Plot saving system adds unwanted rotation on load?

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#1

Hello! I am working on a sandbox tycoon plot saving system and have encountered one issue with it. The system works flawlessly except for the fact it adds on the plots rotation to the models each time you load the data back in. For example, say the plots rotation is 180 degrees on the y axis, you place down an object and then leave the game. When you load in, it will be placed and rotated properly, except the fact it added 180 degrees of rotation to the model because of the plot. Here’s an image to explain further:

Proper Rotation (before saving and loading)
properRotation

Improper Rotation (after saving and loading)
improperRotatioon

Here’s my code for saving and loading:

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local runService = game:GetService("RunService")
local replicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local dataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local dataStore = dataStoreService:GetDataStore("data")

local plotManager = require(game.ServerScriptService.ServerModules.PlotManager)
local plotInfo = plotManager.new(workspace.Plots)

local items = replicatedStorage.items

local dataLoaded = false

local function waitForRequestBudget(requestType : Enum.DataStoreRequestType)
	local currentBudget = dataStoreService:GetRequestBudgetForRequestType(requestType)

	while currentBudget < 1 do
		currentBudget = dataStoreService:GetRequestBudgetForRequestType(requestType)

		task.wait(5)
	end
end

local function serialize(plr : Player, pause : boolean)
	if dataLoaded then
		local plot = plotInfo:getPlotFromPlayer(plr)
		
		if plot then
			local key = tostring(plr.UserId)
			local data = {}

			for i, item in ipairs(plot.itemHolder:GetChildren()) do
				table.insert(data, {
					item.Name, 
					-- Position is relative to the plot, rotation broke even more when I tried with rotation as well
					(plot.Plot.CFrame:ToObjectSpace(item.PrimaryPart.CFrame)).X,
					(plot.Plot.CFrame:ToObjectSpace(item.PrimaryPart.CFrame)).Y,
					(plot.Plot.CFrame:ToObjectSpace(item.PrimaryPart.CFrame)).Z,
					item.PrimaryPart.Orientation.Y
				})
			end			
			
			local success, ret

			repeat
				if not pause then
					waitForRequestBudget(Enum.DataStoreRequestType.UpdateAsync)
				end

				success, ret = pcall(function()
					dataStore:UpdateAsync(key, function()
						return data
					end)
				end)
			until success
		end
	end
end

local function deserialize(plr : Player)
	local plot = plotInfo:setPlot(plr)
	local key = tostring(plr.UserId)
	local data
	
	local success, ret
	
	repeat
		waitForRequestBudget(Enum.DataStoreRequestType.GetAsync)
		
		success, ret = pcall(function()
			data = dataStore:GetAsync(key)
		end)
	until success or not players:FindFirstChild(plr.Name)
	
	if not success then
		warn("Failed to read data: " .. tostring(ret))

		return
	end
	
	if data then
		for i, v in ipairs(data) do
			local newItem : Model = items:FindFirstChild(v[1]):Clone()
			
			if newItem then
                -- Converts position to world space
				local pos = plot.Plot.CFrame*CFrame.new(v[2], v[3], v[4])
				local angle = CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(v[5]), 0)
				newItem:PivotTo(pos*angle)
				newItem.Parent = plot.itemHolder
			end
		end
		
		dataLoaded = true
	else
		dataLoaded = true
		
		serialize(plr, false)
	end
end

local function unloadTycoon(plr : Player)
	serialize(plr, false)
	
	local plot = plotInfo:getPlotFromPlayer(plr)
	
	for i, v in ipairs(plot.itemHolder:GetChildren()) do
		v:Destroy()
	end
	
	plotInfo:removePlot(plr)
end

players.PlayerAdded:Connect(deserialize)
players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(unloadTycoon)

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

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#2

Instead of using CFrame.Angles use

CFrame.fromOrientation(0, math.rad(v[5]), 0)
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#3

Unfortunately, that yielded the same result.

#4

When saving, try making the orientation relative to the plot as well:

for i, item in ipairs(plot.itemHolder:GetChildren()) do
    local cframe = item.PrimaryPart.CFrame
    local cframeRelativeToPlot = plot.Plot.CFrame:ToObjectSpace(cframe)
    local _, rotY = cframeRelativeToPlot:ToOrientation()
    table.insert(data, {
        item.Name,
        cframeRelativeToPlot.X,
        cframeRelativeToPlot.Y,
        cframeRelativeToPlot.Z,
        math.round(math.deg(rotY))
    })
end

Then to load,

for i, objectData in ipairs(data) do
    local newItem = items:FindFirstChild(v[1]):Clone()
    local goalCFrameRelativeToPlot = CFrame.new(objectData[2], objectData[3], objectData[4]) * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(v[5]), 0)
    newItem:PivotTo(plot.Plot.CFrame:ToWorldSpace(goalCFrameRelativeToPlot))
end
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#5

Thank you. I tried to attempt this myself, but overcomplicated things and messed something up. Your method worked though!

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