What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
I am looking to track (for an actively updating leaderboard) a player’s stud count. This is for a system that give player’s rewards if they have reached a certain number of studs travelled.
It will track this distance, then it will update it to a Datastore when the player leaves.
I have seen other people do it before, but I don’t know where to start on tracking distance travelled.
What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
I have no idea what service, or what system to use to track this. I have tried adding a players magnitude to an old position to a leaderboard value, but standing still added to the leaderboard just the same as moving.
This was where I started, and this is the only thing I have been able to figure out.
What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
I have tried to looked for solutions, and nothing was showing up except people tracking “footsteps”, which is not what I am looking for. If anything here is unclear, I am willing to clarify.
If you are using DataStores in MilesSystem.lua (Module), please keep in mind that it is Replicated from ServerScriptService not the DataModel’s workspace
game:GetService('RunService').Heartbeat:Connect(function()
for i,Player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if Player.Character then
local Humanoid = Player.Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
if Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 then
if OldPosition[Player.UserId] then
local newDistanceTravelled = (Humanoid.RootPart.Position - OldPosition[Player.UserId]).Magnitude
TotalStudsWalked[Player.UserId] = TotalStudsWalked[Player.UserId] + newDistanceTravelled
Player:WaitForChild("leaderstats").Miles.Value = Player:WaitForChild("leaderstats").Miles.Value + (newDistanceTravelled / 5)
OldPosition[Player.UserId] = Humanoid.RootPart.Position
else
TotalStudsWalked[Player.UserId] = 0
OldPosition[Player.UserId] = Humanoid.RootPart.Position
end
end
end
end
end)
The module is not the issue. I do fine working with that, and it is only use at the Player Added and Player Removed endpoints. I use it because this information would travel along multiple games.
--[[
VISTA-Module
Please do not edit below.
--]]
-- Variables
local MilesService = {}
local HttpService = game:GetService('HttpService')
local Link = '' -- REMOVED FOR SAFETY PURPOSES
local APIKey = '' -- REMOVED FOR SAFETY PURPOSES
function MilesService:Add(User, Value)
if type(tonumber(Value)) ~= "number" then
return false
end
local OldContent = {
userid = 'miles_'..User.UserId;
key = APIKey;
}
local OldData = HttpService:JSONEncode(OldContent)
local Old = HttpService:PostAsync(Link..'get', OldData)
if Old:gsub(" ","") == "" or Old == nil then
Old = 0
else
Old = tonumber(Old)
if type(Old) ~= "number" then
Old = 0
end
end
local NewContent = {
userid = 'miles_'..User.UserId;
data = tonumber(Old + Value);
key = APIKey;
}
local NewData = HttpService:JSONEncode(NewContent)
local SetSuccess = HttpService:PostAsync(Link..'save', NewData)
return true
end
function MilesService:Remove(User, Value)
Value = tonumber(Value)
if type(Value) ~= "number" then
return false
end
local OldContent = {
userid = 'miles_'..User.UserId;
key = APIKey;
}
local OldData = HttpService:JSONEncode(OldContent)
local Old = HttpService:PostAsync(Link..'get', OldData)
if Old:gsub(" ","") == "" or Old == nil then
Old = 0
else
Old = tonumber(Old)
if type(Old) ~= "number" then
Old = 0
end
end
if Old < Value then
return false
end
local NewContent = {
userid = 'miles_'..User.UserId;
data = tonumber(Old + Value);
key = APIKey;
}
local NewData = HttpService:JSONEncode(NewContent)
local SetSuccess = HttpService:PostAsync(Link..'save', NewData)
return true
end
function MilesService:Get(User)
local OldContent = {
userid = 'miles_'..User.UserId;
key = APIKey;
}
local OldData = HttpService:JSONEncode(OldContent)
local Old = HttpService:PostAsync(Link..'get', OldData)
if Old:gsub(" ","") == "" or Old == nil then
Old = 0
else
Old = tonumber(Old)
if type(Old) ~= "number" then
Old = 0
end
end
return Old
end
function MilesService:Set(User, Value)
if type(tonumber(Value)) ~= "number" then
return false
end
local NewContent = {
userid = 'miles_'..User.UserId;
data = tonumber(Value);
key = APIKey;
}
local NewData = HttpService:JSONEncode(NewContent)
local SetSuccess = HttpService:PostAsync(Link..'save', NewData)
return true
end
return MilesService
I just tested this again. I used RunService Heartbeat (because this is being done through a localscript, and it only worked when I started moving, not while I was moving, and not while I was standing still.
I found the fix! Thanks to TheCarbyneUniverse’s reply, MoveDirection was how it was supposed to be. For those who may get help from this, here is my new code:
local OldPosition = {}
local TotalStudsWalked = {}
local Data = require(script.MilesSystem)
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
local Board = Instance.new("Folder")
Board.Name = "leaderstats"
Board.Parent = Player
local Traveled = Instance.new("IntValue", Board)
Traveled.Name = "Miles"
Traveled.Value = Data:Get(Player)
end)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Player)
Data:Add(Player, TotalStudsWalked[Player.UserId] / 5)
end)
while wait do
for i,Player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if Player.Character then
local Humanoid = Player.Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
if Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 then
if OldPosition[Player.UserId] then
local newDistanceTravelled = (Humanoid.RootPart.Position - OldPosition[Player.UserId]).Magnitude
TotalStudsWalked[Player.UserId] = TotalStudsWalked[Player.UserId] + newDistanceTravelled
Player:WaitForChild("leaderstats").Miles.Value = Player.leaderstats.Miles.Value + (newDistanceTravelled / 5)
OldPosition[Player.UserId] = Humanoid.RootPart.Position
else
TotalStudsWalked[Player.UserId] = 0
OldPosition[Player.UserId] = Humanoid.RootPart.Position
end
end
end
end
wait(0.1)
end
local function GetPos()
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = workspace:WaitForChild(plr.Name)
while true do
local Magnitude = (char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Position - workspace.Center.Position).Magnitude
wait(1)
print(Magnitude)
end
end
GetPos()
