Datastore for all gangs

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#1

so i am making a gang system and ive ran into a problem with filtering through all the current gangs i was about to make a system with datastore2 for all the gangs but its only for players so i thought of using profile service or some external data thingy wat ur guys thoughts

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local TextService = game:GetService("TextService")
local ErrorModule = require(ServerStorage.Modules.Error_Message)
local DataStore2 = require(ServerStorage.Modules.DataStore2)
local GangCreate = ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvents.GangCreate
local GangLeave = ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvents.GangLeave
local GangKick = ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvents.GangKick
local GangJoin = ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvents.GangJoin

GangCreate.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,gangname)
	if gangname:match("%s") then
		ErrorModule.Function(player,"Gang Name has spaces pls remove")
	else
		if string.len(gangname) <= 12 then
			local filteredTextResult
			local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
				filteredTextResult = TextService:FilterStringAsync(gangname, player.UserId)
			end)
			if success then
				
				
				-- check somewhere to see if theres another gang that has a same name
				
				
			else
				ErrorModule.Function(player,"Gang Name is censored enter a new one")
			end
		else
			ErrorModule.Function(player,"Gang Name has more then 12 characters pls shorten it")
		end
	end
end)

GangLeave.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
	
end)

GangKick.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,playertokick)
	
end)

GangJoin.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,gangname)
	if string.len(gangname) <= 12 then
		local filteredTextResult
		local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
			filteredTextResult = TextService:FilterStringAsync(gangname, player.UserId)
		end)
		if success then
			
			
			
			
		else
			ErrorModule.Function(player,"Gang Name is censored enter a new one")
		end
	else
		ErrorModule.Function(player,"Gang Name has more then 12 characters pls shorten it")
	end
end)
#2

Ok first (this is my opinion).why are you not using a regular datastore. (Ik it can havee data loss.sorry if it was obvious).

Now lets come to ur topic.

So i see you are trying to check if theres a gang name occupied already (sry if im wrong).

You can create a key with gang name and call getasync (or how everr u get data in DS2) and if the result is 0 then u can give them that id and add a Tag named “Occupied”.just so u can check for the else statement because its possible that gang has corrupt data or has made no progress.

#3

For starters…
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Now that that’s out of the way, please make your post more specific. You have not given any info as to what your problem is.

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#4

mb i forgot that i am talking to an lead programmer at boba cafe i am very sorry that i have added a gang system in my game ill change it to factions. so anyways in the remoteevent to make a gang it checks if theres any other gang with the same name so i was wondering how i would do it thru regular datastore,external data saving thing ect

#5

For normal datastore.

local DSS = game:GetService("DatastoreService"):GetDatastore ("Faction-DataStore")

function CheckFactionExists(Name)
local pcallStatus,Return = pcall(function()
DSS:GetAsync(Name)
end)
if pcallStatus and Result["Occupied"] then
return true
elseif pcallStatus and Result == 0 then
return false
elseif not pcallStatus then
warn("There was a Error Experienced by the Script while Trying to Access Data./nERROR: "..Result)
return "Error"
end
end)

External Servers.

Read a Article on HTTP Service because it can’t be explained directly.
Also make sure u have a website/server for it.

#6

thanks i got a idea of wat to do

GangCreate.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,gangname)
	if gangname:match("%s") then
		ErrorModule.Function(player,"Gang Name has spaces pls remove")
	else
		if string.len(gangname) <= 12 then
			local filteredTextResult
			local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
				filteredTextResult = TextService:FilterStringAsync(gangname, player.UserId)
			end)
			if success then
				
				local Available
				local success, errormessage = pcall(function() --getting loaded data
					Available = AllGangData:GetAsync(gangname)
				end)
				if success then
					if Available == nil then
						print("no gangs with same name good to go")
					else
						ErrorModule.Function(player,"Gang Name is taken")
					end
				end

				
				-- check somewhere to see if theres another gang that has a same name
				
				
			else
				ErrorModule.Function(player,"Gang Name is censored enter a new one")
			end
		else
			ErrorModule.Function(player,"Gang Name has more then 12 characters pls shorten it")
		end
	end
end)