Scripting Helpers is winding down operations and is now read-only. More info→
Ad
Log in to vote
0

How do you make a button that saves leaderstats into DataStores?

Asked by 8 years ago

Hello everyone, I've read the Roblox Wiki on all of the items used below, but when the script is run, it returns no error and all print()'s are printed. Anyone know why it just refuses to save? :)

Button script:

local serversave = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("ServerSave")

function onClicked()
    script.Parent.Parent.Status.Text = "Saving..." -- just for looks
    print("Sending Save Request...")
    serversave:InvokeServer(player) -- triggering server script since button script is not a server script
    print("Sent Save Request!")
    wait(2) -- everything after this is just for looks
    script.Parent.Parent.moolah.number.Text = game.Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats.Money.Value
    script.Parent.Parent.bb.number.Text = game.Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats.BuildingBux.Value
    script.Parent.Parent.xp.TextLabel.Text = "EXP Level: "..game.Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats.Level.Value
    script.Parent.Parent.Status.Text = "Saved!" -- This is just for me so that there were no errors occurring in the above
end
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(onClicked)

Save Script inside ServerScriptService:

local serversave = Instance.new("RemoteFunction") -- making the RemoteFunction
serversave.Name = "ServerSave"
serversave.Parent = game.Workspace

local DS = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("leaderstats")

serversave.OnServerInvoke = function(player) -- run when button is pressed and the remote function is called(?)
    local key = "plr-"..player.userId

    local Money = player.leaderstats.Money
    local BB = player.leaderstats.BuildingBux
    local Level = player.leaderstats.Level

    print("Attempting to Server Save...")
    DS:SetAsync(key, {Money.Value, BB.Value, Level.Value}) -- table?
    print("Server Saved!") -- this does get printed and no errors are in output.
end
0
How do you know it's not working? Monsieur_Robert 338 — 8y
0
^^ You might just not be loading it correctly. H4X0MSYT 536 — 8y

1 answer

Log in to vote
0
Answered by
Shawnyg 4330 Trusted Badge of Merit Snack Break Moderation Voter Community Moderator
8 years ago

The data is saving properly, but you aren't loading it back when the player rejoins the game. Check out GetAsync to learn how to load in the saved data. You would need to load it as soon as the player joins using PlayerAdded and set the corresponding leaderstats to the saved data.

Ad

Answer this question