Then anything we type in this box won’t be much use either I suppose!!
But here we go anyway…
Load/Save steps:
An excellent discussion of loading/saving in Unity3D by Xarbrough:
And another excellent set of notes and considerations by karliss_coldwild:
Loading/Saving ScriptableObjects by a proxy identifier such as name:
When loading, you can never re-create a MonoBehaviour or ScriptableObject instance directly from JSON. Save data needs to be all entirely plain C# data with no Unity objects in it.
The reason is they are hybrid C# and native engine objects, and when the JSON package calls [ICODE]new[/ICODE] to make one, it cannot make the native engine portion of the object, so you end up with a defective “dead” Unity object.
Instead you must first create the MonoBehaviour using AddComponent() on a GameObject instance, or use ScriptableObject.CreateInstance() to make your SO, then use the appropriate JSON “populate object” call to fill in its public fields.
If you want to use PlayerPrefs to save your game, it’s always better to use a JSON-based wrapper such as this one I forked from a fellow named Brett M Johnson on github:
