Help with acehart's save/load system

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Can anyone help me fixing acehart's save/load system? I'm trying to modify it to save hero level/exp ; gold ; items/item charges and abilities. Sometimes it works and sometimes I get wrong loading data(unspent ability points, wrong items and others) I'm a newbie to map editing, so this was the easiest system I found(I know there are better ones, but they are too complicated...)

Here's a link to acehart's explanations about the system: http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php/49392-Save-Load-Code-Yet-Another?highlight=save%2Fload+acehart

Here are the triggers:

1.

  • SaveLoad Initialization All Copy
    • Events
      • Map initialization
    • Conditions
    • Actions
      • -------- List of Heroes --------
      • Set SaveLoad_Heroes[1] = Paladin
      • Set SaveLoad_Heroes[2] = Archmage
      • Set SaveLoad_Heroes[3] = Mountain King
      • Set SaveLoad_Heroes[4] = Blood Mage
      • -------- Number of Heroes --------
      • Set SaveLoad_Heroes_LastIndex = 4
      • -------- List of Items --------
      • Set SaveLoad_Items[1] = Claws of Attack +15
      • Set SaveLoad_Items[2] = Cheese
      • Set SaveLoad_Items[3] = Wand of Lightning Shield
      • Set SaveLoad_Items[4] = Magic Key Chain
      • -------- Number of Items --------
      • Set SaveLoad_Items_LastIndex = 4
      • -------- List of Abilities --------
      • Set SaveLoad_Abilities[1] = Banish
      • Set SaveLoad_Abilities[2] = Flame Strike
      • Set SaveLoad_Abilities[3] = Phoenix
      • Set SaveLoad_Abilities[4] = Siphon Mana
      • -------- Number of Abilities --------
      • Set SaveLoad_Abilities_LastIndex = 4
      • -------- These three lines may be changed if needed --------
      • Set SaveLoad_Alphabet = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789
      • Set SaveLoad_CaseSensitive = False
      • Set SaveLoad_UsePlayername = True
      • -------- Required: false --------
      • Set SaveLoad_Initialized = False
      • -------- Leave as is. Used to autocreate variables when copy & pasting to a new map --------
      • Set Code = AceHart
      • Set Save[1] = 0
      • Set SaveCount = 1
      • Set Validate = False
      • Set SaveLoad_Compress[1] = 0
      • Set SaveLoad_Uncompress[1] = 0
2.
  • SaveLoad Save All Copy
    • Events
      • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -save as An exact match
      • Player - Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing -save as An exact match
      • Player - Player 3 (Teal) types a chat message containing -save as An exact match
      • Player - Player 4 (Purple) types a chat message containing -save as An exact match
    • Conditions
    • Actions
      • -------- Prepare the save array with this player's Hero --------
      • Set SaveCount = 0
      • -------- Player's Gold --------
      • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
      • Set Save[SaveCount] = ((Triggering player) Current gold)
      • -------- Take all Heroes --------
      • Set UnitGroup = (Units owned by (Triggering player) matching (((Matching unit) is A Hero) Equal to True))
      • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
      • Set Save[SaveCount] = (Number of units in UnitGroup)
      • Unit Group - Pick every unit in UnitGroup and do (Actions)
        • Loop - Actions
          • -------- Save the Hero --------
          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
          • Set TempUnit = (Picked unit)
          • Custom script: set udg_Save[udg_SaveCount] = SaveLoad_Unit2Integer( udg_TempUnit )
          • -------- Hero Experience --------
          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
          • Set Save[SaveCount] = (Hero experience of (Picked unit))
          • -------- Hero Position X --------
          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
          • Set Save[SaveCount] = (Integer((X of (Position of (Picked unit)))))
          • -------- Hero Position Y --------
          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
          • Set Save[SaveCount] = (Integer((Y of (Position of (Picked unit)))))
          • -------- How many items does he carry --------
          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
          • Set Save[SaveCount] = (Number of items carried by (Picked unit))
          • -------- Add all items --------
          • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 6, do (Actions)
            • Loop - Actions
              • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                • If - Conditions
                  • ((Item carried by (Picked unit) in slot (Integer A)) is owned) Equal to True
                • Then - Actions
                  • -------- The actual item --------
                  • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
                  • Set TempItem = (Item carried by (Picked unit) in slot (Integer A))
                  • Custom script: set udg_Save[udg_SaveCount] = SaveLoad_Item2Integer( udg_TempItem )
                  • -------- The number of charges it has --------
                  • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
                  • Set Save[SaveCount] = (Charges remaining in (Item carried by (Picked unit) in slot (Integer A)))
                • Else - Actions
                  • For each (Integer A) from 1 to SaveLoad_Abilities_LastIndex, do (Actions)
                    • Loop - Actions
                      • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                        • If - Conditions
                          • (Level of SaveLoad_Abilities[(Integer A)] for (Picked unit)) Greater than 0
                        • Then - Actions
                          • -------- The actual ability --------
                          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
                          • Set Save[SaveCount] = (Integer A)
                          • -------- Its level --------
                          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
                          • Set Save[SaveCount] = (Level of SaveLoad_Abilities[(Integer A)] for (Picked unit))
                        • Else - Actions
      • -------- Turn values into code --------
      • Custom script: set udg_Code = SaveLoad_Encode()
      • -------- Show code to player --------
      • Quest - Display to (Player group((Triggering player))) the Secret message: Your code:
      • Game - Display to (Player group((Triggering player))) for 60.00 seconds the text: Code
3.

  • SaveLoad Load All Copy
    • Events
      • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -load as A substring
      • Player - Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing -load as A substring
      • Player - Player 3 (Teal) types a chat message containing -load as A substring
      • Player - Player 4 (Purple) types a chat message containing -load as A substring
    • Conditions
      • (Substring((Entered chat string), 1, 6)) Equal to (Matched chat string)
      • (Length of (Entered chat string)) Greater than 6
    • Actions
      • -------- Try to decode what was typed --------
      • Set Code = (Substring((Entered chat string), 7, (Length of (Entered chat string))))
      • Custom script: set udg_Validate = SaveLoad_Decode( udg_Code )
      • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        • If - Conditions
          • Validate Equal to False
        • Then - Actions
          • -------- Invalid code --------
          • Game - Display to (Player group((Triggering player))) the text: There's some error ...
          • Skip remaining actions
        • Else - Actions
      • -------- It worked, let's do something with it --------
      • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units owned by (Triggering player) matching (((Matching unit) is A Hero) Equal to True)) and do (Actions)
        • Loop - Actions
          • Unit - Remove (Picked unit) from the game
      • Set TempInteger = SaveCount
      • Set SaveCount = 1
      • -------- Restore Gold --------
      • Player - Set (Triggering player) Current gold to Save[SaveCount]
      • -------- For "number of Heroes", do --------
      • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
      • For each (Integer B) from 1 to Save[SaveCount], do (Actions)
        • Loop - Actions
          • -------- Restore Hero --------
          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
          • Custom script: set udg_TempUnitType = SaveLoad_Integer2Unit(udg_Save[udg_SaveCount])
          • Unit - Create 1 TempUnitType for (Triggering player) at ((Triggering player) start location) facing Default building facing degrees
          • -------- Set Experience --------
          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
          • Hero - Set (Last created unit) experience to Save[SaveCount], Hide level-up graphics
          • -------- Move to saved position --------
          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
          • Unit - Move (Last created unit) instantly to (Point((Real(Save[SaveCount])), (Real(Save[(SaveCount + 1)]))))
          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
          • -------- Recreate all items --------
          • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
          • For each (Integer A) from 1 to Save[SaveCount], do (Actions)
            • Loop - Actions
              • -------- The actual item --------
              • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
              • Custom script: set udg_TempItemType = SaveLoad_Integer2Item(udg_Save[udg_SaveCount])
              • Hero - Create TempItemType and give it to (Last created unit)
              • -------- Number of charges --------
              • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
              • Item - Set charges remaining in (Last created item) to Save[SaveCount]
          • For each (Integer SaveCount) from (SaveCount + 1) to TempInteger, do (Actions)
            • Loop - Actions
              • For each (Integer A) from 1 to (Save[SaveCount] + 1), do (Actions)
                • Loop - Actions
                  • Custom script: call SelectHeroSkill( GetLastCreatedUnit(), udg_SaveLoad_Abilities[ udg_Save[ udg_SaveCount ] ] )
              • Set SaveCount = (SaveCount + 1)
 
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u see the "List of Abilities" in the first trigger. You'll have to add all the spells in a variable and set the SaveLoad_Abilities_LastIndex = 4 to the number of abilities stored. It is the same with the items. Store all the items u will use on the map into variables.
 
I'm still using the demo map and the default abilities there - banish, flame strike, etc. I know that when I import this to my map I have to edit those values. But the problem is that the save system is not working properly with default values/hero/items provided in the demo map.
 
What system can you recommend me? I'm looking for an easy one with easy to understand and modify fields(like list your heroes here:.....; list your abilities here:... ; etc)
 
actually, nestharus's system is as easy as that if you get someone to make the base code for you all you do is input the heroes/items/etc
 
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