High score saving to disk

[Havie]

In my gaem (it's nearly ready) I have high score saving to disk (have no idea where the code came from but I used it in my Flappy Bird game).

It seems to work when running the game from hard disk but when you run (from my now working) floppy, it hangs when it saves a new high score. I thought it might be a dodgy disk drive on my 1200 but it does the same thing in Amiga Forever. Any clues as to why?

Here is the code to load the high score at the beginning:

If OpenFile (0,"highscoret.dat")=-1
Fields 0,highold
Get 0,0
CloseFile 0
high=highold
End If

Here is the code when you die and it checks to see if you have a high score:

If score>high
dummy= OpenFile (0,"highscoret.dat")=-1
Fields 0,high
Put 0,0
CloseFile 0
high=score
End If

Thanks in advance.

[Daedalus]

Are you checking for success when writing to the file? Are you running in Blitz mode? Perhaps you're not waiting long enough to complete the write.

I've never actually used the fields method, but I know that using FileOutput and NPrint to write, and FileInput and Edit() works fine.

[Havie]

Doh - wasn't coming out of Blitz mode! Strange that it works on hard disks without leaving Blitz mode but doesn't on floppy?

Created another problem though - when I leave Blitz mode it shows the shell for the duration of the save and I lose the game screen - how do I stop this?

[earok]

Originally Posted by Havie

Doh - wasn't coming out of Blitz mode! Strange that it works on hard disks without leaving Blitz mode but doesn't on floppy?

Created another problem though - when I leave Blitz mode it shows the shell for the duration of the save and I lose the game screen - how do I stop this?

Use QAMIGA mode. It's functionally identical to AMIGA except it doesn't remove your Blitz display setup.

[Havie]

That does the trick - thanks!

A couple more things to do and then I'll upload game.