Game Configuration & Settings¶

package com.example.game;

import de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.configuration.ConfigurationGroup;
import de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.configuration.ConfigurationGroupInfo;

@ConfigurationGroupInfo(prefix = "game_")
public class GameSettings extends ConfigurationGroup {
  private boolean screenShake = true;
  private boolean damageNumbers = true;
  private int difficulty = 1; // 0 = Easy, 1 = Normal, 2 = Hard
  private String playerName = "Hero";

  public boolean isScreenShake() { return this.screenShake; }
  public void setScreenShake(boolean screenShake) { this.screenShake = screenShake; }

  public boolean isDamageNumbers() { return this.damageNumbers; }
  public void setDamageNumbers(boolean damageNumbers) { this.damageNumbers = damageNumbers; }

  public int getDifficulty() { return this.difficulty; }
  public void setDifficulty(int difficulty) { this.difficulty = difficulty; }

  public String getPlayerName() { return this.playerName; }
  public void setPlayerName(String playerName) { this.playerName = playerName; }
}

package com.example.game;

import de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.Game;

public class Program {
  public static GameSettings settings;

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // 1. Register custom configuration group before or right after Game.init
    settings = new GameSettings();
    Game.config().add(settings);

    Game.init(args);

    // 2. Read values from configuration
    if (settings.isScreenShake()) {
      System.out.println("Screen shake is enabled!");
    }

    // 3. Save changes back to config.properties on disk
    settings.setDifficulty(2);
    Game.config().save();

    Game.start();
  }
}