Need some help with DataStores - How would I make a simple Kills count that updates on every round?

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#1

So basically I wanna update the player’s TOTAL kills with the kills they achieve on the current round, so it would be something like totalKills += kills… How would I do something like this with datastores? The main issue I am having is the first time the player joins I’m guessing the total kills won’t be initialised to 0 so I wouldn’t be able to do something like that?

I was thinking about doing something like this, however I am not sure if it would work

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local dss = game:GetService("DataStoreService")

local function initialiseDSS(plr)
	local dataStore = dss:GetDataStore("dataStore")
	if dataStore.getAsync(plr.UserId.."TotalKills") == nil then
    	dataStore.setAsync(plr.UserId.."TotalKills",0)
	end
end

players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    initialiseDSS(player)
end)

So that’s what would happen when a first-time player joins, then when he leaves it would save with the totalKills += kills type thing

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#2

Can’t you just add the player’s kills that round to their total kills? Also, I have made a DataStore script for you:

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local myDataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("dataStore")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player) --Player joins the game
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder") -- create leaderstats folder
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	leaderstats.Parent = Player

	local TotalKills = Instance.new("IntValue") -- create Kills value
	TotalKills.Name = "Total Kills"
	TotalKills.Parent = leaderstats

	local success, errorMsg

	success, errorMsg = pcall(function()
		data = myDataStore:GetAsync(Player.UserId) -- Attempt to load data
	end)
	if success then --if it worked
		if data ~= nil then -- if player has joined before
			TotalKills.Value = data.TKills
		else -- if player is new
			TotalKills.Value = 0
		end
		print("Loaded "..Player.UserId)
	else -- if it didn't work
		print(errorMsg)
		TotalKills.Value = 0
	end
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Player)
	local success, Error
	
	local DataToSave = { -- The data that will be saved
		TKills = Player.leaderstats["Total Kills"].Value;
	}
	
	success, Error = pcall(function()
		myDataStore:SetAsync(Player.UserId, DataToSave) -- Attempt to save data
	end)
	if success then -- if the data was saved
		print("Saved "..Player.UserId)
	else -- if the data wasn't saved
		print(Error)
	end
end)
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#3

Yes, the main problem was when they first join I was unsure how to deal with it being uninitialised, but I see you have covered that in the script!! Thank you so much! :slight_smile:

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