So I seem to be having an issue with loading up certain variables that control my level select feature after quitting and reloading the game that’s been deployed. So here is the part of my Game Mode that executes shortly after starting the game.
Checking the stored state of the boolean variables associated with my level select menu. Then in each level I set the appropriate level bool to true when they begin that level, as shown here
But users are reporting that the last updated build I deployed had erased their level progress even though I hadn’t messed with the save game structure in a long while. So my question is this, does anyone know what may be happening that is causing the level reached variables to come back false even though my players have already beaten them?
Not sure how they are too small. Must be your viewing screen cause I’m seeing them just fine. A little blurry but they can still be made out with no problem.
That being said in the first image (my game mode) it does this,
Checks if there is a save game, if so it loads the save game, casts to my save game object promotes it to a variable called Our Save Game, grabs a couple variables from it then I do Save Game to Slot.
The second image happens in my menu widget. All it does is check if the save game exists and if so I grab the GM(GameMode) get my “Our Saved Game” variable from it and then check whether Level 1, 2, 3 and 4 are true or false one right after the other.
The last image happens at the beginning of every level. I grab my GM, get my “Our Save Game” variable from it, check if its valid and if so set the current level number boolean to true and then save game to slot.
Everything works as intended. The issue comes in when releasing another build (update) to the game. Whatever happens it resets the progress the players had prior to the update.
Hope this clarifies the problem and the images for anyone who can’t see them.
Bumping because this is still an issue. To clarify, the save game variables work fine within a deployed build. The only time they seem to be getting reset is when deploying a new build for an update to the game?
If I understand correctly, your players experienced loss of progress over game update.
Here are some questions.
Can you replicate the bug? You state in the Question, that players report it to you.
If they lost the progress over an update, can they still use save functionality in the new update (starting from zero progress)? Is it still working as intended in the new update, not considering loss from the update itself?
Did you update Engine version between the updates for your game?
So it turns out that the one who made the build made it in a development build instead of a shipping build which is what broke everyone’s game progress.
