How to save a bunch of values in a folder?

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#1

You can write your topic however you want, but you need to answer these questions:

  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!

I need to make a saving system for a bunch of clothing (30+), I have a system that makes bool values with the clothing names (Owned or Not Owned) I just need to figure out how to save the values that corresponds to the clothing name. I don’t want to do a datastore per item, I’d like a table and then save said table and when the player joins a function takes the already created values, matches them, and assigns the correct value from the table

  1. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    I have the slightest idea how to load and save values in a table or anything like that

  2. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?

I look but none of them make sense or are related to my issue

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this image is the code used to create the value and the stuff at the bottom is my guess on how it would filter, How do i save the Bool Value name and the value itself?

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#2

Datastores don’t need to be values, they can be tables too. For example:

assert(pcall(function()
  DataStore:SetAsync(playeruseridhere, {Item = "Value", Item2 = "Value"})
end))
#3

Snazzy, but I don’t want to enter

for every item. How would I save the true or false values and the name to load it with?

#4

Is this what you mean?

{
  Name = false,
  OtherName = true
}
#5

I need to save the name and it’s value

Then when loading I find the name inside the already created folder, ensure it’s there, Change it’s values to what it was saved as

So if

that is what this means then yes

#6

Yes that’s what it means.

{
  Name = Owned,
  Name2 = Owned2
}
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#7

Thank you, How would I collect the data? It would be best if I could put it in a loop. How would I save it? and lastly, How would I load it?

#8

I recommend using a DataStore module for this. They save the data of the player when they leave without the queue warnings.

Try it and learn it. This is what I use.

#9

Well, as @Find4U2Go recommended, saving them in tables is the best. For instance

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	--this is just a small bit for the loading of data
	local data = ds:GetAsync(plr.UserId)
	
	for i,v in pairs(data) do
		local item = OwnedClothing:FindFirstChild(i)
		
		if item then
			item.Value = v
		end
	end
end)

function save(plr)
	local data = {}
	
	for i,v in pairs(plr.OwnedClothing:GetChildren()) do
		data[v.Name] = v.Value
	end
	
	ds:SetAsync(plr.UserId, data)
end

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(save)

game:BindToClose(function()
	for i,plr in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
		save(plr)
	end
end)

Now, I only provided the saving parts, but I think you can figure the rest out.

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#10

Thank you very much! @Kaid3n22 and @Find4U2Go

#11

I know this is old but I have the same problem, when I tried this is got the following error:
invalid argument #1 to 'pairs' (table expected, got Instance)

#12

The 1st thing you gave to “Pairs” as an input is a Instance.

Try adding :GetChildren() to it

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