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deice wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 05, 2022 5:29 am

could you be a bit more specific? it's hard to tell whether you want to reset the custom values you've placed inside savedata to their default ones, if you're trying to wipe savedata during play (this can be done by typing "SaveData.clear()" without the quotation marks into the console iirc), or if you're trying to clear progress that was saved during test play (deleting "save0-ext.dat" from the episode folder should take care of this).

POPME wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:32 am

Yeah, I guess I should've been more specific

I was trying to clear saveData values during play, but thanks for the help

Also, is the console iirc the level's lua file, or is it something else?

deice wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:59 am

POPME wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:32 am

Yeah, I guess I should've been more specific

I was trying to clear saveData values during play, but thanks for the help

Also, is the console iirc the level's lua file, or is it something else?

the console can be opened in the tester by pressing tab (iirc stands for "if i recall correctly"). type the statement into it and press enter to execute. if anything breaks after you clear savedata (some scripts don't perform nil checks), closing and reopening the tester should fix the issue.

POPME wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 05, 2022 12:59 pm

Well, I pressed tab on the level editor but nothing happened

is there a way to open this without tab?

POPME wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:34 pm

Well I used SaveData.clear() in the console command, and absolutely nothing happened, unless I'm doing something wrong...

Here's my code, tell me if there's something I should change to make this work:

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function onStart()
	SaveData["Bowser's Castle of Doom.lvlx"] = SaveData["Bowser's Castle of Doom.lvlx"] or {}
	if(SaveData["Bowser's Castle of Doom.lvlx"].cleared == nil) then
		SaveData["Bowser's Castle of Doom.lvlx"].cleared = true
		triggerEvent("level starts")
	else
		if(SaveData.gameCleared == nil) then
			triggerEvent("level cleared")
		end
	end
end

deice wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 10:56 am

POPME wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:34 pm

Well I used SaveData.clear() in the console command, and absolutely nothing happened, unless I'm doing something wrong...

Here's my code, tell me if there's something I should change to make this work:

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function onStart()
	SaveData["Bowser's Castle of Doom.lvlx"] = SaveData["Bowser's Castle of Doom.lvlx"] or {}
	if(SaveData["Bowser's Castle of Doom.lvlx"].cleared == nil) then
		SaveData["Bowser's Castle of Doom.lvlx"].cleared = true
		triggerEvent("level starts")
	else
		if(SaveData.gameCleared == nil) then
			triggerEvent("level cleared")
		end
	end
end

clearing savedata at that point will have no effect because onStart() only triggers once at the very start of the level, obvioulsy before you get to type any console commands in. it seems you haven't quite accurately articulated what effect you actually want to achieve. i assume you want to set "SaveData["Bowser's Castle of Doom.lvlx"].cleared" to nil again? in that case, you have to either manually place some code that does that (anywhere will work, as long as it executes before the given level is loaded) or delete your save file for the episode.

POPME wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:35 pm

So let me see if I got it, I have to make a new line in my code where I set the SaveData values of my level to nil again

POPME wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:35 pm

I'll have to make it like with npcs with "return npc"

deice wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:35 pm

POPME wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:35 pm

So let me see if I got it, I have to make a new line in my code where I set the SaveData values of my level to nil again

if that's what you're trying to do, then yes.

POPME wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:35 pm

I'll have to make it like with npcs with "return npc"

i don't mean to come off as rude or anything, but it sort of seems like you're just putting code that you found somewhere into your level without actually understanding what it does. i highly recommend you take a step or two back and get a better grasp at lua fundamentals before trying to implement (what at the very least seems to be) some kind of progression system, as this statement above looks quite nonsensical to me in this context.

if(SaveData.levelCleared == nil) then
			triggerEvent("level cleared")