Finding where my datastore table turns into a dictionary

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So I’m trying to make a pretty hefty datastore for a game I’m working on. I had to remake the entire thing because I forgot roblox couldn’t save dictionaries, so I started remaking it and I’ve reworked most of the problem spots, but it gives me the same error. I can’t find where there would be an instance of a dictionary, unless doing something like

Table["SaveSlot1"] = 1

is considered a dictionary.

So I need help figuring out where the problem is here, aka where the datastore table becomes a dictionary.

Here’s the code

_G.Save = function(player, hrp)
	local chr = player.Character
	local Table = {
		Saves = 0,
	}

	if player.Ingame.Value == true then
		player.Data.Saves["SaveSlot"..player.SelectedSlot.Value].Location.Value = hrp.CFrame
		player.Data.Saves["SaveSlot"..player.SelectedSlot.Value].CurrentHealth.Value = chr:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid").Health
	end

	for i, v in pairs(player.Data.Saves:GetChildren()) do
		Table.Saves = Table.Saves + 1
		
		for e, r in pairs(SaveVals) do
			if e == "Location" then
				local cf = v[e].Value
				
				local SAC, ERA = pcall(function()
					Datastore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-SSCF_"..Table.Saves,{cf:GetComponents()})
				end)

				if ERA then error("Location Saving Error: "..ERA) end
			elseif e == "Primary" then

			else
				Table["SaveSlot"..Table.Saves.."-"..e] = v[e].Value
			end
		end

		local InvTable = {}
		for _, item in pairs(v.Inventory:GetChildren()) do
			if item:FindFirstChild("Physical") ~= nil then
				InvTable[item.Name] = "|Level:"..item.Value.."-Physical:"..item.Physical.Value.."-Magic:"..item.Magic.Value.."-Fire:"..item.Fire.Value.."-Lightning:"..item.Lightning.Value.."-Holy:"..item.Holy.Value.."-Critical:"..item.Critical.Value
			else
				InvTable[item.Name] = item.Value
			end
		end
		local SAC, ERA = pcall(function()
			Datastore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-SS_"..Table.Saves,InvTable)
		end)
		
		if ERA then error("Inventory Saving Error: "..ERA) end
	end
	
	-- Main Datastore
	local MainS, MainE = pcall(Datastore.SetAsync, Datastore, player.UserId, Table)
	
	if MainS then
		print("Successfully Saved Main Data For "..player.Name)
	else
		error(MainE) -- Error saving
	end
	
	-- Alpha/Beta Datastore
	local s, e = pcall(function()
		Datastore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-alpha",player.Alpha.Value)
		Datastore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-beta",player.Beta.Value)
	end)

	if s then
		print("Successfully saved "..player.Name.."'s data")
	end
	if e then
		print(e)
	end
end

I commented where the error pcall was displaying, so it’s clearly an issue with saving the main data.

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I save dictionaries all the time, I just call http:JSONEncode() on the dic first. You’re condensing subtables into a one-liner of strings but you’re still creating a dictionary as you’re assigning invTable[item.Name] = ... in a loop, creating key-value pairs of item.Name and your condensed string.
Perhaps just move back to a standard dictionary, and use httpservice to encode it? HttpService:JSONEncode (roblox.com) Then likewise use JSONDecode when you fetch from the datastore.

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Oh my gosh I completely forgot you can just encode an entire dictionary. Thank you so much, lifesaver!

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