What is the difference between I Formatter and JSON for inventory system in unity c#? Currently I am using binary formatter with JSON utility to store data in a database to save and load the data.

CodePudding user response：

As stated in the comments, binaryformatter can be considered outdated and should not be used if your game needs even the most basic security.

Json is a great alternative, I would personally recommend Newtonsoft as it solves most problems JSON had like handling dictionaries and etc.

Found at https://www.newtonsoft.com/json

Also there is some great extensions available here

Leverages the Newtonsoft extension API to encrypt/decrypt specific nodes at serialization time. So only the nodes that require encryption are touched, the remaining content is still human readable. This approach provides an compromise between readability/debugabaility and security.

Though you might need to get proper licensing on the encryption.