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FileSystem

Standard .NET file access is restricted to prevent rogue access to your files, this means you can not use System.IO.File or variants directly.

Instead, s&box provides a BaseFileSystem for several virtual filesystems that can only access files within specific game directories.

// Example of using a FileSystem to read/write a file if ( !FileSystem.Data.FileExists( "player.txt" ) ) FileSystem.Data.WriteAllText( "player.txt", "hello world" ); var hello = FileSystem.Data.ReadAllText( "player.txt" );
// Example of using a FileSystem to save and load player data. class PlayerData { // ... public static void Save( PlayerData data ) { FileSystem.Data.WriteJson( "player_data.json", data ); } public static PlayerData Load() { return FileSystem.Data.ReadJson<PlayerData>( "player_data.json" ); } }
WriteJson / ReadJson will only work with properties of your class unless directed not to - make sure the things you want to save are properties!
public class PlayerData { public int Level { get; set; } // fine public int MaxHealth { get; set; } // fine public string Username; // bad !! }

FileSystem.Mounted

FileSystem.Mounted is an aggregate filesystem of all mounted content from the core game, the current gamemode and its dependencies. It's a combination of the following directories:

  • sbox\core\
  • sbox\addons\myaddon\
  • sbox\addons\myaddon\code\
  • sbox\addons\base\
  • sbox\addons\base\code\
  • sbox\addons\citizen\
  • sbox\addons\citizen\code\
  • sbox\addons\rust\
  • sbox\addons\rust\code\

Any time you try to read a file it will search each of these paths.

FileSystem.Data

FileSystem.Data is a place to store user data for your game.

C:\Steam\steamapps\common\sbox\data\org\game\

FileSystem.OrganizationData

FileSystem.OrganizationData is a place to store user data across several games in your organization.

C:\Steam\steamapps\common\sbox\data\org\

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