Hello, I am developing my tower game, however I run into serious issues like dataloss. Which occurs in most of my players that have poor/slow internet. I am saving this data:
My current method of saving this is:
local ToStoreName = script.Parent.Parent.Name.. script.Parent.Name.. script.Name
local DataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("DataStore")
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local folder = game.Players[player.Name]:WaitForChild("Inventory")
folder = folder:WaitForChild(script.Parent.Parent.Name)
folder = folder:WaitForChild(script.Parent.Name)
wait()
if folder then
local ToStore = Instance.new("BoolValue")
ToStore.Name = ToStoreName
ToStore.Parent = folder
local ID = ToStoreName.."-"..player.userId
local savedData = nil
local success, err = pcall(function()
savedData = DataStore:GetAsync(ID)
end)
if success ~= true then
warn(err)
end
if savedData ~= nil then
ToStore.Value = savedData
else
ToStore.Value = false
end
end
end)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
local ID = ToStoreName.."-"..player.userId
local success, err = pcall(function()
DataStore:UpdateAsync(ID, function(oldValue)
local newValue = oldValue or 0
newValue = player.Inventory[script.Parent.Parent.Name][script.Parent.Name][ToStoreName].Value
return newValue
end)
end)
if success ~= true then
warn(err)
end
--DataStore:SetAsync(ID, player.Inventory[script.Parent.Parent.Name][script.Parent.Name][ToStoreName].Value)
end)
I am trying to do it using tables:
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local PlayerData = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("PlayerData")
local DataTemplate = {
Towers = {
Commander = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
FireworkMurder = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
Freezer = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
JeepBase = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
John = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
NoobMiniGunner = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
NoobyMachine = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
NoobyNew = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
NoobyShooter = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
NuclearStation = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
PlantBase = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
PlazmaExpert = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
PoliceNoob = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
Rocketer = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
Sniper = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
TankBase = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false},
ZeroTwo = {Purchased = false, Equipped = false}
},
Stats = {
Coins = 0,
Cxp = 0,
Nxp = 100,
Level = 0
},
Achievements = {
Welcome = {Unlocked = false},
FirstGame = {Unlocked = false},
TenGames = {Unlocked = false},
OneHundredGames = {Unlocked = false}
}
}
local module = {}
function module.getDataFromPlayer(Player)
local UserKey = "Player_" .. Player.UserId
local Data = PlayerData:GetAsync(UserKey)
wait()
if Data and Data ~= nil then
return Data
else
Data = DataTemplate
wait()
return Data
end
end
function module.saveDataToPlayer(Player, Data)
local UserKey = "Player_" .. Player.UserId
if Data and Data ~= nil then
PlayerData:SetAsync(UserKey, Data)
end
end
return module
But I am not sure what would be best way, I tried first method I am currently using, and I keep getting dataloss, I didn’t use the method with tables, because I am not sure how to do it. I saw datastore2 but I dont get how to use it still. I am terrible at datastores
Any suggestions to fix one of those scripts, or an method how I could save it (please include example script and explanation if possible, thanks!).