Category:Pluggy

Introduction

See the following pages to get an overview of the various Pluggy capabilities:

• Introduction to Pluggy Arrays
• Introduction to Pluggy Strings
• Introduction to Pluggy INI Files

Data Storage

• The arrays/strings are stored in files with the extension .pluggy in "My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Saves"
• A .pluggy file is created whenever the game is saved and there are arrays/strings in use.
• Each .pluggy file's name corresponds to its associated save file, e.g. "autosave.pluggy" corresponds with "autosave.ess".
• If all arrays/strings are destroyed, or all mods that were using arrays/strings are deactivated, the .pluggy file will will not be created at the next save.

Memory Usage

• Memory (in-game) - 4 bytes per empty array index and 6 bytes per filled array index or string character
• HDD space - 6 bytes per filled array index or string character

Function Speed

• Not fully tested, but running 900 Pluggy "Find" calls only took half a second while 900 GetInventoryObject calls took 10 seconds. In short, these are incredibly fast functions.

Notes

• Many Pluggy functions can be used to both return and set a value. This is determined by an optional flag - if it's left empty the value will be returned and if it's filled the value will be set to that flag.