I can't seem to get my shop GUI to change the Cash value in my player.leaderstats. I either get the error 'Cash is not a valid member of IntValue' or if I mess around with the code a little bit nothing at all happens or my leaderstats disappears in game.

Question: How do I get the shop to access the leaderstats so the buttons within the frame change and SAVE the player's leaderstats when they buy an item?

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local goldDataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("Cash") 

local STARTING_CASH = 100

local function onPlayerAdded(player)
	local playerKey = "Player_" .. player.UserId

	local leaderstats = Instance.new("IntValue")
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"

	local Cash = Instance.new("IntValue", leaderstats)
	Cash.Name = "Cash"

	local myCash
	local success, err = pcall(function()
		myCash = goldDataStore:GetAsync(playerKey) or STARTING_CASH
	end)
	if success then
		Cash.Value = myCash
	else
		-- Failed to retrieve data
	end

	leaderstats.Parent = player
end

for _, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
	onPlayerAdded(player)
end
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(onPlayerAdded)

Above is my LoadData script, which seems to work just fine but I could be wrong.

local pointsDataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("Cash")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local playerKey = "Player_" .. player.UserId
	-- Give 50 points to players each time they visit
	local success, err = pcall(function()
		pointsDataStore:UpdateAsync(playerKey, function(oldValue)
			local newValue = oldValue or 0
			newValue = newValue + 50
			return newValue
		end)
	end)
end)

Above is my SaveData script. When I change my Cash value in player properties and rejoin the game my Cash value does not save to what I changed it to. Somehow it saves that extra +50 every time and it keeps adding up which proves something in the save is working. I do not want newValue being shown in the leaderstats, I want the actual leaderstats to be there and updated every time something in the shop is bought.

Sorry if this is a lot. I'm very close to figuring this out which will help me finally publish my first game. Any help is appreciated!

Anonymous