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Cinemachine not saving in Play mode even with the option on

Discussion in 'Cinemachine' started by AhSai, Mar 21, 2019.

  1. AhSai

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    The Save During Play function of my Cinemachine suddenly does not work anymore no matter what I do. It work perfectly fine if I start a new project, apparently it only affects my current project. I don't know what I have done to it. It doesn't turn back to normal even if I restart Unity. Please help.
    I am using Unity 2018.3.9f1, Cinemachine 2.2.8
     
    AhSai, Mar 21, 2019
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  2. AhSai

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    To add to the issue, "Copy" and "Paste" component properties also stopped working for both Play mode and Non Play mode as well.
     
    AhSai, Mar 21, 2019
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  3. Gregoryl

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    Well, this is very strange. Have copy and paste stopped working for all components, or just CM components?
     
    Gregoryl, Mar 22, 2019
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  4. AhSai

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    For copy and paste, I am only able to copy and paste values not in a grey box, such as Priority, Follow, Look At, FOV etc. But anything in a grey box, such as Body, Aim, Noise, the Virtual Camera Children box in State Driven Camera are not copy and pasting.

    As for Save During Play function, it just stopped working completely as if it is unchecked.
     
    AhSai, Mar 22, 2019
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  5. Gregoryl

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    hmmm... if you can't reproduce this in another project, then there isn't a whole lot I can tell you.
    If you want to pursue this, then maybe you can copy your project, then start deleting things until this problem goes away.
    Maybe you can revert to an earlier version of your project that didn't have this problem, and try to see what the difference is?
     
    Gregoryl, Mar 22, 2019
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  6. benthroop

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    This is happening to us too. One possibility is that we are using a multi-scene setup. I'll post if we find any fixes.
     
    benthroop, May 30, 2019
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  7. rfriedma

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    This is happening to me as well in a multi-scene setup. Using Unity 2019.2.6 and Cinemachine 2.3.4.
     
    rfriedma, Sep 21, 2019
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  8. DChap_Salty

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    Also experiencing this on our project. Save During Play option is not saving changes when exiting play mode.

    Unity 2019.1.3.

    We are using a multi-scene setup and the scene I wanted to save camera settings in was not the active scene (if that matters).

    I'm also noticing some issues with the copy-paste technique people were talking about. It seems to not be working like it did in previous versions (where I could copy the values in Play mode, and then paste them back in when not in Play mode).
     
    Last edited: Nov 7, 2019
    DChap_Salty, Nov 7, 2019
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  9. Gregoryl

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    SaveDuringPlay doesn't work with multi-scene. It's a known issue and we will fix it in a future release.
     
    Gregoryl, Nov 7, 2019
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  10. MattVLSG

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    Same here - more often than not options changed in play mode whilst 'Save During Play' is set will not be saved when Play is stopped. This is in a single Scene. Seems all of these posts are in 2019 and recently, maybe something in CM changed?
     
    MattVLSG, Nov 20, 2019
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  11. amynox

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    Any news on this ?
     
    amynox, Jun 17, 2020
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  12. Gregoryl

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    SaveDuringPlay still does not support multi-scene.

    For those who are experiencing issues in single-scene: we have not seen such issues. What specific options are not being saved?
     
    Gregoryl, Jun 17, 2020
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  13. amynox

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    Aim and body values are not saved at all !!

    Copy / Past Component values doesn't work also. (on Cinemachine virtual camera only!)

    I'm using Cinemachine v 2.5.0 with Unity 2019.4.01 LTS
     
    amynox, Jun 17, 2020
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  14. Gregoryl

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    The SaveDuringPlay feature is meant for saving tweaks, not structural changes. Only field values can be saved during play. If you change the algorithm (e.g. Body from Transposer to FramingTransposer, or other changes to the Aim/Body/Noise selectors) then those changes will not be saved, because under the hood they involve adding and removing behaviours.
     
    Gregoryl, Jun 17, 2020
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  15. sp-gillian

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    Hey @Gregoryl just wondering if the fix to make this work in multi-scene setups was scheduled any time soon? It's been a year since the last post in this thread and we've just run into this issue now too. Would love to know if there was a fix on the horizon!
     
    sp-gillian, Jul 20, 2021
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  16. Gregoryl

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    It's on our backlog, but hasn't been explicitly scheduled yet. It's not something that many people trip over. Sorry to hear that you're one of them.
     
    Gregoryl, Jul 22, 2021
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  17. Akamis

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    I am suffering from this issue too. I'm working with a multi-scene setup, and cinemachine is the main component for making cinematique and in-game camera.

    I would be a game changer if the options "Save During Play" could work with multi-scene setup.
     
    Akamis, Dec 13, 2021
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  18. Creiz

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    It's been a while since this thread, but I can confirm that it doesn't work on 2021.2, either.

    I have to take a screenshot of the settings then copy it back manually. I have lost perfect settings so many times.
     
    Creiz, Apr 13, 2022
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  19. ShooNeyt

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    Hey @Gregoryl , just to inform that in the company I'm working in, not being able to save during play on multi-scene is a serious issue as camera work is a huge part of the game we're working on. Thanks for your work, I hope it will be corrected soon.
     
    ShooNeyt, Oct 24, 2023
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  20. Gregoryl

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    Thanks for the reminder. We've addressed this issue in CM3. Multi-scene SaveDuringPlay will be supported in the next pre-release.
     
    Gregoryl, Nov 9, 2023
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  21. CC_YN

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    Will CM3 be working on 2022 LTS?
     
    CC_YN, Nov 10, 2023
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  22. Gregoryl

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    Yes it is compatible with 2022 LTS.
     
    Gregoryl, Nov 10, 2023
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  23. CC_YN

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    Is there any ETA of OFFICIAL CM3? I just watched the introduction video of it and was quite looking forward to it.
     
    CC_YN, Nov 10, 2023
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  24. Gregoryl

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    It's still under discussion. Management wants to choose the right time. I can tell you - unofficially - that it's pretty much ready and that pre.9 is solid. 3.0.0 won't be much different.
     
    Gregoryl, Nov 10, 2023
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  25. devook

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    Also hitting this. Are there any known workarounds I could employ to force a save during play when working in multi-Scene projects? Whatever incantation I need to do in editor to get settings changes to propagate back has to be better than what I'm currently doing, which is screenshotting all three pages of my FreeLook camera and then transcribing back from the screenshots afterwards.
     
    devook, Nov 15, 2023 at 9:18 PM
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