How many times and when do you save a player's data?

[Broken Stylus]

A rather general question but I found that using Easy Save creates hiccups when data is saved so I proceeded to limit the amount of savings to key moments in the app, including right when quitting. Obviously the less frequent the savings the riskier it is to lose all the player's latest actions, including spending real or virtual money.

So where and when do you usually save a player's data inside a game?

[djaydino]

Hi.
Where and when is very depending on your game.

For example if you would have a vendor where you can buy/sell stuff
after buying / selling something would be a good place to save.

Pausing the game can save.

Going to main menu / exit game.

Maybe on certain check points.

[Fat Pug Studio]

Depends what are you saving, i have no hiccups with easy save.

[Broken Stylus]

Depends what are you saving, i have no hiccups with easy save.

That's interesting, I got some bumps in the editor and they were noticeable enough that I had to avoid saving data at runtime. Like a player's forever growing amount of virtual money for example. I still need to fine tune this project and try to increase the amount of saving as often as possible.

[djaydino]

Hi.
Saving every frame would definitely not be a good idea.
Also if you would pickup multiple coins in a short timeframe i would not save after each pickup.

I use Application quit to save and so far that works great.
One case it would probably not work is if the device would be shut down in a hard way (like a power shortage)

[Broken Stylus]

Yes, or if phone meets wall.
But other than that it's quite the rule I follow, trying to find pauses in the app activity to do the saving.