File exists?

#1 From the TGE Documentation

isFile(filename)
	-Used to determine if file exists
	-Returns a numeric (0 = FALSE, 1 = TRUE)

	isFile(“/fps/client/scripts/script.cs”);

#2 Woah, quick answer.. 2 minutes :D
Damn, i looked in the TGE Script docos before posting but didnt saw it :\

#3 no worries big fellah :)
I have been down that road many times in the past, and
more than likely will revist that path in the near future.


-Ron

#4 :)

thanks a lot :D

#5 Im having a problem with this
no matter what i do (even if i know the file exists) it always returns false. heres what im doing

%this.player = %player;
%this.setControlObject(%player);
echo("Setting up player data....");
%this.player.stats = new scriptObject();
%playername = strToPlayerName(%this.player.getShapeName());
if (IsFile("./Players/"@%playername@"/stats.sav"))
{
echo("player exists loading data....");
LoadPlayerData(%this, "stats");
}
else
{
echo("new player created....");
%this.player.stats.con = $DefaultStats::Con;
%this.player.stats.str = $DefaultStats::Str;
%this.player.stats.int = $DefaultStats::Int;
%this.player.stats.wis = $DefaultStats::Wis;
%this.player.stats.agi = $DefaultStats::Agi;
%this.player.stats.lvl = $DefaultStats::Lvl;
%this.player.stats.kingdom = $DefaultStats::Kingdom;
%this.player.stats.tribe = $DefaultStats::Tribe;
}

i dont know if the loading function works because IsFile() is always returning false. help?

#6 Try to use echo("./Players/"@%playername@"/stats.sav") to see if the correct path is used. Just to be sure.

#7 Yes it is the correct path im using "./Players/EVilleDoEr/stats.sav"
any other suggestions?

#8 Just as a note....when i wrote the file i used the same path but it saved it in the games root directory. Is that where its trying to read from?

#9 It is trying to search where you are telling it to search. If it is writing the file someplace else, then it will not be able to find it.

Double and triple check your paths and filename. This is most likely the cause. Second thing to try is using the cs extension instead of .sav

#10 It looks like he saves and loads player stats, so no need to rename it to .cs i guess.
Tried using "~/Players/....." Instead of "./Players/...." ?

#11 There has to be a bug here. I had the exact same problem, and the way I solved it cannot be the preferred way of doing it.

$savegame_base = "./T2D/data/savegames/game_";              // where save
$loadgame_base = "~/data/savegames/game_";                    // where we load from

function loadGameData(%gameID){
  
  %filename = $loadgame_base @ %gameID @ ".cs";
  
  echo("Checking " @ %filename);
  
  if(IsFile(%filename) == true){
    echo("Loading game " @ %filename);
    exec(%filename);
  } else {
    echo("Creating game " @ %filename);
    createGameData();    
    gameData.mapdot_current = 1;
  }
  setupT2DScene("map",$mapbase @ "worldmap_1.map");
}

function GameDataObj::saveGameData(%this,%gameID){
  
  %filename = $savegame_base @ %gameID @ ".cs";
  %this.save(%filename);  
  return true;
}

If I try to use $loadgame_base to tell it to save, it creates a directory called "~"! If I try to use $savegame_base to find the file, it fails!