What is the best way to save player data?

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#1

I need to know the best way to save a player’s data. I’m working on an Inventory system for pets and I need to save the player’s pets. I wanted to try to do this with Values. Each time a player gets a pet, I add a BoolValue to a folder parented to the player and then save those values using DataStore creating a separate key for each value…which is un-efficient. If anyone knows a way to do this please tell me, or if you can get a link for me that would be great.
Thanks!

#2

Just use a table with keys for the name of the stat and the value being the value. Here’s more information on tables: https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/Table. You’d just save it in a datastore like anything else.

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#3

This might be the solution, but I’m not sure how I would add more values to the table

#4

The article I linked explains that: https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/Table#writing-into-dictionaries.

The value of a new or existing dictionary key can be defined by indicating the key name in brackets ( [key] ) followed by = and then the value:

 

    local testDictionary = {
    	FruitName = "Lemon",
    	Sour = true
    }
     
    -- Change value of existing keys
    testDictionary["FruitName"] = "Cherry"
    testDictionary["Sour"] = false
     
    -- Insert new key-value pair
    testDictionary["FruitCount"] = 10
     
    print(testDictionary["FruitName"])
    print(testDictionary["Sour"])
    print(testDictionary["FruitCount"])
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