How to make a main menu that only appears when the player joins the game for the first time?
I want to make a main menu that will only show the first time a player plays my game but everything I tried won't work. Right now I have a bool that detects if the player has joined the game before or not and that is working but the script that hides and shows the GUI won't work.
This is the script I am using. It is a local script inside of starter player scripts.
local mainMenu = game.StarterGui.TitleScreen
local onMenu = player:WaitForChild("onMenu")
local isLoaded = game.ReplicatedStorage.Value
if onMenu.Value == true then
mainMenu.Enabled = true
else
mainMenu.Enabled = false
end
2 answers
Hello, Your LocalScript is fine!
But if we want to know if the player had joined once and is returning, whe use something called DataStore, DataStore is a service that allows you to save a table or value forever!
Create a Script in ServerScriptService and call it whatever you want
If the script works, I'd highly appreciate it if you accept my answer, otherwise if it doesn't work, comment the problem and I'll try and fix it!
Script in ServerScriptService:
local PlayersService = game:GetService("Players")
local dataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local joinDataStore = dataStoreService:GetDataStore("JoinDataStore")
PlayersService.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local isOnMenu = Instance.new("BoolValue")
isOnMenu.Name = "onMenu"
isOnMenu.Parent = player
local playerJoinData = nil
pcall(function()
playerJoinData = joinDataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId.."-joinData")
end)
-- If player had joined once!
if playerJoinData ~= nil then
isOnMenu.Value = false
print("Returning player")
else
isOnMenu.Value = true
print("New player")
end
end)
local bindableEvent = Instance.new("BindableEvent")
PlayersService.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
pcall(function()
joinDataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-joinData", player.onMenu.Value)
end)
bindableEvent:Fire()
print("Saved!")
end)
game:BindToClose(function()
while #PlayersService:GetPlayers() > 0 do
bindableEvent.Event:Wait()
wait()
end
end)
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