Continue, a main menu feature

#1 I use my Profile System ( www.torquepowered.com/community/resources/view/19693 ).

For saving there are multiple methods. In casual games I save the profile ( $CurrentProfile.SaveProfile() ) anytime I change properties of the profile. But you might use checkpoints.

For example: Say you player just passed checkpoint 1 on level 1 do this:

$CurrentProfile.currentState = 1;
$CurrentProfile.currentSubstate = 1;
$CurrentProfile.SaveProfile();

This will work even if the user exits because whenever an important change happens you save it right away.

Then for a continue button you could have a method like so:

function continueMethod()
{
   switch( $CurrentProfile.currentState )
   {
      case 1:
         continueMethodLevel1($CurrentProfile.currentSubstate);
      case 2:
         // So on
   }
}

function continueMethodLevel1(%subState)
{
   switch( $CurrentProfile.currentSubstate )
   {
      case 1 = checkpoint 1
      case 2 = checkpoint 2
      // so on
   }
}

#2 Thanks ben,
since I can't see any docs that use saveProfile I am a little iffy on it. but I do appreciate it.


What I am doing instead is when I press my menuBtn (which will exit from the game) I set a global...

$contLevel= sceneWindow2D.getSceneGraph();

the problem is I thought it would return the name I had given my sceneGraph for that level. It doesn't, it returns a number. And a random one at that, each time is different. So if any one can help me work through this, I would appreciate it. In the mean time I will try Ben's help. Thank you.

#3 Rennie saveProfile is and its related objects / methods are custom made by me and outlined in the resource I linked.

As for the variable you are using it will store a reference to the object not the actual object. I don't really advise that method anyway as you don't really need to save the entire scenegraph do you? Just its state.

#4 oh shoot!

sorry I missed the link. will look into. Thanks!!!