I'm guessing that it's like a server sending data to the "studio", like in admin scripts where you can PBan or time ban people in-game and that person can't join any server again, / like application centers in Cafe groups that don't use Trello/anything else like that. However, I am unsure about that. Am I right? If I'm wrong then what is a service/way to send data to the "studio game" or whatever? I hope I don't get you confused.
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What is DataStore and when do you use it?
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###Data stores are a storage feature for Roblox games that can be used to save data that will persist even after a game’s server has shut down. They are designed to store custom player data or to control global game configurations. Data stores are shared per game, so any place in a game, including places in different servers, can access and change the same data.
#Structure
###A data store is essentially a dictionary, like a Lua table. Each value in the data store can be indexed by a unique key. For example, if a game needed to save how much experience each player had, it could add to a data store using the player’s user id as the key and the player’s experience as the value. Any place that needed to know how much experience a given player has could access the data store and look up that player’s experience with that player’s id.
###~ROBLOX Dev
DataStoreService is a way to store data. There are multiple different types of DataStores, but I usually use GetAsync and SetAsync. With these you can save stats, and load them. For example,
Folder = game.ReplicatedStorage.Data:Clone()
DataStoreService = game:GetService('DataStoreService')
Money = DataStoreService:GetDataStore('Money')
local function onPlayerAdded(player)
Folder.Parent = player
local playerFolder = player.Data
local id = player.UserId
local savedMoney = Money:GetAsync(id)
playerFolder.Money.Value = savedMoney
while wait(60) do
Money:SetAsync(id, playerFolder.Money.Value)
end
end
local function onPlayerRemoving(player)
local id = player.UserId
local playerFolder = player.Data
Money:SetAsync(id, playerFolder.Money.Value)
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(onPlayerAdded)
If you want more info, read through this article on the roblox wiki page.
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Do not give deprecated code.
And GetAsync / SetAsync are not DataStores, they are methods of the GlobalDataStore / OrderedDataStore classes.
What is deprecated code?
line 26. connect is deprecated, you should be using Connect.
Oh come on, it still works fine.
At least I'm using the DataStoreService correctly.
Just because it works doesn't mean it should be used.
Alright, whatever you say.