Hello, I am a very new scripter (Only 2 days now), and I am looking for a method on what would be the best course of action on how to create a DataServiceStorage for my game. From what I have learned, I should create a script dedicated to saving the buyable models, a seprate script that compiles a bought item from the shop, and saves it to the player, and a seprate script to spawn said saved item. Is this a good general plan for setting this up? I am trying to have all the items from the shop Bought, Sold, and Spawned from a GUI that I have created. Can I please get some feedback?
COMMUNITY QUESTION
How should I go on to attack a Data Service Storage setup?
1 answer
On my YouTube channel M Clan Gaming, I showcase how to use DataStores. Use the following script:
local Players = game.Players
local DSS = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local DataStore = DSS:GetDataStore("MyDataStore")
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local playerUserId = player.UserId --Something to remember the player by
local data
local success,errormessage = pcall(function() --Use a pcall so script wont crash if save fails
DataStore:GetAsync(playerUserId) --Get their data using their access code we wrote
end)
if success and data then
--Do something with data
print("Got data succesfully!")
else if success then
--Do something since they have no data
print("No data found.")
else
warn("There was an error. Error code: " .. errormessage)
end
end)
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function()
local playerUserId = player.UserId --Something to remember the player by
local data = {value1,value2,value3}
local success,errormessage = pcall(function()
DataStore:SetAsync(playerUserId,data)
end)
if success and data then
print("Got data succesfully!")
else if success then
print("No data found.")
else
warn("There was an error. Error code: " .. errormessage)
end
end)
This is a simple way to save data in a table. We would use data.Money to access that data. Remember, DataStores are pretty advanced scripting for a beginner. Tell me if this has any issues.
Hope this helped!
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Don't get into any big projects if you are still learning. Take some time to learn Lua so you don't get stuck.
I understand most of what you had posted. But I am confused on (Value1, Value2, Value3) I understand, if you had a local value for leaderstats earlier in the script, you could save stuff like currency in game, but your script does not hold any local values, is that just a general save script? I also understand that player.UserId is the player.
I also have a question about ReplicatedStorage, could I Theoretically use (Value1, Value2, Value3) to be able to save models, or keep modified versions of the original model saved through this? Or would I need to create a new script for that kind of stuff? I know that when you just clone objects through the cloning process, it just creates a copy of the original, that is in replicated storage.