Problem saving object

[jinxology]

Hey there! I'm having a problem with an object (Character) not saving the any of the fields. The parent object's fields are saving correctly (Player) and I have the Character fields selected in the Types area for Character, but my save file looks like the data at the bottom of this post, with both currentCharacter and the List of Characters only showing ES3Ref. The structure of Player is below. I'm sure I'm doing something dumb because I've done this a million times. Any ideas?

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public class Player : MonoBehaviour
{
    private int gold;
    public Character currentCharacter;
    public List<Character> characterList; 
    public float sfxVolume; 
    public float musicVolume; 
    public float masterVolume; 
    public bool fullScreen; 
	*SNIP*

Here's the save file:

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{
	"dsc_profile0.sav" : {
		"__type" : "DungeonCrawlStars.Player,Assembly-CSharp",
		"value" : {
			"_ES3Ref" : "66787333034462070",
			"goID" : "2786608423426076912",
			"gold" : 0,
			"currentCharacter" : {
				"_ES3Ref" : "3745259361347740813"
			},
			"characterList" : [
				{
					"_ES3Ref" : "3745259361347740813"
				}
			],
			"sfxVolume" : 1,
			"musicVolume" : 1,
			"masterVolume" : 1,
			"fullScreen" : true
		}
	},
	"dsc_activeProfile.sav" : {
		"__type" : "int",
		"value" : 0
	}
}

[Joel]

Hi there,

Fields of reference types are saved by reference. If you want to save them by value you would need to save them separately using a separate ES3.Save call. Alternatively you can create an ES3Type for the type containing the fields through the Types window and modify the Write calls of the fields to include the ES3.ReferenceMode.ByValue parameter.

All the best,
Joel

[jinxology]

Great, thanks Joel, I knew I was doing something silly!