How do I make a save system for a leader board with more than 3 stats - scripting

Question

I want to make a save system so that people don't have to restart every single time they play
I don't really know what to do so I will show you the code for my leader stats this is located in the work space
local function onPlayerJoin(player)
local leaderstats = Instance.new("Model")
leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
leaderstats.Parent = player
local gold = Instance.new("IntValue")
gold.Name = "JumpBoost"
gold.Value = 150
gold.Parent = leaderstats
local speed = Instance.new("IntValue")
speed.Name = "Speed"
speed.Value = 20
speed.Parent = leaderstats
local coin = Instance.new("IntValue")
coin.Name = "CloudCoins"
coin.Value = 0
coin.Parent = leaderstats
local rebirths = Instance.new("IntValue")
rebirths.Name = "Rebirths"
rebirths.Value = 0
rebirths.Parent = leaderstats
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(onPlayerJoin)
Again I don't really know what to do so, please help.

Answer 1

The documentation for Data Stores is pretty good. An important warning for testing :
DataStoreService cannot be used in Studio if a game is not configured to allow access to API services.
So you will have to publish the game and configure it online to allow you to make HTTP requests and access the Data Store APIs. So be sure to look at the section in that link titled, Using Data Stores in Studio, it will walk you through the menus.
Anyways, right now, you are creating the player's starting values when they join the game. DataStores allow you save the values from the last session and then load those in the next time they join.
Roblox DataStores allow you to store key-value tables. Let's make a helper object for managing the loading and saving of data.
Make a ModuleScript called PlayerDataStore :
-- Make a database called PlayerExperience, we will store all of our data here
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local playerStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("PlayerExperience")
local PlayerDataStore = {}
function PlayerDataStore.getDataForPlayer(player, defaultData)
-- attempt to get the data for a player
local playerData
local success, err = pcall(function()
playerData = playerStore:GetAsync(player.UserId)
end)
-- if it fails, there are two possibilities:
-- a) the player has never played before
-- b) the network request failed for some reason
-- either way, give them the default data
if not success or not playerData then
print("Failed to fetch data for ", player.Name, " with error ", err)
playerData = defaultData
else
print("Found data : ", playerData)
end
-- give the data back to the caller
return playerData
end
function PlayerDataStore.saveDataForPlayer(player, saveData)
-- since this call is asyncronous, it's possible that it could fail, so pcall it
local success, err = pcall(function()
-- use the player's UserId as the key to store data
playerStore:SetAsync(player.UserId, saveData)
end)
if not success then
print("Something went wrong, losing player data...")
print(err)
end
end
return PlayerDataStore
Now we can use this module to handle all of our loading and saving.
At the end of the day, your player join code will look very similar to your example, it will just try to first load the data. It is also important to listen for when the player leaves, so you can save their data for next time.
In a Script next to PlayerDataStore :
-- load in the PlayerDataStore module
local playerDataStore = require(script.Parent.PlayerDataStore)
local function onPlayerJoin(player)
-- get the player's information from the data store,
-- and use it to initialize the leaderstats
local defaultData = {
gold = 150,
speed = 0,
coins = 0,
rebirths = 0,
}
local loadedData = playerDataStore.getDataForPlayer(player, defaultData)
-- make the leaderboard
local leaderstats = Instance.new("Model")
leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
leaderstats.Parent = player
local gold = Instance.new("IntValue")
gold.Name = "JumpBoost"
gold.Value = loadedData.gold
gold.Parent = leaderstats
local speed = Instance.new("IntValue")
speed.Name = "Speed"
speed.Value = loadedData.speed
speed.Parent = leaderstats
local coin = Instance.new("IntValue")
coin.Name = "CloudCoins"
coin.Value = loadedData.coins
coin.Parent = leaderstats
local rebirths = Instance.new("IntValue")
rebirths.Name = "Rebirths"
rebirths.Value = loadedData.rebirths
rebirths.Parent = leaderstats
end
local function onPlayerExit(player)
-- when a player leaves, save their data
local playerStats = player:FindFirstChild("leaderstats")
local saveData = {
gold = playerStats.JumpBoost.Value,
speed = playerStats.Speed.Value,
coins = playerStats.CloudCoins.Value,
rebirths = playerStats.Rebirths.Value,
}
playerDataStore.saveDataForPlayer(player, saveData)
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(onPlayerJoin)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(onPlayerExit)
Hope this helps!