Saving Game Data (map, entities, progression etc.)

David Marshall · 2013-04-07T19:39:22

Hello, So i find myself (roughly) designing a simple(ish) 2D engine and was wondering what is the best way(s) of storing all types of game data is? granted there will be plenty of options, but are there any you would suggest? In the past I have always wrote variables to a text file to store them, then read that file to store them back to said variable, but when working with hundreds of different entities, each with different parameters, that can get a little sloppy. I have also worked with SQL Light and XML (android), and I can see how useful SQL light can be by storing entity data, and likewise with storing level data in XML. However I am working with c++ now and have no experience (other than the reading and writing to text file) in the saving game data area. I posted this in the beginners section, but all answers will be appreciated Thanks

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Started by dsm1891 April 04, 2013 09:54 PM

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dsm1891

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April 07, 2013 07:20 PM

I know, i just wondered if anybody had any better methods :/

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A file is a file. Learn to serialize your data using whatever method is comfortable for you. It's not hard. Just think about the process used to restore the data and store things in a way that will make that easy.

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LennyLen

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April 07, 2013 07:37 PM

If you're already familiar with XML then I'd suggest a library such as TinyXML. It's a C++ library for reading and writing data with XML files.

dsm1891

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April 07, 2013 07:39 PM

If you're already familiar with XML then I'd suggest a library such as TinyXML. It's a C++ library for reading and writing data with XML files.

Really? thanks for the link!! was googling for a while for such a library! Thanks! :)

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(Although I am mobile. no, not as in a babies mobile, I move from place to place)

(Not "place" as in fish, but location.)

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