Question Unity3d: How to save and bring score to next game level?

Hello,

I've been checking the internet and I understand I'm supposed to use PlayerPrefs. However, after taking the code from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54062554/how-can-i-retain-my-player-score-to-a-new-scene and using it in

Code (CSharp):

1. CurrentScore = txtScore.text;
2. PlayerPrefs.SetInt("CurrentScore", score);
3. print("CurrentScore : ", CurrentScore);

I get the error "Code not properly implemented" when playing it. Everything else about my game works perfectly. Could someone give step by step?

 

Steps to success:

- create a GameManager (see below for a complete example)

- put your integer score value there

- update the score value as required
---> zero it at start of game
---> increment it as you score
---> display it when it changes

Full step-by-step integration notes included below:

ULTRA-simple static solution to a GameManager:

https://gist.github.com/kurtdekker/50faa0d78cd978375b2fe465d55b282b

https://forum.unity.com/threads/i-need-to-save-the-score-when-the-scene-resets.1168766/#post-7488068

 

Kurt, I don't understand your example. Do I just paste the file to my project and watch it work? Can you give more descriptive steps? In the meantime, I will check other projects I have to understand this further.

 

No, this is software engineering, not baking cookies.

You read a description of a solution and you understand the flow of the data.

Then you go to your context (game) and apply the knowledge to achieve a successful operation on your data.

 

I don't know how to access the GM and GMshow scores from other scripts. That's one thing I haven't learnt yet. Now can you help or are you going to just say figure the logic? Let's see what reply you give.

 

You have a LOOOOOOOONG track record here of simply failing to read what we suggest you read.

How about instead you prove to us here on the studio that you actually READ AND ATTEMPTED the detailed step-by-step integration instructions below the gist by copying them here and telling us what happened as you did each step?

 

I have re-read and i now understand what you are showing. However, I don't want to create another 2 files. I want my playerprefs to be IN my player file. I will check my older projects and hope someone else can contribute. Your method may work but it's not what I want.

 

Oh no, my method absolutely works. Source: I use it all the time and so does my company.

Remember, I do this for a living.

Are you trolling us now? Or are you being serious that you don't want 2 files?

I will pick my lower jaw up off the ground and eagerly await your explanation.

 

Kurt, this isn't about making fun or insulting you. This is about making the playerprefs independent. It's as simple as that. I just opened my previous projects and found the code. I'll play around with it and see how it works. And if it does work, it means your files are not as efficient as I thought. You are soooo easily insulted.

 

You are officially invited to submit a more efficient version of my files.

Again, waiting.

 

Kurt, stop telling me what to do. That's MY prerogative. Without sounding discourteous or disrespectful, my decision is not your business to decide.

 

I don't know where you got that information from, but you do not need to use PlayerPrefs to allow a different scene to access your score.
All you need is a static class (which in Kurt's very first post he called a GameManager), and in that put all the variables that you want to access from any scene - you just need these to be static.
Having the class as static will mean you don't attach it to any GameObjects in your project/scenes, and you can then just reference those static variables from any script where you want them.
Not sure what your fixation with PlayerPrefs is, but you would only really need to write and read that for persisting values between game sessions (ie: each time you start and end the game). If you only want the values persisting within the single game session, then you can just use the static class and variables route.

 

I don't understand you. Is PlayerPrefs a more common method or just a differerent alternative? I just checked the internet and found another video showing what i need. My original project just shows the concept. If I really succeed, this thread will really end. Is Kurt's method easier?

 

As Babia said, PlayerPrefs is usually used to store persistent data: information that sticks around between gameplay sessions.

It is perfectly usable to save data between scenes, but it's not necessary.

If all you want to do is save a number in one scene and remember it in another scene, then static variables will work fine.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class ScoreTracker {
2.   public static int score;
3. }

Really, that's it

 

OK but how do you recall it in scene 2? Can you give more information? If you can help solve this, it can save me the time from checking youtube videos. I'm waiting for a reply soon so I can test it later.

 

You know that the C# language has comprehensive documentation available? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/d...ructs/static-classes-and-static-class-members