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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Trying to open an old game from a new one

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Daygamer
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Posted: 11th Aug 2010 22:22
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Hey all

I'd like to add an arcade room to my current project. I'd like to use some of my old smaller games for the arcade.

I also need to have the player's money increase depending on how well they do in the arcade. So I need to pass out to score variable or something?

Other than just copying the code into my new project and making it a sub routine, is there a nice way to open up my old game from my new one.

I've tried using the #include command and the open to read command.

thanks guys! I always appreciate you being generous with your knowledge.

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Virtual Nomad
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Posted: 11th Aug 2010 23:18 Edited at: 11th Aug 2010 23:18
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take a look at the execute file and execute executable commands if you desire one program (ie, "Arcade.exe") to launch another (ie, "Asteroids.exe").

as for passing a value (ie, a player's current "Cash") from one program to another, i think the simplest solution is to write a file containing, say, the player name and their current "bank account" while directing each game in the arcade to read and update the amount accordingly.

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Daygamer
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Posted: 12th Aug 2010 01:19
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ah, cool, thanks, Virtual Nomad. Those commands were just what I was looking for. awesome

I'm not quite sure I completely understand the second half of your answer about as for passing a value, but I will play around with it and post again if I don't if I haven't got it figured out. thanks

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luskos
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Posted: 13th Aug 2010 19:44
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All your games need to save/load exactly the same way.You can use one file to save your player stats and share it with all games.When you leave one game, save stats to the file, start second game and load stats back.That's what Virtual Nomad said, but with some other words

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Daygamer
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Posted: 13th Aug 2010 20:18
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okay, I get that. What kind of file is recommended to save stats into?

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