PlayerPrefs | Getting around no BOOLEAN setting

Unity Engine
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OnGUI allows for toggles using a boolean.

However, PlayerPrefs has no SetBool.

I have been using SetInt to get around this… but this requires several lines of code.

Is there an elegant solution to storing a boolean through PlayPrefs?

Thanks.

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Only one line of code, but still this is a bit more convenient: http://www.unifycommunity.com/wiki/index.php?title=BoolPrefs

–Eric

3

Thanks Eric.

This is exactly what I was looking for when I used the word “elegant”.

As an added bonus I had forgotten about the ability to use “value?1:0” format (also being elegant).

For quick reading below:

static function  SetBool (name : String, value : boolean) {

    PlayerPrefs.SetInt(name, value?1:0);
}

static function GetBool (name : String) : boolean {
    return PlayerPrefs.GetInt(name)==1?true:false;
}

static function GetBool (name : String, defaultValue : boolean) : boolean {
    if (PlayerPrefs.HasKey(name)) {
        return GetBool(name);
    }
    return defaultValue;
}

Thanks.

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Hi
I’m trying to use the above script. But when I use SetBool, and I check in my playerprefs.plist file, the ‘Type’ is listed as a String not a Boolean.

This is what I’m using to set the pref:

PlayerPrefsX.SetBool(“Hints”, true);

Something I’m doing wrong?

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there is no inbuilt support to write bool, a fake can not change that as a fake can not change the engine code

I don’t even think it writes anything but strings actually (as above code actually writes int, not string yet if you see string it potentially saves string independent of what comes in)

6

Nothing is wrong; the type in the .plist file is irrelevant.

–Eric

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Can I ask why SetBool isn’t supported? Just curious.

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This is a fantastic workaround. Thank you for sharing.
Any idea if booleans are supported in PlayerPrefs in Unity 4.x?

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Not that i am aware, i simply wrote a playerprefs extension