Player preferences - INI files

Now, let's consider the case of saving data using INI files instead of PlayerPrefs. INI files achieve a similar purpose to PlayerPrefs; storing key-value pairs. However, INI files contain all settings inside a single, human-readable text file. For this example, we'll work with the following INI file, which contains some basic settings for a sample game:

[Player] 
; Basic Player Data 
Name=John Doe 
Gender=Male 
Level=50 
 
[Score] 
; Score information 
HighScore=8695088457694      
Player=John Doe 
LastScore=758596068896 
 
[Preferences] 
; Settings 
Resolution=1920x1080      
Volume=0.8 
FullScreen=true 
MouseSpeed=75 

INI Unity project included

Note

You can find a complete Unity project that works with INI files included in this book's companion files, in the INI files folder.

Unity offers no native functionality for reading and parsing INI files. Instead, you'll need to rely on third-party add-ons or external script files to read them. One example of a free...