# cant save or load settings. no error

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cant-save-or-load-settings-no-error/470951>\
**Category:** Community & Industry Discussion\
**Tags:** loading, settings, gameinstance, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [September 7, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cant-save-or-load-settings-no-error/470951 "2020-09-07T13:06:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_964621bb](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_964621bb](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_964621bb)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cant-save-or-load-settings-no-error/470951/1 "2020-09-07T13:06:59Z")

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Hi, I’m new to game development.

I’m trying to save user’s settings but failing without any errors. I have tried all the different approaches I could find online.  
Here are the solutions I tried [1][1] [2][2] [3][3]  
I can not figure out what is wrong. I get no errors or warnings. I’m using blueprints.

Here is my current setup:  
main level blueprint:

 ![312710-1.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/8/2/1/82113e0dbfd5363a6a24339541570245dbbaab12.png)

custom saveGame class:

 ![312711-2.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/3/e/e/3ee7bbb5cdcdad353bc23a24c139a10bd7447b9b.png)

Custom Game Instance Event Graph:

 ![312712-3.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/c/e/f/cef453e9d6e33cd3d986bcba77508262253d785b.png)

Custom Game Instance has 2 functions:  
Load settings:

 ![312713-4.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/5/d/9/5d9c64c64ae3cad3f2067683a0fc3cc165e01617.png)

Save settings:

 ![312714-5.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/e/f/e/efe215e9f8b8317a2e5ec805b7b865b338c69947.png)

Loading attempt:  
[](https://i.imgur.com/MOEMCQa.png)

Saving attempt:  
[https://imgur.com/8la3u7v](https://imgur.com/8la3u7v)

Updating value to be saved:  
[https://imgur.com/RM0UKDS](https://imgur.com/RM0UKDS)

My current setup is what I got through following ([this][9]) guide.

It would mean the world to me if anyone can point me in the right direction. I’m new to game dev and this is a dream of mine. Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Marcis](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/marcis/32/1103070_2.png) [@Marcis](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Marcis)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cant-save-or-load-settings-no-error/470951/2 "2020-09-07T18:53:32Z")

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What if you add a delay before loading?

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_964621bb](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_964621bb](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_964621bb)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cant-save-or-load-settings-no-error/470951/3 "2020-09-08T13:46:42Z")

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still not working. added 1 second delay before load.

 ![312846-annotation-2020-09-08-184625.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/4/f/2/4f2e8cd4f0dd37634e61d7534f07ef4e9fc3d0e9.png)