hello. i've had an idea for a RPG batch file, and i think it could work, except for one thing. everytime you open the game, you'd have to start from scratch. would it be possible to save the game internally or externally??

It should be entirely possible, although it could be some work. The most straightforward way would be using something simple like: ECHO %GAMESTATECODE% > SaveGame.txt and then reading from that code to restore progress... SET /p GAMESTATECODE= <SaveGame.txt IF "%GAMESTATECODE%"=="ProgressLevel3" goto Level3 I suppose you could have several files, or use some more advanced parsing data, to capture multiple variables (score, hitpoints, etc) for a more complete restore.

D:\batch>set $score=100 D:\batch>set $hitpoints=80 D:\batch>set $ $hitpoints=80 $score=100 D:\batch>set $>savegame.txt D:\batch>type savegame.txt $hitpoints=80 $score=100 D:\batch>set $hitpoints=&set $score= D:\batch>set $ Environment variable $ not defined D:\batch>for /f "tokens=*" %a in (savegame.txt) do set %a D:\batch>set $hitpoints=80 D:\batch>set $score=100 study this, and you will get the idea to save game currentstate: set $>savegame.txt to load game state: for /f "tokens=*" %a in (savegame.txt) do set %a

Thanks! to tell you the truth, i'm not understanding reno's answer, but I like the Mike's answer. It is more of 'my style'. Obviously, there are going to be several stats. is it possible to put them all in one document, rather than having a doc for every stat.

is it possible to put them all in one document, rather than having a doc for every stat. Yes. Adopt reno's "style."

Reno is using the same basic moves I am, but with significantly more sophistication. Rather then using ECHO to send each stat value to a text file individually, he is using the SET command combined with a known value for the first letter of the variable. Entering SET $ ...as in his example will produce the value of every variable that starts with a $. (Read "set /?" for more info on why this works)To clarify, you could get the same results if you called your variables STAT_HP, STAT_GOLD, STAT_MANA and ran SET STAT_ ...you would get a friendly list of every stat in one command. By redirecting this output to a text file, as Reno has done, you get all of your stats saved in one move. Reading them back from this file involves a FOR loop...which I'm still getting the hang of. However, the plaintext of his FOR command is that for every line in "savegame.txt", run a SET command with the value of that line. So if the first line is $hitpoints=80, the command will output SET $hitpoints=80 ...and then repeat the process for every line. I hope this helps explain what Reno was talking about; If you can get it going it's a very good solution to your problem. ~Mike