Oh and i need to leave, i need to take a break from my computer, cya later
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So first setup the profile service.
[Use a tutorial - Video before reading this tho]
Once you setup that using a video, somewhere you will make a module script along the lines of:
This as stated in one of the vids would be where the baseline data would be. Here is a sniplet of mine:
local Template = {}
Template.CurrencyData = {
Money = 0,
}
Template.LevelingData = {
Level = 1,
XP = 0,
RXP = 1000
}
Template.SettingsData = {
}
return Template
Now to access the ProfileStore, there is a script called:
This script holds the phyiscal “Profiles” or Player Data for the entire server. To access you must get in the table of profiles inside the Manager:
In here, you also add functions such as Client reading (NOT EDITTING) and Write:
return Manager.Profiles[Player].Data
end
local function RecursiveSearchAndEdit(Table, Index, Value, Set)
for i,v in pairs(Table) do
if i == Index then
print(Table[i])
if type(Table[i]) == "number" then
if Set == true then
Table[i] = Value
else
Table[i] += Value
end
elseif type(Table[i]) == "boolean" or type(Table[i]) == "string" then
Table[i] = Value
end
end
if typeof(v) == "table" then
RecursiveSearchAndEdit(v,Index,Value,Set)
end
end
end
function Manager.Write(Player,Index,Value,Set)
--Profile
local ClientData = Manager.Profiles[Player].Data
RecursiveSearchAndEdit(ClientData,Index,Value,Set)
--Physical Value
for i, Descendant in pairs(ClientsDataFolder:WaitForChild(Player.Name):GetDescendants()) do
if Descendant.Name == Index then
if type(Descendant.Value) == "number" then
if Set == true then
Descendant.Value = Value
else
Descendant.Value += Value
end
elseif type(Descendant.Value) == "boolean" or type(Descendant.Value) == "string" then
Descendant.Value = Value
end
end
end
end
--Connections
ReadDataRemote.OnServerInvoke = function(Player)
return Manager.Read(Player)
end
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Ignore some of this code, just focus on the main parts
Cya!
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Hello! Instead of storing instances, you could use HTTP Service to do JSONEncode on a table containing information about the item you want to store so that you can store it in Datastore as a string.
For example, if you wanted to store the name of an item and its value, you can do this.
local Item = {
["Name"] = "Apple",
["Value"] = 1
}
local toStore = game:GetService("HttpService"):JSONEncode(Item)
Then you can store toStore in Datastore.
To get the dictionary again, you can do
local decodedStore = game:GetService("HttpService"):JSONDecode(ItemInDatastore)
Hope this helped!
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Even thats actually smart!
Read on HTTP and DSS too
*DSS - DataStoreService
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Hello!
I see you have already gotten A LOT of help by the previous people, but I just came here to tell my opinion.
So I think in roblox you can’t actually serialize data. Serialization is when you convert an object into plain text. The method we use to save data here isn’t serialization, we just take the main properties and store them in a table.
Like for example, if, let’s say you want to store the position of a part. (Suppose it’s moveable and a player moved it). You would just save the Part.Position or Part.CFrame value. You won’t actually serialize it. And suppose you have a building system, you would then store the BrickColor, CFrame, etc. etc. You get my point. (hopefully)
I’m not writing all the code because i’m lazy but it would be something like this
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS TRASH CODE, DO NOT USE THIS! IT IS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHOWING MY POINT.
-- Saving the data
local data = {Part.Position, Part.Color}
Datastore:SetAsync(key, data)
-- Retrieving the data
local data = Datastore:GetAsync(key)
local partPosition = data[1] --It's a table, so we access the data by indexing the table
local partColor = data[2]
Part.Position = partPosition
Part.Color = partColor
So that’s basically it. My code is terrible, it doesn’t use pcalls or BindToClose, heck, it doesn’t even connect to the PlayerAdded or PlayerRemoved functions, but i hope this helps!
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Question, where do i add this into my line of code?
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local DataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("InventoryDataStore")
local TableToStore = {}
local Data = nil
function SaveData(Player, StoreStuff)
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
Player.PlayerGui.InventoryUI.CharacterFrame.CharacterList.Changed:Connect(function()
for i, v in pairs(Player.PlayerGui.InventoryUI.CharacterFrame.CharacterList:GetChildren()) do
if v:IsA("GuiButton") then
local ButtonTable = {}
table.insert(ButtonTable, v.Name)
table.insert(ButtonTable, v.Text)
end
end
end)
end)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Player)
end)
Hello, i’m back, i’m trying to see the other peoples solutions and idk if it’s gonna to work
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Hey friend, i think i did it, first of all i don’t know if this code will work, second of all, what do i write on the If Success and Data then on the player added function:
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local DataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("InventoryDataStore")
--local TableToStore = {}
local Data = nil
local ToStore = nil
function SaveData(Player)
local DecodedStore = game:GetService("HttpService"):JSONDecode(ToStore)
local Success, Err = pcall(function()
DataStore:SetAsync(Player.UserId, DecodedStore)
end)
if Success then
print("Data has been succefully saved!")
else
warn(Err)
end
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
Player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("InventoryUI").CharacterFrame.CharacterList.Changed:Connect(function()
for i, v in pairs(Player.PlayerGui.InventoryUI.CharacterFrame.CharacterList:GetChildren()) do
if v:IsA("GuiButton") then
local Item = {
["Name"] = v.Name
}
ToStore = game:GetService("HttpService"):JSONEncode(Item)
end
end
end)
local Success, Err = pcall(function()
Data = DataStore:GetAsync(Player.UserId)
end)
if Success and Data then
end
end)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Player)
local Success, Err = pcall(function()
SaveData(Player)
end)
if Success then
print("Inventory saved!")
else
warn(Err)
end
end)
Did the tutorial have the pcall?
edt: nvm ur not using profiles
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I think now that you have the data, you can start to use it pretty much.
(im not good with pcalls)
If Error Message does come, warn it in output and then retry it until success maybe?
Keep the player from loading into the game until success is reached, and dont reach the datastore method limits. Only launch another :GetAsync() when 5 seconds or 10 seconds are up after the last failed try.
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Well, for some reason, this is not working:
local Players = game.Players
local DSS = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local Datastore = DSS:GetDataStore("InstanceSave")
local TableToSave = {}
local SaveInventory = game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.SaveInventory
local CharacterList = nil
local Data = nil
function SaveData(Player)
local Success, Err = pcall(function()
Datastore:SetAsync(Player.UserId, TableToSave)
end)
if Success then
print("Inventory saved!")
else
print("Inventory was not saved :(")
warn(Err)
end
end
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Player)
for _, Button in pairs(CharacterList:GetChildren()) do
if Button:IsA("GuiButton") then
table.insert(Button)
SaveData(Player)
end
end
end)
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
local Success, Err = pcall(function()
Data = Datastore:GetAsync(Player.UserId)
end)
CharacterList = Player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("InventoryUI").CharacterFrame.CharacterList
if Success and Data then
for _, Child in pairs(TableToSave) do
Child.Parent = Player.PlayerGui.InventoryUI.CharacterFrame.CharacterList
end
end
end)
--[[SaveInventory.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player, CharacterListFrame)
for _, Button in pairs(CharacterListFrame:GetChildren()) do
if Button:IsA("GuiButton") then
table.insert(Button)
SaveData(Player)
end
end
end)--]]
Edit: i actually reworked the whole script lol
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