How to add more values in datastore by gnomecode

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#1

I need help, i have this datastore code by gnomecode but it only supports one instance.
if i wanna add like another value to save it wouldn’t save. how can i modify the script to save?

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local DatastoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local database = DatastoreService:GetDataStore("data")
local sessionData = {}

function playerAdded(player)
	local PlayerData = Instance.new("Folder")
	PlayerData.Name = "plrData"

	local FOV = Instance.new("IntValue")
	FOV.Name = "FOV"
	FOV.Parent = PlayerData

	local success = nil
	local playerData = nil
	local attempt = 1

	repeat
		success, playerData = pcall(function()
			return database:GetAsync(player.UserId)
		end)

		attempt += 1
		if not success then
			warn(playerData)
			task.wait(3)
		end
	until success or attempt == 5

	if success then
		print("Connected to database")
		if not playerData then
			print("Assigning default data")
			playerData = {
				["FOV"] = 70,
			}
		end
		sessionData[player.UserId] = playerData
	else
		warn("Unable to get data for", player.Name)
		player:Kick("Unable to load your data, try again later.")
	end

	FOV.Value = sessionData[player.UserId].FOV
	FOV.Changed:Connect(function()
		sessionData[player.UserId].FOV = FOV.Value
	end)


	PlayerData.Parent = player
end

players.PlayerAdded:Connect(playerAdded)

function PlayerLeaving(player)
	if sessionData[player.UserId] then
		local success = nil
		local errorMsg = nil
		local attempt = 1

		repeat
			success, errorMsg = pcall(function()
				database:SetAsync(player.UserId, sessionData[player.UserId])
			end)

			attempt += 1
			if not success then
				warn(errorMsg)
				task.wait(3)
			end
		until success or attempt == 5

		if success then 
			print("Data saved for", player.Name)
		else
			warn("Unable to save for", player.Name)
		end

	end
end
players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(PlayerLeaving)

function ServerShutdown()
	if RunService:IsStudio() then
		return
	end

	for i, player in ipairs(players:GetPlayers()) do
		task.spawn(function()
			PlayerLeaving(player)
			print("Shutting down, data saving")
		end)
	end
end
game:BindToClose(ServerShutdown)
#2

Add more field to this table to be saved. For eg: if you wanna save a Coins value. You would just do.

playerData = {
	FOV = 70,
    Coins = 100
}

Also, the reason why it wouldn’t save is because when you update the template, all existing data up until that point won’t reflect the change. To combat this, we have a feature called Reconciling which just adds in the missing fields.

#3

I don’t know what reconciling is and have never heard of it

#4

what about the part of

	FOV.Value = sessionData[player.UserId].FOV
	FOV.Changed:Connect(function()
		sessionData[player.UserId].FOV= FOV.Value
	end)
#5

Basically just copies the missing values of template to the target table.

local function ReconcileTable(target, template)
	for k, v in pairs(template) do
		if type(k) == "string" then -- Only string keys will be reconciled
			if target[k] == nil then
				if type(v) == "table" then
					target[k] = DeepCopyTable(v)
				else
					target[k] = v
				end
			elseif type(target[k]) == "table" and type(v) == "table" then
				ReconcileTable(target[k], v)
			end
		end
	end
end
#6

That just sets the value of FOV whenever it changes to the corresponding value in the data table. This is done because you can’t store Instances in datastores.

#7

The instance I wanna add is a boolean value, what would i change about that

#8

You know, you really shouldn’t just copy paste code from tutorials before even learning how it works.

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