How to save a table using Datastore2?
Hi, I've been asking this question for 4 times and this is the 5th one so please help me. So basically I added bool values to the folder so I could access the players inventory later in the game and the problem is that it isn't saving.
Datastore2 script:
01 | local DataStore2 = require(1936396537) |
02 | local default = {"Wooden Sword","Wooden Bow","Wooden Spear"} |
03 | game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr) |
04 | local dataweap = DataStore2("Weapons",plr) |
05 |
06 | local fol = Instance.new("Folder") |
07 | fol.Parent = plr |
08 | fol.Name = "Weapons" |
09 | dataweap:Get(default) |
10 | for i,v in pairs(dataweap:Get())do |
11 | local tag = Instance.new("BoolValue") |
12 | tag.Parent = fol |
13 | tag.Name = v |
14 | end |
15 |
Giver script:
01 | local par = script.Parent |
02 | local cool = false |
03 | par.Touched:Connect(function(hit) |
04 | if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")and cool == false then |
05 | cool = true |
06 | if game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)then |
07 | local name = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) |
08 | local Datastore2 = require(1936396537) |
09 | local dataweap = Datastore2("Weapons",name) |
10 | local weap = game.ReplicatedStorage.Weapons:GetChildren() |
11 | local ran = weap[math.random(1,#weap)] |
12 | print(ran) |
13 | table.insert(dataweap, ran.Name) |
14 | for i,v in pairs(dataweap:Get())do -- Just to check what is in the data |
15 | print(v) |
The giver gives a player random weapons when they touch it. So this actually print out:
1 | -- Magic Staff |
2 |
3 | -- Wooden Sword |
4 | -- Wooden Bow |
5 | -- Wooden Spear |
So I think that there is some problem with the table.insert thing in the giver script or is there a different way to put string values into a datastore2 table? Help please, Thank you
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This is a good question, and a lot of people ask this... so hopefully, I can help you out.
Let's start with an example, setting up a DataStore.
01 | local Players = game:GetService("Players") |
02 |
03 | local DataStore2 = require(1936396537) |
04 | DataStore2.Combine("DATA", "weapons") |
05 |
06 | local default_data = {"Wooden Sword","Wooden Bow","Wooden Spear"} |
07 |
08 | Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player) |
09 | local weaponsStore = DataStore2("weapons", player) |
10 |
11 | -- Get Data & Set Default |
12 | local weapons = weaponsStore:Get(default_data) |
13 | end) |
Now what this did, is we created the DataStrore, and then we fetched the data and set a default value if no data has been saved under that key... Now, to answer the question about saving tables, rather than using the :Get function, we would use the :Set function. Here is an example:
1 | local new_data = {"Stone Sword", "Wooden Bow", "Wooden Spear"} |
2 | weaponsStore:Set(new_data) |
I hoped this answer your question, and if it didn't, respond to this post and I will do my best to assist you further! Also, here is a link to the DataStore2 documentation, this should be able to answer all your questions.