Help with storing table to the player

[younis2811 (RanD0m_333)]

Hello everyone,

So I am trying to work on a stats system with a moveset. To be honest dont have a clear plan on how I am going to make it but I am trying it anyways.

I wanted to store a moveset to the player using a string value but I made table which cannot be stored in a string value. Like this

local MoveSets = require(script:FindFirstChild("MoveSets"))
local AbilityManager = {}


function AbilityManager:CreateNewInfo(player :Player)
	local PlayerStats = Instance.new("Folder")
	PlayerStats.Name = "PlayerStats";
	PlayerStats.Parent = player
	
	local Defense = Instance.new("IntValue")
	Defense.Name = "Defense"
	Defense.Parent = PlayerStats
	
	local Offense = Instance.new("IntValue")
	Offense.Name = "Offense"
	Offense.Parent = PlayerStats
	
	local Ability = Instance.new("StringValue")
	Ability.Value = MoveSets.TestMoveset1
	
end



return AbilityManager

Now the Movesets:

local MoveSets = {
	TestMoveset1 = {
		{["Name"] = "Test1", ["Cooldown"] = 5, ["Input"] = "E"},
		{["Name"] = "Test2", ["Cooldown"] = 5, ["Input"] = "R"},
		{["Name"] = "Test3", ["Cooldown"] = 5, ["Input"] = "T"}
	},
	
	TestMoveset2 = {
		{["Name"] = "Test1", ["Cooldown"] = 5, ["Input"] = "E"},
		{["Name"] = "Test2", ["Cooldown"] = 5, ["Input"] = "R"},
		{["Name"] = "Test3", ["Cooldown"] = 5, ["Input"] = "T"}
	}
}

return MoveSets

I really need someone’ s thought and good opinions to correct me the right way if my structure is wrong and thank you very much!!

[2112Jay]

Your structure is correct. The only mistake was trying to store a Lua table in a StringValue. Store the lookup key instead. Give me a moment here..

ModuleScript MoveSets

--ModuleScript in ReplicatedStorage
local MoveSets = {
	TestMoveset1 = {
		{Name = "Test1", Cooldown = 5, Input = "E"},
		{Name = "Test2", Cooldown = 5, Input = "R"},
		{Name = "Test3", Cooldown = 5, Input = "T"}
	},
	TestMoveset2 = {
		{Name = "Test1", Cooldown = 5, Input = "E"},
		{Name = "Test2", Cooldown = 5, Input = "R"},
		{Name = "Test3", Cooldown = 5, Input = "T"}
	}
}

return MoveSets

ModuleScript AbilityManager

--ModuleScript in ReplicatedStorage
local MoveSets = require(script.MoveSets)
local AbilityManager = {}

function AbilityManager:CreateNewInfo(player)
	local PlayerStats = Instance.new("Folder")
	PlayerStats.Name = "PlayerStats"
	PlayerStats.Parent = player
	
	local Defense = Instance.new("IntValue")
	Defense.Name = "Defense"
	Defense.Parent = PlayerStats
	
	local Offense = Instance.new("IntValue")
	Offense.Name = "Offense"
	Offense.Parent = PlayerStats
	
	local Ability = Instance.new("StringValue")
	Ability.Name = "Ability"
	Ability.Value = "TestMoveset1"
	Ability.Parent = PlayerStats
end

return AbilityManager

Useage

local MoveSets = require(ReplicatedStorage.MoveSets)
local set = MoveSets[player.PlayerStats.Ability.Value]

I did that quickly, so it may need some love..

[younis2811 (RanD0m_333)]

Thanks I will try to implement this and let you know if it worked but this seems like the most logical thing to do.