Codeless Save and Load (Multiplayer) - v3.0.1

[4rankie]

Im trying to import this into my map when i test this map in the editor it saves heroes just fine and loads them when i import to my map it says local files aint enabled

 

[4rankie]

i have figured it out

 

[udg_Potato]

A bit of a random post from me, however I would very much like if this system was operational.

I've tried numerous of times to make this work but to no avail.

• I've set the Aerial Shackle to 2 and it's thing to ''!'' but that didn't affect it one bit.
• I'm simply trying to store Integer data, such as: Wins / Losses, MMR, win rate and basic stuff like that.

Has anyone had success with the mentioned things above?

 

[DarkePacific]

Hello guys, is there a solution to the problem that the list of characters to load does not update during the game.

Example: When I save my level 5 hero in slot 2 and he goes up to level 6 or higher and saves in slot 2 again and uses a hero pick up system he returns to the level of the first time I saved in slot 5 and not level 10, but if I create the map again and load space 2 it returns to level 10.

Currently looking into this. Looks like this is a known bug on the blizzard forums with Preloaded files

BUG: Preload files are being cache’d

Among other things, yes. Just a few files being cached this way has serious consequences for a lot of things. Think about everything from AI breaking in some specific circumstances, to user preferences not saving instantly in W3Champions, even LegionTD scores being buggy and some more, all of...

us.forums.blizzard.com

 

[HerlySQR]

Currently looking into this. Looks like this is a known bug on the blizzard forums with Preloaded files

BUG: Preload files are being cache’d

Among other things, yes. Just a few files being cached this way has serious consequences for a lot of things. Think about everything from AI breaking in some specific circumstances, to user preferences not saving instantly in W3Champions, even LegionTD scores being buggy and some more, all of...

us.forums.blizzard.com

I don't think so, because that bug was solved in the 1.35 version

 

[Elprede]

A bit of a random post from me, however I would very much like if this system was operational.

I've tried numerous of times to make this work but to no avail.

• I've set the Aerial Shackle to 2 and it's thing to ''!'' but that didn't affect it one bit.
• I'm simply trying to store Integer data, such as: Wins / Losses, MMR, win rate and basic stuff like that.

Has anyone had success with the mentioned things above?

We will need more information, such as how you are saving and loading the data. I am not sure you are aware that you have to load data in the reverse order that you saved the data in.

 

[udg_Potato]

We will need more information, such as how you are saving and loading the data. I am not sure you are aware that you have to load data in the reverse order that you saved the data in.

Yep, I've tried every possible way that I could think of to load it but I just couldn't get it to work.

Maybe that's just me, if someone else had success with save / load data such as: Real Values, Integer Values, Gold, Lumber - feel free to let me know or share your version of map so we can see what are you doing correctly

 

[DarkePacific]

I don't think so, because that bug was solved in the 1.35 version

Apparently not in this case. If you test out the save/load feature in the example map it can write/save the contents multiple times, but only loads what what was first initially read by the Preloader no matter how many times you write to the files.
Preloader() seems to read the file contents only once and then must cache them somewhere

Have tried to look for an error in the code but haven't been able to find any therefore I assume the aggressive caching isn't fully fixed on Blizzard's end.

Edit: To give more context yes the aggressive caching was mostly fixed for most errors it was causing in-game but I think in this case when it comes to the Preloader(file) function it still seems to only return whatever it first preloaded, effectively breaking subsequent save and loads. If you have a map where this save/load feature works correctly that'd be greatly appreciated.

 

[DarkePacific]

Found a fix!

Using backup files we can save our current character on these backup files along with the main file. Then by storing the current number of the backup per slot in udg_NumberOfSaves[playerNumber*12+slot] we can load our character's progress without restarting the map by loading the most recent backup file. Each time the map is re-loaded udg_NumberOfSaves is reset, however since we still save our character to the mainfile the game still knows what our current character's progress is. The backup files are then overwritten from the last game as new saves are made in the current one.

TL: DR;
Save, Load, and Delete via the GUI dialog now all work correctly, regardless of caching.

See changes in

• SampleDialogSystem,
• SaveHelperLib,
• SaveFile