Saving and loading a game idea

Ok well.... my idea here is to have a save button that saves you data, or an auto save function either one. Then when you start your game, have a load button that loads the data and takes you to the corresponding level.

For the save button code I have this.

Code:

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on(release){
savefile.data.levelnum= _root.levelnum;
savefile.flush();
}

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And the load button code is.

Code:

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on(release){
var savefile = SharedObject.getLocal("test");
_root.levelnum = savefile.data.levelnum;
}
if (savefile.data.levelnum == undefined ){
_root.gotoAndStop("level1")

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Now the only problem with this is I don't know how to actually implement it. For instance it saving the levelnum equal to 4 then when it loads having it go to the fourth level.

I'm not sure where exactly you're having the problem. It seems like you've got everything you need.

You could put the save and load things into functions, maybe? save_data() and load_data(). Execute save_data() at the end of a level and load_data() when you push the button.

Or do you mean the act of jumping to a given level in general? If that's the case, it's a lot more open-ended and depends on whether you're using Flash IDE or Flex or something. How much game have you made so far?