I have a temp file which gets written into the main files directory of the standalone build, is there a way to delete this on the game ending? e.g all 3 lives lost otherwise the player keeps the score from when the game ends. Would this be in the gamedata.lua? and what would be needed to delete that file if it can be done, any ideas cheers

make sure to close the file first (which you should be doing anyway) then use os.remove(path)
you could do this in your own script, check if g_PlayerLives < 1

Yes m8 the file does close but my own scripts just save and its actually when the game ends i need it to delete not just on death if you get me.
Oh i see what your saying if lives <1 it should delete then end game yes? Should i write a separate script for this would you think?
like:


and run that on an always active entity?

if lives is < 1 then that is game over so it's fine
should be ok in your own script yh, i'm 99% sure it'll run the final frame before the game goes back to the menu.
i haven't used the command personally (that i can remember) but it should be a string passed in to a function so more like
os.remove("asgood\asgoodCD\Files\temp.dat")
i'm not sure if you will need to pass the entire path or not tbh, should work similar to how you open the file so i guess it depends where the file is stored in relation to the game files

ok will give it a try later after doing some backups cheers m8.
Edit : gives an error "invalid escape sequence"
hmm just found this:


A simple file open operation uses the following statement.

file = io.open (filename [, mode])
The various file modes are listed in the following table.

Sr.No. Mode & Description
1
"r"

Read-only mode and is the default mode where an existing file is opened.

2
"w"

Write enabled mode that overwrites the existing file or creates a new file.

3
"a"

Append mode that opens an existing file or creates a new file for appending.

4
"r+"

Read and write mode for an existing file.

5
"w+"

All existing data is removed if file exists or new file is created with read write permissions.

6
"a+"

Append mode with read mode enabled that opens an existing file or creates a new file.


so hopefully this will work lol using w+ instead of w

Invalid escape sequence normally means you don't have enough '\'s

ah yes, as amen says, the error means you need to double the \ in the path
so
os.remove("asgood\\asgoodCD\\Files\\temp.dat")
because it treats a single \ as special call

but yes, good idea, w or w+ should be fine to overwrite the file by the looks of it

oh right thanks but with the w+ you don't need to delete the file btl of it just wipes the data from it tbh using o.s remove i think means you have to change the path every time e.g the editor path is different to the standalone path. I've written the script will test it fully tomorrow, but thanks m8 you pointed me to the right path

Something like this clears the file for later use.

Cheers 3com