datastoreservice script not working | Roblox Studio Community | Page 1

topaz sapphire Sep 7, 2025, 2:08 PM

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i'm using a server script and i'm trying to get userid for dataservices but it's not working i'm using player.userid btw

real zinc Sep 7, 2025, 2:09 PM

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not working how so?

topaz sapphire Sep 7, 2025, 2:09 PM

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it's just like

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it keeps saying error-type when i hover over it

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like it's not detecting it

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as an actual statement

real zinc Sep 7, 2025, 2:10 PM

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https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/Player#UserId

Are you grabbing it from the player, and are you doing userid or UserId

Player | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub

An object that represents a presently connected client to the experience.

topaz sapphire Sep 7, 2025, 2:12 PM

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no that's how i have my code

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it's in leaderboardsetup

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here just

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local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local playerChar = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(Players)
local backpack = Players:FindFirstChildOfClass("Backpack")
local SS = game:GetService("Studio")

-- Datastore service
local DSS = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local playerInv = DSS:GetDataStore("playerInventory")
local playerStars = DSS:GetDataStore("playerInventory", "Stars")
local playerBackpack = DSS:GetDataStore("playerInventory", backpack)

local function leaderboardSetup(player)
    local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
    leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
    leaderstats.Parent = player
    
    local Stars = Instance.new("IntValue")
    Stars.Name = "Stars"
    Stars.Value = 0
    Stars.Parent = leaderstats
    
    local success, starsAmount = pcall(function()
        return playerStars:GetAsync(player.UserId)
    end)
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(leaderboardSetup)

real zinc Sep 7, 2025, 2:13 PM

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topaz sapphire ```lua local Players = game:GetService("Players") local playerChar = Players:Get...

and you're getting errors in the output?

topaz sapphire Sep 7, 2025, 2:14 PM

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hmm well i can try it's just

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it wasn't autofilling (not with the ai i mean when you're writing and it has the list of different statements) so i just assumed it wasn't going to work bc it does that to me

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let me see

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waaaait

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i forgot to enable api one sec

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nah no nvm no errors

real zinc Sep 7, 2025, 2:17 PM

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topaz sapphire nah no nvm no errors

you're not really doing anything with starsAmount after you load it

topaz sapphire Sep 7, 2025, 2:17 PM

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yeah it's not finished yet

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i'm working on it

real zinc Sep 7, 2025, 2:18 PM

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topaz sapphire i'm working on it

Okay, but all's good otherwise?

topaz sapphire Sep 7, 2025, 2:19 PM

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yeah i'm alr dw i can figure this out

humble jacinth Sep 7, 2025, 2:40 PM

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topaz sapphire yeah i'm alr dw i can figure this out

can you print(playerStars) for me

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wondering if thats causing your issue

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i am under the belief you cant do "playerInventory", "Stars"

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aka only takes one arguement being playerinventory

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then you do playerinventory.Stars

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since i assume its inside right

topaz sapphire Sep 7, 2025, 3:25 PM

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oh shi

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wait lemme do it in abit

topaz sapphire Sep 7, 2025, 5:46 PM

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humble jacinth since i assume its inside right

yes

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wait no it's not

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topaz sapphire Sep 7, 2025, 5:53 PM

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wait idk wait one sec

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nahh says stars isn't a valid ,member of player ivnneoyty

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inventory

humble jacinth Sep 7, 2025, 6:10 PM

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well idk how youve set up that

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but i think you can only put one arguement

topaz sapphire Sep 7, 2025, 9:00 PM

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damnnn

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maybe i wrote it wrong idk

humble jacinth Sep 7, 2025, 9:23 PM

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Try getting only the player inventory

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Then print it

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See what's inside

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If Stars is inside you can access stars from it

topaz sapphire Sep 8, 2025, 7:02 AM

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alright

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1 sec

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i finished writing the scripts but i'm having problems

topaz sapphire Sep 8, 2025, 7:02 AM

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humble jacinth Then print it

nah it says only the player inventory

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like that just in the output

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ok let me screnshot hold on

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here's the sdcript i wrote

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local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local backpack = Players:FindFirstChildOfClass("Backpack")

-- Datastore service
local DSS = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local playerInv = DSS:GetDataStore("playerInventory")
local playerStars = DSS:GetDataStore("playerInventory", "Stars")
local playerBackpack = DSS:GetDataStore("Backpack", backpack)

print(playerInv)

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
    leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
    leaderstats.Parent = player
    
    local Stars = Instance.new("IntValue")
    Stars.Name = "Stars"
    Stars.Value = 0
    Stars.Parent = leaderstats
    
    local success, starsAmount = pcall(function()
        return playerStars:GetAsync("Stars", player.UserId)
    end)
    if success then
        Stars.Value = starsAmount
        print("playerStars retrieved")
        print(starsAmount)
    else
        Stars.Value = 0
    end
    
    local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
        return playerBackpack:GetAsync("playerBackpack", player.UserId)
    end)
    if success then
        player.Backpack = playerBackpack
    else
        print("Refreshed due to an error.")
    end
end)

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but the issue i'm having now is that

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player data is not being retrieved at all
like the currency resets back the 0
also i keep getting the error messsage i wrote for trying to retrieve the player's backpack

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i think i wrote smthn wrong

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if so can some1 pls help and explain what i did wring

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wrong*

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datastoreservice script not working

humble jacinth Sep 8, 2025, 1:14 PM

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topaz sapphire player data is not being retrieved at all like the currency resets back the 0 al...

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My boy

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GetDataStore

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You can't do GetDataStore("playerinventory",Stars)

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Or like how you did backpack

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local playerStars = DSS:GetDataStore("playerStars")
local playerBackpack = DSS:GetDataStore("playerBackpack")

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If must be one arguement

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The second optional parameter is for scope keys

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You do the same thing with GetAsync("Stars",player.UserId)

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Your passing two arguments when it only takes one

topaz sapphire Sep 8, 2025, 3:27 PM

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Shit

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OK thx dude I'll try this when I get back onto my pc

topaz sapphire Sep 9, 2025, 7:43 PM

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okay so if i am understanding correctly i can do DSS:GetDataStore("playerStars", player.UserID)?

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does that work?

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hm

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nbm

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nvm

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still someone answer my question anyhow so that i'm sure

humble jacinth Sep 9, 2025, 9:30 PM

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topaz sapphire okay so if i am understanding correctly i can do DSS:GetDataStore("playerStars",...

So from a short read you use GetDataStore to fetch the datastores name

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You dont add player.UserId

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You would save alot of time by either

Using ProfileStore (I recommend)
Or
If you want to make your own first watch a tutorial

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If we referee to this

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It gets a datastore named Name

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Then uses GetAsync with the user player_userid
To fetch their specific data

topaz sapphire Sep 9, 2025, 9:35 PM

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oooooooh

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yeah i've heard of profilestore

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i bettetr check it out then heh thx

humble jacinth Sep 9, 2025, 9:57 PM

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topaz sapphire Sep 11, 2025, 7:04 PM

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AH MAN

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thx for the vid omg

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u didn't have too lel but thx alot heh this is rlly gonna help me, thx for all of ur help man :D

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