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How to save models using data store?

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Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to save models and load them for later (in-game). I've been told this is possible by saving the properties of the model's children, but I don't know how to do that. Can anyone help? Here's my code (uses data persistence, which is deprecated).

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(function()
	if game.Players.LocalPlayer.DataReady == true then
		local house = game.ReplicatedStorage.AverageHouse:Clone()
		house.Parent = workspace
		game.Players.LocalPlayer:SaveInstance("House", house)
		game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.HouseGUI:Destroy()
	else print("wait")
	end
end)
Anonymous

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Yes. I know it's annoying!

Anonymous#
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Aw man! This is gonna be a problem for me since the models I plan to save are fairly big. Is there any other way to do this?

Anonymous#
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Nope. Unless you save then as strings, e.g. model = "parent:workspace;name:Something" and then use string functions to find the name and stuff. This is more complicated so I advise you use the table idea instead.

Anonymous#

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You cannot save instances with datastores, you CAN save it through data persistence(You probably shouldn't do this though.) I'll show you how to save parts but through a table!

local part = workspace.Part1
local ds = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("Part")

part_properties = {
["Name"] = part.Name
["Position"] = part.Position
["Anchored"] = part.Anchored
["Parent"] = part.Parent
} --Do the rest

ds:SetAsync("Part1", part_properties)
local dstable = ds:GetAsync("Part1")

local part2 = Instance.new("Part", dstable["Parent"])
part2.Name = dstable["Name"]
--Do the rest

Hope it helps!

AnonymousPermalink

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This is very useful, but does this mean I'll have to manually set the property for each individual part?

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