Highscore

I want to create a highscore for a simple game wich is stored after the game is closed, and opened again when the game is started a next time.

Its a simple game, so basicaly, I want 10 names to be in the highscore, with a score between 0 and 9999.

Highest should be on top, lowest gets kicked out if a higher one comes in.

I'm not sure how I should do this, can anyone help me?

Thx, Mats

You could create a structure called "HighScore" that contains two things, the name and the score, then create a generic List<T> of those structures, load the contents of the highscores file into that list at bootup and then whenever a new high score is made, create a new HighScore structure, call List<T>.RemoveAt(0) (assuming the list has at least 1 score in it) and then add the new HighScore structure to the list using List<T>.Add(). Then when the user closes the application, save each HighScore structure to the file using a for each loop and a StreamWriter.

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Originally Posted by RaleTheBlade

You could create a structure called "HighScore" that contains two things, the name and the score, then create a generic List<T> of those structures, load the contents of the highscores file into that list at bootup and then whenever a new high score is made, create a new HighScore structure, call List<T>.RemoveAt(0) (assuming the list has at least 1 score in it) and then add the new HighScore structure to the list using List<T>.Add(). Then when the user closes the application, save each HighScore structure to the file using a for each loop and a StreamWriter.

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Very beautifully explained. great work mate.

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Originally Posted by RaleTheBlade

You could create a structure called "HighScore" that contains two things, the name and the score, then create a generic List<T> of those structures, load the contents of the highscores file into that list at bootup and then whenever a new high score is made, create a new HighScore structure, call List<T>.RemoveAt(0) (assuming the list has at least 1 score in it) and then add the new HighScore structure to the list using List<T>.Add(). Then when the user closes the application, save each HighScore structure to the file using a for each loop and a StreamWriter.

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I'd have just used a DataTable:

They can save themselves (myDT.WriteXml)
They can load themselves (myDT.ReadXml)
They can sort themselves via their built-in DataView (myDT.DefaultView.Sort)
and
Personally, I wouldnt create a struct that had a reference type: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...71(VS.71).aspx http://codeverity.com/timweaver/struct-vs-class/