how do i create a file in gm and write to it

[orchid veldt]

ok um, i'm making like, a saving system for my game and i wanna make some files to save to, more especifically ini files cuz i want to be able to mess with them outside of GM or whatever, so how could i do that?

[solemn spoke]

uh you could take a look at snap

if you want everything to be done for you

though tbh i forgot what i used it for

[orchid veldt]

i preffer making it myself

cuz i can control if further

[solemn spoke]

you dont have much time tho

[orchid veldt]

i really do preffer having control over my code n stuff

[solemn spoke]

https://manual.gamemaker.io/monthly/en/#t=GameMaker_Language%2FGML_Reference%2FFile_Handling%2FFile_System%2FFile_System.htm&rhsearch=file&rhhlterm=file

[orchid veldt]

i'm quite sure it's not something that takes time to just make a file and write a bunch of macros on it, right?

[solemn spoke]

could remake it after jam

[solemn spoke]

it's weird youd save macros out, macros get turned into their values on compile

[orchid veldt]

i meant global variables

neeri.

[solemn spoke]

you said macros, not global variables

[orchid veldt]

yeah, my apologies

[solemn spoke]

https://manual.gamemaker.io/monthly/en/#t=GameMaker_Language%2FGML_Reference%2FFile_Handling%2FEncoding_And_Hashing%2Fjson_stringify.htm&rhsearch=struct to json&rhhlterm=struct json

then save the string

then load the string

[orchid veldt]

nice

will do

[frigid pulsar]

You'll also want to look into buffers

[orchid veldt]

tab

?!?!

[orchid veldt]

alright ig

[orchid veldt]

@solemn spoke i decided to go with inis instead

[frigid pulsar]

oh no

anything but ini files

[orchid veldt]

what wrong w them

[frigid pulsar]

They're good for settings, but that's it

They can't really save too much data types besides strings or reals

[orchid veldt]

i mean

all i'm saving is coin count and room where i'm currently at

that's all

should be plenty

[frigid pulsar]

Well, as long as you're not saving the room index directly

And the name instead

[orchid veldt]

i am indeed saving the room index directly

[frigid pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/flandre-touhou-smash-fumo-plushie-gif-21084140

[orchid veldt]

smile for the config!!

[orchid veldt]

[frigid pulsar]

Assets are refs now!!! Treat them as such!!!

[orchid veldt]

how 2 turn string into variable name

[frigid pulsar]

A lot of assets have *_get_name functions

😉

[orchid veldt]

oh