From 2971416ec84207777960d99908920abdb3ce24f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: daireb <58991301+daireb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:02:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] added dummy datastore functionality to allow editing for
 non-published places

---
 package.json | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 src/init.lua | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0f8c20e..6dd5bc9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 {
-    "name": "@boatbomber/sheetvalues",
-    "version": "3.0.2",
-    "license": "MIT",
-    "repository": {
-        "type": "git",
-        "url": "https://github.com/boatbomber/SheetValues.git"
-    },
-    "contributors": [
-        "boatbomber"
-    ],
-    "bugs": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/boatbomber/SheetValues/issues"
-    }
+  "name": "@boatbomber/sheetvalues",
+  "version": "3.0.3",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/boatbomber/SheetValues.git"
+  },
+  "contributors": [
+    "boatbomber",
+    "daireb"
+  ],
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/boatbomber/SheetValues/issues"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/init.lua b/src/init.lua
index 30d357c..88b1513 100644
--- a/src/init.lua
+++ b/src/init.lua
@@ -258,6 +258,16 @@ local function DictEquals(a, b)
 	return true
 end
 
+local DummyDatastore = {
+	GetAsync = function()
+		return nil
+	end,
+	SetAsync = function() end,
+	UpdateAsync = function(_, callback)
+		return callback(nil)
+	end,
+}
+
 local SheetValues = {}
 
 function SheetValues.new(SpreadId: string, SheetId: string?)
@@ -270,6 +280,15 @@ function SheetValues.new(SpreadId: string, SheetId: string?)
 
 	local ChangedEvent = Instance.new("BindableEvent")
 
+	local dsSuccess, dsReturn = pcall(DatastoreService.GetDataStore, DatastoreService, GUID, "SheetValues")
+	local DataStore
+	if dsSuccess then
+		DataStore = dsReturn
+	else
+		DataStore = DummyDatastore
+		warn("SheetValues: Failed to get DataStore:", dsReturn)
+	end
+
 	local SheetManager = {
 		Changed = ChangedEvent.Event,
 
@@ -278,7 +297,7 @@ function SheetValues.new(SpreadId: string, SheetId: string?)
 		Values = {},
 
 		_ValueChangeEvents = {},
-		_DataStore = DatastoreService:GetDataStore(GUID, "SheetValues"),
+		_DataStore = DataStore,
 		_MessageListener = nil,
 		_Alive = true,
 	}
@@ -385,12 +404,8 @@ function SheetValues.new(SpreadId: string, SheetId: string?)
 
 		-- Send these values to all other servers
 		if self.LastSource == "Google API" then
-			local msgSuccess, msgResponse = pcall(
-				MessagingService.PublishAsync,
-				MessagingService,
-				GUID,
-				#json < 1000 and json or "TriggerStore"
-			)
+			local msgSuccess, msgResponse =
+				pcall(MessagingService.PublishAsync, MessagingService, GUID, #json < 1000 and json or "TriggerStore")
 			--if not msgSuccess then warn(msgResponse) end
 		end
 
@@ -469,7 +484,7 @@ function SheetValues.new(SpreadId: string, SheetId: string?)
 		table.clear(self)
 	end
 
-	pcall(function()
+	task.spawn(pcall, function()
 		SheetManager._MessageListener = MessagingService:SubscribeAsync(GUID, function(Msg)
 			local msgTimestamp = math.floor(Msg.Sent)
 			if msgTimestamp <= SheetManager.LastUpdated then

From 075326ee2c53f6f1372b2f33b0e6472bf03c86b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: daireb <58991301+daireb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:04:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] fixed accidental formatting change

---
 src/init.lua | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/init.lua b/src/init.lua
index 88b1513..19c4802 100644
--- a/src/init.lua
+++ b/src/init.lua
@@ -404,8 +404,12 @@ function SheetValues.new(SpreadId: string, SheetId: string?)
 
 		-- Send these values to all other servers
 		if self.LastSource == "Google API" then
-			local msgSuccess, msgResponse =
-				pcall(MessagingService.PublishAsync, MessagingService, GUID, #json < 1000 and json or "TriggerStore")
+			local msgSuccess, msgResponse = pcall(
+				MessagingService.PublishAsync,
+				MessagingService,
+				GUID,
+				#json < 1000 and json or "TriggerStore"
+			)
 			--if not msgSuccess then warn(msgResponse) end
 		end
 

From e12a05734c526bd553ea26d0d066fe98fbf9e1a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: daireb <58991301+daireb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:06:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] added comment explaining DummyDatastore

---
 src/init.lua | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/init.lua b/src/init.lua
index 19c4802..a2f6bd4 100644
--- a/src/init.lua
+++ b/src/init.lua
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ local function DictEquals(a, b)
 	return true
 end
 
-local DummyDatastore = {
+local DummyDatastore = { -- Dummy Datastore object to fall back to if DataStoreService fails
 	GetAsync = function()
 		return nil
 	end,

From 57d19f123a7f16c867341aea33ae3df31d171ae2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: daireb <58991301+daireb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:56:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] set messagingservice publishasync to happen in the
 background to prevent hanging for unpublished places

---
 src/init.lua | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/init.lua b/src/init.lua
index a2f6bd4..0c86320 100644
--- a/src/init.lua
+++ b/src/init.lua
@@ -404,13 +404,12 @@ function SheetValues.new(SpreadId: string, SheetId: string?)
 
 		-- Send these values to all other servers
 		if self.LastSource == "Google API" then
-			local msgSuccess, msgResponse = pcall(
+			task.spawn(pcall, 
 				MessagingService.PublishAsync,
 				MessagingService,
 				GUID,
 				#json < 1000 and json or "TriggerStore"
-			)
-			--if not msgSuccess then warn(msgResponse) end
+			)		
 		end
 
 		return true, "Values updated"