Saving Scriptable Objects

examples.cs

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//ScriptableInt.cs

using UnityEngine;

[CreateAssetMenu]
public class ScriptableInt: ScriptableObject {
	
	public int Value;
	
}

//TextUpdater.cs

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class TextUpdater : MonoBehaviour {
	
	public ScriptableInt myInt;
	public Text myText;
	
	
	protected void Start()
	{
		refresh();
	}
	
	public void add(int amount) {
		myInt.Value = myInt.Value + amount;
		refresh();
	}
	
	void refresh() {
		myText.text = myInt.Value.ToString();
	}
}

//PersistableSO.cs

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.IO;

public class PersistableSO : MonoBehaviour {
	
	[Header("Meta")]
	public string persisterName;
	[Header("Scriptable Objects")]
	public List<ScriptableObject> objectsToPersist;
	
	protected void OnEnable()
	{
		for (int i = 0; i < objectsToPersist.Count; i++) 
		{
			if (File.Exists(Application.persistentDataPath + string.Format("/{0}_{1}.pso", persisterName, i )))
			{
				BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
				FileStream file = File.Open(Application.persistentDataPath + string.Format("/{0}_{1}.pso", persisterName, i ), FileMode.Open);
				JsonUtility.FromJsonOverwrite((string)bf.Deserialize(file),objectsToPersist[i]);
				file.Close();
				
			} else 
			{
        //Do Nothing
			}
		}
	}

	protected void OnDisable()
	{
		for (int i = 0; i < objectsToPersist.Count; i++) 
		{
			BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
			FileStream file = File.Create(Application.persistentDataPath + string.Format("/{0}_{1}.pso", persisterName, i ));
			var json = JsonUtility.ToJson(objectsToPersist[i]);
			bf.Serialize(file, json);
			file.Close();
		}
		
	}
	

}

change the .pso to .txt if anyone is bothered by the strange extension name :)