Any possible way of saving Instances with DataStore?
Now before you say it, I know you can't save Instances with DataStore like so:
game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("ds"):SetAsync(workspace.Part)
But I want to know if there are any POSSIBLE ways? As it says on the wiki:
You should write a function that converts the instance to a table or string.
So is this possible or not?
Thanks!
~coo1o
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Basically, you save all the relevant properties of the Object you want to save in the form of a Table or JSONified table, and write a function that takes this table and creates actual bricks out of it.
For example:
PartsToSave = {
Part1 = {
Name = "Test",
Reflectance = 0,
Transparency = 0, Size = {20, 15, 6) --[[Tables can't contain ROBLOX Instance to be DataStore'd IIRC]],
Position = {256, 2, 10},
Rotation = {2, 0, 0}};
Part2 = {...};
} --And so on
Using this table and nested generic for loops using the pairs iterator function (since ipairs doesn't for non-numeric indexes), you can Instance.new() the parts and set the relevant properties.
I suggest giving PartsToSave direct subtables of the Parts' types, namely Wedges, Trusses, and just Parts, to make the loops simpler.
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