Unity Create directory accessible by players

Question

I am working on a game and want players to be able to place there own ships and islands into the game. I want players to be able to access folders which contain files which the ships use for configuration. How would I make and access these files?

Answer 1

i think you have to explain your question more to get more exact answer but i answer your question best i can.

technically its possible to let players modify directory of game their profile but i dont sujest that. if that was a music or a sound or something like that, you could just make a system for your game to play songs one after other like games like gta or other games menus. you can find that after a little search. but you are speaking of game content that needs to be controlled. is your game 3d or 2d? if its 3d should they be able to work with 3d modeling program? and you have to know after unity makes an output of your game, after players setup that, there will be no basic formats and unity packages them to assets format. its better to make a editor system for your game that players can modify what they want or choose what they want in game, as many games do this way.

this is example from unity official website. you can make your players add their files to your game:

// Opens a file selection dialog for a PNG file and overwrites any
    // selected texture with the contents.

    class EditorUtilityOpenFilePanel {
        @MenuItem("Examples/Overwrite Texture")
        static function Apply () {
            var texture : Texture2D = Selection.activeObject;
            if (texture == null) {
                EditorUtility.DisplayDialog(
                    "Select Texture",
                    "You Must Select a Texture first!",
                    "Ok");
                return;
            }
            var path = EditorUtility.OpenFilePanel(
                    "Overwrite with png",
                    "",
                    "png");
            if (path.Length != 0) {
                var www = WWW("file:///" + path);
                www.LoadImageIntoTexture(texture);
            }
        }
    }