ES2 -> ES3 equivalents?

[zapposh]

Hi,

I'm upgrading my projects from ES2 to ES3, and for the most part have got things working as they should.
But in some cases I simply could not find the equivalent to what was used in ES2, even after hours in the docs and trying out things.

Something like this does not work anymore in ES3:
settings = new ES3Settings();
settings.saveLocation = ES3Settings.SaveLocation.Memory;
(saveLocation not supported)

What is the equivalent of this in ES3?
byte[] bytes = writer.stream.ReadAllBytes();
(stream not supported)

Same question here. What to use instead of ReadArray, which is not supported anymore?
var bytes = ES3.LoadRawBytes("progressBytes");
using (ES3Reader reader = ES3Reader.Create(bytes, settings))
{
.
.
unlockedLevels = reader.ReadArray<bool>();
.
.
reader.Dispose();
}

Unity 2017.41f1

Thanks.

[Joel]

Hi there,

Instead of using readers and writers, Easy Save 3 uses an ES3File to cache data and then read from it. It's much simpler than ES2Reader/ES2Writer, and has the same performance benefits: http://docs.moodkie.com/easy-save-3/es3 ... g-es3file/

For example, the equivalent of your code would simply be:

// Create a new ES3File, which will automatically load the default file into it.
var es3file = new ES3File();
// Load from the ES3File.
unlockedLevels = es3File.Load<bool[]>("myKey");

Also note that there is no longer sequential writing or reading, but as ES3File caches the data into a Dictionary, random-access is extremely fast so sequential reading/writing is no longer necessary.

All the best,
Joel

[zapposh]

Thank you for your super fast replay.
Ok, I'll go with the ES3File method.

I need the sequential bytes to save to the xbox managed/connected storage, but I suppose I can extract those from the dictionary then.

Thanks again.

[zapposh]

Sorry, just found the answer to my problem in the docs:
To convert the ES3File to a byte array or string, use the ES3File.LoadRawBytes and ES3File.LoadRawString methods.

Exactly what I need !

[Joel]

Glad you managed to find the info!

Note that there's also a constructor for the ES3File which accepts a byte array, and you can also write more data to the ES3File using the es3File.Save<T>(string key) methods.

All the best,
Joel