How do I save and load leaderstats?
I have a leaderboard script for leaderstats that works and, I would like to save it. From everything I'm reading online I don't really understand. I'm looking for links that will help me understand and a few answers to my questions code provided below. This is in ServerScriptStorage with a Folder inside of it called leaderstats. API Services was turned on right after I made the leaderstats script.
I don't understand this, it doesn't seem to fit with mine. https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/onboarding/intro-to-saving-data/1
local players = game:GetService("Players")
local function leaderboardSetup(player)
local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
leaderstats.Parent = player
local tix = Instance.new("IntValue")
tix.Name = "Tix"
tix.Value = 0
tix.Parent = leaderstats
end
players.PlayerAdded:Connect(leaderboardSetup)
while true do
wait(1)
local playerList = players:GetPlayers()
for currentPlayer = 1, #playerList do
local player = playerList[currentPlayer]
local tix = player.leaderstats.Tix
tix.Value = tix.Value + 1
end
end
When I make the save/load do I put it in the same script if not, do I put it in a script or local script in ServerScriptStorage? Will this script I have work with a save/load? What can I do or what can I change? Help and explanations are appreciated. Thank you in advance.
1 answer
Here's the link the helped me with Saving & Loading data (DataStores) AlvinBlox's Tutorial
and after watching that, your code might end up looking like this
local players = game:GetService("Players")
local dataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local tixStore = dataStore:GetDataStore("TixStore")
local function leaderboardSetup(player)
local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
leaderstats.Parent = player
local tix = Instance.new("IntValue")
tix.Name = "Tix"
tix.Parent = leaderstats
local data
local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
data = tixStore:GetAsync(player.UserId.."-tix")
end)
if success then
tix.Value = data
else
warn("Error loading ".. player.Name .."'s data ".. errorMessage)
end
end
players.PlayerAdded:Connect(leaderboardSetup)
players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
local data = player.leaderstats.Tix.Value
local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
tixStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-tix", data)
end)
if not success then
warn("Error saving ".. player.Name .."'s data ".. errorMessage)
end
end)
while true do
wait(1)
local playerList = players:GetPlayers()
for currentPlayer = 1, #playerList do
local player = playerList[currentPlayer]
local tix = player.leaderstats.Tix
tix.Value = tix.Value + 1
end
end
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