Serializing a vector

Scripting
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Currently I am using XmlSerializer which serialises a vector3 as:

0.3333333 0.4 0.5

But I would like it to be as

Is it possible to change this?

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Not easily. You can get something close to your desire by decorating fields of classes with XmlElement or XmlAttribute attributes (see c# - Serialize Property as Xml Attribute in Element - Stack Overflow). However, the definition of Vector3 is out of our control, so there is no way to modify it.

You could try writing a type converter for it, as described in c# - XmlSerializer property converter - Stack Overflow

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With XmlAttribute is not possible since it just converts it to a string which loses precision myvector=(0.3,0.4,0.5) I’ll look at the other way.

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Rather than using the built-in serializer, try something like SharpSerializer. Faster, and better output. Of course, since Vector3s aren’t marked as serializable (thanks UT), you’ll then have to roll out your own Vector3-like struct, and interface it with Unity.

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We have a Vec3String class that serializes the three components as string attributes and has methods to convert to and from a regular Vector3

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