Hi everyone,
I’m working on a project in Unreal Engine 5 and could use some guidance on how to save data from an in-game UI form to a file. Specifically, I have a user interface (built with UMG) that contains several Editable Text Box widgets where players can input information—like names, scores, or notes. My goal is to take this input data and save it to an external file in one of these formats: .txt, .json, or .csv. I’d prefer to do this using Blueprints since I’m more comfortable with them, but I’m open to suggestions if C++ is a better fit.
Here’s a breakdown of what I’m trying to achieve:
- The Setup:
I have a UMG widget with multiple Editable Text Box widgets (e.g., one for a player’s name, one for a score, one for a custom message).
When the player clicks a “Save” button in the UI, I want to collect the text from all these fields and store it in a file.
The file should be saved somewhere accessible, like the Saved folder of the project, so I can review or analyze it later outside the game.
- Desired File Formats:
.txt: Something simple like a plain text dump of the inputs (e.g., “Name: Player1, Score: 100, Note: Great game”).
.csv: A structured format like a table (e.g., “Name,Score,Note\nPlayer1,100,Great game”). This would be great for opening in Excel later.
.json: A more structured option (e.g., {“Name”: “Player1”, “Score”: 100, “Note”: “Great game”}).
Info: I’m a beginner :), first time with UE5, so I’m still figuring things out! Thanks for any help. Cheers