Problems with config file

Question

Hello

I'm trying to make a key configuration menu with an ini file, I've already seen tutorials where they do it, but for some reason I can't do it.

I don't know much about it, so I hoped you could help me.

This is my script

extends Node

var filepath = "res://keybinds.ini"
var configfile

func _ready():

configfile = ConfigFile.new()

if configfile.load(filepath) == OK:
    for key in configfile.get_section_keys("keybinds"):
        var key_value = configfile.get_value("keybinds", key)
        print(key, ":", key_value)
else:
    print("CONFIG FILE NOT FOUND")

And always print CONFIG FILE NOT FOUND

Thanks for the help

Comments

Did you try with a path that doesn't start with res://? The doc mentions a path using user:// (which is %AppData%/roaming/godot/yourgame on Windows, and somewhere in your home on Linux I believe).
The reason is files under res:// will not remain as files in an exported game (they will become read-only packed), so it's better to use a cross-platform writable directory to store player's keybindings, such as user://
I'm not sure why it won't load for res://, I thought it would work in the editor.

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I don't understand, it should be like that?:

var filepath = "user://keybinds.ini"

I use mac

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I'm sure user:// for Mac and Linux are both home/.local/share/godot/your project name. Using user:// allows the game to look in a specific directory no matter which OS it's built for. It basically saves having to know and swap between various file systems.

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I tried but still wrong
I don't know what the problem will be

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Are you sure the file is under the path res://keybinds.ini and that there is no typo? Could you add a screenshot of the resource folder and paste the content of the ini file?

Are you sure you aren't getting another error in the console when trying to load the file?

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Yeah you can check the return value of the load function, it's not necessarily a file error, it could be a syntax error inside it
https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.2/classes/[email protected]#enum-globalscope-error

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this?

print(configfile.load(filepath))

return 19

print(load(filepath))

return [Object:null]

edit:
this error also returns when print(load(filepath)) : No loader found for resource: res://keybinds.ini

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This is the content of the ini file for now.

[keybinds]

arriba=87
abajo=83
derecha=68
izquierda=65

I already checked it and everything is well written

the ini file name is keybinds.ini

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this error also returns when print(load(filepath)) : No loader found for resource: res://keybinds.ini

This is normal. I didn't mean the global load function, but the load method of ConfigFile.

return 19

This means Can’t open error.

I made a simple test on my end using your config file, and it works fine (I'm on Windows 10).
At this point I think you made a typo, the file is not in the right place, or your OS acts funny, I don't know.
My project: http://zylannprods.fr/dl/godot/qa/IniFile.zip

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I download your project moved the ini file to my game and it worked i guess i had something wrong.
Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for the help