Saving player data via onsave/onload?

[mouse]

I'm trying to save one variable and the usual DS inst.OnSave/inst.OnLoad method isn't working for disconnects/reconnects.

Is there some special function or method I need to know about saving data in DST?

Edited July 2, 2015 by mouse

[Seiai]

@mouse,

they work, but some things like follower will already have been removed at that point. u can use OnDespawn then. just be aware that OnDespawn doesnt have access to the savedata yet, so u will have to save whatever u need into a variable on your character, and then save it via the savefunction. my mod kerrigan makes use of that to save her followers.

[mouse]

@mouse,

they work, but some things like follower will already have been removed at that point. u can use OnDespawn then. just be aware that OnDespawn doesnt have access to the savedata yet, so u will have to save whatever u need into a variable on your character, and then save it via the savefunction. my mod kerrigan makes use of that to save her followers.

And they work within AddPlayerPostInit?

Like:

AddPlayerPostInit(function(inst)    inst.OnSave=somefn1    inst.OnLoad=somefn2end)

[mouse]

Nevermind, I found a solution. I made the player perform a dotaskintime function for one second after joining the server while all of the data finishes arm wrestling with each other.

I noticed something though. The inst.OnSave function runs when the player joins the server. Any idea if that's a bug, temporary(until OnDespawn is finished), or permanent?

Anyways, thank you very much for your help.

[Amalleus]

I used load and save functions for my character and they work fine. Save - only when you come out of server. Load - only when you join the server. So, save doesn't work on joining for me, probably you have bug

[Seiai]

And they work within AddPlayerPostInit?

Like:

AddPlayerPostInit(function(inst)    inst.OnSave=somefn1    inst.OnLoad=somefn2end)

if u do this, make sure to save the previous function of thoses players, and call them within your savefunction, or u will just overwrite existing savefunction, and for instance delete wendies sister like that^^

 

The inst.OnSave function runs when the player joins the server.

i hope u are aware that the function gets called everytime the server saves, for instance each new day. so the function u make, has to work correctly even while gameplay, so it should'nt matter anyway, when it's being called when u join the game. so i would rather call it a feature than a bug^^ Edited July 4, 2015 by Seiai