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I’m creating a script that I found on GnomeCodes video where he creates a tower defence game. I’m onto a part where it comes to saving data. I’ve already tried changing the code but nothing seems to work.

The main problem is that when I leave the game normally, it saves my data and prints, ‘Data Saved Successfully’ but when I alter my ingame equips which changes the data, it doesn’t say that line and it doesn’t save the data. The problem is in the saveData function.

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

local dataBase = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("dataBase")
local towers = require(ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("TowerShop"))

local defaultData = {
	["Tokens"] = 150,
	["SelectedTowers"] = {"DirtThrower"},
	["OwnedTowers"] = {"DirtThrower", "Gunner"}
}

local MAX_SELECTED_TOWERS = 2

local data = {}

local success = nil

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(LoadData)

local function saveData(player)
	if data[player.UserId] then
		local playerData = nil
		local attempt = 1
		
		repeat

			success, playerData = pcall(function()
				return dataBase:UpdateAsync(player.UserId, function()
					return data[player.UserId]
				end)
			end)

			attempt += 1
			if not success then
				warn(playerData)
				task.wait()
			end

		until success or attempt == 3
		
		if success then
			print("Data saved successfully")
		else
			warn("Unable to save data for", player.UserId)
		end
	end
end
2

Show me the code for when you save the data when you ‘alter ingame equips’.

I can imagine if the function is working for the playerAdded event then it should work if called properly for other events too

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3

So basically the data table is has three tables within it with owned towers, equipped towers and money and whenever they equip or buy a tower it changes the table. its meant to save the table with the return data[player.UserId] line. It says that data is saved when i dont make any changes to my equips but then when I do change my equips it doesnt say the data is saved and it doesn’t save it.

4

does it say “Unable to save data for …your userid”

5

If you are testing in studio make sure to go to settings, security, and allow studio API requests.

6

No. It must be a problem with saving the data if the data is different then when they first initially joined.

7

Can you show the loaddata function to?

8 
local function LoadData(player)
	local playerData = nil
	local attempt = 1
	
	repeat
		success, playerData = pcall(function()
			return dataBase:GetAsync(player.UserId)	
		end)
	
		attempt += 1
		if not success then
			warn(playerData)
			task.wait()
		end
		
	until success or attempt == 3
	
	if success then
		print("Connection Success")
		if not playerData then
			print("New player, giving default data")
			playerData = {
				["Tokens"] = 150,
				["SelectedTowers"] = {"DirtThrower"},
				["OwnedTowers"] = {"DirtThrower", "Gunner"}
			}
		end
		data[player.UserId] = playerData
	else
		warn("Unable to get data for player", player.UserId)
		player:Kick("There was a problem getting your data.")
	end
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(LoadData)