Saving and retrieving creatures and stats in Pokemon-esque game

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- JezusOfJordan
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I know there's a ton of topics relating to this topic, but i didn't quite get the answers I'd hoped for while browsing past topics. I guess my main concern is tracking stats and levels and whatnot(moves,etc) tied to each individual monster. So for example i decide to bring mon a and mon b with me into battle. how should i store those informations so i can then retrieve them when i enter the battle?from there on out i should have no issue figuring out the rest.tracking stats tied to 5 or 6 main protagonists in a regular rpg is all well and good. but if yo can have dozens or even hundreds of playable characters that gets a little intimidating.
- dop2000
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You can use an array, but I suggest JSON - it's much more flexible and easier to work with. Check out this topic:

construct.net/en/forum/construct-3/how-do-i-8/array-dictionary-pokemon-168779
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- JezusOfJordan
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so if i were to use json, would i add the json object into a container with all creatures so that when they're created they get their own stat sheet?
- JezusOfJordan
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nevermind apparently you can only put an object into one container. well i suppose i could make a json object for each creature type maybe?
- dop2000
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It's up to you how you organize this. I would probably prepare a large single JSON with default values for all creatures (see an example in that linked post).

And if needed, store a small JSON record with custom stats for each creature instance - as a string instance variable, or in a JSON object in a container.