GameMaker Using ds_map_secure_load?

[Neptune]

Should I create a map before loading a map like this?

var map = ds_map_create();
if file_exists(file_name)
{
    map = ds_map_secure_load(file_name);
}

Or is this how it should be done?

var map = noone;
if file_exists(file_name)
{
    map = ds_map_secure_load(file_name);
}

 

[Danei]

The latter; the function returns the index of a fresh new piping hot ds_map, you don't need to assign it to an existing one. And if you did, that would probably take place inside the function (as in, for example, ds_map_copy() ), not by altering a variable that already points to a different map's index.

 

[Neptune]

Ok great, thanks!