Blocks Data Store

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#1

Hello! I am making a building system where the blocks you’ve placed will save, but the Data Store doesn’t work and I don’t know why.

local _L = {}

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local BlocksDataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("BlocksDataStore")

function _L.Call()
	game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
		_L.Load(player)
	end)
	
	game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
		_L.Save(player)
	end)
end

function _L.Load(player)
	local playerBlocks = Instance.new("Folder", workspace)
	playerBlocks.Name = tostring(player.Name).."_blocks"
	
	local userid = player.UserId
	
	local success, err = pcall(function()
		BlocksDataStore:GetAsync(userid)
	end)
	
	if success then
		while true do
			for i, v in pairs(playerBlocks:GetChildren()) do
				v.Parent = playerBlocks
			end
			wait(3)
		end
	end
end

function _L.Save(player)
	local userid = player.UserId
	
	local data = {}
	while true do
		for i, v in ipairs(workspace:FindFirstChild(player.Name.."_blocks"):GetChildren()) do
			table.insert(data, {Pos = v.Position, Orientation = v.Orientation})
		end
		wait(3)
	end
	
	local success = pcall(function()
		BlocksDataStore:SetAsync(userid, data)
	end)
end

return _L
#2

You should just create the Load() function before the Call() function.

#3

It doesn’t work, because it’s the same thing.

#4

You should define a function first when you’re creating a function that gonna need that function. Also, you just only load the blocks in workspace, and not setting their position and orientation.

#5

It’s in a module script so I don’t need to define the function first when I am creating a function that’s going to need that function.

#7

Dude. The script reads the function, the problem is in the data store.

#8

So then did you try to print out what the data loaded?

#9

yes, and it says that the table is nil

#11

Pretty sure Datastore doesn’t support Vector3 values. From what I recall I had to save the X,Y,Z individually

Hope this helps

#12

DataStores can only store primitive value types which are native to the Lua language, not instance values. Think tables, strings, numbers etc.

#13

Is the problem in this section. Seems to me you are not using the result of the GetAsync call, I think you need either a return before BlocksDataStore:GetAsync(userid) or just remove the function wrapper around it. As it is I don’t think err will be populated with the data you expect.

#14

Ok, so how can I save them then?

#15

Save position & orientation of blocks by saving their individual X, Y & Z components separately, like this:

local partTable = {part.Position.X, part.Position.Y, part.Position.Z, part.Orientation.X, part.Orientation.Y, part.Orientation.Z}

Those components are number (double precision floating point) numbers and as such they can be stored within a table which is then stored inside the DataStore.

#16

So this is the updated script, but it still doesn’t work!

local _L = {}

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local BlocksDataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("BlocksDataStore")

function _L.Call()
	game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
		_L.Load(player)
	end)
	
	game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
		_L.Save(player)
	end)
end

function _L.Load(player)
	local playerBlocks = Instance.new("Folder", workspace)
	playerBlocks.Name = tostring(player.Name).."_blocks"
	
	
	local data = {}
	game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.Add.Event:Connect(function(posX, posY, posZ, oY, oX, oZ)
		table.insert(data, {PosX = posX, PosY = posY, PosZ = posZ, OX = oX, OY = oY, OZ = oZ})
	end)

	local userid = player.UserId
	
	BlocksDataStore:GetAsync(userid)

	if data then
		for i, v in pairs(playerBlocks:GetChildren()) do
			v.Parent = playerBlocks
			v.Postion.X = data[v].PosX
			v.Postion.Y = data[v].PosY
			v.Postion.Z = data[v].PosZ
			
			v.Orientation.X = data[v].OX
			v.Orientation.Y = data[v].OY
			v.Orientation.X = data[v].OZ
		end
		
		while true do
			print(data)
			wait(5)
		end
	end
end

function _L.Save(player)
	local userid = player.UserId

	local data = {}
	game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.Add.Event:Connect(function(posX, posY, posZ, oY, oX, oZ)
		table.insert(data, {PosX = posX, PosY = posY, PosZ = posZ, OX = oX, OY = oY, OZ = oZ})
	end)
	
	workspace:FindFirstChild(tostring(player.Name).."_blocks"):Destroy()
	
	local success = pcall(function()
		BlocksDataStore:SetAsync(userid, data)
	end)
end

return _L
#17

Use instancestore module, it saves all type of classes objects accept for unions.

#18

You can’t store the parent like that either since the property “Parent” is a reference to an instance.

#19

So how can I save the parent then?

#20

As a string value (use its name).

#21

Can you give me an example please.

#22

part.Parent.Name

Would be how you get an instance’s parents name.