0-8] etc...

But, to save/load 2D array, you need your own function.

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void LoadItem(char FileName[32])
{
    FIle *f=fopen(FileName,"r");
    int i,j;
    for(i=0;i<10;i++)
    {
        for(j=0;j<8;j++)
        {
            fread(&MasterItem[i][j],1,sizeof(int),f);
        }
    }
    fclose(f);
}
void SaveItem(char FileName[32])
{
    FIle *f=fopen(FileName,"w");
    int i,j;
    for(i=0;i<10;i++)
    {
        for(j=0;j<8;j++)
        {
            fwrite(&MasterItem[i][j],1,sizeof(int),f);
        }
    }
    fclose(f);
}

Usage:

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LoadItem("FileName.txt");
SaveItem("FileName.txt");

But hey, aren't loadVars("filename","groupname") and saveVars("filename","groupname") usable also to save all the arrays???

[BloodRaven]

this i can use,now i can save all using that, the positions of x and y of actor_gun, item_cond ...
i think this will help thanks .....