Devlog Help 1 - Saving String Values

[OfficialPlatinumMan]

Hello scripters.! This is my first devlog of me trying to create a developer game.

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MY ISSUE:

When the value of the leaderstats change, they don’t save, they just return to “No”.

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WHAT I WANT TO HAPPEN:

When the leaderstats change I want them to save in the leaderstats.

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MY CURRENT SCRIPT:

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

local DataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("YourGameName")

-- Function to load player data
local function loadPlayerData(player)
	local key = "Player_" .. player.UserId

	local success, data = pcall(function()
		return DataStore:GetAsync(key)
	end)

	if success then
		return data
	else
		warn("Failed to load data for player " .. player.Name)
		return nil
	end
end

-- Function to save player data
local function savePlayerData(player, data)
	local key = "Player_" .. player.UserId

	local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
		DataStore:SetAsync(key, data)
	end)

	if not success then
		warn("Failed to save data for player " .. player.Name .. ": " .. errorMessage)
	end
end

-- Create leaderstats and set initial values
local function setupLeaderstats(player)
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"

	local forHire = Instance.new("StringValue")
	forHire.Name = "ForHire"
	forHire.Value = "No"
	forHire.Parent = leaderstats

	local hiring = Instance.new("StringValue")
	hiring.Name = "Hiring"
	hiring.Value = "No"
	hiring.Parent = leaderstats

	local posting = Instance.new("StringValue")
	posting.Name = "Posting"
	posting.Value = "No"
	posting.Parent = leaderstats

	local public = Instance.new("StringValue")
	public.Name = "Public"
	public.Value = "No"
	public.Parent = leaderstats

	leaderstats.Parent = player
end

-- Connect the function to player added event
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local playerData = loadPlayerData(player)

	if not playerData then
		setupLeaderstats(player)
	else
		-- Set values from loaded data
		player.leaderstats.ForHire.Value = playerData.ForHire
		player.leaderstats.Hiring.Value = playerData.Hiring
		player.leaderstats.Posting.Value = playerData.Posting
		player.leaderstats.Public.Value = playerData.Public
	end
end)

-- Connect the function to player removing event to save data
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	local playerData = {
		ForHire = player.leaderstats.ForHire.Value,
		Hiring = player.leaderstats.Hiring.Value,
		Posting = player.leaderstats.Posting.Value,
		Public = player.leaderstats.Public.Value
	}

	savePlayerData(player, playerData)
end)

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VIDEO:

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DEVLOG HISTORY:

Devlog 1: Saving String Values - To Be Determined

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SOLUTION’S LEADERBOARD:

1st: TO BE DETERMINED

2nd: TO BE DETERMINED

3rd: TO BE DETERMINED