How do i save inventories/shop?

[ebon badger]

how do u save shops/inventories? when i use profileservice i make it like HeavySword = true
Sword = true and add a folder w boolvalues inside the player. im pretty sure thats just stupid so how do i do it?

[halcyon stone]

data stores

https://create.roblox.com/docs/cloud-services/data-stores

save an array of your values or create an individual datastore for each value

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[ebon badger]

dude im already using datastores

im not asking HOW to save im asking how to save PROPERLY im using profileservice and adding boolvalues into the player for each item and doing it like if plr.items.sword.value == true then -- wtv function to give the plr the sword

and this is cursed as hell

i need to know how others properly save that data and load it

and if i use datastores properly where do i save?? an attribute inside the player? i dont understand

[halcyon stone]

datastores are unrelated to the player instance. You can just use the player's userID as a key and all the values as data

[halcyon stone]

I personally use a folder containing strings. I process it into a large array with all the player's inventory and save the array into it's own datastore

[ebon badger]

thank you sm ill look more into how to do it

i appreciate ur help