Unreal5 Blueprints: SAVING Variables - (2-MINUTES!!)

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[@TheRoyalSkies]

There's also something called Data-Structures which you can use to save more complex things - We'll probably go more into those pretty soon, but I just wanted to show you guys the basics first :)
Shout-Outs to MattAspland's longer more thorough tutorial here: ruclips.net/video/HJxYPJF6wzk/видео.html
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[@vi6ddarkking]

Since were on topic Can you do a tutorial on how to Create folders for screenshots, save files, on any other thing we want to export out of the game?

[@bushmaori]

Exactly what I needed, thank you so much

[@diarionmadison]

This does help, it really does.

[@iesdise]

Bro, your channel is dope

[@invert6actual585]

what about saving data in game like say I need to open a door but to open the door I need 3 torches lit. How do I count the instances of the BP_Torch to be activated which the door can check if 3 are activated the door will open?

[@TheGaminator800]

What saving at location?

[@TheRoyalSkies]

There's a variable for set location you can use to get that - You can see that being used in this tutorial over here:
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Hope that helps!

[@Radar_2576]

Can you save a TextureDynamic2D?

[@Axel0689]

Interesting short and clear. Keep up the good work. I personally was interested in updating the Player HUD (with lives and number of keys taken), when I load game. I put the HUD in the Game Mode.
As for the Save Game, I actually used a Structure in which I entered the variables of life, number of keys and Player position.
And I took advantage of the Game Instance for Save Game and Load Game.

[@darrennew8211]

It seems weird to me that this would be scalable. Even a relatively simple game (save-wise) like Talos Principle is going to have hundreds of variables to save. And all it's storing is which doors are open, which puzzles are completed, etc. There has to be a better way of doing it, where (say) actors can mark something as "this needs to be saved" and have the save game stuff automated?

[@rando5673]

Game flags can actually be designed to take up virtually no space. Something written in C++ (UE's coding language) could have a binary statement like "isLocked" taking up a single integer at 0 or 1 for each door, which is basically nothing to a computer. Player attributes like strength, intelligence, etc can be stored as integers in almost the same way. What gets expensive computing-wise is constantly calling on these stored values, which is why you generally avoid updating these things every frame. Doors can wait for a player to press a button, and attributes can wait until something like damage is calculated

[@darrennew8211]

@@rando5673 I didn't mean size-wise. I meant actually sticking every variable you're going to save into the save blueprint. Writing the program bits to name each variable you want to save, even assuming it's a fixed number of named variables (and not, for example, where I dropped any of the 20,000 random clutter objects I might have picked up) seems kind of difficult to do with the default UE5 save-game blueprint.

[@SkyVeyron]

Does anyone here knows how to save a vehicle's position? It's a pawn, tried to save it with functions just like it is done with characters, but it doesnt work

[@ZuperBytes]

why i cant find my variables in my blueprints ?

[@fightinglucario]

Very useful! I implemented it very easily into my fighting game to save such things as round length.

[@GrownAssNerd]

I've been looking for a way to save and display my "Longest Time Survived" timer, I think this video gets me a little bit closer to figuring it out lol. Thanks!

[@NeedsaBetterName]

Didn't expected to be sucker punched in the feels today, Great vid :)

[@w33dsmoke61]

this shit dont work either. copied your moves and the variable never showed up on the graphs part. 0:50 you promoted to variable and it loaded all your variables on the left. when i tried that. it loaded nothing.

[@roartherabbit9135]

this guy isn't good at explaining things also I'm having a problem too