I’m using DataStore2 to save tables. I’m having trouble getting it to update a table’s value in my script and am unsure what I am doing wrong. I referred to the API and still can’t get it to work.
In Data Handler:
local defaultPlaceData = {
PlaceID = 0,--Makes it so by default a new place is made for you
Version = VersionGui.Text,--Keeps track of the version of the lobby
Objects = {},--where we save object data
Floors = 1,--number of floors a player has
Color = {
r = (math.random(1,255)),--make players have a random color
g = (math.random(1,255)),--the first time they join game.
b = (math.random(1,255))--make sure to divide by 255 when setting colors
},
Permissions = {
OpenToVisitors = 1,--players can join your plot by default
Managers = {},--players who are deemed worthy to edit owner plot
Banned = {}--players who are deemed unworthy of visitation
}
}
It sets the data to this default table, which appears to work fine.
Then in a script elsewhere:
local BaseIdDataStore = DataStore2("PlaceID", ownerPlayer)
local ownerData = BaseIdDataStore:Get()
print(ownerData)
printDataStore(ownerData)
if ownerData.PlaceID == 0 then
print("The player doesn't have a place yet! Let's make one!")
--hit.Parent.Humanoid:MoveToPart(script.Parent.Parent.Inside)
local placeName = ownerName.."'s Factory"
local description = ownerName.."'s Factory created by CreatePlaceAsync function"
local newPlace = AssetService:CreatePlaceAsync(placeName, place, description)
if newPlace then
ownerData.PlaceID = newPlace
--BaseIdDataStore:Set(ownerData)
print("NEW:")
BaseIdDataStore:Set(ownerData)
printDataStore(ownerData)
elseif not newPlace then
print("Error creating new place")
else print("Catastrophic error, no return")
end
This is just a part of the script, it narrows down what is important instead of you sifting through the whole thing. This is the same datastore, but after it sets ownerdata, when i call a get later on, it acts like it’s only a number instead of a table.
Our scripts for Datastore2 are different, but I have achieved saving tables fairly simple. Here is the important parts of the script.
local players = game:GetService("Players")
local DS2 = require(game.ServerScriptService.DataStore2)
local MM = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.MathModule)
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local inv = Instance.new("Folder", player)
inv.Name = "Inventory"
DS2.Combine("Test", "Inventory")
local invstore = DS2("Inventory", player)
local invholder = {}
invholder = invstore:Get()
local function SaveInv()
wait(1)
invholder = {}
for i,v in pairs(inv:GetChildren()) do
local realitem = game.ReplicatedStorage.Items[v.Name]
local required = require(realitem.Info.Information)
invholder[tostring(required.Id)] = v.Value
end
return invholder
end
inv.ChildAdded:Connect(function()
SaveInv()
wait(.5)
invstore:Set(invholder)
for i,v in pairs(inv:GetChildren()) do
v.Changed:Connect(function()
SaveInv()
wait(.5)
invstore:Set(invholder)
end)
end
end)
inv.ChildRemoved:Connect(function()
SaveInv()
wait(.5)
invstore:Set(invholder)
end)
if invholder == nil then
local item1 = Instance.new("NumberValue")
item1.Name = "Stone Mine"
item1.Value = 3
item1.Parent = inv
local item2 = Instance.new("NumberValue")
item2.Name = "Basic Furnace"
item2.Value = 1
item2.Parent = inv
local item3 = Instance.new("NumberValue")
item3.Name = "Basic Conveyor"
item3.Value = 10
item3.Parent = inv
print("No existing items were found for "..player.Name..".")
else
for i,v in pairs(invholder) do
for b,a in pairs(game.ReplicatedStorage.Items:GetChildren()) do
local required = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Items[a.Name].Info.Information)
if required.Id == tonumber(i) then
local item = Instance.new("NumberValue")
item.Name = a.Name
item.Value = v
item.Parent = inv
end
end
end
end
end)
Thats the item’s info, I use it to store stuff like the Item’s ID, Price, Tier, etc. The only thing you would need would be the ID, IF you are using items based on their ID
