Continue Your Game

Continue Component

The Continue Component controls what happens when the player presses Continue in your main menu.

Its job is simple:

• Find the best playable profile

• Select it

• Load the correct gameplay scene

• Restore the game state automatically

No manual scene wiring is required.

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What does “Continue” mean in Hyper Save Engine?

Continue is profile-based.

The engine does not “continue a file”. It continues the last valid playthrough.

That means it will:

• Prefer the last selected profile (if it is playable)

• Otherwise pick the best available profile for continuing

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What it does automatically

When the Continue button is pressed, the component will:

1. Check if Continue is available

2. Select the correct profile

3. Resolve the last playable scene (not menus)

4. Load that scene

5. Restore state from the selected profile

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Typical setup (UI)

Step 1 — Add the component

Add ContinueButtonHandler to your menu object.

Step 2 — Assign your button

Assign your Continue Button in the Inspector.

Step 3 — Optional visibility behavior

You can choose how the button behaves if no playable profile exists:

• Hide the Continue button (recommended for main menus)

• Or keep it visible but disable it

(This is controlled by visibilityRoot and hideIfUnavailable.)

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Scene safety rules (important)

Continue should never load:

• Menu scenes

• Settings scenes

• Transitional scenes

• The current active scene (to avoid looping)

The component includes an Ignore Scenes list so Continue always resolves to a playable gameplay scene.

This is why your Continue flow is stable even in complex projects.

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Which scene does it load?

The component looks up the last scene using multiple sources (in priority order), such as:

• The last saved scene stored by the save system

• Profile metadata (lastSceneName)

• A safe fallback if needed

Then it validates the scene against Build Settings before loading.

If the scene is not valid, Continue becomes unavailable.

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Optional: Cloud-aware Continue (Steam Cloud)

If cloud saving is enabled, the component can:

• Pump the cloud sync queue on demand

• Refresh availability shortly after Steam initializes

This helps ensure the Continue button reflects the latest cloud state.

(If you do not use cloud saving, you can disable this behavior.)

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Key takeaway

Continue is not “load file”. Continue is:

Select best profile → resolve last playable scene → load → restore state.

Once your project is profile-driven, Continue becomes reliable by default.