Server Help

BDwinsAlt · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:57 pm Post subject: Confession with Questions too

Ok I make all my modules in python but the methods I use are not good ones when I store data to files. Right now I have it so that it stores data in individual player files, but invaild file names come up.

I know this is a horrible way of doing it. I need some code to help me.

I need to be able to store something in this format in rank.txt

Name:Money:Exp:Rank
I.E: BDwinsAlt:5000:20:1

I need to be able to write it when they leave and read it when they enter.
Please help me get this working, I would hate for some players to have to change their name.

D1st0rt · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject:

Wouldn't it be better to use mysql for storage of such things?
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BDwinsAlt · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:18 pm Post subject:

I was thinking of doing mysql, I guess ill give it a try.

Solo Ace · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:55 am Post subject:

Uh, you should've been able to figure this out by reading one of your last topics: "Custom datafile. Calling back data and storing it.".

But yes, using some database-ish or any other more convenient way should be the way to go with.

BDwinsAlt · Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:03 am Post subject:

Thanks for redirecting me Solo. I finally understand how that works, I tweaked it a little bit for my own reasons, it's awesome man thanks so much. This may be why the zone crashes, I had a bunch of txt files trying to open and close and I fixed some other things that caused error messages.

Grelminar · Creator of Asss Joined: Feb 26 2003 Posts: 378 Offline

This is exactly what the persistent data feature was designed for. You should try using that. It'll be much easier than managing your own database stuff.

D1st0rt · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject:

Is there any way to access the data externally? With mysql for example, you would be able to display everything on a website if you wanted to.

BDwinsAlt · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject:

Yes I was using the same database to use web-based alias on my website. I decided to just use 1 file anyways. Everything is working, but I may try databases later on for other things.