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M. C. Productions	Posted: Nov 21 2008, 01:16 PM
Mario series' gals = #1! Group: Members Posts: 700 Member No.: 3100 Joined: 22-December 06 Status: (0d)	Okay, one of my two fangame projects in the works is going to be using the .INI procedure to manage game data in relation to the project. However, I'm trying to find out, does The Games Factory (Classic) environment actually "create" the .INI files, or do we have to create it ourselves in terms of managing it and setting up the game saving structure itself? Any help would be appreciated on this front. Thanks. P.S. An example would be that when my game detects that there's no .INI file on the computer, there would be a notice displaying that it couldn't be found and ask the player if the file can be created, just like in official games. But that's beside the point.

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Posted: Nov 21 2008, 01:24 PM

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you can set it up beforehand, but once you start writing values/strings to it, it'll automatically add them (and it should create the INI automatically as well)

however i don't know if TGF has any extensions that would let you check if a given INI exists, so you may be out of luck there... however you could try checking indirectly by checking if a given item-value exists, and if it doesn't, the INI doesn't exist either (said item-value would be written once the INI is created), but i don't know if this will work or not

also TGF1's INI object is a repetitive pain in the ass to use so have fun

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Doesn't TGF have the file object extension?

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QUOTE (Xgoff @ Nov 21 2008, 12:24 PM)

If the .INI does get created under TGF, I hear it can be found in the WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory; is this also true?

What if I want the .INI to be created in the same directory as my game project itself?