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Does anyone know what the difference is between Datastore and Datastore2?

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ArsonMcFlames 363

4 years ago

How are the two different when it comes to saving player data?

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Ducksneedhelp 129

4 years ago

DataStore saves your data on the server globally.

DataStore2 however saves everything in a table.

If you require any help regarding DataStore2, make sure to read this post: Click here

From Kampfkaren, this is how a example code can look for DataStore2. Credits to him.

01local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
02local Players = game:GetService("Players")
03local ServerScriptService = game:GetService("ServerScriptService")
04 
05local DataStore2 = require(ServerScriptService.DataStore2)
06 
07-- Always "combine" any key you use! To understand why, read the "Gotchas" page.
08DataStore2.Combine("DATA", "coins")
09 
10Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
11    local coinStore = DataStore2("coins", player)
12 
13    local function callRemote(value)
14        ReplicatedStorage.CoinAmount:FireClient(player, value)
15    end
16 
17    -- Fire a remote event to the player telling them how many coins they have.
18    -- If this is their first time playing the game, they'll start out with 100.
19    callRemote(coinStore:Get(100))
20 
21    -- Everytime the coin store updates, we'll send the RemoteEvent again.
22    coinStore:OnUpdate(callRemote)
23end)
24 
25-- This is a RemoteEvent where a player can purchase a product by its name.
26local Products = require(ReplicatedStorage.Products)
27 
28ReplicatedStorage.BuyProduct.OnServerEvent:connect(function(player, productName)
29    if not Products[productName] then return end -- Make sure the player is buying a real product
30 
31    local coinStore = DataStore2("coins", player)
32    local productPrice = Products[productName].price
33 
34    if coinStore:Get(100) >= productPrice then
35        print("Buying product", productName)
36        coinStore:Increment(-productPrice)
37    end
38end)
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Happy Programming! Comment if you have any concerns.

Answered by

coolp_xels 105

4 years ago

Datastore2 is a community-made datastore module that has caching and data loss prevention.

Does anyone know what the difference is between Datastore and Datastore2?

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