How to make simpel autosave system autosave at trigger box location if reached

[AWESOME_GAMES_INTERACTIVE]

how do i save the level and checkpoint location if player location is reached can i use triggerboxses or blueprints? we have large levels with more streaming levels

[brs-jamiesand]

Hi, I was looking into this and it seems like you need to create a SaveGame object, then you can add variables for whatever information you want to be saved (such as location). You could give all of your checkpoints unique tags and put trigger boxes around them.

Here are a couple of other related forum posts with useful links and videos:

Checkpoint System

It would be better to create a save system overall. But when it comes to player start, all of them has a ‘player tag’ usually empty. You can fill that tag with whatever you want (name, numbers, for example ‘checkpoint01’) and you can call using ‘FindPlayerStart’ (fill the ‘incoming name’ with the tag you previously set) and the return value you can set at ‘Restart Player at Player Start’. You can do this inside your game mode. However, I don’t think that will fix your problem enterily. I think…

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Hey, I’m busy designing a game where a players choices will be essential to the storyline and I’m not sure how to create an autosave system or even a simple save/load system. Would appreciate any help or tips, thank you very much.

And here’s the documentation for creating the SaveGame object:

Saving and Loading Your Game in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.5...

Let me know if that helps!

[AWESOME_GAMES_INTERACTIVE]

thanks for the anwser i figured out how to make a good system im still working in 4.20 and will finish the game in that version