How can i script this

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#1

Im making a game where you can buy 3d printers, make things and sell them.
Right now, im stuck trying to make a system where a frame shows the printers you own.
When you buy a printer, there is a button that says “BUY” next to the type of printer. The one i have now costs 0 dollars (because its the beginner one) to clarify any confusion.

The way i want this to work is that every time you buy a new printer (which you can only have one of each type) it stacks on a scrolling gui. Example shown below

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My shop (planning to add more of course) :

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My shop script:

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(click)
	local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
	if plr then
		local Money = plr.leaderstats.Cash
		if Money and Money.Value >= 0 then
			Money.Value -= 0
			for i,part in pairs(game.Workspace.RealtecBasic:GetChildren()) do
				part.Transparency = 0
				part.CanCollide = true
				game.Workspace.RealtecBasicNozzle.image.Decal.Transparency = 0
				

			end
			for i,part in pairs(game.Workspace.RealtecBasicNozzle:GetChildren()) do
				part.Transparency = 0
				part.CanCollide = true
				game.Workspace.RealtecBasicNozzle.image.Decal.Transparency = 0


			end
			
			
			
			if Money and Money.Value >= 0 then
				
				script.Parent.Text = "Purchased!"
				script.Parent.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.new(0.243137, 0.243137, 0.243137)
				script.Parent.TextColor3 = Color3.new(1, 1, 1)
				script.Parent.Sound:Play()
				local tweenService = game:GetService("TweenService") -- ignore tweenservice
				
				local object = script.Parent
				
				local tweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(
				    2, 
				    Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, 
				    Enum.EasingDirection.Out, 
				    math.huge, 
				    true, 
				    0.5 
				)
				
				local properties = {
				    BackgroundTransparency = 0.8
				}
				
				local tween = tweenService:Create(object, tweenInfo, properties)
				
				tween:Play() -- end of tweenservice
				
				if script.Parent.Text == "Purchased!" then
					script.Parent.Interactable = false
				end
				


			end
		

		end
	end
end)

Thanks, and let me know if i missed anything

#2

the local script should be handling button presses/changing text stuff, but you need to use a remote event to communicate to a server script and tell it to handle the money and datastore, otherwise the changes will only happen on one player’s side

on the serverside you should make a table and then insert new printers to the table with table.insert(table, item)

where item should be a table that holds information about the printer, including a unique id like game.HttpService:GenerateGUID()

then you can make a remote function on the client that retrieves the table from the server and you can iterate through the table to generate the printers on the list

local function updatePrinterList()

  list:ClearAllChildren()
  
  for _, printerInfo in ipairs(printers) do
    local printerFrame = template:Clone() -- cloning the frame with the "1st printer brought"
    
    --just an example of how you could do 1st printer bought, 2nd printer bought
    printerFrame.TextLabel.Text = printerInfo.order .. " printer bought"
  
    printerFrame.Parent = list
  end

end
#3

The game is single player, with only one person per server for now. Do remote events still matter?

#4

if you want datastores then you need to use remote events

if not then you can do everything on the client