[Spectral]

How I read and write to a file? I want to add steamid's to a list when someone says a certain thing and have a number behind their steamid like warnings so in like warnings.ini will have <steamid> <warnings> then when they join the server again it will load their number of warnings.

[c0ldfyr3]

m_FileSystem = (IFileSystem *)((ismm->engineFactory())(FILESYSTEM_INTERFACE_VERSION, NULL));

Just use the functions Valve provide =)

[Drocona]

Can you explain that?

i've been into this plugin thingy trying to write and read from files but that line doesnt really tell me anything lol.

can you explain what it does, what it means and how it works please?

[c0ldfyr3]

Ok, if you look in any of the server load functions, you will see they create interfaces to the game -> m_ServerDLL etc etc.

This creates a file function interface which Valve have so generously given us to use.

So, when you add that to the Load function, and the following to your header file...

IFileSystem *m_FileSystem;

Then you can just use all the functions it has.

If your using VC 8, then once you have it working. Goto a function and type m_FileSystem->, when you hit the >, a list will appear with all the functions you can use...

PS. This is a SourceMod example, if you are using the straight server plugin example in the HL2SDK, then you need to change it around a lil but there are examples in the Load function you can use to get it working.

[Drocona]

dude thanks for help i fooled around a bit and now it works!

[Mani]

Whatever you do, don't use filesystem->FPrintf() or you will be visiting crash city.

Mani

[Drocona]

i wasnt really gonna use those but thanks lol

maybe i would've ran into it later on

[BAILOPAN]

The C library comes with all sorts of file manipulation functions. Use those, there's no reason to rely on Valve's breakity interface.

[c0ldfyr3]

But if you do you have someone to blame

[Drocona]

ok can someone just give me an example what to put in to write a file
i'm using the empty server plugin sample from valve
i have like:

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Purpose: called when an event is fired
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void CTSlogging::FireGameEvent( KeyValues * event )
{
	const char * name = event->GetName();
	
    if (FStrEq(name, "round_start"))
	{
		filesystem->Open( const char *pFileName, const char *pOptions, const char *PathID = 0 );
		filesystem->Write( const void *pInput, int size, FileHandle_t file );
		filesystem->Close( FileHandle_t file );
	}
}

i'm totally new to C++ and this plugin coding

can somebody tell me what to put in for
const char *pFileName
const char *pOptions
const char *PathID = 0
const void *pInput
int size
FileHandle_t file

and what they do etc, so i can make a start here, thanks