Is possible to save the material,textrure,normal map with reference and then load them?

[khanx078]

Is possible to save the material,textrure,normal map with reference and then load them. Without making the texture, normal map read/write enabled.

[Joel]

Hi there,

You can do this by setting the ReferenceMode to ByRef. I.e.

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ES3.Save("myKey", material, new ES3Settings( ES3.ReferenceMode.ByRef ));
var mat = ES3.Load<Material>("myKey", new ES3Settings( ES3.ReferenceMode.ByRef ));

This assumes the Material/Texture/Normal Map isn't instantiated or modified at runtime, as it obviously wouldn't be possible to load it by reference in this case.

All the best,
Joel

[khanx078]

ok if the for instance i change the color at run time what approach should i use to save the object( texture, normal map, material , shader
) with maximum performance since I cannot use save by value as that makes the saving processing really slow.

[Joel]

Hi there,

If it's only the colour you're saving, you should save just the colour, rather than the entire Material. Then when loading, assign this colour back to your Material.

All the best,
Joel

[khanx078]

actually i wanna save the color, the normal map, the main texture
if possible also the material.

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ES3.Save("wallColor" + i,
                                obj.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().sharedMaterial.color);

Even saving just this color is slow

[Joel]

Hi there,

It's likely slow saving the colour because you've got a lot of previously saved data in your save file. Try going to Tools > Easy Save 3 > Clear Persistent Data Path and see if this resolves the issue.

I also recommend taking a look at the Improving Performance guide:
https://docs.moodkie.com/easy-save-3/es ... rformance/

However, saving Textures is going to always be inherently slow.

All the best,
Joel