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:BindToClose() datastoreing question (?)

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Hi guys, I'm having a little trouble saving data of players who are the last to leave the session. The code below brings up an error saying that 'player' is a nil value (4th line as seen here).

local DataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("Player_Data_WB.PRE-ALPHA")

game:BindToClose(function (player)
	local key = "player_"..player.UserId
	local stats = player.stats
	--savedValues: {wood, stone, food, gems, gold, premium}
	local valuesToSave = {stats.wood.Value, stats.stone.Value, stats.food.Value, stats.gems.Value, stats.gold.Value, stats.premium.Value}
		DataStore:SetAsync(key, valuesToSave)
end)

I don't think I can find the UserId of a player who is no longer in the game using this method, what is the best way to get around this problem?

Thank you for your time! :)

Anonymous

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The problem is that you assume that game:BindToClose() is linked to players at all, which it isn't.

This should be how your saving is structured:

local function OnPlayerRemoving(Player)
	-- save
end

local function OnGameShutdown()
	local Players = game.Players:GetPlayers()

	for Index = 1, #Players do
		local Player = Players[Index]

		OnPlayerRemoving(Player)
	end
end

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(OnPlayerRemoving)
game:BindToClose(OnGameShutdown)

Additionally, I recommend that you save using a dictionary instead of an array, so it will be easier to modify what exactly you want to save in the future, like this for example:

local valuesToSave = {
	wood = stats.wood.Value
	-- continue
}
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