Saving Inventory Tools + Values In Tools

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Hey there! So I have an inventory saving system, it works just fine. But I was wondering how I could save and load a NumberValue with-in the tools?

In my case, Each of my tools has a NumberValue named “Level”.

Script:

local dataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local dataStore = dataStoreService:GetDataStore("TestSave3")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	pcall(function()
		local tool = dataStore:GetAsync("User-"..player.UserId)
		if tool then
			for i, v in pairs(tool) do
				wait(0.01)
				local toolFound
				
				if game.ServerStorage.Tools:FindFirstChild(v) then
					toolFound = game.ServerStorage.Tools:FindFirstChild(v)
				elseif game.ServerStorage.Accessories.Hats:FindFirstChild(v) then
					toolFound = game.ServerStorage.Accessories.Hats:FindFirstChild(v)
				elseif game.ServerStorage.Accessories.Clothes:FindFirstChild(v) then
					toolFound = game.ServerStorage.Accessories.Clothes:FindFirstChild(v)					
				end
				
				if toolFound then
					toolFound:Clone().Parent = player.Backpack
					
				end
			end
		end
	end)
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	pcall(function()
		local toolsSave = {}
		for i, tool in pairs(player.Backpack:GetChildren()) do
			if tool then
				table.insert(toolsSave,tool.Name)
			end
		end
		dataStore:SetAsync("User-"..player.UserId, toolsSave)
		warn("Saved Data!")
	end)
end)
2

Instead of only saving the tool names, you could save tool data. I’m guessing your current datastore looks something like this:

local dataToSave = {"Shovel", "Cap", "Jacket",}

You could change it to:

local dataToSave = {
    ["Shovel"] = {
        ["UsesRemaining"] = 100,
    },
    ["Cap"] = {
        ["Color"] = "Blue",
    },
    --etc...
}

You’d have to change how you load and save the data but this should work.

3

Basically what RoyStanford said, just save the values. It’s that simple!
if we have our dictionaries,
dataToSave - the items your saving, then
Item- the item and its details,
you should have no issue.