What are all of the Datastore Services that can be used to store player data and object related data caused by the player?

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#1

What are all of the Datastore Services that can be used to store player data and object related data caused by the player?

The Only one’s I know are:

Reg DataStores and ProfileService.

Regular Datastores never work for me and ProfileService is a little bit to complex for my tiny brain.

#2

Here’s a system that I use, it’s small, sweet, and simple.

Code 
local DATA_TEMPLATE = { -- your data here
	
}
local data = {}
local data_cache = {}
local DS = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("YourDS")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

function data.onPlayerAdded(player)
	local data = DS:GetAsync("UID_"..player.UserId) or DATA_TEMPLATE

	for index, value in pairs(DATA_TEMPLATE) do
		if not data[index] then
			data[index] = value
		end
	end

	data_cache[player] = data
end
function data.get(player)
	return data_cache[player]
end

function data.set(player)
	local success, err = pcall(function() DS:SetAsync("UID_"..player.UserId, data_cache[player]) end)
	if not success then
		print(err)
	end
end


return data

Let me know if you’d like an example.

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#3

Can you possibly explain some of this for me? a bit confused.

#4

And also why did you put return data?

#5

Okay, so. Let’s say your data template is this:

local DATA_TEMPLATE = {
    Level = 1,
    XP = 0
}

It’s what your players are going to start off with.

This will be ran when a player joins, so just pass in that player argument.

This returns the player’s data in the cache. The cache is what stores the data of all of the players. Example:

local data_ = data.get(player)
data.Level = 1000

This will set our data after we update it. Example:

local data_ = data.get(player)
data.Level = 1000
data.set(player)

Because it’s in a module script

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#6

Outside of this script, Is their a way I can get a value for Dummy EXP?

Im trying to make it so that every time the Dummy completes the obby, a script will give the Dummy Xp but how can I get the value without it being in the Module Script?

#7

Store an IntValue instance inside the ServerStorage folder, increase its value when the dummy completes the obby.

#8

How would I make the game Auto Load the players progress? e.x, Money, NPC Levels, Special Currency’s, Multipliers, etc…

#9

Also, Whenever the player buys a Obby level, how would I call their current money value without having leaderstats?