harsh notch
working on a gamepass gifting system, and i'm tryna make sure that the datastoreservice is online before prompting the player with the product.
only two methods i've found were either
(using ProfileStore btw)
drowsy sleet
or check roblox api status via httpservice
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drowsy sleet
but
httpService checks roblox's global status
and is good for large-scale system checks
harsh notch
well i'm checking to see if it's online every time a player tries to prompt a purchase
obviousily with a remote rate limiter
but
drowsy sleet
well i'm checking to see if it's online every time a player tries to prompt a pu...
Ok
Since you need to check every time a player attempts to purchase use GetAsync() instead of SetAsync() to avoid write limits
but you can use setasync() method bc it's also good
harsh notch
Since you need to check every time a player attempts to purchase use GetAsync() ...
write limits?
drowsy sleet
write limits?
Srry
harsh notch
shit i didnt even know that
had to look it up
would it be better to use http service instead then?
drowsy sleet
And if too many players try to purchase you may hit the limit and fail to save actual player data like inventrory, etc
You can just change setasync with getasync
harsh notch
yeah but i dont wanna exhaust my getasync either
drowsy sleet
For getasync, for exemple if 10 players are in a server you can make 160 reads per minute
harsh notch
yeah i saw
drowsy sleet
But with setasync you can make only 24
harsh notch
damn alr
drowsy sleet
For setasync the equation is 4+(2xPlayerCount)
For GetAsync is 60+(10xPeopleCount)
harsh notch
it has an autosave feature intead of just setting it immediately
drowsy sleet
I think
slender fable
ProfileStore uses datastores so it'd use up some of the allowance of get / set calls, but probably not many
drowsy sleet
Yea but if writing to often can get too the limit @slender fable no?
drowsy sleet
if it fails i think it just retries
Delays or full queue
harsh notch
queue i believe
slender fable
Yea but if writing to often can get too the limit <@268887523822927874> no?
ProfileStore doesn't save immediately. It updates its cache, saves periodically, and also when the player leaves. So updating a profile doesn't immediately update the datastore
slender fable
Delays or full queue
It'll retry if the datastore update fails. I don't know if it ever stops trying.
harsh notch
ProfileStore doesn't save immediately. It updates its cache, saves periodically,...
do you know if theres a better way to just check if data will save
using profilestore itself
slender fable
do you know if theres a better way to just check if data will save
Why do you need to do that
harsh notch
when a player tries to gift someone else a gamepass, it should save to their data (even if they're offline)
the issue is that if for some reason it doesn't get saved after the player who is gifting already bought the product, it'd essentially not save for them
olive nexus
As long as your using ProcessReceipt, you shouldn't have to worry.
If it fails to save then you just reject the receipt
harsh notch
i am, but NotProcessedYet still doesn't refund the player
at least from the reports ive seen
olive nexus
Yeah, but it will push the handling of that action until later
When the DataStore is hopefully back up and running
If the DataStoreService is down you have bigger issues
None of your players data is going to save.
harsh notch
Yeah, but it will push the handling of that action until later
this only happens if it's in the same server
if the player leaves and just joins a different server, it wouldn't go through
tryna figure out how other games handle gifting
olive nexus
this only happens if it's in the same server
That's just not true lol
That would be a HUGE issue
olive nexus
said so across multiple devforums i've seen
Its the opposite, the same server won't retry unless the server attempts to buy a dev product again.
harsh notch
ohh alright
olive nexus
If the user joins another server, you coukd end up with both servers processing the receipt. As stated on the documentation.
Depending on how long that processing action takes place.
harsh notch
i mean as long as it gets saved, it shouldn't matter even if it gets overwrited
all im doing pretty much is just saving a value that says that player owns this specific gamepass
olive nexus
Yeah that should be fine
harsh notch
If the DataStoreService is down you have bigger issues
how should i deal with this then
