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What exactly does my script do? (BindToClose,IsStudio)

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So i'm been making this Inventory script and I'm using datastore to save tables. I've noticed that sometimes my datastore hasn't been saving, and I can't figure out how to convert it into datastore two. So to my solution I used the function bindtoclose. It was suggested by Incapaz and saves 100% of the time. Although I've been getting a lot of bugs on my inventory concerning duplication whenever the player rejoins. I feel like if I could get a better understanding on this then maybe I can fix the bug. Any help will be apprecated.

Server Script

--This Saves the Inventory
local function OnPlayerRemoving(Player)
    for i,v in pairs(Player.InventoryFolder.Inventory:GetChildren()) do
    	table.insert(itemlist, {v.Name, v.Value})
	end
		Datastore:SetAsync(Player.UserId, itemlist)
		print("Saved Inventory")
end

--Then I put it through the BindToClose function with a bunch of other things
local function OnGameShutdown()
    if not RunService:IsStudio() then
		local players = Players:GetPlayers()
		for _, player in pairs(players) do
			OnPlayerRemoving(player)--This is where a run the save script inside the bindtoclose function
		end
		while true do
			wait()
		end
	else
		wait(5)
	end
end

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(OnPlayerRemoving)
game:BindToClose(OnGameShutdown)

Regards, Bl_ueHistory

Anonymous

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local itemlist = {} --// Table to hold items

local function OnPlayerRemoving(Player) --// Function with the name of "OnPlayerRemoving" with one argument of "Player"
    
    for i,v in pairs(Player.InventoryFolder.Inventory:GetChildren()) do --// This will loop through all of the children through of the Player's InventoryFolder's Inventory, the object will be "v" and the item number in the list will be "i". I read it as "i" is int (number) and "v" for value as in the value of the object.
        
        table.insert(itemlist, {v.Name, v.Value}) --// This will insert a table into the table containing the name and the value of the object into the table named "itemlist", but you'll have to create the table first.
        
    end --// Closes the loop
    
    Datastore:SetAsync(Player.UserId, itemlist) --// This will save the itemlist table to the datastore with the scope of their userId
    
    print("Saved Inventory") --// Prints "Saved Inventory" in the output of the game
    
end --// Closes the function


local function OnGameShutdown() --// Function with the name of "OnGameShutdown" with not arguments
    
    if not RunService:IsStudio() then --// This will check if the script is being ran in studio or not. If it is then it will wait 5 seconds, if it's in a live server, it'll continue down the code.
        
        local players = Players:GetPlayers() --// Returns a table of all players existing in the game at that moment
        
        for _, player in pairs(players) do --// Loops through all the players in the table
            
            OnPlayerRemoving(player) --// Uses the previous created function to save the player's data
            
        end --// Closes loop
        
        while true do --// A while loop, not sure for what, but repeats wait() for eternity.
            
            wait() --// Waits 0.03 seconds
            
        end --// Closes while loop, even though this will never end
        
    else --// Other code that will run if it is studio

    wait(5) --// Will just wait 5 seconds and do nothing
    
    end --// Closes if then statement
    
end --// Closes function

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(OnPlayerRemoving) --// (Fires whenever a player leaves the game) Saves the player's data when they leave the game
game:BindToClose(OnGameShutdown) --// (Fires whenever the game shutsdown the server) Saves all the player's data when the game shutsdown (updates or unexpectedly)

Hope this helped! All the answers are in the comments!

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