Save a Value Inside a Part?

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#1

Hi, I am working on a game and I am trying to save a Value that is inside a part, that value is going to be displayed on a SurfaceGui. example:
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For more context, whenever you touch a certain part it adds 1 to the value. And then I have a script inside the SurfaceGui that updates the text to show the value.

local touches = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Touches

local text = script.Parent

touches.Changed:Connect(function()

text.Text = ""..touches.Value

end)

This is what it looks like in explorer (sorry if it’s messy)

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(if you’re wondering, the datastore script in the explorer screenshot is blank)

But anyways, I am not good with DataStores and I don’t know how to code this, so if you know something or want to just point me in the right direction than go ahead and reply, I am going to try everything. Thanks :slight_smile:

#2

Here are a few tutorials to point you in the right direction :slight_smile:

Basic DataStore Tutorial:

An Alternative to DataStores, using DataStore2

I hope this helps, good luck :slight_smile:

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#3

Will try, Thanks (30 characters)

#4

DataStores aren’t necessary for this unless you’re hoping to store the value across servers; simply use a variable here:

local clicks = 0

script.Parent.Touched:connect(function()
    clicks = clicks+1
    script.Parent.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = clicks -- edit this to work with your naming
end)

If you hope to access this variable through multiple scripts, use the _G module:

_G.clicks = 0

Or if you wish to stick to NumberValues, do this:

local clicks = script.Parent.Clicks

script.Parent.Touched:connect(function()
    clicks.Value = clicks.Value+1
    script.Parent.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = clicks
end)

And finally, if for whatever reason you actually need to use DataStores, try this:

local DS = game:GetService("DatastoreService")

local clicksDS = DS:GetAsync("Clicks")
local clicks = script.Parent.Clicks
clicks.Value = clicksDS

script.Parent.Touched:connect(function()
    clicks.Value = clicks.Value + 1
    clicksDS:SetAsync("Clicks", clicks)
end)

clicks.Changed:connect(function(value)
   script.Parent.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = value
end)
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#5

Yea I am trying to save it across servers, also thanks for your reply im trying it now

#6

For some reason there is an error that said [GetAsync is not a valid member of DataStoreService]

#7

You need to first get a datastore, for example:

local DSS = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local DS = DSS:GetDataStore("YourDataStoreName")

Then saving and getting your data:

-- saving the data:
DS:SetAsync(key, data)
-- getting the data:
local data = DS:GetAsync(key)

It’s also highly recommended to wrap your :SetAsync and :GetAsync in a pcall() to prevent errors when DataStores are down:

-- saving data using a pcall
local success, message = pcall(function()
    DS:SetAsync(key, data)
end)
if success then
    print("Data Saved")
else
    warn(message)
end

-- getting data using a pcall
local data
local success, message = pcall(function()
    data = DS:GetAsync(key)
end)
if success then
    if data then
        -- data found
    else
        -- new player to the game
    end
else
    warn(message)
end

This may seem confusing, so I highly recommend watching the tutorials i posted above

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#8

Yeah, I probably should’ve used a reference.