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Started by v0dKA January 17, 2004 10:31 PM

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v0dKA

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January 17, 2004 10:31 PM

What type of file retains information and values of variables after the program is ended and or computer is shut down? how do games keep their save information?

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fallenang3l

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January 17, 2004 11:13 PM

None, write your own file with anything you fancy.

Greatwolf

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January 17, 2004 11:28 PM

quote:Original post by v0dKA

how do games keep their save information?

They keep it on the hard drive

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v0dKA

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January 18, 2004 10:40 AM

Which they do HOW?

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FaR

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January 18, 2004 11:01 AM

google "File I/O"

psykr

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January 18, 2004 12:18 PM

There are a number of ways to do this, but the easiest explanation is this: for every object that you care about, you save their current position / stats in a certain order, then you reload the information in the exact same order.

krakrazor

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January 18, 2004 12:46 PM

If you don''t know how games write things to the hard drive i recommend you download the Platform SDK(google:"Platform SDK") and read about the functions Createfile(), ReadFile(), WriteFile(), and Closehandle()... that should be all you need to the writing.

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