.

.......

 

What platforms does this support?

 

You mention that you've tested web. You use the web player in your example (which I can't run in Chrome). I assume it doesn't work with WebGL, right? That seems to be Unity's web support going forward.

 

Does Perlib handle savefile changes?
For example, if I add a few new variables and remove a few, would it still load the savefile so that I could salvage the stuff that remained the same?

 

Can I use it to save for mobile?

 

I probably should have given some context, my apologies.
I am concerned about making new versions of savegames and upgrading old ones. As I continue to develop my game through it's alpha stages I want to ensure that I don't lose player's save data too often when I add new features and so on.

 

It would be nice to see nice to see a compatibility matrix if the feature set is not uniform.

 

Oh this is perfect.
Buying now

 

Hi, I've just bought the package and read the posts till now.

I'd like to know if *all* features listed in the description are available and have been tested on the following platforms: PC, iOS, Web, Android and all other mobile platforms.

I'm particularly concerned about the encryption feature, which I personally would like to use.

I'm worried about that "fallback to the default playerprefs" I read in the posts before.

Thanks for your answer.

 

Excellent! So to be perfectly clear, do you mean that even on WebGL, we would have the "Lets you save any serializable type" feature using Unity's PlayerPrefs fallback?

 

I'm having some trouble saving arrays.
Is there a proper way to do this:

Code (CSharp):

1. Perlib savefile = new Perlib(filename, null, libKey, valueKey);
2. savefile.SetValue<SaveItem[]>("items", null);

Console output:

Something went wrong trying to set Value for Key items.
Nothing was set.
There was an error reflecting type 'SaveItem[]'.
UnityEngine.Debug:LogWarning(Object)
SentientBytes.Perlib.Perlib:SetValue(String, SaveItem[]) (at Assets/Sentient Bytes/Perlib/Source/Perlib.cs:181)

 

Actually, it's not arrays specifically it seems.
I'm trying to save the following class I made as a single object with no luck (same console output)

Code (CSharp):

1. [System.Serializable]
2. public class SaveStatEx
3. {
4.     public float
5.         valueCurrent,
6.         valueBase;
7.  
8.     public SaveStatEx(StatEx stat)
9.     {
10.         valueCurrent = stat.valueCurrent;
11.         valueBase = stat.valueBase;
12.     }
13.     public void unpack(StatEx stat)
14.     {
15.         stat.valueCurrent = valueCurrent;
16.         stat.valueBase = valueBase;
17.     }
18. }

 

Perlib is the 24-hour sale today. I never knew about it before. It looks great. Just purchased it

 

So I thought it was just me doing something wrong, but then I dragged the Simple Example Usage script on to an empty game object in a scene and this is what the console said:

• Something went wrong trying to set Value for Key My Object.
• Nothing was set.
• There was an error reflecting type 'PerlibExamples.MyClass'.

 

Ah, the example did work after changed it to public.

I also figured out the 2nd problem in my own usage: The constructors for my classes have parameters. To solve this, I added another plain constructor (no parameters) and it worked fine.

 

Does it have Playmaker support, actions?

 

excellent - thanks

 

Hi KayaOrsan,

I bought your asset yersterday, since I'm trying to play with it but I have some trouble with custom classes. I understood we can only use serialize classes but I need to save data from class with a monobehavior because I assigned some value in the editor. Is this possible ? There is a work arround ?

 

Does Perlib have methods to encrypt the data while saving or does it simply support encrypted data?

 

Sorry for the confusion there! I just meant does Perlib do the encryption for you? (I'm new to the idea of file encryption so sorry if this is a dumb question!) It sounds like the answer is yes but I just want to make sure.

 

Great, thank you for your answers. I'll be picking this up later today!

 

Thanks for your answer.

I honestly haven't dabbled with the asset yet, but would like to know: are there examples of the simplest use of encryption using Perlib, just to get started easily?

Thanks for your time

 

I think you did a great job, love the possibility to choose what to encrypt, it's a nice feature to have!

Thanks for your answer!

 

Hey @KayaOrsan
If I decide not to specify a file location, where does Perlib store the library? (in the editor and for a build)
Assuming I have encryption turned off, is the library "human readable"?

Thanks

 

Thanks @KayaOrsan Everything with Perlib seems to be working great. I needed to take a peek to figure out how I screwed up my own de-serialization functions.
Keep up the good work.

 

Looks like it's working great for general object storage, and primitives.. but unfortunately, it's falling apart on me when attempting to store an IDictionary, with a custom class type indexed via string.

Seems to be storing it as a null type every time - any ideas?

 

Cheers @KayaOrsan , much appreciated! Are there any other types that we should be wary of?

 

How does this handle changes to Custom Data Classes?

For example, say in v1.0 of my game, I have MyCustomObject { int PlayerHealth } property, and then later, in v.1.1 I rename that field. Will the plugin still be able to de-serialize the v1.0 MyCustomObject without blowing up?

 

Do you have any plans to support Playmaker? I'm currently using Playerprefs in my game project which I've used extensively, but will need to switch to a encrypted file save system in the future to support cloud saves and work better if I release on consoles in the future.

 

Thanks the the reply Kaya, this is what I figured, was just curious if you had found some magic way to make this work.

The one time I wish C# wasn't so strict! Apparently BinaryFormatter _should_ have basic support for Version Tolerance, but Unity is just not supporting it:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229752(v=vs.110).aspx

 

Hi, First! Great asset! I have been using it a lot to store floats, vector3 and ints.
Question: Can it save Lists?
Can you provide a example on how to save and load a Lists?

Thanks!

 

Thank you! It worked!. Actually what happens is that I created a custom class that contained some int, float and Gameobject and sprites. Then when trying to save the list it gave me an error. But I manage to do a work around using the example you just provided me.

Again, thanks!

 

Is there a way to call Save() that will not hinder performance very much?

I am seeing a 100+ ms time spike in the profiler in editor and a noticeable lag on device since objects are moving as the save is taking place. I am saving a custom class that has 3 fields in it. I tried calling from within a coroutine but the results were the same. I am also not encrypting the individual saves, only the file as a whole.

 

So when I built to iOS I hit the following issue:

Code (csharp):

1. Something went wrong trying to deserialize PersistentLibrary GAMENAMEGameData.
2. Creating new Library.
3. Access to the path "/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/AF41C641-4J5A-432F-B7F6-4DFB21207998/Documents\GAMENAMEGameData" is denied.
4. UnityEngine.Debug:Internal_Log(Int32, String, Object)
5. UnityEngine.Debug:LogWarning(Object)
6. SentientBytes.Perlib.Perlib:.ctor(String, String, String, String) (at /Users/userName/git/GAMENAME/Assets/Sentient Bytes/Perlib/Source/Perlib.cs:124)
7. Data:get_saveData() (at /Users/userName/git/GAMENAME/Assets/Scripts/Data.cs:255)
8. MainMenuManager:selectPuzzle() (at /Users/userName/git/GAMENAME/Assets/Scripts/MainMenuManager.cs:104)
9. UnityEngine.Events.InvokableCall:Invoke(Object[])
10. UnityEngine.Events.InvokableCallList:Invoke(Object[])
11. UnityEngine.Events.UnityEventBase:Invoke(Object[])
12. UnityEngine.Events.UnityEvent:Invoke()
13. UnityEngine.UI.Button:Press()
14. UnityEngine.UI.Button:OnPointerClick(PointerEventData)
15. UnityEngine.EventSystems.ExecuteEvents:Execute(IPointerClickHandler, BaseEventData)
16. UnityEngine.EventSystems.ExecuteEvents:Execute(GameObject, BaseEventData, EventFunction`1)
17. UnityEngine.EventSystems.TouchInputModule:ProcessTouchPress(PointerEventData, Boolean, Boolean)
18. UnityEngine.EventSystems.TouchInputModule:ProcessTouchEvents()
19. UnityEngine.EventSystems.TouchInputModule:Process()
20. UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventSystem:Update()
21. (Filename: /Users/userName/git/GAMENAME/Assets/Sentient Bytes/Perlib/Source/Perlib.cs Line: 124)
22.  
23. UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path "/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/AF11C641-4E5A-432F-B7F6-4DFB21107998/Documents\GAMENAMEGameData" is denied.
24.   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor (System.String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean anonymous, FileOptions options) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
25.   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor (System.String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
26.   at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor (System.String path, Boolean append, System.Text.Encoding encoding, Int32 bufferSize) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
27.   at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor (System.String path, Boolean append, System.Text.Encoding encoding) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
28.   at SentientBytes.Perlib.Serializer.SerializeObjectToFile[SerializableDictionary`2] (SentientBytes.Perlib.SerializableDictionary`2 toSerialize, System.String filePath, System.String sharedSecret) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
29.   at SentientBytes.Perlib.Perlib.Save () [0x00000] in /Users/userName/git/GAMENAME/Assets/Sentient Bytes/Perlib/Source/Perlib.cs:162
30.   at SentientBytes.Perlib.Perlib.CreateNew () [0x0000b] in /Users/userName/git/GAMENAME/Assets/Sentient Bytes/Perlib/Source/Perlib.cs:224
31.   at SentientBytes.Perlib.Perlib..ctor (System.String name, System.String path, System.String libraryPassword, System.String valuesPassword) [0x000a0] in /Users/userName/git/GAMENAME/Assets/Sentient Bytes/Perlib/Source/Perlib.cs:125
32.   at Data.get_saveData () [0x0000a] in /Users/userName/git/GAMENAME/Assets/Scripts/Data.cs:255
33.   at MainMenuManager.selectPuzzle () [0x00006] in /Users/userName/git/GAMENAME/Assets/Scripts/MainMenuManager.cs:104
34.   at UnityEngine.Events.InvokableCall.Invoke (System.Object[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
35.   at UnityEngine.Events.InvokableCallList.Invoke (System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
36.   at UnityEngine.Events.UnityEventBase.Invoke (System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
37.   at UnityEngine.Events.UnityEvent.Invoke () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
38.   at UnityEngine.UI.Button.Press () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
39.   at UnityEngine.UI.Button.OnPointerClick (UnityEngine.EventSystems.PointerEventData eventData) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
40.   at UnityEngine.EventSystems.ExecuteEvents.Execute (IPointerClickHandler handler, UnityEngine.EventSystems.BaseEventData eventData) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
41.   at UnityEngine.EventSystems.ExecuteEvents.Execute[IPointerClickHandler] (UnityEngine.GameObject target, UnityEngine.EventSystems.BaseEventData eventData, UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventFunction`1 functor) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
42. UnityEngine.Debug:Internal_LogException(Exception, Object)
43. UnityEngine.Debug:LogException(Exception)
44. UnityEngine.EventSystems.ExecuteEvents:Execute(GameObject, BaseEventData, EventFunction`1)
45. UnityEngine.EventSystems.TouchInputModule:ProcessTouchPress(PointerEventData, Boolean, Boolean)
46. UnityEngine.EventSystems.TouchInputModule:ProcessTouchEvents()
47. UnityEngine.EventSystems.TouchInputModule:Process()
48. UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventSystem:Update()
49. (Filename: /Users/userName/git/GAMENAME/Assets/Sentient Bytes/Perlib/Source/Perlib.cs Line: 162)
50.  

It looks like Perlib can't access the filesystem correctly. Is there some setting in unity (or Xcode) that I should chage to get this working?

 

So I think the issue was the "directory separator bug" that was fixed in 1.0.3 I had not updated it yet.

 

@KayaOrsan With the refactor, What is the right way to delete keys? In the earlier version is looked like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. libName.DeleteKey("keyname");

But the Delete method is gone now, and after looking around the source, I can't seem to find the new way to do it.
-Thanks

 

Hey,
I just finished implementing perlib in my game and when I started the game in Unity 5 (latest update), Unity seemed to compile some scripts and then the Perlib window (thank you for purchasing) popped up. When I clicked the window to close it, the window went blank and the console displays multiple instances of "UnityException: You are not allowed to call this function while declaring a variable. Move it to the line after without a variable declaration."
This completely freezes Unity and throws the error again whenever I click anywhere in that window.

 

Does it support Windows Store Apps and Windows Phone?

 

Seems like this asset is no longer supported. (The last response to someone by the author to this thread was on 24 August).

Don't waste your money people.

 

@bioert,

Does this asset allow load / save of list of a custom class?

What about a list of class x which itself contains one or more collections?

What about dictionaries?

 

@KayaOrsan,

Sorry - think my question above for you?

 

@KayaOrsan,

High, just came across this asset. . How much can it serialize and what are the limits and exceptions?

More particularly, can it serialize all unity engine types as well as standard types?, things like say sprite, texture, mesh, audio clip, animation clip?

Can it serialize custom classes? Containing collections? . Containing lists within lists?

 

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. [Serializable]
3. public class Normal
4. {
5.     public GameObject startPoint;
6.     public GameObject endPoint;
7.     public float bestTime;
8. }
9.  
10. [Serializable]
11. public class QuestData
12. {
13.     public string questName;
14.     public QuestType questType;
15.     public Normal normal;
16. }
17.  
18. public class Quest : MonoBehaviour
19. {
20.     public QuestData questData;
21.  
22.     void Awake()
23.     {
24.         Perlib savefile = new Perlib("MyAwesomeGame.sav", "csDKndc30ns");
25.         savefile.SetValue(questName, questData);
26.         savefile.Save();
27.     }
28. }
29.  

I get the following error
InvalidOperationException: To be XML serializable, types which inherit from IEnumerable must have an implementation of Add(System.Object) at all levels of their inheritance hierarchy. UnityEngine.Transform does not implement Add(System.Object).

Cant save above QuestData when it has another Serializable object inside. I have many such objects that has to be saved. How to do that.

 

Hey there KayaOrsan ... I was looking through my download manager and I was about to download this package but I see it listed as "deprecated". It seems like I can't download it anymore, what's going on here?

 

Asset is deprecated and you can not download it anymore. I too lost my money without even using it properly.

 

Not only is it deprecated, but the publisher name has been changed to "Unity Sucks" and the publisher website and support link have both been changed to point to "unrealengine.com".

That seems pretty drastic, not to mention fairly malicious towards the users (like myself) that bought this. Deprecated packages are getting more and more common, but this seems to go beyond normal deprecation.

 

That's not completely true. Even if it deprecated you can still download your asset from the download manager.
(see attached image, looks a bit different when opening from Unity, but I tested it, download still works)

Nevertheless it really sucks if items get deprecated without giving any reason.