A quick question: how do I save a numerical value, like a save file within a game for something like a checkpoint?

save” what your saving

I am using the numbers to determine the level the player is in my game and the items the player may have.

ok

Why can't I save the number in the screenshot? When I try, it says "type mismatch"

try looking in the manual

I'm womdering the same thing.

I figured it out! But I can only save text files. I think the other way is used to save stuff like sprites. Thanks for trying to help though!

your welcome

Copied from another comment of mine... You can use the SAVE command in conjunction with an array. First, you'd define the array, which must be numerical and will hold the data you want to save. Afterwards, you can use the save command by specifying the file type as DAT and specifying the array. E.g.: DIM SAVARR[3] SAVARR[0]=HP SAVARR[1]=XP SAVARR[2]=IDK SAVE "DAT:FILENAME",SAVARR

Similarly, to load the data back, you'd use another numerical array and the LOAD command. You can keep the array empty as it will be expanded automatically. All data will be in the same order as you saved it. I suggest wrapping the load in a CHKFILE conditional. IF CHKFILE("DAT:FILENAME") THEN DIM LOADARR[0] LOAD "DAT:FILENAME",LOADARR,FALSE HP=LOADARR[0] XP=LOADARR[1] IDK=LOADARR[2] ENDIF

Feel free to ask if you need more help!

You could convert your #s to a string with the STR$() function, save them as a text file, and when loading convert it to a # with the VAL() function.

Thanks guys! I think I understand now!