Saving Instances without tables

[Minerdude_alt (Minerdude27272)]

To keep it short, I’m working on a Piggy game. And I ran into an issue with my code, where the error stated, “DataStoreService: CantStoreValue: Cannot store Instance in data store. Data stores can only accept valid UTF-8 characters. API: SetAsync, Data Store: Saves”.

--Setup--

--Services--
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")

local ServerScriptService = game:GetService("ServerScriptService")

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

--Remotes--
local Remotes = ReplicatedStorage:FindFirstChild("Remotes")

--Values--
local DataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("Saves", "Saves")

--local NumPlrs = 0

--local NumberPlayers = 0

--local Mode = ""

--Stored--
local UI = ReplicatedStorage:FindFirstChild("UI")

--Module Functions--
--local Intermission = Round.Intermission()

---------

--Main Code--

local PlrAdded = Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	local Values = ServerStorage.Stored.Values:Clone() or DataStore:GetAsync(plr.UserId, "Saves")
	
	Values.Parent = plr
end)

local PlrLeaving = Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(plr)
	DataStore:SetAsync(plr.UserId, plr:FindFirstChild("Values"))
end)

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I want to save the folders because it would just be easier and more straight-foward than making a mile-long table for a player’s skins. Is there any other way?

Edit: Sorry for the commented-out code, I just copied the main round script because I was lazy.

[ffvn92]

No, DataStores cannot store Instances. You will have to make a table with all the values you need and store it in the DataStore.

[Minerdude_alt (Minerdude27272)]

Dang, that stinks.

Thanks for clearing it up!