How to save resources - When saving and loading resources they are loaded empty

Ragnar

I have a basic resource type I am trying to save which looks like this

var author := ""
var subject := ""

Then I try to save it using:
const EMAIL_FILE_NAME = "user://pixelteams-emails/"
...
ResourceSaver.save(EMAIL_FILE_NAME + str(email) + ".tres", email)

And later later load it using
	var dir = Directory.new()
	if dir.open(EMAIL_FILE_NAME) == OK:
		dir.list_dir_begin()
		var file_name = dir.get_next()
		while file_name != "":
			if dir.current_is_dir():
				print("Found directory: " + file_name)
			else:
				print("Found file: " + file_name)
				var current_email = ResourceLoader.load(str(EMAIL_FILE_NAME + file_name))
				print(current_email.author)
			file_name = dir.get_next()

If I try to access a variable of current email (print(current_email.author)) it will throw me an error: "Invalid get index 'author' on base resource.

Any ideas?

MizunagiKB

Since I don't know your operating environment or the purpose of your implementation, I may be misguided.

First, please make sure that the file is saved successfully. Specifically, check the return value of the ResourceSaver.save function to see if OK is returned.

If not, try changing the location where the file is saved.

In my environment, ResourceSaver and ResourceLoader did not work as expected when the "user://" prefix was given.

If it returns something other than null, then the loading is done, but some loaded files may not be usable as-is. In this case, it is tscn, so you need to change it to instance.

Reference Resource) https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/step_by_step/resources.html

If your goal is to save an arbitrary string, you can write it directly to a file. If the structure is complex, you can read and write it in JSON format.

Reference File, JSON) https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_file.html https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_json.html

cybereality

I haven't worked with Resources, but you might have better luck with JSON, which is better suited for text based file saving. https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/io/saving_games.html