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How to save a gui value using datastore??

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animelover6446 41

8 years ago

Edited 8 years ago

I'm trying to make it so when a stat changes, it saves. It isn't s stupid leaderstat. It's a IntValue inside a Gui. This is what I have so far; it doesn't work at all. I'm new to datastore and personally think it's stupid. I was just trying to save the ki value but still added the stamina and attack for later.

There are no errors. The problem is that the Ki value won't save

01--Btw this is a script in Workspace
02 
03local DataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore('SSJClickerSaves')
04 
05game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
06    local PlayerId = 'id-'.. Player.userId
07    local Ki = Player.PlayerGui.Stats.StatsFrame.Ki:FindFirstChild("KiVal")
08    local Attack = Player.PlayerGui.Stats.StatsFrame.Physical:FindFirstChild("AttackVal")
09    local Stamina = Player.PlayerGui.Stats.StatsFrame.Stamina:FindFirstChild("StamVal")
10 
11    local Save = DataStore:GetAsync(PlayerId)
12    if Save then
13        Ki.Value = Save[1]
14 
15        local SaveValues = {Ki.Value}
16        DataStore:SetAsync(PlayerId, SaveValues)
17    end
18end)
19 
20game.Players.PlayerRemoving:connect(function(Player)
21    local PlayerId = 'id-'.. Player.userId
22    local SaveTable = {Player.PlayerGui.Stats.StatsFrame.Ki.KiVal.Value}
23    DataStore:SetAsync(PlayerId, SaveTable)
24 
25 
26end)
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This is for a DBZ game I'm making. It's in the pre-est of pre alphas.

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Answered by

DragonSkyye 517

8 years ago

Edited 8 years ago

First things first, your code will not support FilteringEnabled

Do not access the Player's PlayerGui in a Server-Script this will throw errors.

-- in a localscript under StarterGui or StarterPlayer.StarterPlayerScripts

01-- Variables
02 
03local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService") -- Get Service
04local DataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("SSJClickerSaves") -- Get DataStore
05 
06local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer -- Get LocalPlayer i.e Player
07local Key = "user_" .. Player.UserId -- Get the UserId
08 
09local PlayerGui = Player.PlayerGui -- Access PlayerGui
10local Stats = PlayerGui.Stats -- Get Stats
11local SFrame = Stats.StatsFrame -- Get StatsFrame
12 
13local Ki = SFrame.Ki:FindFirstChild("KiVal") -- Get Ki
14local Attack = SFrame.Physical:FindFirstChild("AttackVal") -- Get Attack
15local Stamina = SFrame.Stamina:FindFirstChild("StamVal") -- Get Stamina
16 
17-- Function
18 
19local function updateValues() -- This function will update the DataStore with the new Values
20    DataStore:UpdateAsync(Key, function(oldSave)
21        local newSave = {
22            ["Ki"] = Ki.Value;
23            ["Stamina"] = Stamina.Value;
24            ["Attack"]  = Attack.Value;
25        }
26 
27        return newSave
28    end)
29end
30 
31-- Events // Activate the updateValues function when the Values of Ki, Attack, and Stamina change
32 
33Ki.Changed:connect(updateValues)
34Attack.Changed:connect(updateValues)
35Stamina.Changed:connect(updateValues)
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Although your script didn't quite work, I appreciate all the effort. Also, this gave me a better idea of how the dataStore works <3 animelover6446 41 — 8y

no problem, good luck! DragonSkyye 517 — 8y

I would not use a changed event to save player stats, this will exceed the limitations. User#5423 17 — 8y

How to save a gui value using datastore??

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