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#249

and the error is still showing up too

#250

The value you set needs to be a string type

#251

Hey Suphi! I love your module, been using it for quite sometime, I was wondering if thereā€™s a way I can determine if a player has joined for the first time and has no data, I need it in order to modify the base template when opening the session without making it yield if data has already been found, Thanks!

PD: I tried using the CreatedTime property of the dataStore but it isnā€™t really an efficent method for what iā€™m trying to achieve

#252

Yeah, nvm, the solution was really simple, just had to look if the dataStore had any value :woozy_face:

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#253

Yup or inside the template add a counter that starts at 0 and every time the state turns true add 1

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#254

Yeah I was also considering that! however, I came out with a better solution for my case

What if when opening a session it also returns the first data value before reconciling it / using the template?

Just an idea Iā€™d like to see if you update the module anytime soon, thanks for everything :saluting_face:

#255

it is and the error is still showing up

#256

Canā€™t you just, not reconcile it then? You have to call :Reconcile(template) yourself soā€¦ just dont

#257

Can you place this above the error

 print(type(dataStore.Value[name]))

And tell me what it prints

#258

If you have multiple player added events then you will run into the problem of not knowing the order of these events and thatā€™s why its always best to reconcile during the open that way it does not matter what player added runs first the datastore will always be ready after the open function ends

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#259

I do have a so called game. Dm me.

#260

it just says string https://gyazo.com/cd1baf86de1c67bb3338878e7fda6469

#261

The error is before it prints string so that means the error is coming from another location

#262

https://gyazo.com/0ae5b70eba91e849afec251e60d018a5

#263

did you print the type before setting the value or after?

#264

I think it did it before after

#265 
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	task.spawn(function()
		local dataStore = DataStoreModule.new("PlayerData", player.UserId)
		dataStore.StateChanged:Connect(stateChanged)
		stateChanged(dataStore.State, dataStore)
	end)
	task.spawn(function()
		local dataStore = DataStoreModule.new("PlayerData", player.UserId.."-Plot1")
	end)
end)

In the script where I use local dataStore = DSM.find("PlayerData", player.UserId.."-Plot1") it seems like it canā€™t find they key, why not? The player.UserId key works

#266

Are you using it in playeradded?

#267

Iā€™m using the .find() in another script in PlayerRemoving.

#268

the only 3 ways find would not work is if

  1. you destroyed it somewhere else
  2. bindtoclose ran first and destroyed it before PlayerRemoving was fired
  3. you never called new()