Trying to save new values in a Data folder using DataStores

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Right now, I have a semi-working saving system using InstanceStore.

It uses a data folder from ServerScriptService to load the data values.

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  • The problem is that whenever we update the game, and add more values to this folder, players that have already played the game and have the data folder stored will not have the new values we want to add from said update.

The main saving script located in ServerScriptService:

game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	
	local ds = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
	local datastore = ds:GetDataStore("PlayerData_Testing") -- its named like that for studio testing
	local converter = require(game:GetService("ServerScriptService"):FindFirstChild("Converter"))

    -- i moved all of this down because of some problems i forgot
	--local dataFolder = game:GetService("ServerScriptService"):FindFirstChild("Data"):Clone()
	--dataFolder.Name = "Data"
	--dataFolder.Parent = plr


	local plrData

	local suc, err = pcall(function()
		plrData = datastore:GetAsync("Key_" .. plr.UserId)
	end)

	if err then warn("An error occurred while trying to load data for " .. plr.Name .. " | Error: " ..tostring(err)) end

	if suc then
		if plrData then
			print(plrData)
			local savedDataFolder = converter:ConvertToInstance(plrData)
			savedDataFolder.Parent = plr
		else
			local dataFolder = game:GetService("ServerScriptService"):FindFirstChild("Data"):Clone()
			dataFolder.Name = "Data"
			dataFolder.Parent = plr
			datastore:SetAsync("Key_" .. plr.UserId, converter:ConvertToSaveable(plr:FindFirstChild("Data"), true))
		end
	end

end)


game:GetService("Players").PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(plr)
	
	local ds = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
	local datastore = ds:GetDataStore("PlayerData_Testing")
	local converter = require(game:GetService("ServerScriptService"):FindFirstChild("Converter"))
	
	
	local suc, err = pcall(function()
		datastore:SetAsync("Key_" .. plr.UserId, converter:ConvertToSaveable(plr:FindFirstChild("Data"), true))
	end)

	if err then warn("An error occurred while trying to save data for " .. plr.Name .. " | Error: " ..tostring(err)) end
end)

If someone could help me fix or implement a system that adds new values that don’t exist in the players data then that would be great. Thanks!