TUTORIAL Five: Saving/Loading

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Feb 12 2013, 6:07 am
In response to Pirion
Pirion wrote:
Did you define it in your vars.dm?

mob/var Level=1 Exp=0 Nexp=100 //New code below HP=100 MaxHP=100 Str=10 Def=5



Yes i followed this tutorial from the start, from tut#1
Feb 12 2013, 8:25 am
Can you show that part?

Thanks!
Feb 13 2013, 5:36 am
In response to Pirion
Pirion wrote:
Can you show that part?

Thanks!

mob
    var
        Level=1
        Exp=50
        TotalExp=0
        Nexp=100
        HP=30
        MaxHP=30
        Str=5
        Def=2
Feb 15 2013, 3:03 am
Question: What are the big disadvantages of just saving the whole mob? Provided you don't have any references to other atoms saved and are using tmp vars correctly, there shouldn't really be any need to save every variable seperatedly - right?
Feb 15 2013, 7:24 pm
In response to Emasym
Emasym wrote:
Question: What are the big disadvantages of just saving the whole mob? Provided you don't have any references to other atoms saved and are using tmp vars correctly, there shouldn't really be any need to save every variable seperatedly - right?

The file will be huge. For one the icons are stored in a compressed (base 64) format. I once ended up with files that were 4MB in size. This adds up quickly with more players joining your game.
Feb 15 2013, 9:17 pm
That's why you override Write() to stop the icon from saving. Overall, it's a much better method.
Feb 25 2013, 7:36 pm
I keep getting th error:

save.dm:4:error: proc definition not allowed inside another proc

Its about this line:
var/savefile/F=new(FileName)

No idea where to look for whats wrong tho..hope someone can help out :)
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