Hello, I currently creating a small rpg in java, more to see what i can achieve rather than trying to make a serious game, nonetheless I've reached a problem.
I am attempting to save the items (stored in an item array) in my players inventory to a file so that when loaded the same items as before are still there, unfortunately when creating an item it takes a buffered image as the "Icon" when displayed in the inventory and as I was trying to save through serialization, it failed and realized Buffered Images could not be used, is there any other image type I could use that would still allow for the same functionality?. I've done some research but can't find a very strong answer on how to solve this.
Any advice would be great, I am not looking for code to be spoon fed to me just a hint in the right direction would be amazing.
