Hello and thank you for reading.
I have about 6 datastores that I am currently using and I might want to expand that in the future.
I also have 6 billboard style leaderboards to display these values and the top players of each in the lobby.
The problem is that when I added a 6th leaderboard for rebirths, I started getting a warning about datastores reaching the maximum limit. I have been reading through the code on both, watched some videos and read a few posts on here, but I can’t seem to figure out how to restrict datastore requests by:
Combining all values into a datastore table or dictionary
or
Combining the 6 scripts for the leaderboards into one for 1/6th the requests.
or
Make the leaderboards update less frequently
I have a very limited understanding of programming datastores so please try to dumb it down if you can see what I am missing here.
Here is an example of that code that I wrote following an Alvinblox tutorial to get and set and save the datastores (I also have it save somewhere on level up):
local replicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local currencyName = "Points"
local DataStore1 = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("PointsDataStore")
local deathsName = "Deaths"
local DataStore2 = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("DeathsDataStore")
--etc. etc. the names have been changed, idk if it is a security thing or not
local ID1 = currencyName.."-"..player.UserId
local ID2 = deathsName.."-"..player.UserId
local saveData1 = nil
local saveData2 = nil
pcall(function()
savedData1 = DataStore1:GetAsync(ID1)
savedData2 = DataStore2:GetAsync(ID2)
end)
if savedData1 ~= nil and data ~= nil then
points.Value = savedData1
deaths.Value = savedData2
print("Data loaded")
else
-- New Player
currency.Value = 0
deaths.Value = 0
print("New player to the game")
end
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
local ID1 = currencyName.."-"..player.UserId
DataStore1:SetAsync(ID1,player.leaderstats[currencyName].Value)
local ID2 = deathsName.."-"..player.UserId
DataStore2:SetAsync(ID2,player.leaderstats[deathsName].Value)
end)
game:BindToClose(function()
--when game is ready to shutdown
for i, player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if player then
player:Kick("This game is shutting down")
end
end
wait(5)
end)
and here is an example of one of the leaderboards which is a free asset that I edited:
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")
--The data store service
local DataStore2 = dataStoreService:GetOrderedDataStore("Deaths")
--Get the data store with key "Leaderboard"
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 w = plr.leaderstats.Deaths.Value --Get point balance
if w then
pcall(function()
--Wrap in a pcall so if Roblox is down, it won't error and break.
DataStore2:UpdateAsync(plr.UserId,function(oldVal)
--Set new value
return tonumber(w)
end)
end)
end
end
wait(1)
end
local smallestFirst = false--false = 2 before 1, true = 1 before 2
local numberToShow = 10--Any number between 1-100, how many will be shown
local minValue = 1--Any numbers lower than this will be excluded
local maxValue = 10e30--(10^30), any numbers higher than this will be excluded
local pages = DataStore2: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 = number--Set name to the number, so UI list layout organizes it
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)
--Give enough room for the frames to sit in
wait(120)
end
Thank you again in advance for your help.
I am afraid that I will break everything if I just jump in there and mess with things like how I figure out everything else.
