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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Help with saving

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ajrm007
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Posted: 27th Nov 2006 21:44
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im quite new to this, im making a game like ogame.

my prblem is that i cant save it (i dont know what the script would be)

ive been using this one:



but im not sure what the 'string' bit or the 'float' means.

could somebody help me
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Zotoaster
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Posted: 27th Nov 2006 21:58
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You basically write the data from your player to a file. Lets say you want to save the player's name, that would a a string (a string is something that's made from letters, and enclosed between "inverted commas", i.e. "ajrm007" ), you might also want to write the player's positions in the level, that would be a float (a float it a number that can have decimals, like 3.1415926537). You may lastly want to save which level your player is in, that would be an integer (a number that cant have any decimals, i.e. 144, you would say byte when you write this).

So to save:


And to load:


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ajrm007
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thanks for that
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