Housing System Saving

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#1

I don’t know if it is possible to do this, but I wanted to make it to where if someone bought a house, and then left the game and rejoined, the house would still be owned by them. Is this possible? and if so, this is the script I have now

local buypart = script.Parent.Parent.BuyPart
local labelpart = script.Parent.Parent.LabelPart
owned = false
price = 200
open = false

buypart.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
	local cash = player.leaderstats.Cash
	if cash.Value >= price and owned == false then
		labelpart.BillboardGui.TextLabel.Text = player.Name.."'s House"
		cash.Value = cash.Value - price
		owned = true
	else
		print(player.Name.." cannot afford house!")
	end
end)
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#2

In the case of saving things, you would use a DataStore.

DataStores are a relatively simple thing. They save data, and then retrieve it back.
When it comes to saving the house, I would do something along the lines of


local ownHouse1 = false

local function getDataFromDataStore(player)
   -- Insert code here
end

if getDataFromDataStore(player)[ownHouse1] then
   ownHouse1 = true
end

Very janky code, and not something I’d recommend. But for starters, this works. Make sure you read the documentation (or alternatively look up a youtube tutorial) on how to properly use DataStores.

Hope this helps!

#3

I’ll look into it more it’s a good place to start, do you recommend I throw in the function in that insert code here section?

#4

use datastore and add boolvalue inside player and set bool to true once player bought a house . or even string 0 = doesnt have , 1 = have

-- I dont recommend to use normaldatastore , profileservicebetter
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService") --Gets the DataStoreService
local dataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("Test") --Name of your datastore
 
--//Function
local function saveData(player) --Create out own function for saving data
    local tableToSave = { --Creates a table for our values
        player.HouseOwned.Value 
        player.leaderstats.Money.Value 
         --You can continue the list in the same order by adding "player.leaderstats.IntValueName.Value;"
    }
    
    local success, errorMessage = pcall(dataStore.SetAsync, dataStore, player.UserId, tableToSave) --Checks if datastore succeeded
    
    if success then --If datastore success then
        print("Data has been saved!")
    else 
        print("Data has not been saved!") 
    end
end
 

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player) --When a player joins the game
    player.CharacterAdded:Wait() --Wait for the player to load
    local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder") --Creates a new folder for the player
    leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats" 
    leaderstats.Parent = player
    
    local points = Instance.new("IntValue") --Creates an IntValue
    points.Name = "Money" 
    points.Parent = leaderstats
    points.Value = 0 -- this is for starter only and if data is nil
    
    local Bool = Instance.new("StringValue") 
    Bool.Name = "HouseOwned" 
    Bool.Parent = player
    Bool.Value = 0 -- doesnt have
    
    local data = nil --Data is empty
    
    local success, errorMessage = pcall(function() 
        data = dataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId) 
    end)
    
    if success and data then --If player does have data
        points.Value = data[1] 
        Bool.Value = data[2] -
    else
        print("The Player has no Data!")
        warn(errorMessage)
    end
end)
 
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player) 
    saveData(player)
end)
 
game:BindToClose(function() --When the game's servers are shutting down
    for _, player in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
        task.spawn(saveData, player) --save all the player's data
    end
end)```