Help with Object position and state, save and load.

Did you try out my Unity Serializer? I could help you trying to get that to work...

I had a look at it (i think it'd work) I watched your new video earlier. But I don't know how i'd fit it in with my save button on my pausemenu etc. I'm importing it now going to have a go at it :)

got this error when i imported it:

VerificationException: Error verifying TransformExtensions:LastAncestorOfType (UnityEngine.GameObject): Invalid generic method instantiation of method .Radical::FindImplementor (generic args don't respect target's constraints) at 0x001e UniqueIdentifier.FixName () (at Assets/Plugins/Serialization/UniqueIdentifier.cs:90) EditorNameFixer.Update () (at Assets/Plugins/Serialization/EditorNameFixer.cs:32)

What from the asset store version???? Ugh - that's not supposed to have that file :(

When I download it from asset store that EditorNameFixer isn't there...

It should be very easy to integrate it. You just call the LevelSerializer.SaveGame("Your Game Name") function from your Save button.

i'm just downloading the latest one from your site (same as asset store) the one i had was older version! :) i'm just watching your video now.

Take a look as TestSerialization.cs - that's a good example of how to do a simple GUI - it should do exactly what you want :)

ok will do :)

cool, I've got it working :)) brilliant!

how would i edit TestSerialization.cs to make the gui appear when i press "P"

this is my save script at the moment (below) obviously it'll now be defunt but i'd like it to appear on pause if possible. I don't want to try and edit your script or i'll end up messing it up lol :P

var paused : boolean = false; var pausedGUI : GUITexture; var mySound : AudioClip; var mySound1 : AudioClip;

pausedGUI.enabled = false;

function Update () { if(Input.Get$$anonymous$$eyUp("p")){ if(paused == true){
paused = false; } else { paused = true; }

 if(paused == true){
     audio.clip = mySound;
     audio.Play();
     Time.timeScale = 0.0;
     pausedGUI.enabled = true;
 } else {
     audio.clip = mySound1;
     audio.Play();
     Time.timeScale = 1.0;
     pausedGUI.enabled = false;
 }

} }

I would just add a Save button to your existing script and then call LevelSerializer.SaveGame("BrickGame")

Something like:

     if(GUILayout.Button("Save"))
           LevelSerializer.SaveGame("BrickGame");

The put up a list of the saved games using buttons maybe a bit like this:

     GUILayout.BeginVertical();
     for(var sg in LevelSerializer.SavedGames[LevelSerializer.PlayerName])
     {
            if(GUILayout.Button(sg.Caption))
            {
                sg.Load();
            }
     }
     GUILayout.EndVertical();

If you are using GUI.Button you will need to have some rectangles that you change the Y coordinate on to put up the multiple save game buttons (or if you only want the last one you can just do:)

     if(LevelSerializer.SavedGames.Count > 0)
     {
        if(GUI.Button(Rect(100,100,100,50), "Load")
             LevelSerializer.SavedGames[LevelSerializer.PlayerName][0].Load();
     }

I don't know if i've done this correctly, i'm getting this error: Assets/Standard Assets/Scripts/pausescript.js(46,8): BCE0044: expecting ), found 'LevelSerializer'.

this is how my script is now:

var paused : boolean = false; var pausedGUI : GUITexture; var mySound : AudioClip; var mySound1 : AudioClip;

pausedGUI.enabled = false;

function Update () { if(Input.Get$$anonymous$$eyUp("p")){ if(paused == true){
paused = false; } else { paused = true; }

 if(paused == true){
     audio.clip = mySound;
     audio.Play();
     Time.timeScale = 0.0;
     pausedGUI.enabled = true;
 } else {
     audio.clip = mySound1;
     audio.Play();
     Time.timeScale = 1.0;
     pausedGUI.enabled = false;
 }
 

//testing new save script if(GUILayout.Button("Save")) LevelSerializer.SaveGame("BrickGame");

GUILayout.BeginVertical(); for(var sg in LevelSerializer.SavedGames[LevelSerializer.PlayerName]) { if(GUILayout.Button(sg.Caption)) { sg.Load(); } } GUILayout.EndVertical();

if(LevelSerializer.SavedGames.Count > 0) { if(GUI.Button(Rect(100,100,100,50), "Load") LevelSerializer.SavedGames[LevelSerializer.PlayerName][0].Load(); } //testing new save script

}

Your problem is that your script is in Standard Assets - you can't call a C# script from a JavaScript script in Standard Assets. As your pause isn't really a standard asset you should just really move it somewhere else :)

You only need one of those methods of showing a saved game too.

I moved it to it's own folder, still get this error:

Assets/pausescript/pausescript.js(46,8): BCE0044: expecting ), found 'LevelSerializer'.

Assets/pausescript/pausescript.js(30,11): BCE0044: expecting (, found 'OnGUI'.

i hate that red text in the status bar sometimes lol

This is compiled and tested - but you would need to put your audio files back in - I'm using this as a JavaScript example in the next version of UnitySerializer :)

 var paused : boolean = false; 
 var pausedGUI : GUITexture;  
 
 pausedGUI.enabled = false;
 
 function Update () 
 { 
     if(Input.Get$$anonymous$$eyUp($$anonymous$$eyCode.P))
     { 
        paused = !paused;
 
         if(paused == true){
             Time.timeScale = 0.0;
             pausedGUI.enabled = true;
         } else {
             Time.timeScale = 1.0;
             pausedGUI.enabled = false;
         }
    }
 }
 
 function OnGUI() {
     if(!paused)
        return;
        
     var box : GUIStyle = "box";   
     GUILayout.BeginArea(Rect( Screen.width/2 - 200,Screen.height/2 - 300, 400, 600), box);
 
     GUILayout.BeginVertical(); 
     GUILayout.FlexibleSpace();
     if(GUILayout.Button("Save Game"))
     {
        LevelSerializer.SaveGame("BrickGame");
     }
     GUILayout.Space(60);
     for(var sg in LevelSerializer.SavedGames[LevelSerializer.PlayerName]) { 
        if(GUILayout.Button(sg.Caption)) { 
          sg.Load(); 
          Time.timeScale = 1;
          } 
     } 
     GUILayout.FlexibleSpace();
     GUILayout.EndVertical();
     GUILayout.EndArea();
 
 
 }

cool :) i'm getting this error:

Assets/pausescript/pausescript.js(33,32): BCE0017: The best overload for the method 'LevelSerializer.SaveGame(String, boolean, function(String, boolean): void)' is not compatible with the argument list '(String)'.

I only have unity 3.5.2f2 (free version) just in case this has any bearing on things!

Sorry - I also added a damn mod to the code on that Asset Store package :( Right so just make it:

  LevelSerializer.SaveGame("BrickGame", false, null);

ok, I put that in and... it works perfectly! :))

thankyou again for all your help and patience, really appriciate it

I used it to save my bricks, score and lives.

ps how do I put that latest code as the correct answer (as it's a comment)?

I've added it as an answer - tick that :)