Having Problems with save load

[again]

Ok the problem Iam having is 2 problems . The 1st problem is when my actor gets destroyed and I load the game the actor doesnt appear. The 2nd problem Iam having is the view does not show up where its supposed to be. All the save seems to be doing is saving my position.

Variables
X , Y for the main actor
vX , vY for the view

Controls
Arrow keys to move left ,right,up,down,

L = load game
S =save game

[lcl]

I will check that soon.

[skydereign]

Your keydown for l looks like this.

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saveVars("t.file", "place");


X=retroman.x;
Y=retroman.y;

vX=view.x;
vY=view.y;

I assume you wanted this to load. If so wrong order, and wrong function.

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loadVars("t.file", "place");

retroman.x=X;
retroman.y=Y;

view.x=vX;
view.y=vY;

Also for you keydown s event, you should have this.

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X=retroman.x;
Y=retroman.y;

vX=view.x;
vY=view.y;

saveVars("t.file", "place");

Lastly, your vY variable is not included in the save group place.

[lcl]

That's just what I found out as well.

[again]

Ok the code works if I dont die , but if I die and press l to load the last point I saved , nothing happens.

[skydereign]

On the load, you can add this if you want.

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if(ActorCount("retroman")==0)
{
    // create retroman
}

[again]

On the load, you can add this if you want.

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if(ActorCount("retroman")==0)
{
    // create retroman
}

I added this command to the load but its doesnt work. What should I make the parent?

[skydereign]

Yeah, I forgot you aren't using your view actor to save and load. You really should, as the view will always be there. You may note that when retroman is destroyed, it can't have keydown events...

[again]

Alright it works but his keydown events is wierd its a bit off when he gets recreated.

[skydereign]

After a short investigation that is because you are constantly changing vX/vY. You are not treating it as a saved variable. Look in the view's draw actor event. Remove that and it will work.

[again]

Ok I erased that from the draw actor but his climbing skills is extra after he is recreated. I think its doing something wierd with the filled regions that move the screen up. Can you give me the code to have the screen move up when the retroman charactor moves up. Maybe that will fix the funky movement.

[skydereign]

Not really sure what you mean by funky movement. If I were you I'd remove the whole filled regions part but one thing that might be happening that you would consider weird is setting your yvelocity. Make sure to set it to zero when loading. Here's a version with all the previous changes, using this tell me how to replicate the problem.

[again]

Ok I see 2 things that we didnt discuss that makes a big difference.

On loadGame
1) On the create actor I have it set 0,0 and you have it set X,Y .
2) You have an if and else command that I didnt have.

[skydereign]

The if we did discuss, the else was my optimization. What you should have had if you were following my advice was this.

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loadVars("t.file", "place");
if(ActorCount("retroman")==0)
{
    CreateActor("retroman", "retro1", "(none)", "(none)", 0, 0, true);
}
retroman.x=X;
retroman.y=Y;

x=vX;
y=vY;

That would do the same thing.

[again]

Yes I meant the else as I had the if already. Ok it works solid , Iam going to use this type of coding in other games and see how I can make it fit. Once I have this down pat , I make a tutorial explaining not just how to do it , but why it works. Thanks alot skydereign I really needed to figure this out.