how to save scene in game for respawn etc?

I've done some research on this and as far as i can tell, you need to write your own serializer (or buy one from the asset store) if you want to save a scene at runtime so you can reload it as a respawn point.

problem is when you have a complex game with AI NPCs running around, destructible objects, etc. etc, etc, that becomes a ton of work.

you would think the great minds at unity would have come up with the other side of SceneManager.LoadScene, like SceneManager.SaveScene for example but its seems not.

i see this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.EditorSceneManager.SaveScene.html but that's an editor thing, not an in game thing

so maybe this thread is more of a whine than a question, but short or writing a serializer for all your scripts, or buying an asset and adding their serializer to all your scripts, what are the options?

thanks

BTW, i found this free asset https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/input-management/extendable-save-system-151293 which looks a pretty nice starting point but still, i don't get why unity doesn't just have save whole scene at runtime built in

 

Unfortunately, the only way to really do this is to save data on everything you want to keep track of between loads.

The back end of a built-in "Save scene" function would be serializing everything anyway.