Ways of Saving/Loading Data In Unity C# (PlayerPrefs, JSON Serialization, Reading/Writing to Files)

[@Quinten_exe]

This is just amazing. I've been looking for a solid way to save and load in the level editor I'm building and this fits my usecase like a glove. Thanks a bunch!

[@mleitejunior]

Looks great! I am starting a new RPG game and want to save my characters using json first. When it gets done I will migrate to a cloud database to persist. Trying it right now!

[@DevNoob]

Great! I love PlayerPrefs. Nowadays for more secure saving I just use a Unity Asset :D

[@danqzq]

Let me guess, "Easy Save"?

[@DevNoob]

@@danqzq hahahahahaha YES!

[@DevNoob]

@@danqzq NO WAIT!! Save Game Free I think its called

[@danqzq]

Ah, alright, probably need to see that for myself too.

[@lennihuopa]

The microsoft article says that an attacker can easily make it vunerable, so it probably doesn't matter if you're just making a game. It might matter then if it is used in some really important apps (like something that communicates with your hardware)

[@danqzq]

Yeah, but anything is possible, it has a security risk. BinaryFormatter will also have inconsistent file reading and parsing when adding more fields to your serializable classes. Overall JSON provides better flexibility and its best to prefer using it.

[@lennihuopa]

@@danqzq i never encountered any issues with binary, and isnt json pretty easy to modify and just cheat the game by that?

[@danqzq]

Binary isn't secure either. In fact anything that you store locally will be modifiable. If you want to make sure that nobody cheats by editing your save files - that is a whole another topic to cover. You would be better off to create a server and store every single player's data, which will eliminate cheating.

[@lennihuopa]

@@danqzq yep but unless you do not watch a tutorial or know how to do it modifying binary is way harder than modifying json

[@danqzq]

You can make anything like JSON, XML formats more secure - hard to edit, by encrypting the text that you save, using any appropriate encryption method. The System library has some of its own.