GML My bestScore variable keeps resetting

[ElCheTibo]

Hello everyone,

I'm currently working on a simple top-view shooter. I've decided to add a score and best score feature to it.
When the current room is rGameOver, the score is displayed, and if the player presses space, the game restarts...

Unfortunately, I can't stop my bestScore variable to reset after pressing space!

Here are the code snippets:

// Create event of oGameManager

bestScore = 0;

// Step event of oGameManager

if (room == rGameOver)
{
    if (score > bestScore) bestScore = score; // if the current score is higher than bestScore, it stores the score's value
    
    if (keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space)) // the game resets these variables to their default values
    {
        diff = 1;
        score = 0;
        lives = 100;
        game_restart(); // i said nowhere to reset bestScore :/
    }
}

What am I doing wrong? Am I forgetting an else statement somewhere?

 

[TsukaYuriko]

You're forgetting that there is bestScore = 0; somewhere and that it will be triggered when you restart the game.

If you want this to persist between runs of the game (including restarts), save it to a file. If you don't want that, ensure that the initial declaration only runs once - for example by putting whatever declares it into the first room of the game and visiting it no more than once during the game's run time.

 

[ElCheTibo]

You're forgetting that there is bestScore = 0; somewhere and that it will be triggered when you restart the game.

If you want this to persist between runs of the game (including restarts), save it to a file. If you don't want that, ensure that the initial declaration only runs once - for example by putting whatever declares it into the first room of the game and visiting it no more than once during the game's run time.

How can I make a file in GML?

 

[FrostyCat]

Is it normal these days for "students" to be 4 months into GML and still not know how to handle a file?

ini_open(working_directory + "save.ini");
bestScore = ini_read_real("scores", "best", 0);
ini_close();

ini_open(working_directory + "save.ini");
ini_write_real("scores", "best", bestScore);
ini_close();

 

[TsukaYuriko]

... or not to know how to use the manual?

Search -> "file". file_text_write_real is the second result, and the page that lists all file functions is only a click away from that page.