File loading.

[GangsterAngel]

is there no way to load a file thats not in a PK3 ?

because ive just gone through quite abit of code, and coded a saving feature and then realsied it dosent load the files its saved unless they are PK3d

[Jufa]

its possible to load txt-files. some mods already do that.

also you could integrate SQL-database to your mod if you meant that saving thingie to accounts

[GangsterAngel]

i couldent intergrate SQL cuz i dont know how , and i dont REALY want someone to tell me its 'posible' i want them to tell me how lol. i know how to save the files , and how to load files that are in PK3s . but i dont know how to load a file thats not in a PK3.

[Jufa]

there was a tutorial about it (quake 3) somewhere... i'll try to find it for u

[GangsterAngel]

dosent matter, i got the file loading working, but it only loads files outside of PK3s if the server is not pure..

 

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/1673/mpconsole7mr.jpg

[Vruki Salet]

Isn't there a way to read a non-pk3'd file on a non-pure server? I mean it reads config files so why can't it read another?

 

...uh, or are you talking about reading files from the client machine, or something else?

[stubert]

you can either

 

a) look through the released quake 3 renderer source and find the function prototype that you need and hope you can call it in raven's jka'd version

 

b) call /reconnect and it will re-read all the pk3s and add new ones

[ensiform]

or use one of the following file extensions:

 

• .game
  
• .dat
  
• .cfg
  
• .menu
  

 

i think thats all thats available for reading on pure servers meaning .txt is not afaik it doesnt, so if ur gonna use a txt file just name it dat or smth.

[robo85045]

Here is the code Im using in my mod to save the player data files (slightly modified so it is a stand alone function, real one relies on some global vars)

 

qboolean SaveFile(char FileName[MAX_STRING_CHARS], char FileSaveData[MAX_STRING_CHARS]){
            FILE *TheFile;
if(strlen(FileSaveData) <= 0) return qfalse;
if(!FileName || !FileName[0]) return qfalse;
TheFile = fopen(FileName, "w");
if(!TheFile) return qfalse;
fwrite(FileSaveData, sizeof( char ), strlen(FileSaveData) , TheFile);
fclose( TheFile );
return qtrue;
}

 

Im not shure if it will work with any platform besides windows though...

 

try taking a look at the trap_FS stuff.

 

and im fairly shure the game can read any file, regardless of its extention