loadlines

[Andy0687]

Is it possible to use loadlines to read from say a key in an ini file?
Having a little trouble figuring out how if it is possible, this is what im talking about.

Originally Posted by File

[Move]
up=w
down=s
left=a
right=d
[Strafe]
left=q
right=e

An Example.
Then i wanted to load the contents of the file, and only get the values under [Move].

I tried loading the lines and searching for "[Move]' then just isolating the contents under that, trying to find the = signs, and hunt the stuff on each side, but I discovered I am doing that either, wrong, or too complicated.

Can GS2 do this easier?

[Yen]

loadvars() dumps them into an object as variables.

keyconfig.loadvars("file");

keyconfig.up=w
keyconfig.down=s
And so on

I heard from someone that the [] labels have some effect on how it loads, but I haven't tried.

[Ajira]

Originally Posted by Yen

I heard from someone that the [] labels have some effect on how it loads, but I haven't tried.

Just do like [MOVE]=1 [STRAFE]=1
Just add a value to it and it should be fine

[Andy0687]

Originally Posted by Yen

loadvars() dumps them into an object as variables.

keyconfig.loadvars("file");

keyconfig.up=w
keyconfig.down=s
And so on

I heard from someone that the [] labels have some effect on how it loads, but I haven't tried.

Thanks but the [] labels were what i was thinking I had to use to keep them togather, using your method i was hoping to get something like

keyconfig.movement.up=w

Although now I guess I see the way I can do it is much easier then what i was thinking in the first place, thanks.

[xXziroXx]

I´ll give you another example.

Say that the file looks like this:

NPC Code:

---

up=w

left=a

down=s

right=d

---

NPC Code:

---

for onActionServerSide( action)

{

  if ( action == "GetDataFromFile" ) {

    this.data.loadlines("levels/keyconfig.txt");

    clientr.keysettings = this.data;

  }

}

---

Although you maybe dont need yet another example, here you go! :]

[Skyld]

Originally Posted by xXziroXx

I´ll give you another example.

Say that the file looks like this:

...

Although you maybe dont need yet another example, here you go! :]

So essentially, loadvars.

[ApothiX]

What you can do is use loadlines to search for the [Move], and then isolate all things under move by doing a check for another [ or so (or perhaps even doign something like: [Move] {
crap here
} and checking for '}') and put that stuff into another array using temp.blah.add(temp.lines[i]); or so. You can then use var.loadvarsfromarray(temp.blah) to convert all of the = lines into members of the object.

[xXziroXx]

Originally Posted by Skyld

So essentially, loadvars.

Yes, but still