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If Player Removing fires first when BindToClose happens whats the point of BindToClose?

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I_UseAltAndVpn 47

5 years ago

So In my script when Player Removing fires I save a value and set that value to nil right after

But I don't see a point on BindToClose if BindToClose is going to fire after Player Removing is going to save since it fires first

BindToClose doesn't fire until the game is set to shutdown. Saving data automatically is good, and doing it twice on rare scenarios like on a last player, is even better. SmartNode 383 — 5y

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0b1w 13

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

BindToClose can be used in many scenarios. For example, let;s say you want to be informed when a server shuts down. And you want to know how/when it shut down. BindToClose makes this quite easy.

Here's a quick example:

local Players = game:GetService("Players");
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService");

local LogDS = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("Log");

local function gameClosing()
    local Data = nil;
    if (#Players:GetPlayers() > 0) then
        Data = "server shut down for some random reason";
    elseif (#Players:GetPlayers() == 0) then
        Data = "everyone eventually left";
    end;
    LogDS:UpdateAsync(game.JobId,function(old)
        return Data;
    end);
end;

game:BindToClose(gameClosing);

(I have not tested this)

If Player Removing fires first when BindToClose happens whats the point of BindToClose?

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