Suphi's DataStore Module

[5uphi]

you wont be able to use the datastore if you have not published not much you can do maybe comment out the parts that error of wrap them in pcall and ignore the errors when your not published

[KlavierSpecter (Specter)]

Question: Does this have a similar feature to ProfileService that allows “Mock” sessions to be created?

The usage I’m looking for: Saving data, but only for a single server for testing purposes.

EDIT: Nevermind. The “Disable Saving” section in “Suphi’s DataStore Module Extras - Roblox Scripting Tutorial” answers my question.

[Ezworkzz]

Your channel has helped me a ton during my journey. I plan to use this long term and heavily integrate it. Will the module continue to work fine as my game scales in systems?

[5uphi]

I don’t see why it would stop working

[apenzijncoolenleuk1 (Apenz1)]

In case you doubt the reliability of this module, I wanted to share my personal experience with it.

Used it for my new game and everything is going great. MemoryStore usage is negligible (<2%), and no data loss at all. Main feature for me was the ease of use in programming it. Was able to develop all datasaving much faster compared to using ProfileService.

Overall a very robust system, thanks again.

[mysticalBelugaWhale]

Just wanted to chime in with a real-world example of this module being used by us in Zombie Zone, with 200+ CCU for the past month and no reports of any data issues. Amazing module and makes DataStores a breeze to work with. Thank you for this resource!

[nexos_x7 (Nexos)]

Can anyone help me with this wrapper, Its not working and I’m not sure as to why

Suphis Datastore wrapper not working as intended

I created a wrapper for Suphis Datastore and it was intended to be used from a bindable function where any service could use the data but whenever I try to call it, it trys to return the datastore but returns nil instead This returns nil local dataStore = game:GetService('ServerScriptService').Engine.Triggers.Function_OpenData:Invoke(player) This attempts to send the datastore (I have checked right before the return printing it and yes it does print the datastore) function OpenData(player) a…

[therainyexplorer]

Hi,

I see that the SDM Module (downloaded using the toolbox) is a client script. So, is it no problem if I put this script under StarterPlayerScripts?

Thank You

[5uphi]

its a modulescript and it only works on the server side

maybe you downloaded the wrong thing

[therainyexplorer]

ok, I think it’s client file as the color is similiar.

But how to make sure module script safe, are below suggestion correct?

Are ModuleScripts Server-sided or Client-sided?

The server will see the module script as it is initially. Each client sees their own version of a module script, without affecting it to the server. A module can be safely placed in ReplicatedStorage without exploitation since the server will not see client-sided modules. Often, modules are placed in ReplicatedStorage to provide easy access as client-required modules or modules that can support both client-side and server-side.

[5uphi]

A ModuleScript can work on both the server side and client side
but because Suphi’s DataStore Module only works on the server side
there is no point replicating it to the client (it would just waste network data for no reason)
so you will want to put the ModuleScript inside ServerScriptService or ServerStorage

I think this might be a good video for you to watch:

Replication, Client-Server Model - Roblox Scripting Tutorial

And maybe this one as well:

Stop Hackers / Exploiters - Roblox Scripting Tutorial

This should show you that replicating a ModuleScript to the client has zero effect for exploiters
exploiters are capable of injecting there own custom code/scripts any code found inside a ModuleScript is not required by the exploiter

[Meat_Make]

what do you think about the new ProfileStore that loleris released? Is Suphi’s Datastore still superior?

ProfileStore - Save your player data easy (DataStore Module)

“ProfileStore” by loleris (Successor module to ProfileService) [GitHub repo] ProfileStore is a Roblox DataStore wrapper that streamlines auto-saving, session locking and a few other features for the game developer. ProfileStore’s source code runs on a single ModuleScript. Read documentation here: ProfileStore wiki (Click me) Get the module here: Roblox library (Click me) Tutorials on YouTube: ProfileStore overview, leaderstats and data interface (click here) by @Rileybytes Secure Deve…

[tibiscus]

Not sure if it’s a relevant question seeing as how Suphi’s can accomplish things that aren’t possible by ProfileStore

If you’re talking about ease of use, having used both Suphi’s and ProfileService and ProfileStore, ProfileService/Store is easier to use at the beginning as a new user.

But in my opinion after you get used to it Suphi’s is better all around.

[TimeFrenzied (Broken Spawn)]

Also, pretty sure suphi’s uses 50% less datastore requests since it only really has to use Set requests.

DocumentService - A powerful, schematised DataStore library

Since this post iv received a few messages so I would just like to respond just to help anyone who has any questions about SDM Its true that SDM uses the MemoryStore to hold the lock this was done by design but was also designed in a way to be very resilient to MemoryStore failures and the DataStore is not contingent on the success of the MemoryStore in order to save. In order for the session to close by default the MemoryStore will need to fail 15 times in a row over the time span of 5 minu…

[700000002 (Tenny)]

Can you update the module to automatically convert Lua objects to forms compatible with JSON?Like for example, turning Color3s into Hex codes?

[5uphi]

this module does not scan your data this was a design choice so the module does not know what types you have used so would not be able to automatically convert them to make them compatible

maybe you could make a external module to converte types before setting and reading values or maybe you could modify the save/load functions to scan the value before saving/loading but that’s not something I personally would be willing to add

[700000002 (Tenny)]

Ah, that makes sense. Though if the concern is privacy-related you could write a function for data conversion, but have a variable(off by default) that specifies whether or not to use that function

But if you don’t feel like adding it like that either, I can implement the logic on my end :)

[5uphi]

The concern is not privacy-related its performance related
the datastore is saved every 30 seconds by default
and if there are 100s of players in your game

I don’t want the module to constantly have to traverse complex tables and check the type of every value my goal is to keep the module as lightweight as possible

[2222l1 (Metroid)]

Just wondering, how would you check if a value was changed via the datastore, not the specific value (IntValue) in the Leaderstats folder? Ex; If you have settings how can you check if the value was changed incase the game did it via a different script through events and module scripts.

[TimeFrenzied (Broken Spawn)]

You can probably make your own signal for that.

Suphi's DataStore Module

You can make a custom function inside the datastore local function Set(dataStore, key, value) if dataStore.State ~= true then return false end dataStore.Value[key] = value print("DataStore value changed to", value) return true end game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player) local dataStore = DataStoreModule.new("Player", player.UserId) dataStore.Set = Set end) then you can use the function like this local dataStore = DataStoreModule.find("Player", player.UserId…