Datastore failing to find stats in the character

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#1

hey, so I’ve ran into a problem with Datastores where it wont save when a person leaves, didnt try manual saving yet, but here it is

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for some reason it can not locate the “AllStats” folder even though it is there

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		
		local allStatuses = Instance.new("Folder")
		allStatuses.Name = "AllStatuses"
		allStatuses.Parent = character
		
		local auraStatus = Instance.new("StringValue")
		auraStatus.Value = "Off"
		auraStatus.Name = "AuraStatus"
		auraStatus.Parent = allStatuses
		
		local formStatus = Instance.new("StringValue")
		formStatus.Value = "Base"
		formStatus.Name = "FormStatus"
		formStatus.Parent = allStatuses
		
		local allStats = Instance.new("Folder")
		allStats.Name = "AllStats"
		allStats.Parent = character
	
		local s1 = Instance.new("IntValue")
		s1.Name = "Strength"
		s1.Parent = allStats
	
		local s2 = Instance.new("IntValue")
		s2.Name = "Defense"
		s2.Parent = allStats
	
		local s3 = Instance.new("IntValue")
		s3.Name = "Ki"
		s3.Parent = allStats
	
	
		local strdata
		local defdata
	
	local success, failure = pcall(function()
		strdata = statStore:GetAsync(player.UserId.."-strength")
	end)
		
	if success then
		s1.Value = strdata
		print("Data loaded successfully")
	else
		print("Failed to load data")
		warn(failure)
	end

	end)
	
end)



game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	
	local success, failure = pcall(function()
		statStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-strength",player.Character.AllStats.Strength.Value) --doesnt save here
	end)
	
	if success then
		print("Data Saved")
	else
		print("Failed")
		warn(failure)
	end
	
end)


game:BindToClose(function(player)
    
	local success, failure = pcall(function()
		statStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-strength",player.Character.AllStats.Strength.Value)
	end)

end)
#2

I had the same problem before but I fixed it, all I did was rather adding the Child right away I used “FindFirstChild”.

In your code, you can apply this by

local allstats = player.Character:FindFirstChild("AllStats")
if allstats then
    statStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-strength",allstats.Strength.Value)
end

If FindFirstChild doesn’t help try WaitForChild. Hopefully it works!

#3

I don’t think storing stats in the player’s character is a good idea because character can be destroyed

they are not as stable as player

#4

The folder’s name is AllStatuses not AllStats.

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#5

sadly, i’ve tried that, waitforchild waits infinitely and findfirstchild comes back with the same error.

#6

there are 2 different folders, allstatuses isnt a part of the saving system

#7

oh that actually might be the issue since if the character is destroyed (when leaving) allstats can not exist

#8

yep!! saving the stats in player instead of character solved the issue