How do i make a one-time coin?

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#1

Hello, I want to create a onetime coin you can only collect it only one time
can I do it without the usage of datastores?.
Any Help is appreciated

#2

I think datastores will be the only way for one time things (in your case a coin).

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#3

Ok, thanks I already did it but I thought there was another way

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#4

You can make a coin which can only be collected once per session.

Otherwise you’d need to make use of datastores.

#5 
local players = game:GetService("Players")
local coin = script.Parent

local awardedPlayers = {}

coin.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	local hitModel = hit:FindFirstAncestorOfClass("Model")
	if hitModel then
		local hitPlayer = players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hitModel)
		if hitPlayer then
			if awardedPlayers[hitPlayer] then
				return --Already awarded.
			end
			hitPlayer.leaderstats.Coins.Value += 1000 --Example.
			awardedPlayers[hitPlayer] = true --Add to table of awarded players.
		end
	end
end)

players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	awardedPlayers[player] = nil --Remove from table to save memory.
end)

Here’s a primitive approach to a once per session method.

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#7

Thanks for the both of you, Both are helpful answers, Sadly i can’t Mark these two as an Solution :frowning: .

#9

you dont need a datastore to do this lol, you just simply destroy it on touch and change the value

#10

I think by one-time they mean once per player not once per server.

#12

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh okay

#13 
local datastores = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local datastore = datastores:GetDataStore("DataStore")

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local coin = script.Parent

local awardedPlayers = {}

coin.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	local hitModel = hit:FindFirstAncestorOfClass("Model")
	if hitModel then
		local hitPlayer = players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hitModel)
		if hitPlayer then
			if awardedPlayers[hitPlayer] then
				return --Already awarded.
			end
			
			local success1, result1 = pcall(function()
				return datastore:GetAsync(hitPlayer.UserId) --Load data from datastore.
			end)
			
			if success1 then
				if result1 then --Already awarded.
					return
				else --Not awarded.
					local success2, result2 = pcall(function()
						datastore:SetAsync(hitPlayer.UserId, true) --Save data to datastore.
					end)
				end
			end
			
			hitPlayer.leaderstats.Coins.Value += 1000 --Example.
			awardedPlayers[hitPlayer] = true --Add to table of awarded players.
		end
	end
end)

players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	awardedPlayers[player] = nil --Remove from table to save memory.
end)

I rewrote my previous example and implemented the use of a DataStore.

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