Reserve Server "Names"

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I’m making a game consisting of different servers.
I want to utilise ReserveServer/Teleport

Is it even possible to set a “name” for a ReservedServer and teleport someone to a specific one? If not, can somebody suggest an alternative? Cheers.

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Nope, server dont have names.
They have id.

and if you actually want the server names then you can use DataStores, then generate a random server name or get the player to choose it.
Then update the name to the server.

I’ll give you an example:

local dataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local data = dataStoreService:GetDataStore("Servers")

local serverInfo = {
    Name = "Test #1",
    Code = "" -- The code you get from TeleportService:ReserveServer
    ActivePlayers = #game.Players:GetPlayers()
}

local currentServers = data:GetAsync("list") -- gets all the servers table
if currentServers then -- if theres data then
  table.insert(currentServers, serverInfo) -- It will insert this server in the server table
  -- Using :UpdateAsync in this one bc its good for tables (it will update if data exists)
  data:UpdateAsync('list',function(oldData) -- It returns old value too! 
         return currentServers -- Returning the current server table so value can update.
  end)
else -- If theres no data then
  currentServers  = {} -- Makes an empty table
  table.insert(currentServers, serverInfo) -- Adds server info to the empty table

 -- Saving the data (using :SetAsync because theres no data)
  data:SetAsync('list', currentServers)
end

When you get the data by using

data:GetAsync('list')

The expected output will be:

{
   [1] = {
        Name = "Test #1",
        Code = ""     
    }
}

The number is the index, theres only one server we’ve added so it will show one.
When you add more servers it will add into the table

{
   [1] = {
        Name = "Test #1",
        Code = ""     
    },
    [2] = {
        Name = "My awesome server!",
        Code = ""     
    },
    [3] = {
        Name = "Another server!",
        Code = ""     
    }
}

Note: Make sure to do the saving part (Active players, server name) from the private server (the server you got from TeleportService:ReserveServer()) and the code part from the main game.

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