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How do I use DataStores upon entry of game?

I am making a game where I need the player to view a cutscene the first time they enter. I am trying to use DataStores to store whether they viewed it or not. However, nothing I'm trying seems to be working. The wiki isn't clear to me and I can't figure out how to use this DataStore system. What would any of you suggest to help me overcome this issue and only play the cutscene when the player first joins.

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Something like this should work:

local hasJoinedStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("HasJoined")
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	local hasJoined = hasJoinedStore:GetAsync("plr_" .. plr.UserId)
	if not hasJoined then
		--do stuff if first time
		hasJoinedStore:SetAsync("plr_" .. plr.UserId,true)
	end
end)

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