Tables - Facepunch

March 2008
75 Posts

I can't save my tables in .txt =/

local id = string.Replace( ply:SteamID(), "." , "_" )
	if !file.Exists("ag/"..string.lower(id)..".txt") then
		local name = string.Replace( ply:SteamID(), ".", "_" )
		local t = {id = ply:SteamID(), xp = 0, rank = 1, money = 0}
		file.Write( "ag/"..name..".txt", util.TableToKeyValues(t) )
		ply:SetNetworkedInt("rank", 1)
		ply:SetNetworkedInt("xp", 0)
		ply:SetNetworkedInt("money", 0)
	else
		print("Found profile for "..ply:Nick())
		local name = string.Replace( ply:SteamID(), ".", "_" )
		local read = util.KeyValuesToTable( file.Read( "ag/"..name..".txt") )
		ply:SetNetworkedInt( "xp", read.xp)
		ply:SetNetworkedInt( "rank", read.rank)
		ply:SetNetworkedInt( "money", read.money)
	end

yakahughes

April 2008
947 Posts

It won't save with : in it either.

Crazy Quebec

Gold Member

May 2008
2,586 Posts

My answer would be don't save to a txt file, save to the server's Sqlite database.

With either these (simpler) :
http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Player.SetPData
http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Player.GetPData

Or these (More efficient) :
http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Sql

MachinEZ

March 2008
75 Posts

so like this

function setdata(ply)
ply:SetPData("rank", "xp", "money")
end

yakahughes

April 2008
947 Posts

MachinEZ posted:

so like this

function setdata(ply)
ply:SetPData("rank", "xp", "money")
end

No,

function setdata(ply)
ply:SetPData("rank", ranknum)
ply:SetPData("xp", xpnum)
ply:SetPData("money", moneynum)
end

where ranknum, xpnum, and moneynum must be replaced with their respective values, or vars that contain them.

MachinEZ

March 2008
75 Posts

ah ok thanks :DD

Post #7

3rd November 2009

| FlapJack |

October 2009
416 Posts

Also, I suggest you use string.gsub rather than string.Replace.

string.Replace is a shit copy of gsub

matte3560

March 2009
32 Posts

Quick question: is the SQLite saving more efficient than file writing? I'm working on a DM gamemode with a friend, and we currently use file writing to update xp, levels and so on. This does seem to make our test server struggle a bit when there are multiple players on (Pentilum 3 based server for testing purposes only, so that's part of the issue).

Salads

November 2008
619 Posts

matte3560 posted:

Quick question: is the SQLite saving more efficient than file writing? I'm working on a DM gamemode with a friend, and we currently use file writing to update xp, levels and so on. This does seem to make our test server struggle a bit when there are multiple players on (Pentilum 3 based server for testing purposes only, so that's part of the issue).

SQL would be more efficient than a flat file database, however you should only query necessary.

Crazy Quebec

Gold Member

May 2008
2,586 Posts

Salads posted:

SQL would be more efficient than a flat file database, however you should only query necessary.

Exactly for instance when you want to know the value of a player's data, only query the database once at startup then use a copy of the value you keep in a variable on the server. After that you should only need to save to the database.

matte3560

March 2009
32 Posts

Crazy Quebec posted:

Exactly for instance when you want to know the value of a player's data, only query the database once at startup then use a copy of the value you keep in a variable on the server. After that you should only need to save to the database.

We are doing that, but the server seems to chug when players get killed (this triggers XP saving etc.) anyway.

| FlapJack |

October 2009
416 Posts

matte3560 posted:

We are doing that, but the server seems to chug when players get killed (this triggers XP saving etc.) anyway.

Instead of saving on kill, save on ShutDown, PlayerDisconnect and periodically on a timer (Or save a temporary flat file incase the server crashes)

Salads

November 2008
619 Posts

matte3560 posted:

We are doing that, but the server seems to chug when players get killed (this triggers XP saving etc.) anyway.

You're not doing queries only when necessary.

gmt2001

August 2007
218 Posts

You can save and load to a .txt file using GLON

to use GLON you must make sure your file has the line

require ( "glon" )

At the top

TO use glon to save a file do this

local data = glon.encode( table_i_want_to_save )
file.Write( file_i_want_to_save_to, data )

TO read a glon encoded file back into a table

local encdata = file.Read( file_i_want_to_load )
variable_i_want_this_stored_in = glon.decode( encdata )