ES2 File Sorting

[brandoncluff]

I'm implementing a save file system that allows the user to create new saves that contain basic information and are assigned a random unique id for their names. I'm trying to return them in a list sorted by last updated (either by the file timestamp or by the timestamp that I'm saving within the file). Is there an easy way to do this? The method in question is GetSaves() - my code below.

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    public void NewGame(string name) {
        string file = CreateFile(name);
        UpdateFile(file);
        CreateSaveSlot(saveSlotPrefab, saveContent, SaveSlot.SlotType.SAVE, file, name);
        CreateSaveSlot(loadSlotPrefab, loadContent, SaveSlot.SlotType.LOAD, file, name);        
    }

    public void SaveGame(SaveSlot slot, string file) {
        UpdateFile(file);
        slot.UpdateTime(System.DateTime.Now.ToString());
    }

    public void LoadGame() {
        //TODO:: LOGIC
    }

    private string CreateFile(string saveName) {
        string newFile = GameManager.Instance.Mode.ToString() + "-" + System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + ".txt";
        ES2.Save(GameManager.Instance.Mode.ToString(), newFile + "?tag=gameType");
        ES2.Save(saveName, newFile + "?tag=saveName");
        return newFile; 
    }

    private void UpdateFile(string saveFile) {
        ES2.Save(System.DateTime.Now.ToString(), saveFile + "?tag=saveTime");
    }

    private string[] GetSaves() {
        //TODO:: ORDER BY SAVE TIME
        string[] saves = ES2.GetFiles("", "*.txt"); 
        return saves;
    }

[Joel]

Hi there,

You would need to load the timestamp from each file, and then sort these. There is no built-in method of doing this.

All the best,
Joel