Yo, I’m a beginner scripter and I just wanted to ask y’all on here how I could change this script to where it displays a person’s time on the leaderboard even if they’ve died. Right now, it only makes the time show on the leaderboard only if they didn’t die from stage 1-100! Also the game isn’t round based its just my obby with a timer so players can compete! Again, the script only uploads the person’s time on the leaderboard if they don’t die, and I want to change that! I want to make it so that no matter if they die, their time shows up! Let me know if you need any more information like the other scripts I use, the parts’ names, etc!
-- [ SERVICES ] --
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
-- [ LOCALS ] --
local DataVer = "DataTimer" -- Data Store Name
local Store = DataStoreService:GetOrderedDataStore("LeaderBoardData2")
-- [ FUNCTIONS ] --
_G.ForceSet = function(plrName, newTime)
local num = tonumber(newTime)
num = num * 1000
Store:SetAsync(plrName, num)
end
game.ReplicatedStorage.ApplyTime.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, newTime) -- On Event
local num = tonumber(newTime)
local oldData = Store:GetAsync(plr.Name)
if oldData then
oldData = oldData / 1000
else
oldData = 1000
end
---- ANTI CHEAT (needs fixing)
if num < oldData then
if num <= 900.30 then
plr:Kick("No cheating.")
else
num = num * 1000
Store:SetAsync(plr.Name, num)
end
end
end)
Hey diamond how’re you? Also I really don’t understand whats going on either, in the script the youtuber I got the time trial model from wrote “Only saves time when player fully completes course without dying.” Since I’m a beginner dev I don’t know how to fix this so is there a way that I can tweak the script into doing the complete opposite which is letting them get a place on the leaderboard even if they die?
It should run more than once because it runs off a OnServerEvent, so the code will run every time the event is ran.
You might just be running the event once still?
Waddup Pup, do you know how I can fix that? I have 2 remoteevents called “ApplyTime” and “ResetCheckpoint” Do y’all need me to show more scripts dealing with the timer and the leaderboard?
I’m a beginner dev so I’m lost, and I hope I don’t sound rude and/or clueless when I say this. But, what do you mean “when do you use the remote event?”
Need something like this but for time in your case … (both sever scripts)
--last part of datastore set up
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
local success, _ = pcall(function()
DataStore_Coins:SetAsync(player.UserId, player.leaderstats.Coins.Value)
end)
end)
--other script
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local DataStore_Coins = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("DataStore_Coins")
game:BindToClose(function()
if not game:GetService("RunService"):IsStudio() then
local players = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()
for _,v in pairs(players) do
local userId = v.UserId
local success, result = pcall(function()
DataStore_Coins:SetAsync(userId, v.leaderboard.Coins.Value)
end)
if not success then
warn(result)
end
end
end
print("EndOfLine")
end)
-- [ SERVICES ] --
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
-- [ LOCALS ] --
local DataVer = "[DataTimer]" -- Data Store Name
local Store = DataStoreService:GetOrderedDataStore("LeaderBoardData2")
-- [ FUNCTIONS ] --
_G.ForceSet = function(plrName, newTime)
local num = tonumber(newTime)
num = num * 1000
Store:SetAsync(plrName, num)
end
game.ReplicatedStorage.ApplyTime.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, newTime) -- On Event
local num = tonumber(newTime)
local oldData = Store:GetAsync(plr.UserId)
if oldData then
oldData = oldData / 1000
else
oldData = 1000
end
---- ANTI CHEAT (needs fixing)
if num < oldData then
if num <= 900.00 then
plr:Kick("No cheating bucko!")
else
num = num * 1000
Store:SetAsync(plr.UserId, num)
end
end
end)
You really only need to use your datastore twice per player. Once when they load in and once when they log out. It’s nice to also have a catch-all with game:BindToClose(function() for anything that may go wrong. Other than that, you can do all your math/updates with variables … not constantly read/writing to the datastore. If you are updating a leaderboard set that to happen on a timer. Like every 3-5 min you update the leaderboard and datastore if there are any changes. Always looking to minimize your contact with the datastore.
How do I add in a bindtoclose function to the script? Im a beginner so I really don’t know how to make scripts and even when I go to the game “Lua learn” and look for stuff I still can’t find what I’m looking for. Preciate the help though man I’ll see what I can do tomorrow
That is the whole script … Just make a new server script. It will handle just that.
this looks junky btw, change this to …
local rs = game:GetService("RunService")
if not rs:IsStudio() then
This part is set up so it don’t save the datastore on close in the studio … or don’t use this part of it at all. I quit saving my datastores in studio as it kills them sometimes. Just make sure it’s working right first.
In my case this would be the minimalistic script. This is the crash fail safe.
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local DataStore_Coins = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("DataStore_Coins")
game:BindToClose(function()
local players = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()
for _,v in pairs(players) do
local userId = v.UserId
local success, result = pcall(function()
DataStore_Coins:SetAsync(userId, v.leaderboard.Coins.Value)
end)
end
end)
Here is an example of a leaderboard datastore doing all I was talking about … Global-Resetting-Leaderboard This one also resets everything on a set time.
This one is set to every hour.
Also if you want to try out the game its right here! If you do decide to play it, lemme know if your time popped up on the leaderboard even if you died during the obby!
If you’re using scripts from other YouTubers or sources, then make sure they actually know what they are doing, even if they seem legitimate at a first glance.
Also it looks like that this script is doing some kind of time-giving? I really have no idea what you’re up to with this script.
Yeah its the main time trial script connected to my leaderboard updater and the actual timer gui. I can send the other 2 if you feel like lookin at em! And what I’m trying to do make the script put a person’s time on the leaderboard EVEN IF they died in the obby. Because right now the unedited script I put at the start of the thread only saved a player’s time if they didn’t die from stage 1-100. I don’t know if the edited one works now because I haven’t tested it but I’ll see!
