How can i store models/ is storing models with datastore even possible?

i am making a car game. all i need is to know how to store a model to the game. how do i do that? what do i need to do? thanks

Very simple solution!

The solution

You would simply save the name of the model then when you need it again just make a clone of the model. To save the position of the model you need to create a dictionary which saves the models coordinates. To save the correct model you need to loop around all the models you want to save and get the names. I will give an example of what I mean by saving names (and getting all the required models), and saving the coordinates below.

Example:

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local DataStore = DataStoreService("CarSave") -- could not think of anything else

local function Load(plr)
	local key = "plr-"plr.UserId

	local savedCars

	local success, err = pcall(function()
		savedCars = DataStore:GetAsync(key)
	end)

	if not success then
		warn("Failed to read data"..tostring(err))
		return
	end

	if savedCars then
		for i, car in pairs(savedCars) do
			if car then
				local savedCar = game.ReplicatedStorage.Cars:FindFirstChild(car.Name):Clone()
				
				if savedCar then
					savedCar:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(CFrame.new(car.X, car.Y, car.Z) * CFrame.Angles(0, car.RotY, 0)))

					savedCar.Anchored = true
					savedCar.Parent = workspace 
				end
			end
		end
	else
		local saveTable = {}
	
		for i, car in pairs (locationOfCars:GetChildren()) do
			if car then
				table.insert(saveTable, {
					["Name'] = car.Name;
	
					["X"] = car.PrimaryPart.CFrame.X;
					["Y"] = car.PrimaryPart.CFrame.Y;
					["Z"] = car.PrimaryPart.CFrame.Z;
					["RotY"] = car.PrimaryPart.Orientation.Y -- you can add x, and z
				}
			end
		end
	
		local succes, er = pcall(function()
			DataStore:SetAsync(key, saveTable)
		end)
	
		if not succes then
			warn("Failed to over-write data"..tostring(er))
			return
		end
	end
end

local function Save(plr)
	local key = "plr-"..plr.UserId

	local saveTable = {}

	for i, car in pairs (locationOfCars:GetChildren()) do
		if car then
			table.insert(saveTable, {
				["Name'] = car.Name;

				["X"] = car.PrimaryPart.CFrame.X;
				["Y"] = car.PrimaryPart.CFrame.Y;
				["Z"] = car.PrimaryPart.CFrame.Z;
				["RotY"] = car.PrimaryPart.Orientation.Y -- you can add x, and z
			}
		end
	end

	local success, err = pcall(function()
		DataStore:SetAsync(key, saveTable)
	end)

	if not success then
		warn("Failed to over-write data"..tostring(err))
		return
	end
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(Load)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Save)

This process is called serialization. Serialization is where you take an object and convert it to a string (in this case a table) and save it. Then re-create it when needed. It's quite simple when known and understood but can be hard to grasp (it was for me at least).

You will want to make the cars have PrimaryParts so the script will work.

Here is some info on the topics used in this answer:

1. DataStoreService

2. CFrame math

3. PrimaryParts

4. SetPrimaryPartCFrame

5. Table functions

6. Tables and Dictionarys

7. Developer Wiki (anything else you might need)

All code is untested but the idea has been used me and another devs sandbox tycoon-ish game and it works fine (This code is not exactly the same though).

You will want to save at these times: When the player leaves, when the player clicks the save button (if you have it), when they purchase something, and every x seconds.

Hope this helps!