I hate datastores

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Hello! i am trying to make a system where you can buy/equip skins based on if you have them unlocked, however, for some reason, the “Skins” datastore DOES NOT EXIST. i’ve tried looking at it with a datastore editor, its not there. Ingame it doesnt save anything. I’ve tried prints, i’ve tried manually adding the datastore, nothing. Please help!!

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local Datastore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("Skins")
print(Datastore)

function YEAHCOMEGETSOME(player)
	local Folder = Instance.new("Folder", player)
	Folder.Name = "Skins"
	print(Datastore:GetAsync(player))
	if Datastore:GetAsync(player) then
		for i,v in pairs(Datastore:GetAsync(player)) do
			print(v)
			local WORKDAMNYOU = game.ReplicatedStorage.Skins:FindFirstChild(v)
			WORKDAMNYOU.Parent = Folder
			print(WORKDAMNYOU)
		end
	end
	if Datastore:GetAsync(player) then
		print("Player has skins!!!")
	else
		local StartingCharacterValue = Instance.new("StringValue")
		StartingCharacterValue.Name = "Default"
		StartingCharacterValue.Parent = Folder
	end

end

function YEAHCOMELOSESOME(player)
	local SaveThese = {}
	for i,v in pairs(player.Skins:GetChildren()) do
		print(v)
		table.insert(SaveThese, {v.Name})
	end
	print(SaveThese)
	Datastore:SetAsync(player, SaveThese)

end


game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(YEAHCOMEGETSOME)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(YEAHCOMELOSESOME)
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where is the script located? scripts wont run under some services

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The script is in ServerScriptService

4

i just realized youre using the player instance as the key, the key should be a string (use the userid)

5

Doesnt work. my issue is that the Skins datastore itself doesnt even begin existing

6

i just tested your script in studio, it works fine for me, datastore exists, data is loading and saving

is the script parented under anything? was the runcontext changed?

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the issue was just that it didnt exist

if not Datastore:GetAsync(tostring(player.UserId)) then
		Datastore:SetAsync(tostring(player.UserId), defaultData)
	end

with defaultData being

local defaultData = {
	["Default"] = true
}
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i would do player.UserId as the key for the datastore