Property Maintenance Between Game Files

Game Engine Game Engine Support and Discussion
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I’ve been looking for a reliable method of maintaining properties between game files - something like the portal script used in YoFrankie! (which is the script I had been using originally, but it doesn’t function at all in 2.6 and I can’t find a way to make it work, despite updating the script using what I know about the changes between 2.49 and 2.5). If someone could send a link to a script or demo file that provide I would be quite thankful.

Basically, what I need is this:

  • Keep property values (i.e. health, points, etc) when switching between different game files.
  • Save/Load the player’s location - including which game file the player was located in when the game was last saved.
  • A “portal” method, so that I can simply create small empties with a portal property to determine where the player is loaded (such as those found in the YoFrankie! tutorial files from 2.4)

Thanks

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use GlobalDict to save properties across .blend files

to write value to property


from bge import logic as gl
gl.globalDict["property1"]= value

value can be sting, integer, float, list etc.

to read property anywhere from the game.


from bge import logic as gl
variable=gl.globalDict["property1"]

use the bge.logic.saveGlobalDict() to save and bge.logic.loadGloablDict() to load entries in globaldict to and from save file.

Do a search on the forum, i’m sure that this has been discussed earlier.

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Optionally you can use plain python for that I think, storing what you want into a file and then reading its contents when and where you want.

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If You choose to store it to file Yourself I strongly recommend the json module: http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/json.html

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Thanks!

I’m new to Python itself, but I’ll figure them out. Thanks again!