I was following this tutorial: How to make a simple global leaderboard when i realized that this probably wouldn’t work because i am using DataStore2 (and it didn’t), so i went googling around to see if i could find any tutorial or people teaching it and i found the following posts related to it:
I got that OrderedDataStore doesn’t work with DataStore2 but even looking around and getting examples of what should i do, i don’t understand what must be done in order for it to work, can someone help me or give a better explanation (i am quite new to scripting and DataStore2)
My Current Script(Global Leaderboard Part/GUI):
local DataStore2 = require(game:GetService("ServerScriptService").DataStore2)
local sg = script.Parent
local sample = script:WaitForChild("Sample") --Our Sample frame
local sf = sg:WaitForChild("ScrollingFrame") --The scrolling frame
local ui = sf:WaitForChild("UI") --The UI list layout
local dataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
--The data store service
local dataStore = dataStoreService:GetOrderedDataStore("Leaderboard")
--Get the data store with key "Leaderboard"
wait(10)
while true do
for i,plr in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do--Loop through players
if plr.UserId>0 then--Prevent errors
local ps = game:GetService("PointsService")--PointsService
local w = ps:GetGamePointBalance(plr.UserId)--Get point balance
if w then
pcall(function()
--Wrap in a pcall so if Roblox is down, it won't error and break.
dataStore:UpdateAsync(plr.UserId,function(oldVal)
--Set new value
return tonumber(w)
end)
end)
end
end
end
local smallestFirst = false--false = 2 before 1, true = 1 before 2
local numberToShow = 100--Any number between 1-100, how many will be shown
local minValue = 1--Any numbers lower than this will be excluded
local maxValue = 10e30--(10^30), any numbers higher than this will be excluded
local pages = dataStore:GetSortedAsync(smallestFirst, numberToShow, minValue, maxValue)
--Get data
local top = pages:GetCurrentPage()--Get the first page
local data = {}--Store new data
for a,b in ipairs(top) do--Loop through data
local userid = b.key--User id
local points = b.value--Points
local username = "[Failed To Load]"--If it fails, we let them know
local s,e = pcall(function()
username = game.Players:GetNameFromUserIdAsync(userid)--Get username
end)
if not s then--Something went wrong
warn("Error getting name for "..userid..". Error: "..e)
end
local image = game.Players:GetUserThumbnailAsync(userid, Enum.ThumbnailType.HeadShot, Enum.ThumbnailSize.Size150x150)
--Make a image of them
table.insert(data,{username,points,image})--Put new data in new table
end
ui.Parent = script
sf:ClearAllChildren()--Remove old frames
ui.Parent = sf
for number,d in pairs(data) do--Loop through our new data
local name = d[1]
local val = d[2]
local image = d[3]
local color = Color3.new(1,1,1)--Default color
if number == 1 then
color = Color3.new(1,1,0)--1st place color
elseif number == 2 then
color = Color3.new(0.9,0.9,0.9)--2nd place color
elseif number == 3 then
color = Color3.fromRGB(166, 112, 0)--3rd place color
end
local new = sample:Clone()--Make a clone of the sample frame
new.Name = name--Set name for better recognition and debugging
new.LayoutOrder = number--UIListLayout uses this to sort in the correct order
new.Image.Image = image--Set the image
new.Image.Place.Text = number--Set the place
new.Image.Place.TextColor3 = color--Set the place color (Gold = 1st)
new.PName.Text = name--Set the username
new.Value.Text = val--Set the amount of points
new.Value.TextColor3 = color--Set the place color (Gold = 1st)
new.PName.TextColor3 = color--Set the place color (Gold = 1st)
new.Parent = sf--Parent to scrolling frame
end
wait()
sf.CanvasSize = UDim2.new(0,0,0,ui.AbsoluteContentSize.Y)
--Give enough room for the frames to sit in
wait(120)
end