Saving Files-In Need of Basics

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Mar 1 2004, 7:28 pm (Edited on Mar 1 2004, 7:36 pm)
Hey, I'm giving DM another try and am trying to understand how to write to a file from within the program.
Could anyone give me simple examples of how to use the "savefile()" proc? I am hoping to implement into saving a mob.

Please don't link me. I have already checked out: http://www.byond.com/docs/guide/chap12.html
Mar 1 2004, 7:38 pm
BYOND has a built in save file system.
Basically to use it you declare a new var of the type /savefile (var/savefile/F), then create a new /savefile object and enter it's file name in as an argument in new (F = new /savefile("[player.ckey].sav")).

Now to save vars from F (the savefile), we just do F["name"] << player.name. To load you just do the same thing, but with >> instead of <<.

I belive their is a BYONDscape article that explains it all much clearer, so you'll probably want to give that a look. It's written by Deadron.
Mar 1 2004, 7:50 pm
In response to DarkView
There are also Read() and Write() procs, which save and load most variables for you, in no particular order. They also save some space.