save & load state -drag&drop game

[eXecoV]

Hello all,

I'm having some trouble creating a save and load function so when I reload my drag&drop - duplicate items- application and click on load, I have my app with the last saved state. Could anyone help me out on this?

Also, This is an exemple for 1 object, I need to use a bunch of objects to fill in the stage. I first had the idea of using a carousel i created once, but I didn't find out yet how to use a drag & drop/duplicate function on that one. In this example my var dupli is used for object1, and when i want an object 2 on stage to be duplicated I just copy the code of object 1..but that's not very "effective" when I need to put a hundred of different objects in my app a carousel with only one function to duplicate all of them would be better. Anyway, just this information aside since it could need a different approach for the save and load function, i don't know..?

//save & load

var savefile = SharedObject.getLocal('rayon');


//duplicate drag&drop for object1

var mcNum = 1;
var dupli:MovieClip;
myobject1_mc.onPress = function() {
        dupli = myobject1_mc.duplicateMovieClip("myobject1_mc"+mcNum, ++mcNum);
        dupli._x = myobject1_mc._x;
        dupli._y = myobject1_mc._y;
        dupli.startDrag();
        this._parent["myobject1_mc"+mcNum].onPress = function() {
            this.startDrag();
        }
        this._parent["myobject1_mc"+mcNum].onRelease = function() {
            this.stopDrag();
        }
};
myobject1_mc.onRelease = function() {
        dupli.stopDrag();
};
myobject1_mc.onReleaseOutside = function() {
        dupli.stopDrag();
};

(on my save_mc movieclip)

save_mc.onPress = function() {//when the button is pressed
savefile.data.dupli=_root.dupli;//save the variable dupli
savefile.flush();//saves it as a cookie
}

(on my load_mc movieclip)

load_mc.onPress = function() {//when the button is pressed

_root.level=savefile.data.dupli;//
}

[whispers]

I didnt go through your code fully..

I sorta remember the carousel post..but it looked like the carousel project form gotoAndLearn website..??

anyways.. I have done his plenty of times for games/builder apps..etc

I dont know you are setting up your project..

but the general idea is..

you need to have/keep a LIST of all objects on the stage (that you want to 'save/record')

you do this by creating an array to hold all the info you want to save/record for each clip.. and storing it..

ie: clip name
xPos
yPos
_alpha
color
x & y scale
depth

etc

etc whatever it is you'll need later to re-create & re-build this 'scenario'

so on some button click (save)..

you run through this list/array of objects, updating/recording all the unique data for each clip.. and save it..

looks like your trying to use a SharedObject (flash cookie) to save the data locally on the users computer?


FYI-
depending on how much data there is to save..and the users specific security settings you may NOT be able to save anything at all..

[eXecoV]

well the carousel ain't the big issue, a basic scroll zone that I can fill with objects would be good enough, I just need to be able to use this drag&drop-duplicate on items inside a scrollable area/carousel, and later on save the state of what i put on stage while playing my swf. Gonna give a try on the drag drop first, if anyone could give me a hint on the save & load problem...?