[Plugin] Storage (3D Dictionary)

This was a personal plugin i created for my self but I seemed to have received a lot of positive feed back for it so I figured I'd make it publicly available

Its just a 3 dimensional associative array (values access by "name" instead of integer "0" index). I believe there are other plugins out there similar but may not function entirely the same. This was built to act nearly identical to the official "Dictionary" plugin but instead of only having 1 dimension it has 3.

It may seem a bit more complicated at first but if you work with JSON objects and send and receive a lot of AJAX data like I do this may be useful for you as it supports loading raw JSON data directly to it.

It supports minification and I believe all bugs have been found but if you find any please let me know. I use this in all my projects so I will actively maintain it to ensure it works correctly.

Plugin

TRBLSM_storage.zip

Example capx that demonstrates all functions supported.

StorageExample.capx

If you have any questions or need help using it Ill do my best to answer in a timely manor.

Thank you

P.S I also created a 2D version so you if you don't need this large of "Storage" access you can try out the smaller "Table" plugin instead.

[Plugin] - Table (2D Dictionary)

https://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-table-2d-dictionary_t125862

This looks awesome! It should help me a lot. Thanks so much for posting this!

This will make my project a lot easier..

bucktoothfrog - Per your request was able to add the ability to Merge C2 Data editor arrays directly into the Storage object. I have updated the original post so please re-download the plugin from there. Below are some screen shots and examples of usage.

Example of loading the AsJSON example of the C2 Data Editor you gave me and then retrieving the values.

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Example Capx

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Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you

nice!

Thanks awesome work

Legend! Thank you.

Just wondering whether there needs to be a 'Download to JSON' option here. How does this actually generate a JSON that I can retreive on next load of the game?

Thank you for sharing.I try this plugin.

— - In the expression section there is a Storage.AsJSON method that returns the entire object as a JSON string.

Impressive plugin! Intuitive and even displays in a user-friendly way during debug. Can't wait to use it.

Thank you for this perfect plugin, exactly what i need

This is INCREDIBLE!! So many kudos to you for creating this! I was searching & searching for a straightforward approach to arrays rather than the less intuituve x,y,z axis, I come from a php background and you can use strings as indexes & wanted to teach my son the power of arrays but I felt Construct lacked on that. I do admit that 99% of the work Tom & Ashley have done is VERY intuitive, it's permitted my son to have an easier introduction to game engines and for that, it's excellent, but yah, your addon is a godsend! Thanks!

Any chance of making a c3 runtime version?

here c3runtime

github.com/erenertugrul/construct-plugins/raw/master/ported_plugins/plugins/trblsm_storage/dist/TRBLSM_storage.c3addon