Persistent Asset - Settings

Project-wide settings live in Edit > Project Settings > Persistent Asset (or Tools > Persistent Asset > Settings), split into the sections below. Commit the settings file to your version control.

Edit > Project Settings > Persistent Asset, all sections in one place

General

Default Persistence Manager	The manager assigned to a newly created persistent object (default: Prototype). Set it to None to create them with no manager.
Default Serializer	The serializer a new (or reset) manager starts with (default: Unity JSON).
Max Drain Time In Editor Max Drain Time In Build	Hard ceiling, in seconds, on the shutdown drain when leaving play mode and when quitting a build (5 each by default; 0 means no ceiling).
Auto Lock On Build	When a build automatically locks every manager's breaking fields: `Any Build`, `Release Build` (default), or `None`.
Prompt Before Auto Lock	Whether the automatic lock asks for confirmation first (off by default; a command-line build never prompts).
Editor Default Slot Slot Name	Editor convenience: the toggle seeds a starting slot (named in Slot Name) so a multi-slot object works when you press Play straight into a gameplay scene. Off by default, ignored in a build.

Asset References

Which project assets your save data is allowed to point at. See saving asset references for what this is for.

Register Referenced Assets	Automatically register the assets your persistent objects point at, so assigning one to a field is all that is needed. On by default; an unregistered reference cannot be saved.
Registered Folders	Every asset in these folders is registered, without having to assign it anywhere first. Use it for a family your code picks from at runtime, such as an items folder. Sub-assets are not covered, register those by hand.

The section also shows how many assets are registered, with a button opening the full list (also at Tools > Persistent Asset > Actions > Asset References). Every entry is an asset your build carries and loads at startup.

Singleton

Generation Folder Editor only: the folder where a PersistentSingleton asset is auto-created for each of its subclasses (default Assets/Persistent Singletons).

Security

Cheat Protection Secret	The secret the encryption and integrity key is derived from (see Securing saves). Generated automatically, unique to your project; changing it makes every existing protected save unreadable, so commit it and keep it identical across builds.
Ignore Runtime Secret In Editor	Editor only: lets a manager whose Lock Save To includes `RuntimeSecret` be played in the editor without the runtime secret your code provides. Builds always honor the lock.

Remote

Push Retry Delay	Seconds between attempts to push pending offline-cache data to the server (default 30, clamped to at least 5).
Request Timeout	A hard ceiling, in seconds, on a single remote request, a safety net against a server that accepts a connection but never answers (default 120; 0 disables it). Normal operation is governed by each manager's own Load / Save / Clear Timeout, which usually ends a request first.

Variables Binding

Binder Poll Delay

Seconds between a Variable Binder re-reading its bound components for changes. Defaults to 0.1; 0 means every frame, at a per-frame reflection and allocation cost.