[SOLVED] Qt High Score System

Qt High Score System

I'm still quite new to Qt and I want to add a High Score system to my game. I found this file http://grip.espace-win.net/doc/apps/qt4/html/demos-declarative-snake-content-highscoremodel-qml.html which is a high score model qml element. I have have added it to my project but I am at an utter loss on how to implement it. I simply want to know how I can use it to show a High Score Table when my window goes to a certain state. I also want to know how to add scores and close it when the game is restarted. This my seem silly but I really can't figure out how to use it.

Solution

From the linked file above:

Use this component like this:

HighScoreModel {
  id: highScores
  game: "MyCoolGame"
}

Then ... use the model in a view:

ListView {
  model: highScores
  delegate: Component {
    ... player ... score ...
  }
}

So by slightly altering the simpler of the two examples given in the QML ListView docs, we get:

import QtQuick 1.0

ListView {
  width: 180; height: 200
  model: highScores {}
  delegate: Text {
    text: player + ": " + score
  }
}

Though if you want further control over the formatting of each element of the list, as suggested by the use of delegate: Component in the example quoted above from HighScoreModel.qml, the second usage example in the documentation shows you how.