Saving folders with Data Store

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#1

It’s my first time using DataStoreService, so I just followed the tutorial, but it was only about saving single values. The problem is, there is a lot of “abilities” and it would be really bad looking to put all the values in one leaderstats folder (as I dunno how could I make it other way, I tried to use in pairs loop to create a bool value for every ability if the player has unlocked it or not). I did some “research”, and from what I found out you can’t really save folders with data store, so is there any other solution? If not, is there an easier and cleaner way to save huge amount of values?

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local players = game:GetService("Players")

local dataKey = "ParanormalsDataStoreKey"
local DataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore(dataKey)

local function Save(player)
	local leaderstats = player:FindFirstChild("leaderstats")
	if not leaderstats then return end
	local playerKey = "Data/User_"..player.UserId
	local Data = {}
	for i,v in leaderstats:GetDescendants() do
		if v:IsA("ValueBase") then
			Data[v.Name] = v.Value
		end
	end
	local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
		DataStore:SetAsync(playerKey, Data)
	end)
	if not success then
		warn("Data save failed for "..playerKey)
	end
end

local function GetData(player)
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	leaderstats.Parent = player
	
	local kills = Instance.new("NumberValue")
	kills.Name = "Kills"
	kills.Parent = leaderstats
	kills.Value = 0
	
	local cash = Instance.new("NumberValue")
	cash.Name = "Cash"
	cash.Parent = leaderstats
	cash.Value = 0
	
	local abilities = Instance.new("Folder")
	abilities.Parent = leaderstats
	abilities.Name = "Abilities"
	
	for i,v in game.ServerStorage.Abilities.Prices:GetDescendants() do
		if v.ClassName == "NumberValue" or v.ClassName == "StringValue" then
			local abval = Instance.new("BoolValue")
			abval.Name = v.Name
			abval.Parent = abilities
			abval.Value = false
		end
	end
	
	local playerKey = "Data/User_"..player.UserId
	
	local success,r = pcall(function()
		return DataStore:GetAsync(playerKey)
	end)
	if success then
		if r then
			for name,value in r do
				local ins = leaderstats:FindFirstChild(name)
				if not ins then continue end
				ins.Value = value
			end
		end
	else
		warn("Data download failed for "..playerKey)
	end
end

players.PlayerAdded:Connect(GetData)
players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(Save)

game:BindToClose(function()
	for i,player in players:GetChildren() do
		Save(player)
	end
end)
#2

Have you tried storing them in a dictionary, and then creating a new folder using the name of the key?
For example:

abilitiesDict/
├── Category1/
│   ├── Ability1
│   ├── Ability2
│   └── Ability3
└── Category2/
    ├── Ability4
    └── Ability5

And then you loop through the AbilitiesDict, create a new folder Category1, and put in Ability1, Ability2, and so on. Then do the same for the next category.

#3

Never used dictionaries, but I’ll try, thanks!

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