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Working on a hero saving trigger through a code

01-01-2004, 04:05 AM#1
ph33rb0
Right now, by saving all the things I can think of for my RPG, the code is going to be in the area of 35 characters.

I wanted to ask you all which you think is something you'd be willing to start over on in exchange for a shorter code (keeping in mind you can always take a screenshot :D)

I currently save the following:
Hero/Experience/Level (7 total)
Gold (7 total - yeah seems like a lot, but you can have at max 100000 gold so I figured might as well save it all)
Lumber (7 total)
Items (12 total - each is indentified by a 2 digit code)

What do you think? Leave the code as is? Remove some things?

All opinions welcome. Also, if anybody has any ideas as to how I could crunch down my code without losing any information, it would be greatly appreciated.
01-01-2004, 05:37 AM#2
Darimus
Have it so when it displays the message of the code, it displays this message also:

"If you type your code into the Chat box and then hit Tab+Enter, it will copy the entire code, then you can copy it using Control+C... after copying it, Paste it (Control+V) into a text file, and save that file, then you can copy and paste it into the chat box next game to load your hero."
01-01-2004, 11:54 PM#3
Kazil_Darkeye
You should remove the gold and lumber and maybe even the xp just make it save the lvl of he hero not the xp it has. Everything else is fine. but a 35 char code is way to long
01-02-2004, 12:07 AM#4
Eriond
Of course, your code might be extremely easy to crack. A good way to ensure security (if you haven't already done this) is to work the guy's name into the safe code. It'll really confuse him.

My save code for my RPG is gonna be something like 26 characters mim, 2 characters for level (20 Levels), 2 for class (9 classes), 3 for each item (total of 18), 2 for 1 secondary skill, and 2 for the other secondary skill, for a total of 26.

Each block has the person's name worked into it. Of course, I caculated it out, and this'll take me 1.13 to 3.39 days STRAIGHT work to complete, but it'll be secure as hell.
01-02-2004, 12:25 AM#5
Kazil_Darkeye
Ya add there bnet name into the save code to protect for one thing and make it so other ppl cannot steal other ppls save codes