Author Topic: [GAME DESIGN] need advice with game stats (Read 4870 times)

theone · « **on:** March 02, 2006, 05:53:00 am »

ok my rpg game is going great thx to you guys, but i have a question how should i store the game stats(levels, health, mana, X,Y,ect...)? i could store it in varibles but that is 2 easy to delete and a hasle, i uaslly i store it in in lists but iam worried that someone will hack it :dang:

:angry:

and make the game easier, can some one tell me what i could do?

on more thing i have all the my sprites saved on pic 0 is there any easy way to transfer the points into a program in my RPG?

thank you

tifreak · « **Reply #1 on:** March 02, 2006, 06:28:00 am »

Umm, lists is the best way to store stats, you could copy the list into another list, and when someone goes to start from a saved game, and the two lists are no longer the same, then you could display a message, saying that the data was corrupted, and would have to be deleted or something...

Keeps them from hacking as easily...

theone · « **Reply #2 on:** March 02, 2006, 06:48:00 am »

but couldn't they just edit the second list too?

kalan_vod · « **Reply #3 on:** March 02, 2006, 12:50:00 pm »

Yeah it would be easy to hack both lists >.<. You can't prevent hacking on basic games, but you can make it a little harder to hack. On ticalc.org I believe there is a list<->appvar program, so you could save the info into a list and then run the appvar program and that would make it a list. But as an added featured you could make two list and do like tifreak said! If you don't understand I can help with some code if you would like, not saying you are incompident (spelling?

). Good luck!

theone · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2006, 03:40:00 am »

ok thanks, but is there any way that u can make pic 0 into pionts on a prgram, or do you just have to type it your self?

you get what i am trying to say???

Krid · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2006, 03:43:00 am »

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QUOTE (theone @ Mar 4 2006, 15:40)

ok thanks, but is there any way that u can make pic 0 into pionts on a prgram, or do you just have to type it your self?

you get what i am trying to say???

I get what you are trying to say, but depending on the complexibility of the picture, I guess you can expect an increase in size. Thus I'd recommend you to use a pic file, that's what I'll be doing.

As for the list hacking, Rebirth will probably feature out-in-the-open lists to be hacked if wished, at least on the first release. I wouldn't worry too much about potential people messing around with your game, since you are still learning just as I am. Besides, once they downloaded and checked it out it's good, isnt it?

CDI · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2006, 03:49:00 am »

In A Dot RPG v1.1 I put in a Cheat Console to cange the save list easily

Krid · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2006, 03:53:00 am »

Heh, I won't make it _that_ easy =)

CDI · « **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2006, 03:58:00 am »

well in the A Dot RPG v1.0 readme I listed the elements of the list for cheaters, but nobody reads the readme

crzyrbl · « **Reply #9 on:** March 04, 2006, 07:02:00 am »

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QUOTE (kalan_vod @ Mar 2 2006, 18:50)

Yeah it would be easy to hack both lists >.<. You can't prevent hacking on basic games, but you can make it a little harder to hack. On ticalc.org I believe there is a list<->appvar program, so you could save the info into a list and then run the appvar program and that would make it a list. But as an added featured you could make two list and do like tifreak said! If you don't understand I can help with some code if you would like, not saying you are incompident (spelling?

). Good luck!

List to AppVar??? you hv to show me this man...

theone · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:28:00 am »

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QUOTE (Krid @ Mar 4 2006, 9:43)

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QUOTE (theone @ Mar 4 2006, 15:40)

ok thanks, but is there any way that u can make pic 0 into pionts on a prgram, or do you just have to type it your self?

you get what i am trying to say???

I get what you are trying to say, but depending on the complexibility of the picture, I guess you can expect an increase in size. Thus I'd recommend you to use a pic file, that's what I'll be doing.

what do you mean by a pic file?

Krid · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:34:00 am »

Picture files, the file you store your sprites in according to the topicstart.

theone · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2006, 01:02:00 pm »

you mean like pic 0, or pic 2 ect....?

kalan_vod · « **Reply #13 on:** March 06, 2006, 05:11:00 am »

Well I searched for this and I guess I was incorrect as I didn't find anything like this >.<. But I do know it is possible, we just need to bug a Asm coder to do it

or learn it ourselves...

Krid · « **Reply #14 on:** March 06, 2006, 05:19:00 am »

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QUOTE (theone @ Mar 6 2006, 1:02)

you mean like pic 0, or pic 2 ect....?

Yes, those are pic files.

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