[General] Game Save/Load

[Almia]

For those who can read this. Is there anyway how can I load a map without using the Warcraft 3's Saving/Loading? Ex. If I play an RPG map but i want to turn off the PC and i don't want to use Save/Load Game. Is there any alternative ways? I don't think Game Cache does this.

 

[WaterKnight]

Singleplayer or multiplayer? Game Cache can do it in singleplayer.

More options:
You can encode the game instance's necessary information into a string and require the player to type it in the next time or abuse some wc3 exploits to write to/read from a file.

Take a look at the resources uploaded by Nestharus.

 

[Almia]

I think i can do it like thisSinglePlayer)

if someGameCache == null then
    set someGameCache = InitGameCache("MyMap")
    //Save Stuffs
else 
    //Load stuffs
endif

but im afraid that i think it will lost all of the hashtables saved datas.

 

[WaterKnight]

You have to commit the changes with SaveGameCache(<gc>). The campaign uses game cache to transmit data from one level to another. For example, so your hero keeps the items in inventory.

 

[Almia]

So i can't retrieve it again? even i load it in the same cache?

 

[WaterKnight]

? What would be the point of saving if you cannot retrieve it?

gcVar = InitGameCache(<name>)

SaveGameCache(gcVar)  //write game cache to hard disk under name <name>

gcVar = InitGameCache(<name>)  //read game cache from hard disk of name <name>

 

[Almia]

Oh ok thanks
My problem now is the hashtable datas. I think i can replace the hashtable with Game Cache,so that i can still maintain the datas.

+rep

 

[WaterKnight]

Hashtables do not have the save function but it is better to work with them during the game. So you may consider transferring data to the game cache just before storing it. This depends however. There is no native function that simply makes a copy of everything. Keeping track of all the used keys on the other hand would be expensive.

 

[Almia]

Don't worry. I can typecast it.