What even is this?

Help and Feedback Scripting Support
#1

So while editing a Friends Place, I noticed a Script I had not made before, When taking a closer look, It was Supposed to be a DataStore Script, It seemed to be pretty broken, and not very good when it came to handling the Data.

But one of the Weirdest things I saw on the Script was this:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    local DataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore(player.Name.."'s Data")
    local Data = DataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId)

Creates a whole DataStore for a Single Player, then uses it for Data.
So It got me wondering about what exactly would this do? And how would it effect the game?

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#2

It’s just a very poor way of saving data (especially since it uses the player’s name)

#3

pretty sure it isn’t a good idea to save data using the player’s name… also why did they use :GetAsync(player.UserId) when it’s literally their own dedicated datastore :skull:

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#4

I see, so how exactly would this affect the game?

#5

This is just a really inefficient method of saving data. You could technically use it but it isn’t efficient.

#6

It wouldn’t do anything negative to the game except leave players frustrated when their data doesn’t save/load