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How to save a plot in a tycoon/simulator game?

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GroovyFhish 8
6 years ago
Edited 6 years ago

Hello, I am going to make a tycoon/simulator kind of game and I wonder if it is any good way to save it. I want it to save like in Lumber Tycoon 2. Can anyone help me because I don't understand this? Have a nice day?

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I imagine you'd store a table of information(save file) and then read from that table MooMooThalahlah 421 — 6y

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EnderGamer358 79
6 years ago

To expand on ax_gold's suggestion, I would recommend saving a bunch of intvalues that each stand for a structure. If the intvalue = 1, then the player owns the structure and it'll load it. If it = 0 then the player doesn't own it, and the game won't load it. You can expand on this idea yourself by learning about datastores here: (http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php/Data_store)

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I was thinking so too but that would be a good bunch of code? GroovyFhish 8 — 6y
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Not necessarily, it might take up more space then some other methods, but it's easier and more practical to use and doesn't require as much scripting experience EnderGamer358 79 — 6y
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I have custom placement so I would need to check values for every tile? GroovyFhish 8 — 6y
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What exactly are you wanting to save for each tile? Size? Location? EnderGamer358 79 — 6y
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If you're saving a bunch of different tiles, this would require at least a fair amount of code, there's no way around it. If you have more scripting experience I would recommend making one intvalue for each tile, and if the intvalue equaled (say, 17), then the game would read it as having a size like (5, 1, 16), and the other properties would be specific like that as well. EnderGamer358 79 — 6y
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This would make it easier to use as the game would have a bunch of properties ready for that specific value EnderGamer358 79 — 6y
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@EnderGamer358 we can use bool instead of int. Bool can only store two values (true or false) and can be preferred over int zeusplayz2005 5 — 4y
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ax_gold 360 Moderation Voter
6 years ago

Data Stores are a good way to save data, and is probably the method used to save stats in games like Lumber Tycoon 2. Read the link for more info on Data Stores.

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