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[mrokke96]

Hi there! im making a xp kinda thing in a ini file, and when i kill a enemy i want it to increase by 1, i tried ini_write_real("Blah","Blah",+1) but nothing happens!! Why, what am im doing wrong?

[@Alex@]

You shouldn't be writing to the ini in real time, you should only be writing it at the end of the game or when you save.

If you do want to do it this way you'll need to fetch the variable from the ini value , increase it and rewrite it to the ini file.

[ChefDavid22]

Yes what Alex says - that will put too much hog on resources for your game. Your best bet is to check at the end of the round and see if your new value is greater than the saved value, then override with the new value.

Edited by ChefDavid22, 21 May 2012 - 04:34 PM.

[mrokke96]

Yes what Alex says - that put too much hog on resources for your game. Your best bet is to check at the end of the round and see if your new value is greater than the saved value, then override with the new value.

ok, but how do i check that, if the xp value or what you want to call it, is greater than the value in the ini file??

[@Alex@]

You read the value from the ini file and store it in some variable. You should already be storing your xp in some other variable you simply check if variable B is greater than variable A and then if it is you write the value.

Have a look at the guides in my signature and some of the other ones in the Tutorials section to get a better idea on how to use ini files.

[mrokke96]

You read the value from the ini file and store it in some variable. You should already be storing your xp in some other variable you simply check if variable B is greater than variable A and then if it is you write the value.

Have a look at the guides in my signature and some of the other ones in the Tutorials section to get a better idea on how to use ini files.

Oh, how stupid i am , i should have known that, but thank you and chefdavid22 for the help!!