Resetting Saved Variables

[Kraeius]

I checked each subject in Authoring Discussion category but couldn't find what I'm searching for. Can anyone tell me what are the conditions that make saved variables reset? Currently with each new upload, players lose their saved variables which is very annoying for them.

Probably I do the same thing each time, what can this be? Changing version in .txt or .lua? Adding a new variable? Changing name of a variable? something other?

[Xrystal]

Do you adjust the version number in the SavedVariable function ?

That resets the data contents. I tested it out once to see the effect. So I only actually adjusted it when I had to force a data reset as the data currently set up was wrong. Fortunately just a week after the game came out.

[Garkin]

Originally Posted by Kraeius I checked each subject in Authoring Discussion category but couldn't find what I'm searching for. Can anyone tell me what are the conditions that make saved variables reset? Currently with each new upload, players lose their saved variables which is very annoying for them. Probably I do the same thing each time, what can this be? Changing version in .txt or .lua? Adding a new variable? Changing name of a variable? something other?

When you change version of saved variables.

local sv = ZO_SavedVars:New(savedVariableTable, version, [, namespace], defaults [, profile])

savedVariableTable - The string name of the saved variable table
version - The current version. If the saved data is a lower version it is destroyed and replaced with the defaults
namespace - An optional string namespace to separate other variables using the same table
defaults - A table describing the default saved variables
profile - An optional string to describe the profile, or "Default"

(copy&paste from the comment in zo_savedvars.lua)

[zgrssd]

If the version you give in the Settings Object Constructor and the version in the files do not match, the file is ignored and default settings are used.

Note that there is some delay between UI reload and the new data being written to the disk (I use Notepad++ wich informs me if the file changed).

I just reworked the whole settings FAQ part to be a bit clearr in that and other regards.