Level editor help

I'm making a level editor for my Pacman game and no I didn't copy cwarn23 I started making this before he posted his.

All the components are working except for the Saving and Loading of the instance positions.

I have not much experience in saving to a file and reading from a file.

I need all the instances to save a file with their coordinates and id so when you load it each instance should take on the id and position saved.

I found a save replays tutorial on the internet HERE and I tried to maniplate it to work for me.

This is my save code:

Quote :

//Which objects to draw
nr_obj = 3; //How many objects
obj_d[0] = Pacman;
obj_d[1] = Ghost;
obj_d[2] = Block;




i = 0;
d = 0;
while(i<instance_number(obj_d[d]))
{
//Selecting information
x_id = (instance_find(obj_d[d],i).x);
y_id = (instance_find(obj_d[d],i).y);

file = file_text_open_append(object_get_name(object_index)
+string(instance_find(obj_d[d],i)));
file_text_writeln(file);
file_text_close(file);

i +=1;
}
if (i==instance_number(obj_d[d]))
{
d += 1;
i = 0;
}

This is my load code:

Quote :

y = file_text_read_string("Block100597");
//file_text_writeln("Block100597");
x = file_text_read_string("Block100597");
//file_text_writeln("Block100597");


file = false;
file_r = file_find_first(working_directory+"*.*",fa_archive)
while(file==false)
{
if (string_pos("rev_"+string(object_get_name(object_index)),file_r))
{
file = true;
}
if (file==false)
{
file_r = file_find_next();
}
if (file_r=="")
{
file = true;
show_message("Couldn't find a file for this object");
}
}

All help will be appreciated.

y not use INI files?

I don't know how to use them. I have limited knowledge about that sort of stuff. Like I said before I have not much experience in saving to a file and reading from a file.