public static void SavePlayer(PlayerSettings player)
{
// Create a new binaryformatter isntance.
BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
// Create a new filestream to the savePath.
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(savePath, FileMode.Create);
// Create a new playersavedata from the player settings.
PlayerSaveData data = new PlayerSaveData(player);
Serialize(binaryFormatter, fileStream, data);
}
public static PlayerSaveData LoadPlayer()
{
// Make sure that the serialized data file exits on the drive.
if (File.Exists(savePath))
{
BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(savePath, FileMode.Open);
PlayerSaveData data = null;
data = Deserialize(binaryFormatter, fileStream, data);
// Return the data to the methond requesting it.
return(data);
}
else
{
Debug.LogError($"File was not found in {savePath}");
return(null);
}
}
private static PlayerSaveData Deserialize(BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter, FileStream fileStream, PlayerSaveData data)
{
try
{
// Deserialize the data as the PlayerSaveData using binaryformatter.
data = binaryFormatter.Deserialize(fileStream) as PlayerSaveData;
}
catch (ArgumentNullException e)
{
Debug.LogError($"{typeof(SaveSystem).Name} failed to deserialize. {e}");
}
finally
{
// Remember to close the filestream to prevent memory leaks etc.
fileStream.Close();
}
// Return the data to the methond requesting it.
return(data);
}
private static void Serialize(BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter, FileStream fileStream, PlayerSaveData data)
{
try
{
// Attempt to serialize the data using the instanced filestream to the disk.
binaryFormatter.Serialize(fileStream, data);
}
catch (ArgumentNullException e)
{
Debug.LogError($"{typeof(SaveSystem).Name} failed to serialize. {e}");
}
finally
{
// Remember to close the filestream to prevent memory leaks etc.
fileStream.Close();
}
}
