Save and Load rooms?

[Galla]

Hi, I follow the Shaun Spalding Best Save and Load tutorial 2.3.1+ and I'm trying to figure out how to save in what room I'm currently in and later on load the level. What i tried ( rooms : room_get_name(room), ) it saves the Name of the room but I can't access it via load ( room_goto(_loadEntity.rooms) ) any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance.

 

[Nidoking]

If you're saving the name as a string, then you need to get the asset ID for the room with that name. Any translation you do has to go both ways.

 

[TheouAegis]

Look up asset_get_index()

 

[Mr.Celsuis]

I tried to figure this out too, and I did


In the save code type

currentRroom : room;

In the load code type

room = _loadenetity.currentRoom

(I forgot if it was an = or : in the load code, sorry! If the = doesn’t work than you know why)

 

[Nidoking]

currentRroom : room;

Bad idea. Very bad idea. If the room indices ever change in a future update (of your own game or of Game Maker), all of your save files are broken. Never save asset IDs by number. Always save asset names by name. Better still, map some known strings to your asset IDs so you can change the asset names without invalidating the saves, just in case you ever feel the need to do that.

 

[Galla]

I tried to figure this out too, and I did


In the save code type

currentRroom : room;

In the load code type

room = _loadenetity.currentRoom

(I forgot if it was an = or : in the load code, sorry! If the = doesn’t work than you know why)

Thank you its working. I did not know i can just grab the room and save it that way.

 

[Galla]

Bad idea. Very bad idea. If the room indices ever change in a future update (of your own game or of Game Maker), all of your save files are broken. Never save asset IDs by number. Always save asset names by name. Better still, map some known strings to your asset IDs so you can change the asset names without invalidating the saves, just in case you ever feel the need to do that.

I don't get how to do it

 

[Slow Fingers]

I don't get how to do it

Use a combinaison of room_get_name(index); to get the room name as a string while saving and
asset_get_index(asset_string); to get the actual room from it's name as a string for loading.