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robmuzz

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1.8 beta array basic questions.
« on: January 08, 2016, 06:47:17 PM »
Hello all,
It's been a while since I posted here but I need help again.
There are a few good tutorials out there about Arraymaker, but being somebody who knows nothing about programming (other than over a year with Playmaker,) what I want to do is make a .txt file or something and read it from Playmaker.

I'm pretty sure what I need is very simple to do but I need help understanding the basics... Is there any special formatting needed when writing the list? (I think the items need commas between them) Is there anything else?

If I have (for example,)

Animals;
Cats,Dogs,Rabbits

and

Vehicles;
Lorries,Cars,Vans

How do I specify an Animal and then a Vehicle?

Thank you in advance,

Rob

mdotstrange

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Re: 1.8 beta array basic questions.
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2016, 10:43:36 PM »
To do something like that you'd have to use Arraymaker at this time because the only action that will bring in a text file and split up the entries using a divider like a comma is "Split Text To Array List"

That action will notallow you to make categories though

For that you'd import either an xml or json file

I recently made a tutorial on bring in data with categories using an xml file
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqRwEPGjWpk

There was also a new json import action posted in the new actions thread on these forums that you could use-

You could also use assets like G2U or Game Data Editor- I find their workflows clunkier than using Playmakers native tools like in the above tutorial but there are several options-
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Re: 1.8 beta array basic questions.
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2016, 05:37:42 PM »
Thanks for the tutorial i tried to figure it few months back but it was complex to do without proper samples and getting started.
now your tutorial will help lot other to know how

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Re: 1.8 beta array basic questions.
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2016, 01:43:59 AM »
We'll be releasing more actions that use arrays soon.

As a sneak peak I've attached String Split and String Join actions.

These should do what you need. Let me know how you get along...

robmuzz

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Re: 1.8 beta array basic questions.
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2016, 12:22:00 PM »
Thank you for all your help and replies. I did watch your tutorial mdotstrange xml looked too complicated for me, and I've never even heard of a json before now ! :p

Forgetting sub categories for the moment, I'm just pleased I was on the right track with a txt file and comma separation.

So, do I need to name the txt file anything special? I assume it goes into the Assets folder?

Thank you again,

Rob