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I followed a DataStore2 tutorial on youtube, link provided below, however it saves newly made instances in the folder, I want it to save already existing values that I create manually myself instead.
For example, have a “copy folder” of all the possible instances I want to exist under the “Folder” that’s being saved. (I’m trying to make it so I can save multiple twitter codes and etc.)
What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
I tried making a Folder in ReplicatedStorage, and in the DataStore2 code, I try to copy all of the children in that folder into the “actual folder” that would be saved and exists in the player.
local DataStore2 = require(1936396537)
local defaultCashValue = 0 -- bobux
local CodesTable = {}
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
print("Data Loaded")
local CashDataStore = DataStore2("CashDataStore", player)
---
local CodeDataStore = DataStore2("CodesDataStore", player)
local Cash = Instance.new("IntValue")
Cash.Parent = player
Cash.Name = 'Bobux'
local Folder = Instance.new("Folder")
Folder.Parent = player
Folder.Name = 'Codes'
---
for i, x in pairs(game.ReplicatedStorage.InfoData:GetChildren()) do
if x then
local newrep = Instance.new("NumberValue")
newrep.Parent = Folder
newrep.Name = x.Name
end
end
---
local function cashUpdate(value)
Cash.Value = CashDataStore:Get(value)
end
----
local function codeUpdate(value)
CodesTable = CodeDataStore:Get(value)
Folder:ClearAllChildren()
for _, code in pairs(CodesTable) do
local InfoValue = Instance.new("BoolValue")
InfoValue.Parent = Folder
InfoValue.Name = code
end
end
cashUpdate(defaultCashValue)
codeUpdate(CodesTable)
CashDataStore:OnUpdate(cashUpdate)
CodeDataStore:OnUpdate(codeUpdate)
end)
game.ReplicatedStorage.DataUpdate.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, info, rewardvalue, datatype)
local DataStore = DataStore2(datatype, player)
if datatype == nil then -- check if its table saving or not// nil = not
if info == 'Code1' then
DataStore:Increment(rewardvalue, defaultCashValue)
end
else -- saving to a table/accessing table
local Codes = player.Codes
local codeTable = {}
for _, v in ipairs(Codes:GetChildren()) do
table.insert(codeTable, v.Value)
end
DataStore:Set()
end
end)
This was my method of doing it, not sure if its proper, but cloning everything under the InfoData folder into the actual folder in the player then saving any data that would exist inside that folder
You are able to save and get a data table by saving and getting the data table itself.
I recommend using table.insert() and table.remove() for editing your data table.
When you want to cache the data, or input the data into a folder like you did, you can do this after your script gets the data.
If you want to change your data, call the data table, unwrap the content, and edit that individual data. Wrap it back into a table and save.
You can find more detail about saving dictionaries or tables here:
Hello! I looked into the article you sent and not sure if my code is properly done, I tried to implement the method used.
local DataStore2 = require(1936396537)
local defaultCashValue = 0 -- bobux
local CodesTable = {}
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
print("Data Loaded")
local CashDataStore = DataStore2("CashDataStore", player)
---
local CodeDataStore = DataStore2("CodesDataStore", player)
local Cash = Instance.new("IntValue")
Cash.Parent = player
Cash.Name = 'Bobux'
local Folder = Instance.new("Folder")
Folder.Parent = player
Folder.Name = 'Codes'
---
local function setupUserData()
local userData = {
Codes = {
["Code1"] = 1;
["Code2"] = 1;
};
Items = {
["Pets"] = {
["Dog"] = {nil};
["Cat"] = {nil};
["Wolf"] = {nil};
};
};
}
return userData
end
local userData = DataStore2(CodeDataStore, player):Get(setupUserData())
---
local function cashUpdate(value)
Cash.Value = CashDataStore:Get(value)
end
----
local function codeUpdate(value)
CodesTable = CodeDataStore:Get(value)
Folder:ClearAllChildren()
for _, code in pairs(CodesTable) do
local InfoValue = Instance.new("BoolValue")
InfoValue.Parent = Folder
InfoValue.Name = code
end
end
cashUpdate(defaultCashValue)
codeUpdate(CodesTable)
CashDataStore:OnUpdate(cashUpdate)
CodeDataStore:OnUpdate(codeUpdate)
end)
game.ReplicatedStorage.DataUpdate.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, info, rewardvalue, datatype)
local userData = DataStore2(datatype, player)
if datatype == 'CodesDataStore' then -- check if its table saving or not// nil = not
if info == 'Code1' then
userData["Codes"]["Code1"] = userData["Codes"]["Code1"] + 2
DataStore2(datatype, player):Set(userData)
end
else -- saving to a table/accessing table
local Codes = player.Codes
local codeTable = {}
for _, v in ipairs(Codes:GetChildren()) do
table.insert(codeTable, v.Value)
end
userData:Set()
end
end)
I’d say this would work but I can’t test the code myself.
If it’s saving your data and loading your data properly, then you’ve successfully made DataStore2 work.
The only thing I recommend is caching your data and only updating that cache, not the DataStore itself, since calling Get() would cause server network issues, and force DataStore2 to bottleneck events.
When the player leaves, you can make it save. You can also make it save automatically every 5 minutes or so.
