save/load system, that doesnt require the user to write in his code

[69stehend]

what ways are there to create a save/load system, where you dont need to screenshot the code and type it in next game?

 

[darkzxx]

Hmm Guild of hyppos used a save/load system that saved the code in your warcraft 3 savegames folder but i have no idea how they did it :3

 

[TwoVenomous]

what ways are there to create a save/load system, where you dont need to screenshot the code and type it in next game?

there's no way to do something like that.. how would they claim when, what, where, & how did you save the game if you didn't type any code in the next games ?

Hmm Guild of hyppos used a save/load system that saved the code in your warcraft 3 savegames folder but i have no idea how they did it :3

re-read his question :/

 

[69stehend]

i read this thread and wondered, if "local saving" is what im searching for
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/triggers-scripts-269/has-local-saving-been-made-yet-222497/

 

[TwoVenomous]

i read this thread and wondered, if "local saving" is what im searching for
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/triggers-scripts-269/has-local-saving-been-made-yet-222497/

no no no, that's not related to your question at all.. if there is really a way to do that, then many maps would have done them and we don't need to do the screenshot thingy anymore..

 

[69stehend]

i thought of doing it with a bot (for example if its an orpg thats constantly hosted by a certain bot)
isnt it possible that the bot reads the DisplayText messages and picks out the codes? for example "Code for Player 1" means, that the next 100 chars are the loading code for player 1
then the bot can database it somehow (my sql or smth)
and when the game starts, the bot sends the required codes (maybe via text message) to the game

i would try to code that myself, but i have 0 idea of editing the ghost one program (or any other bot program)

 

[darkzxx]

hmm i think what you want is that you do not need to manually type out the code itself?

what i am saying is that guild of hyppos saved the text file in your warcraft 3 games folder so you do not need to screenshot it, you just have to copy paste the code from the text folder to the next GoH rpg. so you do not need to go through all the trouble and wont get a code error at all

 

[69stehend]

sounds interesting

but the bot-idea has 2 reasons:
1. you do not need to manually type it (as u said)
2. you can only play on the clan-bot, so you can ensure that only the newest version is being played
3. you can ensure that only the newest version of every character is being used

 

[darkzxx]

i can't really help you but i think that this "bot-idea" is really hard to implant O.O

1. you can ensure that only the newest version of every character is being used

i do not understand /\/\

 

[69stehend]

for example:
you buy an expensive item for a friend, but you dont want to lose your money, so you load an older version of your character next game

 

[darkzxx]

i see i see

 

[TwoVenomous]

for example:
you buy an expensive item for a friend, but you dont want to lose your money, so you load an older version of your character next game

this can be solved by adding some text while a player picks an item that doesn't belong to that player.. "This item doesn't belong to you"
something like that.. so, whenever other player buy them an expensive items, they wouldn't have a chance to pick it up

 

[69stehend]

buy what if u want players to be able to buy stuff for others?

EDIT: beside that it was just an example
there can be many reasons why people might want to keep multiple versions of a character

 

[TwoVenomous]

buy what if u want players to be able to buy stuff for others?

that would just reduce the fun of the game for real..
there if your map is cheated or hacked.. and their level is 100 (just example) with super duper hyper rare items.. they give a level 1 noob all their items and then just leave without saving (so bot won't realize his latest actions).. would you consider about preventing things like that ?

 

[69stehend]

first of all items basically have level restrictions^^
beside that i thought of autosave, so that its impossible to leave without saving

 

[TwoVenomous]

first of all items basically have level restrictions^^
beside that i thought of autosave, so that its impossible to leave without saving

oh yeah, nevermind then really smart person

 

[ap0calypse]

Actually, it would be nice if you read through this post: File I/O.
It does exactly what you want to do. It also explains TwoVenomous' confusion (why no other maps do this).

I believe that with enough modification, it would be able to automatically save/load all your characters and create a nice list of them.
This is just a hypothesis though, I haven't tested the script yet (nor am I planning to do so in the near future).

The bad thing is that it's not really finished yet

 

[TwoVenomous]

Actually, it would be nice if you read through this post: File I/O.
It does exactly what you want to do. It also explains TwoVenomous' confusion (why no other maps do this).

I believe that with enough modification, it would be able to automatically save/load all your characters and create a nice list of them.
This is just a hypothesis though, I haven't tested the script yet (nor am I planning to do so in the near future).

The bad thing is that it's not really finished yet

seems legit , thanks for the link

 

[Spartipilo]

There isn't still any local save/load. Nestharus was thinking about it, I'm not sure if he's still working on it. That would require an aditional file being on your computer for Wc3 to handle when you just type "-load" or do some event to load your locally saved character.

The most "advanced" method is what Guild of Hyppos and TKOK does, wich is creating a Text file in your Wc3 directory with the code in it so you can just Copy/Paste in the game.

 

[69stehend]

The most "advanced" method is what Guild of Hyppos and TKOK does, wich is creating a Text file in your Wc3 directory with the code in it so you can just Copy/Paste in the game.

this method is part of nestharus file i/o (posted by apocalypse) i think.
does anyone know how that file creation works? i looked through nestharus' code but i didnt have time to work with it yet.

 

[claptomanic]

Spartipilo....nes stopped modding wc3 completely. he moved to c++ coding. so the i/o saving isnt finished and if nobody takes care of it itll never be finished.

 

[PurplePoot]

hmm i think what you want is that you do not need to manually type out the code itself?

what i am saying is that guild of hyppos saved the text file in your warcraft 3 games folder so you do not need to screenshot it, you just have to copy paste the code from the text folder to the next GoH rpg. so you do not need to go through all the trouble and wont get a code error at all

Every now and then an exploit in wc3 shows up which allows you to write files to the user's computer, and they're soon fixed. This is not reliable.

I'm not sure if the specific exploit they're making use of is still around or not, but many have come and gone over the years.