Help me understand [Persistent]

[johnqevil]

I'm working on a mod that will need to store a rather large amount of data. On my previous one, I just used a separate file to store data in the save folder. It works well, but I'd like to put better integration into this one.

Is there a good way to attach to persistent.sfs using builtin classes for saving data? I see [Persistent] in several projects on here, and I'm assuming that's part of the equation.

[philotical]

you can use a scenario module..

but it has the same limitations than stock KSP save files..

it will usualy only be saved when you change scene

the external file, you can save as often as you want..

[johnqevil]

you can use a scenario module..

but it has the same limitations than stock KSP save files..

it will usualy only be saved when you change scene

the external file, you can save as often as you want..

That'd be just fine, that's basically how I have Kerbanomics set up currently. It only saves it's data when the game fires OnSave, specifically so that the economic information doesn't get out of sync with the main save.

[stupid_chris]

The Persisten attribute is simply used as a tag for IConfigNode. It's not related to the persistence file. If you're gonna save something to the persistence file, it's through a ScenarioModule. Else use your own config in the save folder as you would do.