I think it should work like so:
GlobalDataStore DataStoreService:GetDataStore (
string name,
string scope = "global",
int gameid = 0 -- default of 0 will just mean the current game
)
I think this should fail (error) when you don’t have read and/or write access to that datastore. As a consequence and because I think it would also lead to better structured code (e.g. you first check if you have permissions, and then you start obtaining the data store instead of the other way around), I think the DataStoreService should also have this method (rather than sticking it under GlobalDataStore):
DataStoreAccess DataStoreService:GetAccessAsync (
string name,
int gameid = 0
)
Where: (as @EchoReaper mentioned)
Enum DataStoreAccess:
0: Enum.DataStoreAccess.None (default)
1: Enum.DataStoreAccess.Read
2: Enum.DataStoreAccess.ReadAndWrite
I personally believe that we should be able to manage the access rights through the website as well, since it seems like an ugly hack that you would have to do this in the command line in Studio while connected to your game. (Or you would need an if-statement in your game and perform the necessary operations every time a game server starts and the settings aren’t right, yikes.) However, if there will be methods for this, I think something like this would work: (partially from @EchoReaper again)
void GlobalDataStore:SetAccessAsync(
DataStoreAccess access -- enum as depicted above
)
-- ^ This holds for all games that try to access this datastore,
-- unless they have been made an exception using the following:
void GlobalDataStore:SetAccessExceptionAsync(
int gameid,
DataStoreAccess access -- enum as depicted above
)
pairs<int gameid, DataStoreAccess access> GlobalDataStore:GetAccessExceptionsAsync(
[ no parameters ]
)
-- ^ Example output: (when global setting is Enum.DataStoreAccess.None)
-- {
-- [123456] = Enum.DataStoreAccess.Read,
-- [654321] = Enum.DataStoreAccess.ReadAndWrite,
-- [112233] = Enum.DataStoreAccess.ReadAndWrite,
-- }
--
-- Where 123456, 654321 and 112233 are game ids.
--
-- If you try to set specific games with Enum.DataStoreAccess.None
-- in this example, they won't actually appear in this list, i.e.
-- it will only show exceptions to the rule.
I think as a security measure, the SetAccessAsync method should automatically wipe the exceptions list when the default access type changes.
