This is probably something that is really simple but I’m just missing it. For some reason my global function is no longer working and being underlined with an error saying:
Any reason to this or how I can fix it?
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
local Attempts = 0
RequestData = function()
local Success, PlayerStats = pcall(function()
return PlayerStatsDatastore:GetAsync(Player.UserId)
end)
if Success then
if PlayerStats then
CreateStats(Player, PlayerStats)
else
local PlayerStats = {
["Tix"] = 100,
["Level"] = 0,
["Slots"] = {"typical punch"}
}
end
else
Attempts += 1
if Attempts == 3 then
Player:Kick("Error loading player stats.")
else
wait(5)
RequestData()
end
end
end
RequestData()
end)
This should work! First you have to make it a variable then assign it to a function if you want to recall the function inside of the same function.
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
local Attempts = 0
local RequestData -- Nil variable
RequestData = function() -- Set function to variable
local Success, PlayerStats = pcall(function()
return PlayerStatsDatastore:GetAsync(Player.UserId)
end)
if Success then
if PlayerStats then
CreateStats(Player, PlayerStats)
else
local PlayerStats = {
["Tix"] = 100,
["Level"] = 0,
["Slots"] = {"typical punch"}
}
end
else
Attempts += 1
if Attempts == 3 then
Player:Kick("Error loading player stats.")
else
wait(5)
RequestData() -- now you can call the function from the inside
end
end
end
RequestData()
end)
Though in my opinion the script is a bit messy, I suggest making your script look something like this, I have not tested the script so it might have a few flaws though it should work.
You are able to call an function of the GlobalDataStore through it.
e.g. SetAsync, GetAsync
local globalDataStoreCall do
local MAX_RETRIES = 3
local RunService = game:GetService('RunService')
function globalDataStoreCall(method, key, ...)|
local results = {}
for attempt = 1, MAX_RETRIES do
results = {pcall(PlayerStatsDatastore[method], PlayerStatsDatastore, key, ...)}
if results[1] then
break
end
RunService.RenderStepped:Wait()
end
return results
end
end
local PlayerService = game:GetService("Players")
PlayerService.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(newPlayer)
local success, ... = globalDataStoreCall("GetAsync", newPlayer.UserId)
local playerStats = (success == true and {...} or {Tix = 100, Level = 0, Slots = {"typical punch"}})
CreateStats(newPlayer, playerStats)
end)
PlayerService.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(oldPlayer)
local success = globalDataStoreCall("SetAsync", oldPlayer.UserId) -- add what you want to save etc to this
end)
