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theGlueBubble

Nov 5 2001, 12:09 AM

CODE

void saveRoom()
    {
/*

13 items
14    monsters
15    <value> door name
16    hasBeenExplored?
17 hasBeenSearched?
18 hasMonsterPresent?

*/
    int index;
    int x = -1000, y = -1000, z = -1000;
    apstring dummy;

    fstream ioFile;

    apstring fileName = "Data";

    ioFile.open(fileName.c_str(), ios: :out | ios::in);

    if (ioFile.fail())
{
cout << "ioFile failed." << endl;
ofstream outFile;
outFile.open("Data");
outFile << "****ing well work!" << endl;
outFile.close;

ioFile.open(fileName.c_str(), ios: :out | ios::in);
}


    while ((!ioFile.fail()) && (!ioFile.eof()) && ((coordX != x) || (coordY != y) || (coordZ != z)))
{
cout << "enter while loop" << endl;
ioFile >> index;
//cout << "index: " << index << endl;

if (index == 1)
     {
     ioFile >> x >> y >> z;

     getline (ioFile, dummy);
     //cout << "X: " << coordX << " Y: " << coordY << " Z: " << coordZ << endl;
     //cout << dummy << endl;
     }

else
     {
     getline (ioFile, dummy);
     //cout << dummy << "else" << endl;
     }
//cin.get();
}


    if (!ioFile.eof() && !ioFile.fail())
{
cout << "enter if the file exists and we're not at the end of it" << endl;
// room description
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << description;
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - description.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();

// search description
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << searchMsg;
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - searchMsg.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();

// error to the north
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << errorMsg[north];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[north].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();


// error to the south
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << errorMsg[south];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[south].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();

// error to the east
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << errorMsg[east];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[east].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();

// error to the west
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << errorMsg[west];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[west].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();

// error down
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << errorMsg[down];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[down].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();

// error up
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << errorMsg[up];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[up].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();

// room graphic title (on enter)
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << onEnterRoom;
for (int z = 0; z < 30 - onEnterRoom.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();

// onMonstersDeath graphic title
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << onMonstersDeath;
for (int z = 0; z < 30 - onMonstersDeath.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();

// search graphic title
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << onExamineRoom;
for (int z = 0; z < 30 - onExamineRoom.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();




// item saving
int counter = 0;

while (counter < MAX_NUM)
     {
     ioFile >> index;
     ioFile.get();
     ioFile << itemName[counter];
     for (int z = 0; z < 30 - itemName[counter].length(); z++)
{
ioFile << "�";
}
     ioFile.get();
     }


// monster saving
counter = 0;

while (counter < MAX_NUM)
     {
     ioFile >> index;
     ioFile.get();
     ioFile << monsterName[counter];
     for (int z = 0; z < 30 - monsterName[counter].length(); z++)
{
ioFile << "�";
}
     ioFile.get();
     }


// door saving
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << doorKey << " " << door;
for (int z = 0; z < 30 - door.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile.get();

/*
// hasBeenExplored
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << rooms.aRoom.explored[a][b][c];
ioFile.get();

// has been searched
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << rooms.aRoom.searched[a][b][c];
ioFile.get();

//monstersPresent? <-- dunno why I need to do this, maybe I don't remember the code
// that sets the variable..thought it just checked to see if there was a monster, and
// an if regulated the map output later
ioFile >> index;
ioFile.get();
ioFile << rooms.aRoom.monsterPresent[a][b][c];
ioFile.get();*/

}// end if !eof

    else
{
cout << "entered else statement." << endl;
ioFile << ios::app;
// output room coords

ioFile << 1 << " ";
ioFile << x << " " << y << " " << z << " " << endl;
cout << "end room coords." << endl;

// room description
ioFile << 2;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << description;
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - description.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;
cout << "end room description" << endl;

// search description
ioFile << 3;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << searchMsg;
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - searchMsg.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;
cout << "end search description" << endl;

// error to the north
ioFile << 4;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << errorMsg[north];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[north].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;

cout << "end error north" << endl;


// error to the south
ioFile << 5;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << errorMsg[south];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[south].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;
cout << "end error south." << endl;

// error to the east
ioFile << 6;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << errorMsg[east];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[east].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;
cout << "end error east" << endl;

// error to the west
ioFile << 7;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << errorMsg[west];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[west].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;
cout << "end error west" << endl;

// error down
ioFile << 8;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << errorMsg[down];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[down].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;
cout << "end error down" << endl;

// error up
ioFile << 9;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << errorMsg[up];
for (int z = 0; z < 255 - errorMsg[up].length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;
cout << "end error up" << endl;

// room graphic title (on enter)
ioFile << 10;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << onEnterRoom;
for (int z = 0; z < 30 - onEnterRoom.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;
cout << "end enter room" << endl;

// onMonstersDeath graphic title
ioFile << 11;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << onMonstersDeath;
for (int z = 0; z < 30 - onMonstersDeath.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;
cout << "end on monster death" << endl;

// search graphic title
ioFile << 12;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << onExamineRoom;
for (int z = 0; z < 30 - onExamineRoom.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;
cout << "end examine room" << endl;




// item saving
int counter = 0;

while (counter < MAX_NUM)
     {
     ioFile << 13;
     ioFile << " ";
     ioFile << itemName[counter];
     for (int z = 0; z < 30 - itemName[counter].length(); z++)
{
ioFile << "�";
}
     ioFile << endl;
     counter++;
     }
cout << "end item saving" << endl;


// monster saving
counter = 0;

while (counter < MAX_NUM)
     {
     ioFile << 14;
     ioFile << " ";
     ioFile << monsterName[counter];
     for (int z = 0; z < 30 - monsterName[counter].length(); z++)
{
ioFile << "�";
}
     ioFile << endl;
     counter++;
     }
cout << "end monster saving" << endl;

// door saving
ioFile << 15;
ioFile << " ";
ioFile << doorKey << " " << door;
for (int z = 0; z < 30 - door.length(); z++)
     {
     ioFile << "�";
     }
ioFile << endl;
cout << "end door" << endl;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

} // end else

If only that would work...

I've spent the past few hours on that, and related, FoDN (see sig) code. Gods, but I wish my original design would have worked. For some damned reason, ioFile won't output to the file. ****ing A.

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[This message has been edited by theGlueBubble (edited 11-05-2001).]

theGlueBubble

Nov 5 2001, 12:10 AM

And if you think my code is ugly and feel the need to tell me, it only means we have something in common.

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andiyar

Nov 5 2001, 05:41 AM

QUOTE

Originally posted by theGlueBubble:
And if you think my code is ugly and feel the need to tell me, it only means we have something in common.

Your code is ugly.

The game so far isn't, though. Oh, BTW, you have been mentioning a 'weekend' fixing up another release.... in the true tradition of software developers, you haven't said which weekend, which year or which decade. I salute you!

-Andiyar

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shayborg

Nov 5 2001, 04:15 PM

Don't know if this'll help, but I don't think you can read and write to the same stream simultaneously. The way it works, at least in Java, is that opening an input stream opens a file to what works as a buffer and reads it as you traverse the file in the program, and writing to the file does the same thing except that it writes whatever you want to a buffer and then overwrites the previous file. Doing both simultaneously probably will cause severe borkage, as I understand it.

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theGlueBubble

Nov 5 2001, 05:55 PM

QUOTE

Originally posted by shayborg:
Don't know if this'll help, but I don't think you can read and write to the same stream simultaneously. The way it works, at least in Java, is that opening an input stream opens a file to what works as a buffer and reads it as you traverse the file in the program, and writing to the file does the same thing except that it writes whatever you want to a buffer and then overwrites the previous file. Doing both simultaneously probably will cause severe borkage, as I understand it.

I've performed tests with the same basic idea, I believe. Anyway, I'll probably just declare an input and output stream and use the seekg(), seekp(), tellg(), and tellp() functions to perform what I tried to do with an input/output stream.

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The Thought Police

Nov 5 2001, 11:18 PM

I understand your pain.

You don't EVER want to see the mess I create in VB.

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headeater

Nov 21 2001, 06:19 AM

Don't you go in for comments?

Oh - and have you considered breaking that thing up into smaller functions? It might make things a little easier to debug...

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