Save on Leave
Lesson 18 of 20 in Coddy's Roblox Game: Disaster Survival course.
Right now Wins vanish when a player leaves. A DataStore keeps data on Roblox's servers between visits. Each value is saved under a key; the player's UserId is the usual key, because it never changes.
local coinsStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("Coins")
coinsStore:SetAsync(player.UserId, 40)A DataStore call goes over the network and can fail, and an error must not break the game, so each call is wrapped in pcall, which runs a function and reports whether it worked instead of erroring:
pcall(function()
coinsStore:SetAsync(player.UserId, 40)
end)Save when a player leaves (Players.PlayerRemoving), and also in game:BindToClose, which runs when the server shuts down: a closing server may not finish its PlayerRemoving saves. In Roblox Studio, DataStores work once the place is published and Enable Studio Access to API Services is on.
Challenge
HardSave each player's Wins when they leave.
- Near the top, get
DataStoreServiceandlocal winsStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("Wins"). - Write
saveWins(player): in apcall,winsStore:SetAsync(player.UserId, player.leaderstats.Wins.Value). - Connect it to
Players.PlayerRemoving, and call it for every player ingame:BindToClose.
Press Play and survive a round: Wins reads 1, and leaving now saves it. Then Check.
Try it yourself
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local Debris = game:GetService("Debris")
local Settings = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Settings)
local lobbySpawn = workspace.LobbySpawn
print("Rounds last " .. Settings.RoundLength .. " seconds")
-- Every player gets Wins and Streak on the leaderboard
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
leaderstats.Parent = player
local wins = Instance.new("IntValue")
wins.Name = "Wins"
wins.Parent = leaderstats
local streak = Instance.new("IntValue")
streak.Name = "Streak"
streak.Parent = leaderstats
end)
-- Lesson 18: Save on Leave goes here
-- The status board in the lobby
local gui = Instance.new("SurfaceGui")
gui.Parent = workspace.StatusBoard
local status = Instance.new("TextLabel")
status.Name = "Status"
status.Size = UDim2.fromScale(1, 1)
status.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(25, 25, 35)
status.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
status.TextScaled = true
status.Text = "Welcome to Disaster Survival!"
status.Parent = gui
local function setStatus(text)
status.Text = text
end
local function teleport(player, target)
local character = player.Character
if character then
character:PivotTo(target.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 4, 0))
end
end
local function defeat(hit)
local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if humanoid then
humanoid.Health = 0
end
end
-- A floating "Survivor" tag over a player's head
local function tagSurvivor(character)
local tag = Instance.new("BillboardGui")
tag.Name = "SurvivorTag"
tag.Size = UDim2.fromOffset(120, 30)
tag.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0, 2.5, 0)
tag.Parent = character.Head
local label = Instance.new("TextLabel")
label.Size = UDim2.fromScale(1, 1)
label.BackgroundTransparency = 1
label.Text = "Survivor"
label.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(80, 255, 120)
label.TextScaled = true
label.Parent = tag
end
-- The disasters, by name
local Disasters = {}
function Disasters.Flood(map)
local base = map.Base
local water = Instance.new("Part")
water.Name = "Water"
water.Anchored = true
water.CanCollide = false
water.Transparency = 0.3
water.Color = Color3.fromRGB(40, 120, 255)
water.Size = Vector3.new(base.Size.X + 10, 1, base.Size.Z + 10)
water.Position = base.Position - Vector3.new(0, 2, 0)
water.Parent = map
water.Touched:Connect(defeat)
local rise = TweenInfo.new(Settings.RoundLength * 0.8, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear)
TweenService:Create(water, rise, { Position = water.Position + Vector3.new(0, 8, 0) }):Play()
end
function Disasters.Meteors(map)
local base = map.Base
task.spawn(function()
while map.Parent do
local meteor = Instance.new("Part")
meteor.Name = "Meteor"
meteor.Shape = Enum.PartType.Ball
meteor.Size = Vector3.new(3, 3, 3)
meteor.Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 120, 30)
meteor.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
local x = base.Position.X + math.random(-15, 15)
local z = base.Position.Z + math.random(-15, 15)
meteor.Position = Vector3.new(x, 40, z)
meteor.Parent = map
meteor.Touched:Connect(defeat)
Debris:AddItem(meteor, 4)
task.wait(0.5)
end
end)
end
function Disasters.Shrink(map)
local base = map.Base
local shrink = TweenInfo.new(Settings.RoundLength * 0.7, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear)
TweenService:Create(base, shrink, { Size = Vector3.new(6, base.Size.Y, 6) }):Play()
end
local function pickDisaster()
-- Settings.Disaster plays one disaster, if the game has it
if Settings.Disaster and Disasters[Settings.Disaster] then
return Settings.Disaster
end
local names = {}
for name in Disasters do
table.insert(names, name)
end
table.sort(names)
return names[math.random(1, #names)]
end
local function pickMap()
local maps = ServerStorage.Maps
if Settings.Map then
return maps:FindFirstChild(Settings.Map)
end
local all = maps:GetChildren()
return all[math.random(1, #all)]
end
-- The round loop
while true do
for seconds = Settings.Intermission, 1, -1 do
setStatus("Intermission: " .. seconds)
task.wait(1)
end
local template = pickMap()
local map = template:Clone()
map.Name = "Map"
map.Parent = workspace
setStatus("Map: " .. template.Name)
local survivors = {}
for _, player in Players:GetPlayers() do
local character = player.Character
if character and character.Humanoid.Health > 0 then
teleport(player, map.Spawn)
tagSurvivor(character)
survivors[player] = true
character.Humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
survivors[player] = nil
player.leaderstats.Streak.Value = 0
end)
end
end
task.wait(2)
local disaster = pickDisaster()
Disasters[disaster](map)
for seconds = Settings.RoundLength, 1, -1 do
setStatus(disaster .. "! Time left: " .. seconds)
task.wait(1)
end
local names = {}
for player in survivors do
player.leaderstats.Wins.Value += 1
player.leaderstats.Streak.Value += 1
local tag = player.Character and player.Character.Head:FindFirstChild("SurvivorTag")
if tag then
tag:Destroy()
end
teleport(player, lobbySpawn)
table.insert(names, player.Name)
end
map:Destroy()
if #names > 0 then
setStatus("Winners: " .. table.concat(names, ", "))
else
setStatus("Nobody survived!")
end
task.wait(3)
end
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