So I wanted to make a global leaderboard but ordered datastore doesn’t work for me properly. Some people reported to me that they should be on a leaderboard but they aren’t.
I used this script to print out 10 users with the most points
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local PointsODS = DataStoreService:GetOrderedDataStore("playerData")
local function printTopTenPlayers()
local isAscending = false
local pageSize = 10
local pages = PointsODS:GetSortedAsync(isAscending, pageSize)
local topTen = pages:GetCurrentPage()
-- The data in 'topTen' is stored with the index being the index on the page
-- For each item, 'data.key' is the key in the OrderedDataStore and 'data.value' is the value
for rank, data in ipairs(topTen) do
local name = game.Players:GetNameFromUserIdAsync(data.key)
local points = data.value
print(name .. " is ranked #" .. rank .. " with " .. data.value .. "points")
end
-- Potentially load the next page...
--pages:AdvanceToNextPageAsync()
end
-- Display the top ten players
printTopTenPlayers()
Results the script prints
How many points I have (I should be on the first place)
local function saveData(player)
if sessionData[player.UserId] then
local tries = 0
local success
repeat
tries = tries + 1
success = pcall(function()
playerData:SetAsync(player.UserId, sessionData[player.UserId])
end)
if not success then wait(1) end
until tries == 3 or success
if success then
--print("Data saved for", player)
else
warn("Failed to save data for", player)
return
end
else
print("No session data for", player)
end
end
local function autoSave()
while wait(60) do
for index, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
saveData(player)
end
end
end
There are lots of tutorials out there on youtube on how to make an ordered datastore. You should check those out first. I personally recommend Gamerm8’s.
There is also a devforum on how to make one of these:
hmm… do you refresh it every few seconds or so? Are there any stats to update at all?? Also, is the leaderboard in a surface gui / part or in a regular gui?
local sg = script.Parent --Surface GUI
local sample = script:WaitForChild("Sample") --Our Sample frame
local sf = sg:WaitForChild("ScrollingFrame") --The scrolling frame
local ui = sf:WaitForChild("UI") --The UI list layout
local dataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local dataStore = dataStoreService:GetOrderedDataStore("playerData")
wait(10)
while true do
for i,plr in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do--Loop through players
if plr.UserId>0 then--Prevent errors
local ps = game:GetService("PointsService")--PointsService
local w = ps:GetGamePointBalance(plr.UserId)--Get point balance
if w then
pcall(function()
--Wrap in a pcall so if Roblox is down, it won't error and break.
dataStore:SetAsync(plr.UserId,function(oldVal)
--Set new value
return tonumber(w)
end)
end)
end
end
end
local smallestFirst = false
local numberToShow = 10
local minValue = 0
local maxValue = 10^30
local pages = dataStore:GetSortedAsync(smallestFirst, numberToShow, minValue, maxValue)
--Get data
local top = pages:GetCurrentPage()--Get the first page
local data = {}--Store new data
for a,b in ipairs(top) do--Loop through data
local userid = b.key--User id
local points = b.value--Points
local username = "[Failed To Load]"--If it fails, we let them know
local s,e = pcall(function()
username = game.Players:GetNameFromUserIdAsync(userid)--Get username
end)
if not s then--Something went wrong
warn("Error getting name for "..userid..". Error: "..e)
end
local image = game.Players:GetUserThumbnailAsync(userid, Enum.ThumbnailType.HeadShot, Enum.ThumbnailSize.Size150x150)
--Make a image of them
table.insert(data,{username,points,image})--Put new data in new table
end
ui.Parent = script
sf:ClearAllChildren()--Remove old frames
ui.Parent = sf
for number,d in pairs(data) do--Loop through our new data
local name = d[1]
local val = d[2]
local image = d[3]
local color = Color3.new(1,1,1)--Default color
if number == 1 then
color = Color3.new(1,1,0)--1st place color
elseif number == 2 then
color = Color3.new(0.9,0.9,0.9)--2nd place color
elseif number == 3 then
color = Color3.fromRGB(166, 112, 0)--3rd place color
end
local new = sample:Clone()--Make a clone of the sample frame
new.Name = name--Set name for better recognition and debugging
new.LayoutOrder = number--UIListLayout uses this to sort in the correct order
new.Image.Image = image--Set the image
new.Image.Place.Text = number--Set the place
new.Image.Place.TextColor3 = color--Set the place color (Gold = 1st)
new.PName.Text = name--Set the username
new.Value.Text = val--Set the amount of points
new.Value.TextColor3 = color--Set the place color (Gold = 1st)
new.PName.TextColor3 = color--Set the place color (Gold = 1st)
new.Parent = sf--Parent to scrolling frame
end
wait()
sf.CanvasSize = UDim2.new(0,0,0,ui.AbsoluteContentSize.Y)
wait(60)
end
