Game Development
Saving the project
Learn to save scenes and projects and about auto-save.
Saving a scene
If you want the changes in your scene to be permanent you must save it with File > Save Scene; the shortcut is Ctrl+S. The saved scene is written to a file with the .tscn extension, and that file lives inside the project directory. While changes are not saved yet, an asterisk appears next to the file name in the Scene panel.
func _ready():
print("Kayıt yolu: res://scenes/ana_sahne.tscn")
If your scene is saved at this path, you can find it from your code with the same path.
Saving the project and autosave
You must save not only the scene but the project settings too; project settings change in the Project > Project Settings window and are written to the project.godot file. Before running the game Godot handles unsaved scene changes for you: depending on the setting it performs autosave or asks whether you want to save. Even with this safety net, the strongest habit is to save often with Ctrl+S.
func _ready():
print("Kayıt tamam: ana_sahne.tscn")
The scene and the project settings live in separate files; you should keep both up to date.
Exercise Save report
Inside _ready, define the variable sahne_adi as "ana_sahne" and build the variable dosya from the combination of sahne_adi and ".tscn". Print the file name with the label Kayıt: res://scenes/, then print the line Durum: kaydedildi.
Show example solution
func _ready():
var sahne_adi = "ana_sahne"
var dosya = sahne_adi + ".tscn"
print("Kayıt: res://scenes/" + dosya)
print("Durum: kaydedildi")
Test yourself
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Which mark appears next to the file name while a scene has unsaved changes?
- A red dot
- A green check mark
- An asterisk
- An exclamation mark
Show answer
An asterisk — Unsaved changes are shown with an asterisk; it disappears when you save with Ctrl+S.
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The scene file extension
var dosya = "ana_sahne____"
Show answer
var dosya = "ana_sahne.tscn"
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Saving steps
- File > Save Scene
- Writes the scene to disk
- Ctrl+S
- The shortcut for saving
- Yıldız işareti
- Shows unsaved changes
- Otomatik kayıt
- Saves changes for you
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