# Your Game Instance

In case you don't have your own `Game Instance` blueprint - you can just use my `BP_GameInstance` asset directly and skip this chapter. 

Otherwise proceed along with simple Copy-Paste routine shown below.

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First of, reselect project's `Game Instance` to yours:

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Now find `BP_GameInstance` asset in content browser in Blueprints folder and open it.&#x20;

Copy every Variable there and paste it in your own `Game Instance` blueprint:

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Select all nodes and copy-paste to **your Blueprint** as well:&#x20;

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Obviously connect to your <mark style="color:red;">**`Event Init`**</mark> if it is already present in your graph.

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<mark style="color:yellow;">Now we are getting to slightly complicated and important stuff.</mark>&#x20;

Navigate to *Blueprints* folder, and open `BPFL_GlobalFunctions`, unfold last '`Misc'` category. There should be function named `Get GameInstance`. Duplicate it(Ctrl+D), and rename it to something so it would resemble your own game instance:

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Replace all things related to the old `GameInstance` with yours as shown on picture above.

Then select original `Get GameInstance` function, and change (*temporarily*) it's return type from `BP_GameInstance` to normal `GameInstance`. Click Compile, so it will just highlight all places where you should make fixes:

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by using those <mark style="color:red;">errors</mark> as links, you can click and navigate directly to the places where you should make replacements now. With the function that you recently created, start making replacements <mark style="color:red;">with matching variables(!)</mark> This is the most important part to not mess up, you should get results like this:

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After all those replacements, try <mark style="color:green;">Compile</mark> this blueprint and get it green :white\_check\_mark:.

Then recover `Get GameInstance` function return type back to **BP\_GameInstance**, yes it won't be used, but just better put things back to where they were.

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Now you should get your game running with <mark style="color:green;">**your**</mark> `GameInstance` and Menu performing correctly with <mark style="color:red;">SaveGame</mark> features working as well.

{% hint style="info" %}
Try playing with Menu Music sliders, some graphics settings, and then relaunch the game and get assured that SaveGame functionality is actually working as intended.
{% endhint %}