Trying to write data to same userid with JSON

Every time I get try and save the player data with more than one quest... I get this...

Code:

(ArgumentException: An element with the same key already exists in the dictionary.)

Now I understand that this means that the program is trying to insert another item with the same key... BUT my question is... I am trying to obtain this right here...

Code:

{
  "players": {
    "USERID": {
      "QUEST1": "0",
      "QUEST2": "0"
    }
  }
}

It loads just fine with manually entering in more than 1 quest... But it will not, for the life of me... SAVE more than 1 quest under the same USERID... which is a dictionary... So my question to you is... How can I solve this?

The Actual CODE:

Code:

        public void SavePlayerQuestData()
        {
            var data = Interface.GetMod().DataFileSystem.GetDatafile("Quests_PlayerData");
            var qDataTmp = new Dictionary<string, object>();
            for (int i = 0; i < active.Count; i++)
            {
                var qData = new Dictionary<string, string>();
                string userID = active[i].Key;
                string QuestName = active[i].Value.qName;
                int Progress = GetGatheredAmount(active[i].Value, BasePlayer.FindByID(Convert.ToUInt64(userID)));
                qData.Add(QuestName, Progress.ToString());
                //Log(userID + " | " + QuestName + " | " + Progress.ToString());
                qDataTmp.Add(userID, qData);
            }
            data["players"] = qDataTmp;
            Interface.GetMod().DataFileSystem.SaveDatafile("Quests_PlayerData");
        }

 

Sad face. I mean my main problem is... Dictionaries do not let you have multiple values with the same key... Which honestly, is retarded as hell... So I ended up having to change a few lines of my code to support something different but similar.

DictionaryONE

Code:

  "players": { }

DictionaryTWO

Code:

  "players": {
    "USERID": { }
   }

Values under DictionaryTWO

Code:

      "gather wood": "0",
      "gather sulfur ore": "0"

 

Why did you use dictionaries? You can just create new class and save it with json. For example (from my pets):

Code:

        // Create new class with structure to save (public = will be saved by json, private\internal... = will not be saved)
        public class PetInfo
        {
            public uint prefabID;
            public uint parentNPC;
            public float x, y, z;
            public byte[] inventory;
            internal bool NeedToSpawn;            public PetInfo()
            {
                NeedToSpawn = true;
            }            public PetInfo(NpcAI pet)
            {
                x = pet.transform.position.x;
                y = pet.transform.position.y;
                z = pet.transform.position.z;
                prefabID = pet.Base.prefabID;
                parentNPC = pet.Base.net.ID;
                inventory = pet.inventory.Save().ToProtoBytes();
                NeedToSpawn = false;
            }
        }

Code:

            // Your data to save
            Dictionary<string, PetInfo> SaveNpcList = ...;            // Saving into file
            Interface.Oxide.DataFileSystem.WriteObject<Dictionary<string, PetInfo>>("Pets", SaveNpcList);            // Reading from file
            SaveNpcList = Interface.Oxide.DataFileSystem.ReadObject<Dictionary<string, PetInfo>>("Pets");

 

It's way late right now. But I will look into that... I'm relatively new to writing plugins. And C# of this length. So, curious... What is the string?

Interface.Oxide.DataFileSystem.WriteObject<Dictionary<string, PetInfo>>("Pets", SaveNpcList);

Is "Pets" the string that is stored into Dictionary? Or is that the text that saved into the file? or am I just completely retarded?

 

It's just filename)

Interface.Oxide.DataFileSystem.WriteObject<Dictionary<string, PetInfo>>("Pets", SaveNpcList);
It's will save SaveNpcList in 'Pets' datafile with Dictionary<string, PetInfo> format ([string] = {...})

 

Thanks a bunch man. Looks like it is working 100%... Going to release it and see what the players can come up with!