cocos2d for iPhone

A fast, easy to use, free, and community supported 2D game engine

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   Korki696
   Member

   Hey all,
   So im having some problems with plists. I am trying to save a boolean stating if its the first run? here is my code that im using for that:

   NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath];
   	NSString *finalPath = [path stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Others.plist"];
   	NSMutableDictionary *plistData = [[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:finalPath] retain];
   	BOOL firstRun = (BOOL)[[plistData valueForKey: @"Firstrun"] boolValue];
   
   	if(firstRun == YES) {
   		EnterName * en = [EnterName node];
   		[[Director sharedDirector] runWithScene:en];
   		[plistData setObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:NO] forKey:@"Firstrun"];
   		[plistData writeToFile:finalPath atomically:YES];
   	} else {
   		MenuScene * ms = [MenuScene node];
   		[[Director sharedDirector] runWithScene:ms];
   	}

   If i put NSLogs in there it shows the change but if i get out of the game and back in it didnt save it. Do plists only save while in the game and then reset when it gets out?
   Thanks
   -Lars

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   Clain
   Member

   You can't write or modify files inside the main bundle, you can only read from there. The solution is to save your file in the application documents directory. And when you read the file from the documents, if it doesn't exist, you simply get a copy from the main bundle.

   To get the path for the documents directory, you do something like :
   

   NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
   NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   Korki696
   Member

   Hey Clain,
   I actually just saw that and i ended up just using NSUserDefaults for now. I might change later, but for now it should work. Although i didn't know how to get the path so thanks for that.
   -Lars

   Posted 2 years ago #

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