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Is it possible to do an offline leader board in Visual Basic?

here is a question, i know some html, and some php. i want to learn visual basics, and c++, any ideas as to where i would go to find the info i need?

here is a question, i know some html, and some php. i want to learn visual basics, and c++, any ideas as to where i would go to find the info i need?

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Hello Zate.

I've been busy recently, and thus haven't had time to reply to your post.

Maybe this will be of interest?

1: Navigate to your game's project folder.

2: Create a text file (.txt) in the folder, called ZateGame (Replace it's name with the name of teh game.)

3: Open up VB, and add this code to your game:

Dim aaTop10(10, 3) As String
Dim aaE() As String
Dim fName1 As String
' read from txt file
fName1 = "ZateGame"
Open fName1 For Input As #1
aaE = Split(Input(LOF(1), 1), vbCrLf)
Close #1
' populate Top10 array
For ii = 0 To 9
v0 = Split(aaE(ii), ",")
For jj = 0 To 2
aaTop10(ii + 1, jj + 1) = v0(jj)
Next jj
Next ii

4: Get errors.... (Wait, what?)

5: Ignore step 4, and the code should work.

6: If for some reason it stuffs up, visit

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?p=3822424

Hope this helps. Credit to Spoo of Vbforums.com

Get back to me if it works/doesn't work.

Flailing that, I can help you make an epic little Python script which will work 100%. To make this, do this. :

1: Download Python. 2.3.5 - 2.6 will do. 2.7 - 3.0 is OK, but a little different.

Get Python from: http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.3.5/Python-2.3.5.exe

(Windows Only. Macintosh and *nix versions are also available.)

2: Install it. And then visit http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ and download Notepad++: A fantastic notepad made with coding in mind. Excellent for none -coders as it actually can handle text properly.

3: Install NP++, go to your desktop, create a .txt. Right click it and select "Open in Notepad++". Insert the following code:

# High Scores 2.0
# A Lovely High Scores System.

scores = []

choice = None
while choice != "0":

print \
"""
ZateGame HighScores*

0 - Quit
1 - List Scores
2 - Add a Score
"""

choice = raw_input("Choice: ")
print

# exit
if choice == "0":
print "Good-bye."

# display high-score table
elif choice == "1":
print "High Scores\n"
print "NAME\tSCORE"
for entry in scores:
score, name = entry
print name, "\t", score

# add a score
elif choice == "2":
name = raw_input("What is the player's name?: ")
score = int(raw_input("What score did the player get?: "))
entry = (score, name)
scores.append(entry)
scores.sort()
scores.reverse() # want the highest number first
scores = scores[:5] # keep only top 5 scores

# some unknown choice
else:
print "Sorry, but", choice, "isn't a valid choice."

raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")

*Replace ZateGame with your game's name. Don't include the asterisk, obviously.

That table will keep the top 5 scores.

Edit scores = scores[:5] to make it record more. For example:

scores = scores[:9001] That will make it record 9001/over nine thousand (LUL, GET THE PUN? ) scores. NOT recommended, though. ;3

Enjoy!

@Yodac

Hello!

Quick post:

For C++: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
For VB: http://www.vbforums.com

Plenty of tutorials scattered around everywhere. Google/Ixquick some more resources, but those two links are my personal favourites.

Let me know if you need any more help.

I need too learn how to hack

I'll let you know when I'll try

Thanks! It worked!
Now... Sometimes it takes a bit to open a form due to the high amount of elements on it, I think that a loading screen while the real layout is loading would be cool... A loading layout. How to do it in VB?

By the way, it's highly encouraged to edit your post instead of double posting. Just letting you know. have fun!

This is off-topic... It doesnt matter...