[SOLVED] Sava data variables persist after closing, but is reset after Terminating Running Process/Closing SMBX

[dragon3025]

I'm not sure this is intended, but I have a save data variable that starts at 0. While play testing gets set to 2 in-game, and then I close the play test. There isn't any save file created, but when I re-enter the play test the variable is still set to 2. It only resets when I close the SMBX editor or use Terminate Running Process (I used it after already closing the play tester).

[Hoeloe]

I'm not sure what you're asking here? This is intended behaviour. In order to reduce loading times, the game doesn't actually close when you end a play test, it just gets dropped into the background so it can be quickly started up again for the next test. This also means the play session doesn't end, so the values for SaveData and GameData will stick around even if you don't call Misc.saveGame(). If you don't want them to, you can always use the console (hit Tab while testing) to type a line or two of Lua to quickly reset any SaveData variables you want to test out.

[dragon3025]

I wasn't sure if that was intended or not. I kept getting confused to why my code change wouldn't work, but then after restarting the editor it would.

To test the console out, I tried

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Text.WindowDebug("Hello")

in the console and got it to give the debug message, but using

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globalSave.tradeitem = 0

gave me the error:

attempt to index global 'globalSave' (a nil

and the rest of the error goes off screen so I can't see it. This doesn't ever give me nil value in when running from my luna.lua, is there a way I can change that variable? Also, is there a log somewhere for my console use?

[Hoeloe]

The console is not inside your lua file, so variable defined in your lua file won't exist. You'll have to access SaveData directly.

[dragon3025]

Thanks, I was able to change it with

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SaveData["episode"].tradeitem = 0

.

[Hoeloe]

SaveData["episode"] is the same as SaveData.episode

[dragon3025]

SaveData["episode"] is the same as SaveData.episode

Thanks, I think I'll write it out like that from now on.