not sure if i have asked before but, is there anyway in lua of getting the player x,y,z position and the direction the player is facing and saving into a set of variables and then saving out as a file?

I have looked in global lua but cant see much to help in there, I might be missing something.

I know there is a savegame and loadgame in GG, but i only need to save these and other variabes, nothing else.

io read and write are default lua commands so no need to list them in global.lua
so
file = io.open("filename","mode")
io.write("data")
io.write("more data")
io.close(file)
you can use the save and load system as a guide or there's guides online such as this
the player data is all in the global.lua though, g_PlayerPosX (/ Y / Z) & g_PlayerAngX (/ Y / Z)

don't forget you will need to do the reverse in your maps too to load back that saved data

I got the io commands ok, and can save and load general variables perfectly. It's just the conversion of the playerposition and direction he is facing confusing?

I am writing a save / load routine my self so I can load stuff in, check the variables after and destroy and spawn and move doors and alter collision. The GG save and load only works in standalone, I have done this so i can use in test game also.

Thanks smallg.

I actually wrote a set of scripts to save variables to file when exiting a level, all you needed to do was list which variables you wanted saved and it would save them to a file in the script bank, and load them in again on the next level, can't find them at the moment, i'm sure i posted them on here somewhere, if i find them i'll put them up, that should give you an idea of how to write and read variables to files.

(i would write out how to do it here for you, but without looking at the script to refresh my memory i can't remember what i did, i have a terrible memory, if i'm not repeating something all the time i will forget it, that's why i don't like to script, i end up having to learn things over and over again every time i write a script lol).

I used your excellent scripts as a basis for what I am trying to do here. Your scripts got me going, and they work really well.

Just can't seem to find a way to save and reload player x,y,z and direction facing.

It must to be able to be done, as the GG save and load does it, im sure, but the code is a bit heavy, can't seem to find what links with what in it.

how are you reloading the player's position?
you will need to use one of the GG commands to reposition the player after you load the saved data
such as
SetFreezePosition(loadedX, loadedY, loadedZ)
SetFreezeAngle(loadedAngleX,loadedAngleY,loadedAngleZ)
TransportToFreezePosition()
(i forget if you need to freeze & unfreeze the player or not but i don't think so)

No you don't need to Freeze/Unfreeze, in fact I recommend avoiding those commands entirely!

SetFreezePosition, SetFreezeAngle and TransportToFreezePosition functions work great though..

cool thanks for your help smallg and amenmoses.