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"attempt to index a number value" DataStore?

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ShutokouBattle 227

6 years ago

01local DataStoreService=game:GetService("DataStoreService")
02local DataStore=DataStoreService:GetDataStore("Player_Data")
03game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
04 
05    local gameData;     
06    local Stats=Instance.new('Folder')
07    Stats.Name="plrData"
08    local Money=Instance.new('NumberValue',Stats)
09    Money.Name="Credits"
10    Stats.Parent=Player
11    local SpecialMoney=Instance.new('NumberValue',Stats)
12    SpecialMoney.Name = "Resort Tokens"
13    local ownedWeapons=Instance.new('Folder',Stats)
14    ownedWeapons.Name = "ownedWeapons"
15 
16 
17 
18 
19    local CanSave=Instance.new('BoolValue',Player) 
20 
21    CanSave.Name="CanSaveData"
22    CanSave.Value=true
23 
24    local DataFetchSuccess,ErrorMessage=pcall(function()  
25    PlayerData=DataStore:GetAsync(tostring(Player.UserId))
26    end)
27 
28    if DataFetchSuccess then
29 
30        if PlayerData~=nil then
31            PlayerData:Clone().Parent = Player
32        else
33            Player.plrData.Credits.Value=100   
34        end
35 
36    else
37 
38 
39        Player.CanSaveData.Value=false
40        Player:Kick("[SERVER] DS002 (Check the Manual for more information.)")  
41 
42    end
43 
44end)
45game.Players.PlayerRemoving:connect(function(Player)
46 
47    if Player.CanSaveData.Value==false then return end
48 
49    local PlayerData=Player.plrData
50 
51    local DataWriteSuccess,ErrorMessage=pcall(function() 
52        DataStore:SetAsync(tostring(Player.UserId),PlayerData)
53    end)    
54 
55    if not DataWriteSuccess then
56 
57        local Retry_Count=0
58 
59        while Retry_Count<6 do
60            wait(60) 
61            local Succeded,Error=pcall(function()
62                DataStore:SetAsync(tostring(Player.UserId),PlayerData)
63            end)
64            if Succeded then break end
65            Retry_Count=Retry_Count+1
66        end
67 
68    end
69 
70end)
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On Line 31, it gives me the title error. How could I clone the player's data if they played already?

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gullet 471

6 years ago

As the error said you're trying to index a number. PlayerData=DataStore:GetAsync(tostring(Player.UserId) returns a number, not a NumberValue object. You can't call Clone on a number. Perhaps you meant to do Player.plrData.Credits.Value = PlayerData

How do I clone the folder from the DataStore to the player? ShutokouBattle 227 — 6y

The DataStore didn't contain a folder, if you have a folder then you can use Clone. But in this case you had a number. You can't save objects like folders in DataStore. gullet 471 — 6y

Well how could I save plrData? ShutokouBattle 227 — 6y

Save it as something else and not a folder, a table perhaps or a key for each value. gullet 471 — 6y

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I want to use a table. How do I use tables with DataStores? (sorry for excessive asking xd) ShutokouBattle 227 — 6y

You just use them... Try having a look at the wiki for datastore and table if you're unfamiliar with them. gullet 471 — 6y

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