You would do it under – give them the reward (will save 1 time only) line, yes.
Bare in mind this needs to be a server script as DataStores are ONLY accessible by the server.
The issue would be that you can’t access player.leaderstats.Points.Value on the Server… you would need to do this on the server instead.
I am putting this in a server script inside serverscriptservice
Whats this for then
– do stuff with msg and player
when i put it in where it says – do stuff with msg and player
it actually gives me the points but it doesnt save
That should be fine, yes. Also bare in mind this will only work once (as it saves). So to test or reset ALL player data you can change this line:
local codesDataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("Codes")
You would edit “Codes” to like “Codes001” or “Codes002” etc.
Also, that line – do stuff with msg and player is a comment. You can just remove it and put what you want to happen there.
And if you want to edit datastores and don’t want to buy the other editor use this:
[OPEN SOURCE] Free DataStore Editor Plugin! - Resources / Community Resources - DevForum | Roblox
So do i just put this
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
code = player.stats.code
codeb = player.stats.codeb
player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
if msg == string.lower(“!code sin”) and code.Value == false then
code.Value = true
elseif msg == string.lower(“!code sin2”) and codeb.Value == false then
codeb.Value = true
– do stuff with msg and player
end
end)
end)
and then use the plugin
Its asking me for a datastore name what do i put?
Use the plugin to edit the values, and if you want an example I made this:
code test - Roblox
(Should be uncopylocked.)
But i dont understand what do i put for name?
The datastore, in my game it’s “ddtht664tge54”
function saveRedeemed(playerKey, code)
local firstTime = false
local success, err = pcall(function()
codesDataStore:UpdateAsync(playerKey .. "_" .. code, function(oldValue)
local newValue = oldValue or false
if newValue == false then
newValue = true
firstTime = true
end
return newValue
end)
end)
return firstTime
end
This function is what saves AND checks if you have already saved. So it will be vitally important for what you are wanting to do.
You can do something like this, however:
local codesDataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("Codes")
function saveRedeemed(playerKey, code)
local firstTime = false
local success, err = pcall(function()
codesDataStore:UpdateAsync(playerKey .. "_" .. code, function(oldValue)
local newValue = oldValue or false
if newValue == false then
newValue = true
firstTime = true
end
return newValue
end)
end)
return firstTime
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local playerKey = "Player_" .. player.UserId
local code = player.stats.code
local codeb = player.stats.codeb
player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
if msg == string.lower("!code sin") then
local redeemed, firstTime = saveRedeemed(playerKey, "sin")
code.Value = redeemed
if firstTime ~= nil and firstTime == true then
-- give them the reward (will save 1 time only)
end
elseif msg == string.lower("!code sin2") and codeb.Value == false then
local redeemed, firstTime = saveRedeemed(playerKey, "sin2")
codeb.Value = redeemed
if firstTime ~= nil and firstTime == true then
-- give them the reward (will save 1 time only)
end
end
end)
end)
You can name the DataStore anything you’d like! In my example, it is “Codes”. It can be whatever, it is just an identifier for the DataStore.
Any errors? If not then try reseting the datastore.
Its saying that this is not in my character wy do i need this in the script
local code = player.stats.code
local codeb = player.stats.codeb
I have to have a leaderstats name code and codeb?
local codesDataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("Codes")
function saveRedeemed(playerKey, code)
local redeemed = false
local firstTime = false
local success, err = pcall(function()
codesDataStore:UpdateAsync(playerKey .. "_" .. code, function(oldValue)
local newValue = oldValue or false
if newValue == false then
newValue = true -- new save value
redeemed = true
firstTime = true
end
return newValue
end)
end)
if not success then -- fail safe
redeemed = true
end
return redeemed, firstTime
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local playerKey = "Player_" .. player.UserId
local code = player.stats.code
local codeb = player.stats.codeb
player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
if msg == string.lower("!code sin") then
local redeemed, firstTime = saveRedeemed(playerKey, "sin")
code.Value = redeemed
if firstTime ~= nil and firstTime == true then
-- give them the reward (will save 1 time only)
end
elseif msg == string.lower("!code sin2") and codeb.Value == false then
local redeemed, firstTime = saveRedeemed(playerKey, "sin2")
codeb.Value = redeemed
if firstTime ~= nil and firstTime == true then
-- give them the reward (will save 1 time only)
end
end
end)
end)
I think I found an error in my logic… this may work better.
***I edited the saveRedeemed() function
I just used your example, like stated before, you cannot access Client side data (in this case anything that is a descendant of Player) is not replicated to the server – so it cannot access it.
Check this from earlier: