Windows Directory

Unity Engine
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So, question. Say I wanted to save in the (mydocuments/games/gamename/savedata)
How would I query the information from windows the rest of the path. Like, if the User name is Kevin, how do I know it is Kevin so I can do C:\USERS\Kevin\MyDocuments\Games\GameName\SaveData I can’t find a command in unity scripting reference or the .net libraries.

As a secondary quick question that isn’t that important because I am sure I can look it up later. Is there a users file that I should be saving to in MacOSX or just save to the directory of the game.

Thanks.

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You should really use Application.persistentDataPath from the Unity library to determine where to save games.

If you really want to go to the My Documents folder…

For Windows: System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal) will give you the path all the way to My Documents.

For Mac: You’ll want to get the Application Support folder, but it’s not so easy to make it cross platform. See this article: Finding or creating the application support directory

Again, don’t do those things unless you need to, like you’re reading data from another application. Just use Application.persistentDataPath.

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Depending on what you need to read/write, perhaps even PlayerPrefs would do the job for you.

Good info there, squidbot!

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It seems to me Application.persistentDataPath is poorly named, at least for OS X. This is because it resolves to /Users//Library/Caches//, but ~/Library/Caches is not meant as a persistent data store. Really, it should resolve to /Users//Library/Application Support/.

Users routinely, whether it’s advisable or not, use tools to clear their caches. All your saved game data would be wiped out.

I’m considering filing a bug/request to change the return value of persistentDataPath.

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Thanks for all the info guys. Sometimes it is hard to find stuff in the microsoft help places unless you have a hint of what you are looking for. In this case I had no idea where to search, I did search though.