Datastore doesnt store

[tacit crane]

I made a datastore when players collect a coin it saves to datastore and the points show up in the leaderboard. However when i publish it again the Points disapear.

[tiny vessel]

You might have forgotten to turn on api services from game settings

[tacit crane]

I went to game settings but there was only for studio

[tacit crane]

.

[tiny vessel]

game settings --> Security --> Enable Studio Access to API Services

is this on?

[tacit crane]

Yes

[tiny vessel]

well you prob changed your datastore name or someth. I can't know what's wrong without ur code

[tacit crane]

Should i send u the code?

[tiny vessel]

send it here

[tacit crane]

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

local dataStoreName = RunService:IsStudio() and "PlayerPointsData_Studio" or "PlayerPointsData"
local PointsDataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore(dataStoreName)

local autoSaveInterval = 10 -- Save every 30 seconds

local function loadPlayerData(player)
local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
leaderstats.Parent = player

local points = Instance.new("IntValue")
points.Name = "Points"
points.Parent = leaderstats

local success, data = pcall(function()
    return PointsDataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId)
end)

if success and typeof(data) == "number" then
    points.Value = data
else
    points.Value = 0
end

end

local function savePlayerData(player)
local leaderstats = player:FindFirstChild("leaderstats")
local points = leaderstats and leaderstats:FindFirstChild("Points")
if points then
pcall(function()
PointsDataStore:UpdateAsync(player.UserId, function()
return points.Value
end)
end)
end
end

task.spawn(function()
while true do
task.wait(autoSaveInterval)
for _, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
savePlayerData(player)
end
end
end)

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(loadPlayerData)

Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(savePlayerData)

game:BindToClose(function()
for _, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
savePlayerData(player)
end
end)

this is the script for Datastore i made

local coinModel = script.Parent
local hitbox = coinModel:FindFirstChild("Hitbox_1") -- or "Hitbox"
local pointsAmount = 4
local collected = false
local connection

local function onTouch(otherPart)
if collected then return end
collected = true

local character = otherPart.Parent
local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)

if not player or not character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
    collected = false
    return
end

local leaderstats = player:FindFirstChild("leaderstats")
local points = leaderstats and leaderstats:FindFirstChild("Points")

if points then
    points.Value += pointsAmount 
end

for _, obj in pairs(coinModel:GetDescendants()) do
    if obj:IsA("BasePart") then
        obj.Anchored = true
        obj.CanCollide = false
        obj.Transparency = 1
    end
end

if connection then
    connection:Disconnect()
end

task.delay(0.5, function()
    if coinModel then
        coinModel:Destroy()
    end
end)

end

if hitbox then
connection = hitbox.Touched:Connect(onTouch)
else
warn("No Hitbox_1 found in the coin model.")
end

this is the script for the coin

[tacit crane]

.

[tacit crane]

:/

[errant sapphire]

is that a server script or localscript?

[tacit crane]

server

the datastore works but when i publish it again from studio it resets

[errant sapphire]

anything in your output window?

[tacit crane]

nope nothing

[errant sapphire]

could you re-state the problem? only things i see possible of resetting data here is the fact of using 2 different datastores depending on studio local dataStoreName = RunService:IsStudio() and "PlayerPointsData_Studio" or "PlayerPointsData" or the getasync is failing lua if success and typeof(data) == "number" then points.Value = data else points.Value = 0 end

your autosave interval is also extremely low local autoSaveInterval = 10 -- Save every 30 seconds but i dont think this would go over the limits on its own

if you had multiple datastores then it absolutely would

[tacit crane]

bro datastore works fine

only when i publish it it resets

[errant sapphire]

publishing doesnt reset data in the datastore

[tacit crane]

idk

wanna come in my game and see?

cuz when u pick up the coins and leave and join again it just stores fine

[errant sapphire]

thanks for confirming that, is why i asked you to re-state the problem

the fact still stands though your resets are only coming from one of 2 places

[tacit crane]

so there is no problem in the code?

[errant sapphire]

there may be a 3rd very rare very unlikely edgecase however, where the save function lua task.spawn(function() while true do task.wait(autoSaveInterval) for , player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do savePlayerData(player) end end end)
executes before the load function finishes executing.
this stands to reason where you parent the leaderstats before loading the data into it.
quickfix for this edge case would be to parent the leaderstats folder to the player after the datastore operations and not before, like it should be the last thing the loadplayer function should do. this will block this edge case because it wont be possible for local points = leaderstats and leaderstats:FindFirstChild("Points") to exist before the loading has fully completed.

[errant sapphire]

bruh i just explained you don't handle the case where the datastore:getasync fails. which can 100% happen.

maybe i wasn't super clear on that ;o

[tacit crane]

my brain boom

[tall gyro]

** You are now Level 6! **

[errant sapphire]

i would've suspected you're flooding the requests, but at a rate of 6 operations per minute you should be good

[tacit crane]

so what should i do with the code

[errant sapphire]

datastore limits and possible errors found here https://create.roblox.com/docs/en-us/cloud-services/data-stores/error-codes-and-limits

[errant sapphire]

well firstly you should have something to catch for errors, normally if you cannot reasonably load data you can just kick the player with a message saying to retry

most people add retries as well so if it can't load within a few attempts then it'll kick

do be sure to check success, not data, since new players will have data=nil on first load

[errant sapphire]

this is the second thing i would do

and 3rd, i'd suggest adding some debugging in case it comes up again.

like just a few prints like load successful, along with the actual data, may help. i take it you're testing this in the roblox player, so warns may be better since those will show up in the live error report on the game's dashboard.

[tacit crane]

oh for the output

[errant sapphire]

just while you're working on it y'know

[tacit crane]

ok ill do ur steps then i comeback later

[errant sapphire]

but ye nothing to do with actual publishing since that cannot reset datastores. it must be something with your code, or you may have other code messing with this, like you accidentally have 2 copies of the script or something.