Need Help How Do i Save ALL the Values in a Folder Thats in The Player

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#1

I Cloning A Folder In ReplicatedStorage and it goes in The Player and i need to save the values in side the Folder With DataStore Can Anyone Help Me
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#2

this two might help
DataStoreService

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#3

The Docs are incredibly helpful, I’ll recommend you check them out:

Some good practices to follow when using DataStores:

  • Make sure you name the key you’re saving onto your DataStore with the Player’s ID, so you can easily search the key from the DataStore.
  • Use pcalls (aka protected calls) when saving or getting data from a Datastore! This is because you’re reaching out to Roblox’s servers for information, which means there is a possibility that the request fails and it makes your script error out. I’d recommend you reading this if you need help!
  • To help the game remember whether it should save data or not (in the event the Datastore fails to return data even after trying multiple times with pcall), create an extra value parented under the Player to indicate whether data should be saved.
  • As much as possible, try grouping data that are related to each other in a table and saving the table in a single Datastore instead of creating multiple Datastores to save multiple pieces of data. This helps keep things more organised!

If you still aren’t sure how to implement datastores into your use case, I’ll try to give a quick rundown on one way you could:

Player joins the game

Player joins the game, server gets the specific datastore in DataStoreService used to store the values (see :GetDataStore()) and checks the Datastore to see if there are any keys with the specified name provided (usually just the Player’s User ID, see :GetAsync(); remember to wrap :GetAsync() in a pcall!).

  1. If the pcall is successful and the Datastore returns something (other than nil), it means data has already been saved! You can clone your Folder in ReplicatedStorage, and use a for loop to change the Values of each object in your folder to match the data provided in the DataStore.
  2. If the pcall is successful and the Datastore returns nil, it means it’s the Player’s first time getting their data saved. Simply create a table with a list of deafult values you want the Player to have, and use a for loop to change the Values of each object in your folder to match the default table.
  3. If the pcall is unsuccessful even after retrying to get the Player’s data from the DataStore (meaning that Roblox servers are most likely down), indicate through the value parented under the Player and kick the Player to save their data.
Player leaves the game

When the Player leaves the game (or when the server shuts down; see :BindToClose() on how to run code when the game detects that the server is shutting down), the game could use a for loop to list all the values in the Folder into a table. The game then should save the table using :SetAsync() wrapped in a pcall function.

  • If the Player has a value indicating that the game should not save the Player’s data, skip this step and return instead.

…and that’s about it!

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#4

thanks you so much :smiley:
ill see what i can do.