Simple highscore

Rick van Leeuwen

Hello,
i have a simple pong game.
i inserted a counting which does +1 when the ball hits the paddle. and i show this on screen. this works
i also already have code that exits the game when the ball misses the paddle

But now i want to save highscore.
This is precisely what i want:
- when game is over, save highscore
- only overwrite it when it's higher than the previous
- load it when game starts

just very simple, only a number. No table or best 10 or something, just 1 number that only overwrites when its higher the the previous.

thanks in advance

Rick

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Javeed M Shaikh15y ago
take a look at this article:

http://xnaessentials.com/tutorials/highscores.aspx/tutorials/highscores.aspx
Rick van Leeuwen15y ago
Ok, and how do i do that:P?
i just need simple instructions:

- make the XML
- save a variable to the XML
- load variable form XML

Thanks
Javeed M Shaikh15y ago
I am sorry, I did not realize that it is an XNA Studio Game Solution. I have little knowledge about this so my guess is you have to use external storage of xml file or any other format.
Rick van Leeuwen15y ago
in the properties i dont see settings, only this:
or am i looking in the wrong window?
Javeed M Shaikh15y ago
Open you project in your IDE follow these steps:

1. Right Click on the project, click properties.
2. Click on Settings tab on the left, this will open grid on the right hand side. Here you need to enter name of the setting (topscore), type(string), scope(User) and Value(0).
3. you can later access this settings from C# code like below.

Properties.Settings.Default.topscore;

you can save new score to this setting like below:

Properties.Settings.Default.topscore= mtopScore;
Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
Rick van Leeuwen15y ago
How? :)
Javeed M Shaikh15y ago
you can store it in the project settings file.