How do I quickly save a large number of variables?

Questions & Answers
1

I have a large number of variables (263,169 to be exact, what I am trying to save is the terrain heights), and every way I have tried saving them has not seemed to work because it takes way to long. Does anyone have an easy way of saving them?
Thanks!

5

Convert the 2D array of floats to a 1D arrays of bytes, then use File.WriteAllBytes with that array. (That’s what Fractscape does when saving the terrain heightmap, and it takes a fraction of a second to export a 513x513 terrain.)

2

Have you tried using an array?

3

What are the different ways you have tried saving them?
For that amount I’d suggest using a database engine of some sort.

4

Most people tried some sort of image map and that seems to work fine. Have you tried saving the data as a simple image object? Do a search for terrain image map here in the forums. That might help.

6

Okay, I tried making my 2d array into a 1D array, and it seems to work, but where does it save my file?
Here is the code, thanks!

import System.IO;
var TerrainD:Terrain;
function Start () {

var TD = TerrainD.terrainData;
var heights:float[,] = TD.GetHeights(0,0,512,512);
var BigArray = new byte[263169];
print(BigArray.length);
var Inte = 0;
for (var y : int = 0; y < 512; ++y) {
	for (var x : int = 0; x < 512; ++x) {
		BigArray[Inte] = Mathf.Round(Mathf.Lerp(0,65535,heights[y,x]));
		Inte+=1;
	}
}
print(Time.time);
// Apply all SetPixel calls
File.WriteAllBytes( "/Hello.ini", BigArray);
}

To be more exact, where is it saving Hello.ini? Also, the code doesn’t seem to be working because it doesn’t seem to be creating a file.