DataStores require filtering enabled to be disabled to work?

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1

So I was trying to make a datastore script for my game, however, the datastores only work if filtering enabled is disabled, if it’s turned on it won’t save or load points and it will kick me from the game

Proof:
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local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")

local myDataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("KoolGamePig")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	leaderstats.Parent = player
	
	local points = Instance.new("IntValue")
	points.Name = "Points"
	points.Parent = leaderstats
	
	local dosavedata = Instance.new("BoolValue")
	dosavedata.Name = "DoSaveDataOnLeave"
	dosavedata.Value = false
	dosavedata.Parent = player
	
	local success, err = pcall(function()
		local loadeddata = myDataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId)
		points.Value = loadeddata
		print("Loaded value: "..loadeddata)
	end)

	if success then
		print("Loaded data for "..player.Name.." successfully")
		dosavedata.Value = true
	else
		print("FAILED TO LOAD DATA for "..player.Name)
		player:Kick("Error loading data, kicked to prevent data loss")
	end
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	local dosavedata = player:FindFirstChild("DoSaveDataOnLeave")
	if dosavedata and dosavedata.Value == true then
		local success, err = pcall(function()
			myDataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId, player.leaderstats.Points.Value)
			print("Saved value: "..player.leaderstats.Points.Value)
		end)
		
		if success then
			print("Saved data for "..player.Name.." successfully")
		else
			print("Failed to save data for "..player.Name.." with error "..err)
		end
	else
		print("Told not to save for "..player.Name)
	end
end)

I am a beginner at scripting so I don’t understand the problem.

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2

Did you enable access to API services?

3

Try to replace your code for that and see what is in output.

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")

local myDataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("KoolGamePig")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	leaderstats.Parent = player
	
	local points = Instance.new("IntValue")
	points.Name = "Points"
	points.Parent = leaderstats
	
	local dosavedata = Instance.new("BoolValue")
	dosavedata.Name = "DoSaveDataOnLeave"
	dosavedata.Value = false
	dosavedata.Parent = player
	
	local success, err = pcall(function()
		local loadeddata = myDataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId)
		points.Value = loadeddata
		print("Loaded value: "..loadeddata)
	end)

	if success then
		print("Loaded data for "..player.Name.." successfully")
		dosavedata.Value = true
	else
		print("FAILED TO LOAD DATA for "..player.Name)
        warn(err)
		player:Kick("Error loading data, kicked to prevent data loss")
	end
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	local dosavedata = player:FindFirstChild("DoSaveDataOnLeave")
	if dosavedata and dosavedata.Value == true then
		local success, err = pcall(function()
			myDataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId, player.leaderstats.Points.Value)
			print("Saved value: "..player.leaderstats.Points.Value)
		end)
		
		if success then
			print("Saved data for "..player.Name.." successfully")
		else
			print("Failed to save data for "..player.Name.." with error "..err)
		end
	else
		print("Told not to save for "..player.Name)
	end
end)
4

You can’t disable Filtering Enabled anymore. Roblox disabled that feature since like 2016-2017 if I am not wrong. Anyway, try to do what Gaffal says and see if it works

5

I’m pretty sure I did, but I may have not I don’t know

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6

It no longer kicks me from the game. However, The leaderstats don’t show up on the leaderboard.image

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7

Scratch that, It STILL kicks me lol.

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8

I’ve solved by doing this:

   local success, err = pcall(function()
		local loadeddata = myDataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId)
		
		if loadeddata then
			print("Loaded value: "..tostring(loadeddata))
			points.Value = loadeddata
		end
	end)

The problem was trying to concatenate a string with nil(the data)
At the first time you play the game, you have no data stored, so it was nil.

Entire code 
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")

local myDataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("KoolGamePig")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	leaderstats.Parent = player

	local points = Instance.new("IntValue")
	points.Name = "Points"
	points.Parent = leaderstats

	local dosavedata = Instance.new("BoolValue")
	dosavedata.Name = "DoSaveDataOnLeave"
	dosavedata.Value = false
	dosavedata.Parent = player

	local success, err = pcall(function()
		local loadeddata = myDataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId)

		if loadeddata then
			print("Loaded value: "..tostring(loadeddata))
			points.Value = loadeddata
			dosavedata.Value = true
		end
	end)

	if success then
		print("Loaded data for "..player.Name.." successfully")
		dosavedata.Value = true
	else
		print("FAILED TO LOAD DATA for "..player.Name)
		warn(err)
		player:Kick("Error loading data, kicked to prevent data loss")
	end
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	local dosavedata = player:FindFirstChild("DoSaveDataOnLeave")
	if dosavedata and dosavedata.Value == true then
		local success, err = pcall(function()
			myDataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId, player.leaderstats.Points.Value)
			print("Saved value: "..player.leaderstats.Points.Value)
		end)

		if success then
			print("Saved data for "..player.Name.." successfully")
		else
			print("Failed to save data for "..player.Name.." with error "..err)
		end
	else
		print("Told not to save for "..player.Name)
	end
end)