Tutorials

[Shackles]

The google one. Thanks!

[Habhome]

Aha, that's Bzdbbb's old site. It was replaced with www.xeroo.net pretty quick. At the moment it is abandoned for all I know and will not be updated. Bzdbbb was, last time I heard, working on a X-Fi2 IDE called Koi Pond. Not sure how that is progressing though but he hasn't been around much lately despite being a mod here, so my guess is he is busy with something important.
There is the LUA wiki by thievingSix for learning the possible commands you can use, so as long as you know some basic programming you can begin from there. Also if you have some specific question you can search the forum and see if somebody have asked about it already, if not you can make a thread about it and ask. Hope that helps.

[Shackles]

I heard about xeroo.net, but there is sadly only a application installing guide.
I have also heard about thievingSix's LUA wiki, its of great use!
However, do you know an app which have a simply load function so i can get a basic idea of how it works? I have read through the forums and i can't find any1 who have the same problem as I. Also the wiki is'nt of much help here.

[Habhome]

Originally Posted by Shackles

I heard about xeroo.net, but there is sadly only a application installing guide.
I have also heard about thievingSix's LUA wiki, its of great use!
However, do you know an app which have a simply load function so i can get a basic idea of how it works? I have read through the forums and i can't find any1 who have the same problem as I. Also the wiki is'nt of much help here.

Ah I see. So far noone have had time or determination to make a tutorial for anything. I think mostly because the people who actually stick to programming apps learn by asking those questions they need help with, or by looking at other peoples solutions.
Load functions can be found in: BlackJack, ParadiseSlots, Solitaire, among others.
I think you could learn a lot from BlackJack since I have carefully commented most important lines. Although the code is a bit messy and in need of cleanup some day.

Anyway, below is how I read in a save in the form of two numbers and one string. (It requires a .lua file you store the info in, preferably named save or similar. I kept it in a folder called save also to keep people from accidentally messing with it)

--Read game save and settings
sSave = io.open("save/save.lua")	--Open stats file in read mode(default)
if (sSave ~= nil) then	--if it isn't empty
	input = sSave:read("*l")	--read the first line
	if (input ~= nil) then	--if input isn't empty
		cash = tonumber(input)	--convert input into a number and save as cash
	end
	input = sSave:read("*l")	--read the next line
	if (input ~= nil) then	--if input isn't empty
		sound = tonumber(input)	--convert input into a number and save in sound
	end
	input = sSave:read("*l")	--read the next line
	if (input ~= nil) then	--if input isn't empty
		currentSkin = input	--Set currentSkin to the string on the line
	end
	sSave:close()	--close file
end

--Saves your game when called
function saveStats()	
	sSave = io.open("save/save.lua","w")	--Open stats file in write mode
	if (sSave ~= nil) then	--if it isn't empty
		sSave:write(cash,"\n")	--write cash amount into it
		sSave:write(sound,"\n")	--write sound setting
		sSave:write(currentSkin,"\n")	--write skin setting
		sSave:close()	--close file
	end
end

[Shackles]

Thank you! Taking a look at it now

[Brett_val]

I find it easier to have the save/stats file in this format:

highscore=0
cash=0
sounds=0

That way, you can load it by just doing dofile("save.lua"). That will read the file and execute the commands in it.

You just have to save the stats carefully, like this:

sSave:write("highscore=",highscore,"\n","cash=",cash,"\n","sounds=",sounds)

[Habhome]

Originally Posted by Brett_val

I find it easier to have the save/stats file in this format:

highscore=0
cash=0
sounds=0

That way, you can load it by just doing dofile("save.lua"). That will read the file and execute the commands in it.

You just have to save the stats carefully, like this:

sSave:write("highscore=",highscore,"\n","cash=",cash,"\n","sounds=",sounds)

That's another way, which I'm seriously considering for my newest creation. I think it may be easier to use.