Ordered Data Stores instead of Normal ones

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#1

So, as the title says. Is it possible to use Ordered Data Stores instead of Normal ones for saving data? Just wondering.

#2

Yes, but why would you do that? Ordered Data Stores are mainly used for listed things like leaderboards etc

#3

Because when I’m using a normal DataStore to save ingame points using the Roblox leaderstats system.

Code that saves the ingame points:

local DataStoreService = game:GetService('DataStoreService')

local KnobData = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("KnobDatas")
local DeathData = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("DeathDatas")

local Players = game.Players

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local leaderstats = Instance.new('Folder', player)
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	
	local knobsvalue = Instance.new('NumberValue', leaderstats)
	knobsvalue.Value = 0
	knobsvalue.Name = "knobs"
	
	local deaths = Instance.new('NumberValue', leaderstats)
	deaths.Value = 0
	deaths.Name = "deaths"

	local data1
	local data2
	
	local yes, nomsg = pcall(function()
		data1 = KnobData:GetAsync(player.Name)
		data2 = DeathData:GetAsync(player.Name)
	end)
	
	if not yes then
		error(nomsg)
	end
	
	knobsvalue.Value = data1
	deaths.Value = data2
	
	print(data2)
	print(data1)
end)

Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	KnobData:SetAsync(player.Name, player.leaderstats.knobs.Value)
	DeathData:SetAsync(player.Name, player.leaderstats.deaths.Value)
end)

And I have a code that displays the things on a Ordered Datastore leaderboard.
But, it won’t display the players data. I have to do something like this myself:

OrderedDataStoreThing:SetAsync("Key Name", 500)

And the key name can be anything. Which makes my leaderboard code useless and not working as intended.
Here’s the code for the leaderboard just incase:

local DatastoreService = game:GetService('DataStoreService')

local OrderedData1 = DatastoreService:GetOrderedDataStore("KnobDatas")
local OrderedData2 = DatastoreService:GetOrderedDataStore("DeathDatas")

local isAscending = false
local pagesize = 20

local SpecialColors = {
	[1] = Color3.fromRGB(0, 170, 255);
	[2] = Color3.fromRGB(255, 125, 39);
	[3] = Color3.fromRGB(255, 163, 135)
}

local pagething = OrderedData1:GetSortedAsync(isAscending, pagesize)

local SetAsync = OrderedData1.SetAsync
local Book = pagething:GetCurrentPage()

local PageThing2 = OrderedData2:GetSortedAsync(isAscending, pagesize)
local Book2 = PageThing2:GetCurrentPage()

-- Ranking (Knobs)
for rank, val in ipairs(Book) do
	
	local PlayerRank = script.Parent.SurfaceGui.KnobsMomento.Frame:Clone()
	
	for i = 1,#SpecialColors do
		
		if rank == i then
			
			PlayerRank.BackgroundColor3 = SpecialColors[i]
			
		end
	end
	
	PlayerRank.NameThing.Text = val.key
	PlayerRank.ValueAmount.Text = val.value
	PlayerRank.NumberBro.Text = "#"..rank
	PlayerRank.Visible = true
	PlayerRank.Name = val.key.."_"..rank
			
	PlayerRank.Parent = script.Parent.SurfaceGui.KnobsMomento
end

-- Ranking (Deaths)

for rank, val in ipairs(Book2) do

	local PlayerRank = script.Parent.SurfaceGui.DeathsMomento.Frame:Clone()

	for i = 1,#SpecialColors do

		if rank == i then

			PlayerRank.BackgroundColor3 = SpecialColors[i]

		end
	end

	PlayerRank.NameThing.Text = val.key
	PlayerRank.ValueAmount.Text = val.value
	PlayerRank.NumberBro.Text = "#"..rank
	PlayerRank.Visible = true
	PlayerRank.Name = val.key.."_"..rank

	PlayerRank.Parent = script.Parent.SurfaceGui.DeathsMomento
end

Sorry if this is too confusing.

#4

This is unrelated to your problem, but you shouldn’t be using the Player’s name as the DataStore key; If the player changes their username, they will lose all of their data (You should be using their UserId instead).

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#5

Hmm, didn’t think of that. Thanks for telling me

#6

Nevermind, I just wasn’t refreshing the leaderboard. That’s why it wasnt showing up

#7

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