How to save progress?

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#1

I am creating an obby game and what should we do if a person leaves the game half completed and when he comes back he need to start the game from the beginning. How exactly do we remove that and make it so that when he joins ,he joins from the same exact checkpoint that he left from?

(btw this is my game obby - Roblox so far its not completed you can test it if you want)

#2

Use DataStoreService it allows you to save and retrieve data from a database. You can find more about it here.

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#3

Hi Emperor!

You can use DataStoreService to store player data, and where he was left.

Server Script:

--ServerScriptService

    local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")

local StageData = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("PlayerStage")
local StageSpawns = workspace.Obby.StageSpawns -- Your path to the spawns here

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player: Player)
    local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder", player)
    leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
    
    local stage = Instance.new("NumberValue", leaderstats)
    stage.Value = 0
    stage.Name = "Stage"
    
    -- Get the stage value and pivot the player there
    repeat wait() until player.Character
    
    local success, result = pcall(function()
    return StageData:GetAsync(player.UserId)
    
    end)
    
    if success and result ~= nil then
    stage.Value = result
    
    local stageSpawn = stageSpawns:FindFirstChild(tostring(stage.Value)
    
    if stageSpawn == nil then return end

player.Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Position = stageSpawn.Position

    end

end)

Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player: Player)

pcall(function()
return StageData:SetAsync(player.UserId, stage)

end)

end)
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#4

Thank you Guys your information was helpful :blush:

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#5

Could you mark one post as the solution so the topic can close? :slight_smile:

#6

Wouldn’t it close anyway, or does it stay open forever?