I need help with DataStores!

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#1

I’m trying to teach myself DataStores from AlvinBlox’s recent Obby Video. But instead of team saving, I’m trying to save IntValues. Please Help!

local DataService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local DataStore = DataService:GetDataStore("Doesnotd Matterright now")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	
	local RetrieveData
	
	local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
		RetrieveData = DataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."Days")
		RetrieveData = DataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."Hours")
		RetrieveData = DataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."Mins")
		RetrieveData = DataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."Sec")
	end)
	if success then
		if RetrieveData then
			player:WaitForChild("leaderstats"):WaitForChild("Days").Value = RetrieveData
			player:WaitForChild("Hours").Value = RetrieveData
			player:WaitForChild("Mins").Value = RetrieveData
			player:WaitForChild("Sec").Value = RetrieveData
		else
			
		end
	end
	--player.Days = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats")
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	local days = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats"):WaitForChild("Days").Value
	local hours = player:WaitForChild("Hours").Value
	local mins = player:WaitForChild("Mins")
	local sec = player:WaitForChild("Sec").Value
	
	local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
		DataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."Days",days)
		DataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."Hours",hours)
		DataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."Mins",mins)
		DataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."Sec",sec)
	end)
	if success then
		print("All Saved")
	else
		print(errorMessage)
	end
end)
#2

you’ll have to use it like this, (don’t copy/paste, its just a snippet example)
also you cannot update the same datastore 4 times ina row super fast, it’ll just throttle your request.

--the table you want to save
local someTable = {
        ["Days"] = 0,
        ["Hours"] = 0,
        ["Mins"] = 0,
        ["Sec"] = 0
}

--saving
local success= pcall(function()
    DataStore:SetAsync(tostring(player.UserId), someTable)
end)


--loading
local success, retrievedTable  =pcall(function()
    return DataStore:GetAsync(tostring(player.UserId))
end)

--print values
print[retrievedTable["Days"])
print[retrievedTable["Hours"])
print[retrievedTable["Mins"])
print[retrievedTable["Sec"])
#3

What is RetrievedTable for ???

#4

retrievedtable, is just a temporary table that will store all the values that you grabbed from the players datastore. (remember we saved a table to their datastore, so you’ll have to retrieve it as table too)

#5

so Datastores cant store Number Values?

#6

yes they can store NumberValue.Value but they cannot store NumberValue instances as a whole.

#7

Ohh the IntValue’s Value (I hate the Minimum Text requirement on Dev form)

#8

yes, datastores can only hold String, Number, and Boolean values (and tables that contain these values), BUT they cannot store any ‘instance’
(instances are like Models, Parts, Value Instances, Folders, etc)

#9

You should be storing a dictionary, not 4 keys. Storing 4 keys is not a god idea, and will most probably lead to throttling, You should be storing the key as tostring(plr.UserId) and a dictionary

{days = 0, hours = 0, mins = 0, seconds = 0}

That way, all you would have to do is retrieve is one key, and save only one key.

local retrievedData
local success, err = pcall(function()
	retrievedData = datastore:GetAsync(tostring(plr.UserId))
end)
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