How do I save a vector3 value from players position?
I have a DataStore script which where every one second it updates the vector3value to the players torso position. In this case it does change the value of the vector3 but on the last line I have an error saying: "Cannot store array in DataStore" once I stop the game.
script located in workspace:
local DataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("PlayerPos")
game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
local key = "key-"..player.userId
while wait(1) do
script:WaitForChild("PlayerPosition").Value = player.Character:WaitForChild("Torso").Position
print(script:WaitForChild("PlayerPosition").Value)
end
local save = DataStore:GetAsync(key)
if save then
script:WaitForChild("PlayerPosition").Value = save[1]
else
local load = {script:WaitForChild("PlayerPosition").Value}
DataStore:SetAsync(key,load)
end
end)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:connect(function(player)
local key = "key-"..player.userId
local load = {script:WaitForChild("PlayerPosition").Value}
DataStore:SetAsync(key,load)
end)
and since I can save the value, I have a line of code were the player teleport's back to its last position. player.Character:WaitForChild("Torso").Position = CFrame.new(Vector3.new(script:WaitForChild("PlayerPosition")))
but it doesn't work, or maybe but don't know where or how to put it. Is there a solution to this?
Thank you!
p.s: "PlayerPosition" is the Vector3Value inside the script
1 answer
You should save the position as the individual X, Y and Z coordinates, as you cannot save UserData values (such as Vector3). You can also try something like this:
local ds = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local lastPos
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
local pos = ds:GetDataStore("PlayerPos"):GetAsync("plr_" .. plr.UserId)
if pos then
plr.Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = CFrame.new(pos[1],pos[2],pos[3])
end
end)
plr.CharacterRemoving:Connect(function(char)
lastPos = char.HumanoidRootPart.Position
end)
end)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(plr)
if lastPos then
ds:GetDataStore("PlayerPos"):SetAsync("plr_" .. plr.UserId, {lastPos.X,lastPos.Y,lastPos.Z}
end
end)
game:BindToClose(function()
wait(3) --give server time to save before closing
end)