How Can I Use GlobalDataStores?

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#1

Hello! I was wondering, how I would go about using GlobalDataStores in my game? (Withing The Same Game/Universe)

Help would be appreciated!

Something I Found:
DataStoreService:GetGlobalDataStore()

Would the above work like a normal datastore?

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#2

Your typical data store from DataStoreService::GetDataStore is also a global data store.

According to the documetation

This function returns the default GlobalDataStore.

Not too sure what “the” means. But it doesn’t allow you to name a data store, so just continue using :GetDataStore

#3

GetGlobalDataStore returns the default GlobalDataStore. It’s like GetDataStore (which also returns a GlobalDataStore object) except no name is provided.

#4

So, would I use Global or Default?

#5

You probably would want to use named data stores with GetDataStore. Besides that they are functionally identical.

#6

So, there is no difference between those two?

#7

The default one is just like a data store with no name. That’s all it is.

#8

use it depending on what your use case is, to save player data use the normal DataStore.

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#9

If there is no name, then how would I retrieve and add data to The default global data store?

#10

There’s only one GlobalDataStore. Wherever and whenever you call :GetGlobalDataStore() it will return the same datastore.

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