Iterate through included files/datafiles

[preinheimer]

I'm defining what levels will look like in JSON files. Read them in, create the level, works great.

But currently I hard code the array listing all the files.


Is there a way to pull in a directory listing or similar?

 

[Sam (Deleted User)]

For a solution that isn't limited to Windows, but also supports Mac and Linux, try directory_contents() and directory_contents_ext()

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The filter/pattern argument can be used like:
"*.jpg;*.gif;*.png" or "*.*" to allow all file types. There is a boolean argument for whether to include directories and bundles, (bundles are a mac thing). You can also use @YellowAfterlife's string split script from his blog if you want to parse the returned files and directories into an array. The new line character "\n" is used for a delimiter.

 

[preinheimer]

Thanks!

It seems weird to me that we're given this sandbox, which I'm completely happy to stay in, but no easy built-in ways of seeing what's in the sandbox.

 

[Sam (Deleted User)]

Are you using GMS 1.4 or 2.x? You can turn off the sandbox in 2.x. if you are using 1.4, you can get the extension for 1.4 here: https://samuel-venable.itch.io/dialog-module

It's under the downloads section despite the discription and screenshots being about something else (I got kinda lazy and didnt make separate pages for each asset yet)

 

[YellowAfterlife]

file_find_first("*.json", 0) and other file_find_* functions should work for enumerating included files, I think on any platform.

 

[Sam (Deleted User)]

file_find_first("*.json", 0) and other file_find_* functions should work for enumerating included files, I think on any platform.

Last I checked that is Windows only, unless they changed that.