} // GameSettings()
/// <summary>
/// Create game settings. This constructor helps us to only load the
/// GameSettings once, not again if GameSettings is recreated by
/// the Deserialization process.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="loadSettings">Load settings</param>
static GameSettings()
{
defaultInstance = new GameSettings();
Load();
} // GameSettings(loadSettings)
} // ~GameSettings()
#endregion
#region Load
/// <summary>
/// Load
/// </summary>
public static void Load()
{
needSave = false;
FileStream file =
FileHelper.LoadGameContentFile(SettingsFilename);
if (file == null)
return;
// If the file is empty, just create a new file with the default
// settings.
if (file.Length == 0)
{
// Close the file
file.Close();
// But first check if there is maybe a file in the game directory
// to load the default game settings from.
file = FileHelper.LoadGameContentFile(SettingsFilename);
if (file != null)
{
// Load everything into this class
GameSettings loadedGameSettings =
(GameSettings)new XmlSerializer(typeof(GameSettings)).
Deserialize(file);
if (loadedGameSettings != null)
defaultInstance = loadedGameSettings;
// Close the file
file.Close();
} // if (file)
// Save user settings file
needSave = true;
Save();
} // if (file.Length)
else
{
// Else load everything into this class with help of the
// XmlSerializer.
GameSettings loadedGameSettings =
(GameSettings)new XmlSerializer(typeof(GameSettings)).
Deserialize(file);
if (loadedGameSettings != null)
defaultInstance = loadedGameSettings;
// Close the file
file.Close();
} // else
} // Load()