GE Lua Documentation

saveStartingPosition

Definition

-- @/lua/ge/extensions/gameplay/crawl/saveSystem.lua:392

M.saveStartingPosition = function(startingPosition, filePath)
  if not startingPosition then
    log('E', logTag, 'No starting position to save')
    return false
  end

  if not filePath then
    log('E', logTag, 'No file path provided for starting position')
    return false
  end

  local serializedData = serializeStartingPosition(startingPosition)
  if not serializedData then
    return false
  end

  local dir = string.match(filePath, "^(.*)/[^/]*$")
  if dir then
    FS:directoryCreate(dir)
  end

  local success = jsonWriteFile(filePath, serializedData, true)
  if success then
    -- Update cache
    if not cache.startingPositions then
      cache.startingPositions = {}
    end
    cache.startingPositions[filePath] = startingPosition
    return true
  else
    log('E', logTag, 'Failed to save starting position to: ' .. filePath)
    return false
  end
end

Callers

      local startingPositionFile = levelCrawlDir .. missionName .. ".startingPosition.json"
      local startingPositionSuccess = gameplay_crawl_saveSystem.saveStartingPosition(startingPosition, startingPositionFile)

    elseif objectType == "startingPosition" then
      gameplay_crawl_saveSystem.saveStartingPosition(object, newFilePath)
    end

    if newObject then
      success = gameplay_crawl_saveSystem.saveStartingPosition(newObject, filePath)
    end

            if startingPosition._dirty then
              if gameplay_crawl_saveSystem.saveStartingPosition(startingPosition, startingPosition._filePath) then
                savedCount = savedCount + 1

          if selectedStartingPosition then
            if gameplay_crawl_saveSystem.saveStartingPosition(selectedStartingPosition, selectedStartingPosition._filePath) then
              selectedStartingPosition._dirty = false