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🖼️ UI Integration – Displaying Save Slots

SaveKit Lite allows you to display available save slots in a user interface using standard Blueprint nodes.

You can:

  • Show all existing save slots (by name)
  • Retrieve and display metadata (save time, version)
  • Load selected slots from the UI

📂 1. Show Available Save Slots

Use the node:

Save Kit → Slots → GetExistingSaveSlots()

GetExistingSaveSlots node

This returns an array of FString slot names. You can use this to populate a ListView, combo box, or buttons dynamically.

🧠 2. Get Metadata for Each Slot

Use:

Save Kit → Slots → GetSaveSlotInfos()

GetSaveSlotInfos node

This returns an array of FSaveSlotInfo structs with:

Field Type Description
SlotName FString Save slot name
SaveTime FDateTime Timestamp when the slot was saved
SaveVersion int32 Format or version indicator

Useful for building save/load menus with detailed information.

📦 Blueprint Example – Populate ListView

Use this logic to populate a ListView with metadata:

Populate ListView

🧱 3. Display Info in List Entry

Each ListView item can use a SaveSlotInfoObject to display save name, time, and version.

ℹ️ SaveSlotInfoObject is a Blueprintable wrapper for slot metadata. You can create it in Blueprint or receive it from nodes like LoadSaveMetadata.

Below is a full example that:

  • Displays the save slot name
  • Formats and shows the save time using FormatText
  • Prepends version number like v1

Display slot info in List Entry

Blueprint setup for OnListItemObjectSet inside a ListView entry widget.

Make sure your widget implements UserObjectListEntry, which allows binding metadata to list items.

🧾 4. Load Metadata for Selected Slot

Use:

Save Kit → Slots → LoadSaveMetadata(SlotName)

LoadSaveMetadata node

Returns a SaveSlotInfo struct for the selected slot. Use it when you want to preview a slot before loading.

🧩 Summary of UI Nodes (for Blueprints)

These nodes are commonly used to build a save/load UI in UMG using Blueprints:

  • GetExistingSaveSlots() → returns slot names (FString[])
  • GetSaveSlotInfos() → returns metadata (FSaveSlotInfo[])
  • LoadSaveMetadata(SlotName) → metadata for one slot
  • LoadGame(SlotName) → loads selected slot
  • SaveGame(SlotName) → saves current actor states to the specified slot

🧠 Use these nodes inside Blueprint UMG widgets like ListView, Button, or ComboBox.
They return strings or structs and require no C++ code.

💡 Tips

  • Sort slots by SaveTime to show newest first

    🕒 Recommended display format: dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm Use the FormatText node in Blueprints for localization and styling.

  • Format SaveTime as "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm" for better readability
  • Use AutoSave or Profile_1 as consistent slot names

📦 Want to display saved variables too? See Working with Variables for using GetVariable() in UI.