Get Easy Save from the Unity Asset StoreHey, I wanted to ask, if it's possible to save my data in a readable/editable way.
I'm saving a config file (configurable in-game), but I would like my users to be able to edit it by hand too (using text editor). Is this possible? I'm only saving simple stuff like strings, floats, ints and booleans (bools).
Saving editable data
Re: Saving editable data
Hi there,
As Easy Save saves the data in binary format (which is by far the quickest and most compact format), it's not possible to edit it by hand.
However, most users who require this simply make a GUI in their app to allow users to modify the files, or even make a separate Unity app to do this.
Generally even with readable formats, it's not advisable to let users modify the data directly from a text editor because doing so might modify the encoding of the file or introduce formatting errors (or a whole host of other problems), which could cause problems at runtime.
All the best,
Joel
As Easy Save saves the data in binary format (which is by far the quickest and most compact format), it's not possible to edit it by hand.
However, most users who require this simply make a GUI in their app to allow users to modify the files, or even make a separate Unity app to do this.
Generally even with readable formats, it's not advisable to let users modify the data directly from a text editor because doing so might modify the encoding of the file or introduce formatting errors (or a whole host of other problems), which could cause problems at runtime.
All the best,
Joel
Re: Saving editable data
Yeah, it is completely configurable in-game. I was just asking in case something like Skyrim.ini or similar.
It doesn't really matter.
Thanks for the quick answer
It doesn't really matter.
Thanks for the quick answer