ZO_SavedVars question

[Savitar]

Is there any way for an addon to always load it's data from a SavedVar all the time rather than just the one time on load?
Or is there a way to wipe a saved structure in memory so that on a /reloadui the data in a SavedVar isn't saved over with the in memory data but refreshed from the SavedVar data?

Thnx for any help in advance.

[Sasky]

That's handled by the game code, not addon code, so we can't do anything about it. I'm pretty sure several people looked at using this a means to avoid the no-url limitation (have external program r/w from SavedVars file and addon could load in changes).

[merlight]

Originally Posted by Savitar Or is there a way to wipe a saved structure in memory so that on a /reloadui the data in a SavedVar isn't saved over with the in memory data but refreshed from the SavedVar data?

You can simply delete the saved variables table and it won't be saved.

-- given that in manifest you have ## SavedVariables: mySavedVars
-- delete the table (not the file) so it won't rewrite the file on /reloadui
_G["mySavedVars"] = nil

Or if you want to be able to go back to the saved state without reload, you can backup the state on load and restore later:

-- save a copy of saved vars after load
backupSavedVars = ZO_DeepTableCopy(mySavedVars)
 
-- then you can restore the saved state
ZO_ClearTable(mySavedVars)
ZO_DeepTableCopy(backupSavedVars, mySavedVars)

[Savitar]

Thanks for the pointers Sasky and merlight. The whole one time read problem kills alot of projects dead in the water. Very good to know the memory table trick.
I guess what I wanted to do isn't possible.