Save & Load System in Unity - Bug Fixes, Scriptable Objects, Deleting Data, Backup Files, and More

This video wraps up the previous Save & Load System tutorials I've done by fixing some bugs, answering some frequently asked questions, and adding some extra polish and reliability to the system.

Topics include various bug fixes and improvements from the previous tutorials, saving data from scriptable objects, deleting profile data, adding a confirmation prompt, backing up save files, and more!

The video is separated by timestamps where each timestamp is mostly independent from the others in the video. So feel free to skip passed timestamps that don't interest you.

Thank you for watching and I hope you found something useful out of this video! 🙂

► SAVE & LOAD SYSTEM TUTORIAL PLAYLIST
The full Save & Load System tutorial playlist that this video is part of can be found here.
   • How to make a Save & Load System in U...  

► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:42 Removing the 'ref' keyword
1:42 Removing the sceneUnloaded event (MissingReferenceException)
3:41 Setting the first selected button alternative
5:15 Persisting data for Inactive (disabled) GameObjects
6:08 Persisting data for Scriptable Objects
10:51 Deleting Data for a Save Slot
16:20 Creating a Confirmation Popup
23:55 Improving Auto Saving
26:47 Backing up Data Files
32:26 Outro

► RESOURCES
Ref keyword and when to use it - https://www.educative.io/edpresso/wha...
Ref keyword C# docs - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotn...
SceneUnloaded Event Unity Docs - https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptRefere...
FindObjectsOfType Unity Docs - https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptRefere...
Excellent tutorial by Samyam on Scriptable Objects -    • The Ultimate Introduction to Scriptab...  
Thread that discusses complications with serializing Scriptable Objects - https://forum.unity.com/threads/seria...
Scriptable Objects Unity Docs - https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class...

► GITHUB PROJECT
The '4-save-slots-implemented' branch is the starting point of the project for this tutorial and the '5-bug-fixes-and-polish' branch is the end result.
https://github.com/shapedbyrainstudio...

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