Help with data stores

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i was trying to make a way to store the collectibles in my game but i dont know anything about scripting
i made this using a tutorial on data stores but it doesnt seem to work

local currencyName = "Collectibles"
local Players = game.Players

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local CollectiblesStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("CollectiblesStorage")

local function loadData(player)
	local ID = currencyName.."-"..player.UserId
	local data = nil

	local success, err = pcall(function()
		data = CollectiblesStore:GetAsync(ID)
	end)

	if data ~= nil then
		local CollectiblesValue = player.leaderstats:FindFirstChild(currencyName)
		if CollectiblesValue then
			CollectiblesValue.Value = data
			print("Data successfully loaded!")
		end		
	else
		local CollectiblesValue = player.leaderstats:FindFirstChild(currencyName)
		if CollectiblesValue then
			CollectiblesValue.Value = 0
			print("New Player was given 100 Collectibles for joining the Game!")
		end		
	end	
end

local function saveData(player)

	local ID = currencyName.."-"..player.UserId

	local success, err = pcall(function()
		local CollectiblesValue = player.leaderstats:FindFirstChild(currencyName)
		if CollectiblesValue then
			CollectiblesStore:SetAsync(ID, CollectiblesValue.Value)
		end
	end)

	if success then
		print("Successfully saved Player Data for Collectibles")
	else
		print(err)
	end	
end

game:BindToClose(function()
	for i, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
		if player then
			player:Kick("Game is shutting down!")
		end
	end

	wait(1)
end)

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(loadData)
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(saveData)
2

What doesn’t work exactly? Also for bind to close you should save player’s data instead of kicking them

3

its not saving the players data

4

If your testing in studio make sure to save data in bind to close. All you do is loop through all players and save data.

5

sry what is bind data i just found this code from a tutorial

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game:BindToClose(function()
	for _, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
		task.spawn(SaveData, player)
	end
end)

If your serious about your game I would recommend learning datastores they are essential to making a game.

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7

do you know anywhere i could learn about them

8

Tutorials are fine, but I would look into ProfileService and datastore2. You can look into the code they use and may help you understand. Though you learn a lot from just doing it yourself.

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9

tutorials usally dont work as well since you have to save different things and the tutorial might not be saving the same thing i am right? so its just better to learn how to do it

i dont know anything about scripting so im not sure how im going to do this

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I would recommend starting from the basics and work your way up.