C#•2y ago

✅ How to make HighScore and Save it in reset in Unity?

Can you please help me make HighScore to be saved after the restart of my game?

67 Replies

u mean when u restart in game itself or when you close it and reopen it? you need to save your highscore somewhere in a file, or in a database server, or even a local database file you can use System.IO.File class to read and write data to a file

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

I mean I want to save my high score and when I restart the game and play again, I want my previous progress to be saved. For one reason, when I play the game after restart it shows to me 0 and not my high score that I did before

Chiyoko_S•2y ago

What TheRanger said. You need to store the high score as a file somewhere - data stored in memory gets wiped once the program is closed You could do it this way: When the high score is being stored you also store it in a file somewhere (next to the program is one place you could store it to) then, on application startup, you read from the said high score file to restore the last record

Cattywampus•2y ago

If it's just a highscore and nothing else and if your game just a single player. You can just save it to PlayerPrefs

//Save
PlayerPrefs.SetInt(KeyName, Value);

//Load
var highScore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt(KeyName);

//Save
PlayerPrefs.SetInt(KeyName, Value);

//Load
var highScore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt(KeyName);

remember, just for simple stuff.. other than that you can use JsonUtility in Unity to serialize it as json It is recommended to use Application.dataPath or the persistent version with it

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

What I did is that:

 public void CheckSaveUpdateHighScore()
    {
        if (score > highScore)
        {
            highScore = score;
            StoreHighScore();      
        }
        highScoreText.text = highScore.ToString();
    }


    public void StoreHighScore()
    {
        PlayerPrefs.GetInt("highScore", highScore);
        PlayerPrefs.Save();
    }

 public void CheckSaveUpdateHighScore()
    {
        if (score > highScore)
        {
            highScore = score;
            StoreHighScore();      
        }
        highScoreText.text = highScore.ToString();
    }


    public void StoreHighScore()
    {
        PlayerPrefs.GetInt("highScore", highScore);
        PlayerPrefs.Save();
    }

but this doesn't save the highscore, whenever I want to restart my game. It just gets back to 0 in gamemanager

Cattywampus•2y ago

you didn't assign the return value there, so it's expected also you should store it 1st see my snippet above

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

Do i have to return a value?

Cattywampus•2y ago

GetInt returns int as the name implies

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

I did that here in the startgame method

if (PlayerPrefs.HasKey("highScore"))
        {
           highScore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("highScore");
        }

if (PlayerPrefs.HasKey("highScore"))
        {
           highScore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("highScore");
        }

Cattywampus•2y ago

GetInt is to get... not saving you should save it 1st

MODiX•2y ago

SlimStv#2835

If it's just a highscore and nothing else and if your game just a single player. You can just save it to PlayerPrefs

//Save
PlayerPrefs.SetInt(KeyName, Value);

//Load
var highScore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt(KeyName);

//Save
PlayerPrefs.SetInt(KeyName, Value);

//Load
var highScore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt(KeyName);

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SteliosKromOP•2y ago

The problem is that I don't know where to save it

Cattywampus•2y ago

when your game about to end/gameover ideally

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

I check the highscore and save it as well I call the function

Cattywampus•2y ago

show the code where you save it?

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

In the game over method

Cattywampus•2y ago

yeh, show the code

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

public void DestroyGoodOutOfBounds()
    {
        if (transform.position.y < -yBound && !gameObject.CompareTag("Bad") && !gameManager.gameOver)
        {
            gameManager.gameOver = true;
            Destroy(gameObject);
            gameManager.StopPlayerAudioOnGameOver();
            gameManager.GameOver();
            gameManager.GameOverSound();
            gameManager.CheckSaveUpdateHighScore();
            gameManager.highScoreText.text = "HighScore: " + gameManager.highScore;
            Debug.Log("Good objects destroyed the player audio stop on game over and game over sound enabled");
        }

    }

public void DestroyGoodOutOfBounds()
    {
        if (transform.position.y < -yBound && !gameObject.CompareTag("Bad") && !gameManager.gameOver)
        {
            gameManager.gameOver = true;
            Destroy(gameObject);
            gameManager.StopPlayerAudioOnGameOver();
            gameManager.GameOver();
            gameManager.GameOverSound();
            gameManager.CheckSaveUpdateHighScore();
            gameManager.highScoreText.text = "HighScore: " + gameManager.highScore;
            Debug.Log("Good objects destroyed the player audio stop on game over and game over sound enabled");
        }

    }

I call it in the other script where my game goes game over

Cattywampus•2y ago

That means nothing unfortunately, show us the body of the saving function instead.. where you do PlayerPrefs.SetInt

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

I show you above

Cattywampus•2y ago

I see no SetInt there 😐

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

Maybe, I have to call the StoreHighScore() to the other script where it does game over?

Cattywampus•2y ago

Are you using assets or template from other game or?

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

template basically Only I got some sound effects and particle effects from asset store

Cattywampus•2y ago

show me what's in gameManager.CheckSaveUpdateHighScore() show me the code in there

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

Here it is

Cattywampus•2y ago

Yeah, that does nothing to save it

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

Do i have to setint like you said? I do playerprefs.save()

Cattywampus•2y ago

show me the StoreHighScore method

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

It is in the same

Cattywampus•2y ago

oh yeah it does nothing to save

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

So, what I have to do? Do I have to use set int? I only do getint not that you said

Cattywampus•2y ago

show me what' show me what's in Save

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

That's what in save()

Cattywampus•2y ago

oh my bad.... yeah

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

SteliosKromOP•2y ago

Here i check and call the storehighscore to save

Cattywampus•2y ago

change it to this

 public void CheckSaveUpdateHighScore()
    {
        if (score > highScore)
        {
            highScore = score;
            StoreHighScore();      
        }
        highScoreText.text = highScore.ToString();
    }


    public void StoreHighScore()
    {
        PlayerPrefs.SetInt("highScore", score);
        PlayerPrefs.Save();
    }

 public void CheckSaveUpdateHighScore()
    {
        if (score > highScore)
        {
            highScore = score;
            StoreHighScore();      
        }
        highScoreText.text = highScore.ToString();
    }


    public void StoreHighScore()
    {
        PlayerPrefs.SetInt("highScore", score);
        PlayerPrefs.Save();
    }