Saving Color3 to DataStore2

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#1

I am trying to save a Color3 to DataStore2, which then will be applied to HumanoidDescription colors, which will be applied to the character.

Everything else(Face, shirts, Hair and etc.) works fine, but i cant make the colors work

Here are the relevant parts of the code

local DataStore2 = require(ServerScriptService.DataStore2)
local defCust = {Gender = "Male", Face = "86487700", Hair = "0", Color = "248, 248, 248", Shirt = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=5583364865", Pants = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=1838299111"}
local defQuest = {Quest1 = 0, Quest2 = 0, Quest3 = 0, Quest4 = 0, Quest5 = 0, Quest6 = 0, Quest7 = 0}


DataStore2.Combine(
"DATA", "xp", "nextxp", "lvl", "souls", "gold",
	"strength", "toughness", "agility", "wisdom",
	"charcustom", "quest"	
)

And

local humDescrip = nil
	
	if charcustTable["Gender"] == "Male" then
		humDescrip = game.ReplicatedStorage.Customization.Gender:WaitForChild("Male"):Clone()
	else if charcustTable["Gender"] == "Female" then
			humDescrip = game.ReplicatedStorage.Customization.Gender:WaitForChild("Female"):Clone()
		end
	end
	humDescrip.Name = "ThisDescrip"
	humDescrip.Face = charcustTable["Face"]
	humDescrip.HairAccessory = charcustTable["Hair"]
	local col = charcustTable["Color"]
	print(col)
	humDescrip.HeadColor = col
	humDescrip.LeftArmColor = col
	humDescrip.LeftLegColor = col
	humDescrip.RightArmColor = col
	humDescrip.RightLegColor = col
	humDescrip.TorsoColor = col
	humDescrip.Parent = custfolder

the problem is local col = charcustTable[“Color”]. It cant turn string into Color3.new or work this way. I have also tried with tonumber(), once again, to no avail

how can i save a color3 to datastore2, or optionally, convert string into color3

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#2

To save colors, your best bet is to save it as a string. When you want to retrieve the data, you need to convert the string back to a Color3 object.
Example:

local function convertColorToString(color)
    return tostring(color):gsub(" ", ""); -- using tostring() on Color3 returns a string with its rgb values, I'm using gsub() to eliminate the spaces in the string.
end

local function convertStringToColor3(str)
    return Color3.new(table.unpack(str:split(","))); -- the values in the string are seperated by a ",", remember?
end
#3

so in your second function i just need to change the parameter str with the string value?

#4

Weird thing happened
i did this

local col = Color3.new(table.unpack(charcustTable["Color"]:split(",")))	
	print(col)
	humDescrip.HeadColor = col
	humDescrip.LeftArmColor = col
	humDescrip.LeftLegColor = col
	humDescrip.RightArmColor = col
	humDescrip.RightLegColor = col
	humDescrip.TorsoColor = col

And this is the result i got. Pay attention to the color values in the hierarchy

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#5

Change this to

Color3.fromRGB
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#6

Thank you both, it worked, the colors were 248, 248, 248

However in the output i got this

0.972549, 0.972549, 0.972549

im just curious why? Can you please explain?

#7

Weird, I tested it out and it worked perfectly fine.

local datastoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService");
local colorStore = datastoreService:GetDataStore("color_1");

local function convertColorToString(color)
	return tostring(color):gsub(" ", ""); -- using tostring() on Color3 returns a string with its rgb values, I'm using gsub() to eliminate the spaces in the string.
end

local function convertStringToColor3(str)
	return Color3.new(table.unpack(str:split(","))); -- the values in the string are seperated by a ",", remember?
end

local rColor = colorStore:GetAsync("color");
if rColor then
	rColor = convertStringToColor3(rColor);
else
	rColor = Color3.new(math.random(), math.random(), math.random());
end

local colorStr = convertColorToString(rColor);
print(colorStr);
colorStore:SetAsync("color", colorStr);

script.Parent.Color = rColor;

Maybe what @anthropomorphic_dev said can be your solution. If it is, then you’ll have to change up the convertColor3ToString() code a little bit too.

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#8 
local col = Color3.fromRGB(table.unpack(charcustTable["Color"]:split(",")))

This has changed the colors to my desired values, it worked on humanoid description too, but when i printed it i got

0.972549, 0.972549, 0.972549

Why?

#9

Color3.new() has R, G and B values between 0, 1. However, Color3.fromRGB() accepts values from 0 to 255.

To convert a Color3 value from the 0-1 scale to 0-255 scale, just multiply the value with 255 and round it down to get rid of the decimals.

To alter the code I provided so that it saves RGB values, change the convertColor3ToString() function to:

local function convertColorToString(color)
	local r = math.floor(color.R * 255);
	local g = math.floor(color.G * 255);
	local b = math.floor(color.B * 255);
	
	return ("%i,%i,%i"):format(r, g, b);
end

and in the convertStringToColor3() code you just have to change .new() to .fromRGB() like so:

local function convertStringToColor3(str)
	return Color3.fromRGB(table.unpack(str:split(",")));
end
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#10

Printing Color3 values gets their value as a percentage from 0-255
So if your color is 248, 248, 248 then when you print the color3 it will show up as
0.972549, 0.972549, 0.972549

#11

Not sure if you’re aware but split’s separator/delimiter argument is automatically a comma.

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#12

I didn’t know that, definitely going down in my brain! :+1:

#13

Thank you all, the important thing is it worked <3

#14

i thick he can Format it to Hex