How do I deal with complex json data?

Hi there, so my developer partner (read: actual coder) and I are working on an RPG together. He's using the Google App Engine (RIP Parse) and I'll be doing the front end with Construct 2.

He's done an amazing job of getting facebook / GAE / Construct 2 to work together. However we're facing a problem, but maybe it's not really a problem, just a lack of understanding or known solution.

We are using the dictionary object to store data and this is fine, but as you can imagine, loading a character from a serve can be a lot of information.. inventory.. stats.. talent tree.. quest log.. etc.. what he has asked me about is being able to nest dictionaries IN dictionaries.. meaning something like this:

{

"c2dictionary":true,

"data":{

"moreData:{"eventMoreData":{"arrayData":[]}}

}

}

Does anyone know if there is a way for deep nesting of data for json with Construct 2? Maybe a certain plugin or maybe it's totally possible with the existing dictionary and my dev partner just doesn't know the trick to do it in Construct 2.

Thanks,

Caleb

And rex has a few plugs as well.

awesome we'll look into this! that does look very promising!

rexrainbow Hash object works very well for all of our complex JSON needs.

It loads and allows easy access to JSON like this.

gumshoe2029 thanks so much. that looks VERY promising. I've shared it with my partner to dig into it deeper.

gumshoe2029

which plugin would achieve this? looking at this list we found, we were not sure which one is right:

http://c2rexplugins.weebly.com/

Maybe it's another plugin not in this list?

Thanks!

Caleb

Hash is the plugin that you want.

It is a C2 wrapper for the JavaScript HashMap object.

Hm.... odd, it is gone from there...

but here:

ah ok cool we wouldn't have recognized that name. This is great. Thanks a lot gumshoe2029