Save/Load conversation state

[purexlove]

Hello,

I have a separate save system in my game, which saves game progress to a json file. I want to store conversation state and integrate it into existing save file. To do so I added DialogueSystemSaver component:

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After that, when saving the game I do:

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playData.dialogueData = dialogueSystemSaver.RecordData();

And finally, after loading and deserializing savefile I do:

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DialogueManager.Instance.StartConversation(scenarioInfo.conversationName);
dialogueSystemSaver.ApplyData(playData.dialogueData);

But it doesn't change conversation (it stays in default, initial state). Am I missing something? I took a look at my json savefile, and conversation data string is in place and looks perfectly fine. So my guess is that I'm not setting dialogue system state properly.

[Tony Li]

Hi,

You can save two kinds of state:

1. The values of the Dialogue System's variables, quest states, etc.

2. The state of the currently-active conversation (if one is active).

What do you want to save?

If you only want to save #1, remove all of the ***Saver component(s). Instead, use PersistentDataManager.GetSaveData() and ApplySaveData() to get the data as a string:

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playData.dialogueData = PersistentDataManager.GetSaveData();

and

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PersistentDataManager.ApplySaveData(playData.dialogueData);

If you also want to save #2, set up the Dialogue System's full save system by adding these components to the DialogueManager: Save System, Json Data Serializer, PlayerPrefs Saved Game Data Storer (required to avoid warning but won't be used), Dialogue System Saver, and Conversation State Saver. Then use PixelCrushers.SaveSystem.RecordSavedGameData() and ApplySavedGameData():

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playData.dialogueData = SaveSystem.Serialize(SaveSystem.RecordSavedGameData());

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SaveSystem.ApplySavedGameData(SaveSystem.Deserialize<SavedGameData>(playData.dialogueData));

[purexlove]

I need both variables values and currently-active conversation state. This should do the job, thanks a lot!

[Tony Li]

Glad to help!