How to use DataStore2 - Data Store caching and data loss prevention

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#1910

okay thank you. Would this be fine to call immediately before I teleport them with TeleportService? Or should I save & lock the player into a teleport after a few seconds of saving?

#1911

Hello! I have a quick question, if I want to save a lot of data, for example an array, should I use Combined DataStore instead of GetTable method?

local Template = GetDataTemplate() -- returns all keys of DataTemplate table who i want to save
	self.DataStore = DataStore2.Combine(DataStoreName,unpack(Template))
	for i,v in ipairs(Template)do
		self.Data[i] = DataStore2(i,Player):Get(DataTemplate[i]) -- Default Value of each key
	end

To be more specific, my question is if this is good practice.

Thanks for reading, I would appreciate an answer!

#1912

How do you insert the latest folder into Roblox Studio?

#1913

it doesnt save :frowning: i only have one key though but i still did datastore2.Combine(“AllData”) because I save it in a dictionary. I also have SaveOnStudio value true in server storage. please help

#1914

Say if I make a tool for a simulator or make a developer product instead of saying: player.leaderstats.Points.Value, would I say: Increment(“points”, player)?

#1915

Idk why this characters script isn’t saving. It saves the characters, but not the points. I get the message saying that it did save, but its not. Help please?

local DataStore2 = require(game:GetService("ServerScriptService").DataStore2)
local CombinedDataStore = DataStore2.Combine("Characters", "CharactersBackup")
local MarketplaceService = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")

local DefaultTable = {
	Characters = {""},
	EquippedCharacter = "",
	Leaderstats = {{Points = 50}}
}

game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	local DataStore = DataStore2("Characters", Player)

	local DataTable = DataStore:GetTable(DefaultTable)

	local Data = Instance.new("Folder")
	Data.Name = "Characters"
	Data.Parent = Player

	for DataType, Value in pairs(DataTable.Characters) do
		local Character = Instance.new("BinaryStringValue")
		Character.Name = Value
		Character.Parent = Data
	end
	
	Player:SetAttribute("EquippedCharacter", DataTable.EquippedCharacter)

	for DataType, Value in pairs(DefaultTable.Characters) do
		if not Data:GetAttribute(DataType) then
			Data:SetAttribute(DataType, Value)
		end
	end
	
	local changing = Instance.new("BoolValue")
	changing.Name = "ChangingChar"
	changing.Parent = Player
	
	local Leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	Leaderstats.Name = "Leaderstats"
	Leaderstats.Parent = Player
	local Points = Instance.new("IntValue")
	Points.Name = "Points"
	Points.Value = DataTable.Leaderstats.Points
	Points.Parent = Leaderstats
	
	
	
	local function SaveData()
		local DataToSave = {
			Characters = {},
			EquippedCharacter = "",
			Leaderstats = {{}}
		}

		for Number, Value in pairs(Data:GetChildren()) do
			DataToSave.Characters[Number] = Value.Name
		end

		DataToSave.EquippedCharacter = Player:GetAttribute("EquippedCharacter")

		DataStore:Set(DataToSave)
	end
	Data.Changed:Connect(SaveData)
	Player:GetAttributeChangedSignal("EquippedCharacter"):Connect(function()
		SaveData()
	end)
	Points.Changed:Connect(SaveData)
	GetCharacter(Player)
end)

Also, the functions in here are functions to load the character.

Does the PlayerRemoving event not fire when disonnected?
#1916

Could you explain some ways to do this without session locking? Including methods outside of roblox, since I couldn’t find much on it.

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#1917

I recently came across a bug which allows players to dupe in my game.
If a player crashes themselves their data wont save. (using the newest version too)

Should I use DataStore2.SaveAll on player removing to prevent this?

#1918

You’re bad on luck, DataStore2 doesn’t handle data duplications primarily because of no session lock features. Any of the methods you mentioned won’t work, and if you really want a proper data management which handles many nasty edge cases, I highly recommend using ProfileService.

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#1919

It would be very tedious to change all my code to introduce profileservice.

#1920

yo do u know how we could see if the player has played in another datastore like before a datawipe

so like
if (player has played in another save) then
– do the thing i want to do
end

#1921

Could there still be entries in the DataStore that are not listed in the OrderedDataStore due to a failure to write to the OrderedDataStore?

#1922

Maybe. Swapping the two RemoveAsync should clear that worry though.

#1923

@Kampfkarren

Hey. I really enjoy using your convenient module.

However, I found this a little hard to understand, as I’m using an updated version of the plugin. I’m using a combined data store, and I need to edit one of its values.

I know what my key is, and I toggled the correct settings. This is what I found:

image

I’ve noted this value down, but I’m not sure where to enter this information.

Could you help? Thanks!

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#1924

Hello, I don’t understand Luay very well, can you tell me how to configure the module so that it automatically sends data to the client.

#1925

Just attach it to a RemoteEvent

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#1926

Question what If I need to send something from a local script but can’t cause you can Require the module from the client it always says “DataStore2 isn’t a valid member of ServerScriptService”

#1927

Quick question:
How would I loop through all of the datastores under a certain player?

#1928

Why it doesn’t make sense, my game is slowing down a lot because of onUpdate
(sorry for such a long period of time)

#1929

My game when player leave it save but when game shutdowned it doesnt save why? I used the latest datastore2 module from github, i tried to use SaveAll loop make more broken like when the server getting slower when leave it wont save the data :frowning: