code-discussion

[tame ibex]

false

[snow raft]

there are times i do have to optimize things

[tame ibex]

true

easy

[snow raft]

for example

i recently challenged myself to make an Ambient Occlusion sound system without any help

that took a little trial and error to get to a point where i was satisfied

[tame ibex]

great

4fps?

[snow raft]

244

[tame ibex]

with mods

[snow raft]

it was like 30 fps cause when I was creating all the different normals for the rays to be cast out

i didnt delete duplicate normals

but solving that pushed it up to unnoticeable performance impact

[tame ibex]

i’m the best

[tame ibex]

great

[snow raft]

thinking that way is going to stagnate your progress as a creator

you must always be open to learn and change

[tame ibex]

for

[snow raft]

to become better

[tame ibex]

which is

[snow raft]

you make me want to dedicate time to getting the programming role so i dont have to be limited by this chat

you should feel accomplished

[tame ibex]

by

what limit

[void tusk]

curious about how you implemented yours

made one myself few months ago

not satisfied with the perf rn but i havent dont optimizations quite yet

more curious about ur method tho

[snow raft]

i did it free hand

and never checked what the correct way was to do it so its probably not good

[void tusk]

there is no correct way

[tame ibex]

probably needs to detect and change acoustics

[snow raft]

this is my way

[void tusk]

its actually something that people kinda have been making up to fake it

[tame ibex]

send code

[snow raft]

that is the code

i never did go back and replace it 🥀

thankfully thats only called once

[tame ibex]

for j=i+1n

skip i==index bool

cache tab remove

this is dumb

[unreal frost]

Does anyone know how I'd take 2 parts say this little gree none here and make another part attach it's head to it?

[void tusk]

noticing how the Vectors variable is a constant

(from the script u sent)

[snow raft]

yea i only spent like 1 day working on it

[void tusk]

youll prob wanna rotate the vectors for a more accurate sound

[snow raft]

im sure you are going to find a lot of problems going over it

[tame ibex]

i’m joking

ez

[snow raft]

checking it though has made me realize

its over 200 lines and i can use it to get programmer role here

[void tusk]

you sure can

make sure to comment every line

[snow raft]

i cant do that bro

it actually pains me

[void tusk]

yes you can

[tame ibex]

LOOL IF YOU GET THE ROLE

[snow raft]

I had programmer on my old account, they wouldnt let me transfer it over to this one its really annoying

[tame ibex]

OVER ME LOOOOOL

LOOOOOOOOOOL

joking

ez

[snow raft]

its not very hard to get

you just need to have the patience to deal with the application readers

which very few possess

i originally got it by making a dynamic sail renderer using parts that could interact with wind and such

almost no comments on it just pure skill got me the role

i miss those days

those were simple days

[tame ibex]

ur a good person ok

ez

[void tusk]

green spam

[snow raft]

is that what mine does

[void tusk]

no

urs is more like uhhh

[snow raft]

what i was trying to do is have the rays hit walls and reflect until they exceed a limit or get close enough to a sound source

idk if i did it successfully cause i dont have a tool like that

[snow raft]

it looks like yours originates from the sound source

[snow raft]

i originated mine from the player

[tame ibex]

explains lag

[void tusk]

without the line rendering its actually fine

[void tusk]

mine also is from player

[snow raft]

idk how the line rendering is even running that well

how did you do that

i tried to do it and it caused so many performance issues

[void tusk]

cached instances

also not parts

[snow raft]

wdym by that

wtf is a cached instance

[void tusk]

adornees

[tame ibex]

leaked how i made boids

[snow raft]

oh so like pooled points

you arent instancing

[void tusk]

yeah

[snow raft]

okay i see

[void tusk]

instance pool or whatev

[snow raft]

i didnt put that much effort into mine

[tame ibex]

se my one

[snow raft]

i just wanted it to work 😭

so i just instanced parts and lowered the framerate of the system

[snow raft]

you mean with the SetNewIndex function? 😭

[void tusk]

reason i have it a lil more robust is because im not just doing sound occlusion

[snow raft]

you want to see optimization?

[tame ibex]

it’s the fastest oneyou’ll make

[snow raft]

https://github.com/fractal-h/Roblox-Packages/blob/main/Event.luau

roblox events but like 100000x faster

[tame ibex]

slower than not using them at all

[snow raft]

also with event lookup and binding event signals to functions

[tame ibex]

good try

[snow raft]

included in the module

[snow raft]

I wanted to make a "tower of code" which would be like a museum with different exhibits with a text editor i made

to show off code with comments and examples

[void tusk]

not sure how signals compare to rbxscriptsignal

[snow raft]

my goal was to make something faster than Instance.new("Event")

I believe I have an example of it being used

[void tusk]

what

you mean a bindable event

[tame ibex]

slow

[snow raft]

and then it would just act the exact same as a roblox event

[tame ibex]

slow

[void tusk]

yeah a signal module

[tame ibex]

slow

[void tusk]

those can be pretty useful

[tame ibex]

easy

[snow raft]

yea its not all that hard to make

but its more efficient which is why i even brought it up bro

[twin bramble]

yo chat

I have a question

PartyClient.RefreshPlayerList(partyFolder)

while PartyClient.RefreshingPlayerList do
task.wait()
end

is this risky ? should I use task.defer instead

Or task.spawn

[unreal frost]

im confused what ur doing

[twin bramble]

I'm refreshing the player list when the client opens the player list

[unreal frost]

what is "the" playerlist

[twin bramble]

And in the function that's refreshing the player list it sets the boolean PartyClient.RefreshingPlayerList to true and once it's done it sets to true

[unreal frost]

why not just update it when its needed

[twin bramble]

I'm asking if it's risky to use while loop to yield while the function is still running

[unreal frost]

so on leave/join

[twin bramble]

Sorry I wasn't being clear it's not a player list of like the server

It's a player list of a party

[unreal frost]

Yeah still

that should be handled on party join/leave no?

Why are you refreshing it so often

oh i see what your doing

[twin bramble]

Bcs u see

[unreal frost]

im confused why ur doing this

[twin bramble]

We cannot detect the other client joining and leaving

[unreal frost]

the function returns before u get to the while

what is inside that function

[twin bramble]

I don't think it's necessary to share, I'm only asking if it's riskier to yield using while loop

And should I use task.defer or task.spawn instead

[twin bramble]

Oh wait or we can

I'm dumb srry Ima try that

[twin bramble]

But still though I wanna know the answer to this

bcs I usually use while loop to yield

[unreal frost]

Yes but what ur doing makes no sense

[twin bramble]

Yea I think I made a mistake there

[unreal frost]

the function returns before you hit the while loop

[twin bramble]

There's an easier approach to this

[unreal frost]

are you using task.spawn in the function?

[twin bramble]

nope

[unreal frost]

yeah so what ur doing is redundant

you arent offloading any operations

it will run in sequence

so itll execute the entire function then itll hit the while loop where it just wont do anything, it wont run.

[twin bramble]

Yea I'm not trying to run this every frame

The while loop is just to yield while Refreshing is set to true

But yea u're right I just thought of an easier approach now

[unreal frost]

Yes but that doesnt happen

lol

it doesnt run AT ALL regardless

like it literally will never run

that function will complete its execution, return to call site, then continue

[twin bramble]

It does run bro . Maybe because I only sent 1% of the code

[unreal frost]

then you are offloading work in that function call

[twin bramble]

Yes after it completes it's execution it resets the boolean

So next time the player list is opened it refreshes again

[unreal frost]

🤦‍♂️

[twin bramble]

I'm just asking if the while loop is a good approach to this

[unreal frost]

With what you sent, it legit will not run so I can't say whether it is or not lol

[twin bramble]

Listen man that's like 3 lines of the whole function

[unreal frost]

So send the function.... I promise no one here is fiending to steal your party refresh xd

[twin bramble]

holy sh ok

im sending it via dms

[pliant galleon]

Guys im looking for a scripter to join my dev team cuz im making a donation game . Payment will be through profits of game

If interested pls DM me

[gray frost]

Donation games don’t make profits anymore

Do smth else

[pliant galleon]

Speak for urself

[brisk sparrow]

whats the game idea?

[gray frost]

no i speak for all the other people i know who tried

you can waste your own time if you want to tho

you'll see

[pliant galleon]

A dono game

[pliant galleon]

I want to try it man u ain't gonna stop me . If it fails it fails I won't give up this easily

[gray frost]

okay

just dont expect people to help for free

[pliant galleon]

I did not try to be mean srry

[echo belfry]

anyone have sites to practice problem solving in luau?

I’m so done with tutorials vro 💔

[idle badge]

try to make a small project!

make a simple simulator game

[echo belfry]

I’ll try :p I’ve never been able to be dependent on my own skills so hopefully it works out ✌️✌️

[idle badge]

you got this bro!

[echo belfry]

thank u twinn

[arctic hazel]

@echo belfry yo

[echo belfry]

what’s up?

[arctic hazel]

you whats up lets make a game together

[echo belfry]

I’m not a very good programmer 💔💔 I don’t know if you’d like to choose me

[arctic hazel]

ifk i want team

idk*

[echo belfry]

what time is it for u right now?

I just wanna know our time differences

[arctic hazel]

2:15 pm

u?

[echo belfry]

12 am 😭😭 if that’s fine with u I don’t mind being on a team

[arctic hazel]

💔💔

come to dm

[echo belfry]

okay

[gray frost]

the best way to practice problems is by making them

just make stuff

if it doesnt work then figure out why

[echo belfry]

that’s the problem, I think but I just can’t understand why 💔

it ends up in me resorting to a tutorial or something

[slow drift]

Just make them and when you run into something google it or ask ai

[vivid dragon]

Instead of just searching for a tutorial it’s much better to search it on the dev forums or something

You learn much more and much faster

The dev forums are generally the best resources for roblox devs imo

[tardy pasture]

always be reading sum comment that ends up not working

[vivid dragon]

I mean you should probably use the comment thats marked as the solution and also not fully rely on comments

You should get the knowledge from the forums and apply them to your own code

[tardy pasture]

tbf evryone has his own way i always search up tutorials

[vivid dragon]

Whatever gets the job done i guess

[hybrid trench]

wsp gng

[lapis surge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1444080719600160911/1456841149422501908/togif.gif

[real fulcrum]

Lf a good scripter to make a simple** skin equippement system** kinda like** chess pawn skins** the inventory is working i just need the equipement working ill pay

[stiff saddle]

dm sir

[zenith cloak]

yo guys is there a way to mak pathfinding work with a huge model like 200 studs huge or do i need to make a custom one with align position?

[tardy shore]

yo can anyone give me a scripting challenge im a beginner to intermidate scripter.

[fleet silo]

Script a door

Make it so you can lock it, unlock it, open and close it

[tardy shore]

how do you want it to open like whne the play is close or when a button is touched

[fleet silo]

I mean its up to you

You can use a prompt

[tardy shore]

okay

[fleet silo]

Itd prob be easier

[elfin timber]

how can i search / replace something in all script?

[tardy shore]

ill tell u when ill work on it bc i gtg now

[elfin timber]

also does MouseButton1Click for mobile?

[fleet silo]

You need to do the touch input type

[fleet silo]

Do ctrl + F

[elfin timber]

i ment in all scripts at once

[fleet silo]

Go to view

Then there should be

Find all / replace all

[regal salmon]

yes

[small ruin]

use activated , its better

[elfin timber]

i know, i was just looking over an old project which i used it in

so i was curious

[regal salmon]

they're the same, except Activated will only work if the button has the Active property toggled on

[small ruin]

but also MouseButton1Click doesnt work on console for exemple , its just better to use Activated overall

[regal salmon]

fair enough

didnt consider console

[small ruin]

same for keyboards like enter etc if a game have that

[stiff saddle]

control + shift + F

[subtle peak]

hi! im a new dev and how do you guys normally organize your data? like ive heard of programming paradigms like oop, functional, but the explanations on them give rly varied answers on which one to use, for example ive also head of entity component systems but ive heard people calling it overrated

[bleak mural]

Any football scripters

[twilit gale]

OOP works differently in Luau compared to other languages with built-in class systems.
So most of the OOP patterns are implemented using tables and metatables.
I find that your code can become way too over engineered when using these patterns in Luau.

That isn't to say it's useless though.
I use it OOP style modules for things like signals, object pooling and spatial hashing.

As a new dev, I honestly wouldn't worry much about all the different paradigms.
Just go by the simple rule of if other scripts will use it, make it a module script.
Beyond that, choose whatever structure makes your code easier to understand and maintain.

[subtle peak]

thank you for the advice! i read a few articles of the different paradigms and was getting rly confused, ill still hafta look into metatables cus people keep talking abt them but im thinking that theyre literally js tables in tables-? anyways, ill stick to storing things like reusable functions in a module script

[modest owl]

yo i need some help but code help isnt helping basically i want to make n64 like graphics i got this kit from the dev forum but my character is invisible and theres bars on each side of the screen for some reason how do i fix this

[rich token]

dude this is not how u send code

Lmao

[lapis parrot]

not how it works u gotta send it

[modest owl]

wdym

[lapis parrot]

noone can correct it through ere

[modest owl]

i copy and paste it?

[lapis parrot]

yes ig

but noone wants to correct it just feed it to claude

[modest owl]

who is claude

[lapis parrot]

claiude ai

[modest owl]

alr

[main wharf]

I'm making an outfit game, but I can't create a "buy all outfits" script. My research says Roblox doesn't allow it. There's a game like Catalog Avatar that does this; does it use developer products, or is there an easier way?

[fair topaz]

is it viable to put all of the required modules into a specific module and then require modules from that module to bypass bindable events?

[stable harness]

hi all

[snow sable]

just wasted 2 hours trying to fix my badge script just to realize AwardBadge command doesnt work and i needed to use AwardBadgeAsync

[sour vine]

u need to link the avatar's items' dev products one buy one, and no not your own

[main wharf]

Does the catalog avatar use the same system, or isn't there an easier method?

[sour vine]

i never tried it but im pretty sure how they do it is refer to the MarketplaceService and use params to identify the item or clothe, basically make it a variable and use .ItemId

[compact echo]

how to print

[compact echo]

is there a tutorial?

[noble garden]

print()

[main wharf]

I've tried using developer products, but when I buy them, the costumes don't appear in my inventory; they become repurchasable. Is there a problem with my code, or something else?

[compact echo]

print()

nah doesn't work

scripting is bad skill

so bugging

ill just return

bye

[noble garden]

That is how developer products work 😑

[noble garden]

print("Hello World")

[compact echo]

print("Hello World")

[noble garden]

lo.tm - Hello World

[compact echo]

yooo

it works actually

[main wharf]

So how do I do it like in other games?

[compact echo]

🔥🔥🔥

the best skill is the scripting

so

[noble garden]

You want something that is only purchasable once? Use gamepasses.

[compact echo]

who have high experience in combat systems? when i click it takes sometimes to respond

[main wharf]

No, I'm making an outfit game and I want all the avatar's items to be purchased at the same time, just like in other games.

[compact echo]

the animation play from the local script and the hitbox from the server

[noble garden]

You PC is just slow, close the 200 chrome tabs and you should be good to go.

[compact echo]

i don't use chrome...

[compact echo]

i can pick 3000 mesh part at once

[noble garden]

https://devforum.roblox.com/t/avatar-merchandising-for-creators-curate-and-sell-full-looks-in-marketplace/3247911

[noble garden]

Bro uses internet explorer

[compact echo]

fr

[noble garden]

You mean 1 3000 triangle mesh part

[compact echo]

in triangle i can do 5M

[noble garden]

But seriously there could be multiple reasons, it even could be a feature

[compact echo]

now im sleeping but I'll send the script in ur dm whe i turn the pc

i remade it 4 times

[noble garden]

1 script?!

[compact echo]

ill send the local cuz he's who managing the animation

[noble garden]

I can check that for you

[compact echo]

the server is about the effects and hitbox

ty

[pearl slate]

any scripter wanna work on a project with me? i'm a builder.

[lapis parrot]

can someone please help me fix a bug in my code

[noble garden]

Sure

[fair topaz]

?

[gray frost]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/MarketplaceService#PromptBulkPurchase

[pearl slate]

Any scripter wanna work on a quick project with me? I'm a builder and Ui designer.

[deft patio]

That is how developer products work✋😭🤚

[main wharf]

thank you

[main wharf]

[bleak mural]

check dm

[deft patio]

if u had used a print before the awardBadge line and seen if it had printed then u could have immediately realised there was something off about that.

[opaque tusk]

Could anyone tell me how I disable people typing in a certain text channel?

[covert locust]

should i use OOP more

[cunning solstice]

i built a basic round system

bubt im not trynna use

[faint cobalt]

Guyss does anyone know how to make a chat like the flee the facility one where players that aren't in the round can't see in round player messages and if they send a message it won't show for in-round players

[bitter ferry]

Can someone help me with making a leaderboard?

[gray frost]

as much as you can

depends tho

if you're intermediate level in scripting you should be using AI

beginners shouldnt

[glossy forge]

This should never be a thiung

thing

[glossy forge]

OOP is the best way to code

once you learn how to use it consistently and start making systems with it your quality and just scripting ability in general will increase

[cold crow]

not possible

[tame ibex]

really

[glossy forge]

yes, its the recommended way to script aswell

once you learn OOP you dont go back

[tame ibex]

by who

[past knoll]

is it better to run knockback on client or server performance wise

[tame ibex]

oop is the best

[past knoll]

?

[past knoll]

im talking abt lioke if its better for the server to run knockback with runservice and lvs or the server broadcasts to the client where the client does the knockback

[glossy forge]

thats what i just said

oh were you asking

its just optimized

[lost pebble]

ive learned oop and basically never use it for lua

[rose halo]

This is is misinformation

Oop is a tool in a toolbox it’s not the best thing in many cases

performance critical code can often benefit from just functional programming

[remote bear]

but when you want expandable code, a little performance downgrade for readability goes a long way

[rose halo]

no lol

The performance downgrade is not little

many things can use oop , but it’s not all a game should use

[tame ibex]

what does wild west’s framework look like

[rose halo]

Usually the performance difference is negligible and it’s impractical optimizing everything but if you’re running what I said(performance critical code ie running heavy logic every frame) you should probably not be doing oop for that

[remote bear]

readable code/ OOP can allow you to easily make performance changes. if my code is slow and its a nest it would be faster to just recode the entire thing

[rose halo]

A lot of oop, and a lot of functional programming / pure systems too for things we need to heavily optimize

[remote bear]

https://tenor.com/view/javascript-hadouken-code-programming-gif-16271428

[tame ibex]

how neat /10

[rose halo]

eh probably not very neat the game is a mix of code from every year since 2018 as we grew as programmers

some refactors but not the whole codebase

[tame ibex]

nice. first devex purchase

[rose halo]

If you need to make something performant just don’t make it oop that’s all I’m saying

If you don’t and it’s negligible it’s fine

[civic garnet]

its time to open source it

[rose halo]

a girlfriend

[tame ibex]

easy

[glossy forge]

In most case scenarios ive experienced personally OOP is the best way to go for most sitautions, i wont say your wrong but the case that regular scripting is a better way of consistent Code then OOP idk about that

If you have to pick a game of full OOP or full functional programming your telling me your going with Functional Programming?

[rose halo]

You’re clearly missing the entire point to even ask me that

the point is to never pick one programming paradigm for an entire game, pick what fits what you’re designing in the moment

[silent wasp]

Wait so OOP is bad for performance? Or am I just reading this wrong

[silent wasp]

Ah mb

[glossy forge]

I get your point and its understood, im simply asking for clarification purposes

[rose halo]

People who are like use 100% oop it’s the best or no use ECS it’s the best

have not been developing long enough

everything has its pros and cons you almost never wanna use one thing for everything

[glossy forge]

Ive never personally done a full OOP game, but in general if your using no OOP in your projects theres a problem imo

[rose halo]

Oop is generally a lot worse for performance critical code that you’re running every frame and need to optimize a lot

[glossy forge]

but i guess everyones different

[silent wasp]

So when do I use it the most if I'm in need for performance but at the same time need to use OOO

[wise turtle]

i think you mean procedural

functional would mean state is immutable which is bad for performance but safer

[glossy forge]

is it ok to ask what the structures of your games consist of?

[wise turtle]

i use fully managed rojo

client, shared, events folders in rs

server in sss

[glossy forge]

hm

alot of experienced devs are against rojo in my experiences

im surprised

[silent wasp]

It can be good if you're working on a large scale game/studio

[glossy forge]

i use rojo personally

its just others dont usually

[silent wasp]

I used it till like couple days ago

It frustrated me so much

[glossy forge]

what happened

[silent wasp]

Kept bugging and made me lose a whole system

[wise turtle]

most just dont know how to use it lmfao

or are too lazy to set it up once

[glossy forge]

if you connect to a github repo

its impossible to lose your system

[silent wasp]

Ik I forgot to connect it

💔

[glossy forge]

do you use it for all your projects / comms

[wise turtle]

branches are the #1 benefit

[wise turtle]

Yeah

[glossy forge]

do you use a mix of OOP and Functional like he said

what do you think is most optimized

in your experience

i could potentially be wrong

but hybrid approach

[wise turtle]

you shouldnt worry about performance in the paradigm itself

[glossy forge]

works best imo

[night sky]

Hey looking for some peeps to help on a game that is already published. It's got some things we need to work on perfore promoting. DM me please.

[mint plover]

i wrote lua code that is supposed to work but it dont it is to check all players and will print all players in game at start of game this is obviouslt for testing purposes

[iron skiff]

How can I make it so that when a player touches a part, they turn into a visual-only morph while their real character becomes invisible (but can still climb and move), the morph plays a walking animation that changes speed based on the player’s movement speed, and another part can turn the player back to normal?

[glossy forge]

What’s the issue

[mint plover]

Got it fixed thank you anyway

@glossy forge

[dusty nacelle]

How nuch should a gun system be priced at?

[snow raft]

third person or first person

first person just take third person price and do 2-3x

how many features as well

do bullets penetrate certain materials? is there modular body armor? etc

how long do you have to make it

all of those things impact price

thats not even enough info to give an estimate

[dusty nacelle]

third

[dusty nacelle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izYfrjlOvY4

he sent me this vid

[snow raft]

he sent you a 19 hour video

and said "i want this"

typical

[dusty nacelle]

and said $85-100

[snow raft]

but hes asking for a movement system more complex than phantom forces

[dusty nacelle]

yeah idk

[snow raft]

idk for 1:1 what hes asking for

id say like 150+

[dusty nacelle]

and also sent a 10 page doc

[snow raft]

but if its inspired by that with less features his offer is good

[snow raft]

gotta love that

[dusty nacelle]

alr thanks 🙏

[faint cobalt]

WDYM

[snow raft]

just take into account

how much time you want to dedicate to it

then determine how much that time is worth

think not of the completed product but the time it takes to make it when negotiating a price

[dusty nacelle]

makes sense

[north dagger]

you have to disable the chat log, the thing is idk how to do it, i have never worked with the chat service

prolly an if statement

for when the player gets in the round, their chat logs get disabled

prolly u would need a LocalScript for that

[forest elk]

Guys are there any ways to like fully load the game properly?
Because currently on the game I'm working on, let's say a "Sound" doesn't load when ur on the game, it just doesn't load again until the player rejoins.. why is it like this?
Do I need like a sound loader script or something, or how do most game handle this?

[inland sierra]

anyone got a slinky module??

[night sky]

Anyone willing to help out with some bugs, and give some input and help make a ALREADY published game a bit better? We are preparing to run ads soon.

[cursive turtle]

so with python is it possible to make a simply game that simulates gravity with a hundred tiny balls?

[oak cosmos]

ok so for the slopes thing i mentioned in #code-help, its been repurposed now as an acceleration pad since i dunno how to actually code in working advanced slope systems like in grace

[supple bobcat]

Does anyone know why the animals in my game glitch like this while they move

[night sky]

Anyone willing to help out with some bugs, and give some input and help make a ALREADY published game a bit better? We are preparing to run ads soon.

[west tendon]

most likely using Humanoid.WalkToFinished:Wait() at the end of the for-loop used to make it walk to each of the Path's waypoints

[supple bobcat]

okay i removed the 2 and i think i fixed it leeme check

nvm it didnt

[west tendon]

in general just don't use that

[signal gorge]

What’s the problem?

[west tendon]

I can't send any images here so I can't do much

[supple bobcat]

oh like remove it?

[west tendon]

but here is an example

                table.insert(pathConnections, runService.Stepped:Connect(function()
                    local currentWaypoint = waypoints[currentWaypointIndex]

                    if currentWaypoint and (rootPart.Position - currentWaypoint.Position).Magnitude <= 8 then
                        Next()
                    end
                end))```

[supple bobcat]

my animals are glitching when they move

[signal gorge]

Oh

[supple bobcat]

so i replace it with this?

[signal gorge]

You mean it goes though parts?

Or like animations?

[supple bobcat]

i sent a vid

[signal gorge]

Yeah

[signal gorge]

?

[supple bobcat]

im pretty sure the animations are running smothly

[west tendon]

no, script it in a similar way. just copying and pasting it won't work. use a constant loop to check the distance between the goal position and the current position of the NPC and make it walk to the next waypoint if it's close enough. MoveToFinished only fires when the NPC effectively reaches the location it's supposed to move to, and it's too close, hence your animals stop for a bit of a second

[supple bobcat]

ohhhh okay

can i hire u

[west tendon]

the issue isn't on the animation, but on the script itself. MoveToFinished causes too much yield, more than necessary. make sure to disconnect/stop any loops spawned while they're walking to the goal position when the next :MoveTo() is called

[supple bobcat]

lolll

[supple bobcat]

okay

[signal gorge]

Oh I didn’t know that

I’ve seen most people use that event so

[signal gorge]

Did it fix it?

[supple bobcat]

working on it i havent done it like that before

[west tendon]

it's used when we have single move to positions, such as making a NPC walk from a point to another point in a single :MoveTo() call. that's when MoveToFinished works. when programming pathfinding for NPCs specifically, we call it constantly; hence it's not used for NPC pathfinding

no

[signal gorge]

Oh yeah

[vital dirge]

Is it worth learning roblox typescript?

[supple bobcat]

how much for you to come fix it for me rq

I'll just watch and learn

[west tendon]

999$

[nimble lily]

Could someone help me fix a small piece of code? Im getting syntax errors and idk how tf to fix them

[rotund pawn]

I had so many issues with MoveToFinished when creating pathfinding lmao

[supple bobcat]

WOAH

okay but only if you work on my game for like a few months straight

[strong pilot]

anyone know with grab skills why if i kill the victim and they die i die?

[broken grove]

can you show code

[regal salmon]

you feel too traumatized and guilt-ridden to continue living so you spontaneously collapse

[strong pilot]

i use the weld for the grab local weld = Instance.new("WeldConstraint")
weld.Part0 = fx
weld.Part1 = root
weld.Parent = fx
then

local finalDamage = LevelService.CalculateAbilityDamage(player, 25)
TagHumanoidService.TagHumanoid(char, vhum, {
Damage = finalDamage,
Type = "Lightning",
Skill = "Lightning Assault",
})

fx is their humanoidrootpart

[strong pilot]

real

[broken grove]

I dont know what any of your functions do

what does tagHumanoid do

what is char and vhum

[humble shard]

is there issues with datastores rn for anyone?

[neon bolt]

yes, global issues

every game is broken

unless it doesnt use databases 😄

[royal pebble]

anyone else having troubles with datastores rn

  14:45:19.468  502: API Services rejected request with error. Error code: 0 Reason: An internal server error occurred.

i keep getting this error

[thorny dust]

yes

yesomg

is roblox down

@royal pebble

[royal pebble]

roblox gaslighting us

i think so

[thorny dust]

brp

[royal pebble]

i got this in studio and ingame

[thorny dust]

bro it broke my game

[royal pebble]

and i only called setasync once

[thorny dust]

i lost all my players

[royal pebble]

😔

[thorny dust]

can u help me

[royal pebble]

no i cant

[topaz smelt]

yes

[royal pebble]

its roblox's fault

nothing we can do other than using a third party datastore service which i never worked with before so eh

[topaz smelt]

im guessing this is only roblox studio issue

[royal pebble]

nope

got it ingame i tested

[thorny dust]

bro

so are we cooked

[topaz smelt]

are u serious?

[royal pebble]

yea

yes man were cooked

[thorny dust]

so when will it come back like bro i lost all my players cause i did a update

[topaz smelt]

WTF

its broken in all games

[thorny dust]

@topaz smelt can u help too.

brp

bro wtf

[royal pebble]

no

datastores are safe

whats already there is safe it hink

[thorny dust]

na ik bro

but i cant join

[royal pebble]

unless roblox really fucked up badly

[thorny dust]

my game

i keep getting kicked

is trhat happening

to u?

[royal pebble]

i should really

honestly make a systyem

[thorny dust]

are u getting kicked?

[royal pebble]

for handling datastore errors shit

[royal pebble]

no its ur code

i think

[topaz smelt]

with?

[thorny dust]

i cant join the game bro

[topaz smelt]

cant join any game, roblox broke datastores

[thorny dust]

it says

data failed to load

please join in a moment

[topaz smelt]

.

[royal pebble]

YEAH BRO

im level 0 in my game

[thorny dust]

so will roblox fix it it automatically ?

[topaz smelt]

yes

[royal pebble]

hopefully

[thorny dust]

ok ik but are u able to play it frfr

[royal pebble]

yeah

you can still play itjust no data

[thorny dust]

bro im ngl

roblox has been so bad today for me

[topaz smelt]

i think they fixed it

[thorny dust]

i think so too

[royal pebble]

GOOD NEWS

THEY FIXED IT

[topaz smelt]

im still experiencing the issues

[royal pebble]

its back

[topaz smelt]

lovely

[thorny dust]

nice

so they fixed it and it came back W roblox

[royal pebble]

data fixed again

right after i checkd again

were back chat

[pliant anvil]

PLEASE

I NEEd this Roblox

My hard worked bleach game

[royal pebble]

set asyncs

seem to be abit broken

but it could just be my shitty code

[thorny dust]

well

i hope all yall games

are fixed and yall make millions

[royal pebble]

i barely make anything from my game gng

i dont have any gamepasses

[thorny dust]

i can help u

[royal pebble]

cause i dont want to + i cant

[thorny dust]

i make 50k everyday

[royal pebble]

DAMN

[thorny dust]

yep

[royal pebble]

what kinda game bro

i only got 7k from donations my devs are starving 😭

[thorny dust]

its like a rk / rp game

[royal pebble]

how many players

[thorny dust]

sometimes i adverage 200 players

its random rn

i get like

150 - 200

[royal pebble]

daym

[thorny dust]

on afternoons

i had straight 200 - 300

this whole break

then went down lol but i never put ads or none

plus gfx are old

i got a big update fixing lag and optimizing soon

[royal pebble]

crazy

[royal pebble]

thats good

damn i might need to make a side project

[thorny dust]

yea im tryna find a good scripter 🙂

[royal pebble]

so i can pay my devs 😔

i dont think im it

im only good at working when i rlly like the game

[thorny dust]

wait so

ts is still down

cause if it is

imma js go to bed

[royal pebble]

k

bye

[thorny dust]

bye brodie

[topaz smelt]

its not down

its fixed

[thorny dust]

cant publish

[rapid eagle]

y'all ever seen that

shi is crazy i just discovered

W discovery

[craggy briar]

i discovered that on accident

[rapid eagle]

must be skill issue

[tepid yacht]

Someone give me dumb random ideas im bored for weapons

[remote bear]

is there a faster lookup system for instances with an x y tag then table[x][y] = inst.
I have tried table[x * 1000 + y] = inst but its still just a bit slower

[remote bear]

a potato gun that shoots a potato and every other shot shoots two times more then the last until your game crashes

[fleet silo]

Uhh

[dusky moon]

https://tenor.com/view/lil-yachty-drake-oprahs-bank-account-meme-laptop-gif-20803826

[gray frost]

Loll

[karmic galleon]

yo where did you get this from?

[kind owl]

Do you already know where the object is in the xy grid, or do you need to find it?

[gray frost]

Yeh

[kind owl]

table[x][y] is already O(1) if x and y are known

[silk gate]

hey i need a little help

[gray frost]

Im surprised people don’t

[polar remnant]

Looking for an experienced scripter to make small gamepass systems and stay working with us for free, until we start earning money, then you will be payed for each task/ system. DM ME IF INTERESTED

[rapid eagle]

docs

[kind owl]

https://i.bxb.gg/hdcantread #marketplace-info

[silk gate]

why does this not work?

[rapid eagle]

💔

[silk gate]

local sound = Instance.new("Sound")
sound.Parent = game:GetService("SoundService")
sound.Volume = 0.4
sound.Looped = false

local tracks = {
"rbxassetid://71123357599630",
"rbxassetid://126291069838831,
"rbxassetid://138118304933431",
"rbxassetid://136932193331774",
"rbxassetid://71123357599630",
"rbxassetid://125495161781334",
}

while true do
sound.SoundId = tracks[math.random(1, #tracks)]
sound:Play()
sound.Ended:Wait()
wait(1) -- tiny pause so it doesn't feel abrupt
end

[gray frost]

💔

[silk gate]

please helppp

[gray frost]

You parented the sound to sound service

[silk gate]

yeah so?

[gray frost]

Use SoundService:PlayLocalSound(soundInstance)

Or parent the sound into workspace

Somewhere close

[silk gate]

let me see if this works

i parented the sound to workspace

it still does not work : (

[gray frost]

Show

[distant hamlet]

how does that help

[silk gate]

how do i?

[gray frost]

Record

[silk gate]

alr bet

[opal yarrow]

yo anyone know that the forger(game) on which side they had done their visuals( like stone shake, hitsound) on server or on client??

[gray frost]

Thats the proper method

[gray frost]

All visuals should be done on the client

[distant hamlet]

it isnt lol

[gray frost]

Why does it exist then?

💔

[distant hamlet]

play local sound is mainly for plugins

[silk gate]

my nitro js ended i cant

screenrecord

[distant hamlet]

sounds played locally can be played locally by just calling play

since they dont replicate

[gray frost]

Erm no

[kind sand]

Does anyone know how to make water system like in blox fruits?

[distant hamlet]

yes lol

[gray frost]

Says NOTHING about plug-ins

You pass in a SOUND instance

[distant hamlet]

that was the original intent

[gray frost]

Which I already said

[gray frost]

Yap

[distant hamlet]

aint my fault if docs is doo doo

[gray frost]

You don’t know Whay you’re talking about

[distant hamlet]

like you do

[gray frost]

No you’re just wrong

[distant hamlet]

me when i call a wrapper method instead of :play

[gray frost]

:play is a method

Dumbass

Moving on

[distant hamlet]

moving on 💔

[rapid eagle]

that's like best docs out there 💔 💔

[distant hamlet]

it isnt?

good docs in docs inside code

best docs is just code

[rapid eagle]

what are u talking about?

[gray frost]

[silk gate]

WHAT DO I DO

[distant hamlet]

skids lol

[silk gate]

i js need a mthod to play around 5-6 bgm at looped

[rapid eagle]

Mate , are you okay?

[gray frost]

Are these your ids

[distant hamlet]

look at ur bio

cornball

[silk gate]

yup

[opal yarrow]

ooo so if i want everyone to see the effect like when the player hits the rock and that rock shakes then i want other players to also see it so to do that should i fire to all clients?? or is this a bad practice to replicate to all??

[gray frost]

Yeh fire to all clients

Let the clients do it

[vestal jay]

anyone help me out with stun system logic

[lone saddle]

what help do u need

[steady pebble]

anyone wanna help out in scripting a waifu battleground game for fun

[rough veldt]

Looking for someone who want to own a game with me its a demon slayer battleground game dm for more info

[gaunt gull]

to all advanced coders out there,before i start my journey,im asking,are all those hours.weeks,months,years you put in to learning coding worth it now ? as in,are you getting decent money out of it,or since you know alot of coding why not make your own game,or do something big ? [ i know its not my place to ask how much money people are getting,im aware that its still usefull for experience but i still want to know if itll be worth it for me financially and fun ]

[covert locust]

what do i make as someone that just learned OOP scripting?

[gaunt gull]

just someone who knows

like are you getting decent money,and if you know good code or lets say, have more than enough knowledge,why not try and make your own game

[static coral]

i have playlist module if you want 😊

[final iris]

Im trying to build a portfolio, what stuff should i make that game devs go crazy after

[tidal bolt]

the money is not why I do this in my spare time

I do it because I like problem solving

[gaunt gull]

yh but some people need to do it because of money,that includes me,i wanna know if its worth it for not just the experience,but the money aswell

[tidal bolt]

you can make good money from freelance if you pick the right work up

but it's a journey to get to this point

[gaunt gull]

i have big goals,to get out of the situation im in rn,dont wanna be stuck in a deadend job by the age of 30,im 19 atm

make a front page game,or make a game so i can atleast see progress

i have a bit of experience in modeling but nothing when it comes to anything else except building

[tidal bolt]

if you're starting to learn from nothing, I'd recommend you learn extra stuff on the side that might not seem relevant at first, but it'll be useful later - namely binary and hex + basic computer architecture + learn how to use the command line

if I'm working w/ another programmer I don't wanna have to explain how to use the console or ssh into a remote server somewhere

[gaunt gull]

i still have yet to learn what those things mean / are,im aware that itll take a year or two,but maybe itll be worth it,so thats why i honestly wanna get an actual coders pov,see how much they make,when they started,and how its going etc

im like,how can a kid [ hazemn for example ] make a game so succesfull,get millions or hundreds of thousands of dollars,from one game,and isnt even 18,but i cant

nothings stopping me yk,he can do it,so why cant i ?

[tidal bolt]

luck mostly, and starting early

there are only two good times to start learning to code, now and yesterday

[gaunt gull]

now and yesterday huh

[wise turtle]

what about 2 days ago

[gaunt gull]

thats why im trying to do it,while theres still time

or while roblox is still thriving with players

[autumn flare]

check ur dms

[gaunt gull]

because in the future who knows what will happen to the platform

it may be to late

[granite igloo]

if u learn one language ur experience can translate to other languages

so ur not losing anything

[tidal bolt]

programming skills are transferrable between languages

I can read most source code across all languages and tell you basically what it does

obv not esolangs

[gaunt gull]

my main point is,if youre so experienced [ example,doesnt mean im directing it to you],why not make something big that will get you good money

or just keep trying to make games

until one gets succesfull

[autumn flare]

real project take time and money

talent dont do everything

[gaunt gull]

i have both

i just dont have the skills

[autumn flare]

get it?

[wise turtle]

i been working on the same project for ~3 years now 😔

[gaunt gull]

and thats what im trying to say,why not put all the coding knowledge you have into something big that can be life changing

[hexed plank]

Trust me I don’t believe it will be too “late”. While you learn you can create. Start out with something basic like a guess the smth game so you can actually see and get rewarded for ur progress. I started around a year ago and had multiple successes while still being a beginner scripter

[gaunt gull]

ill learn,definetly,i have the time,ill put in the work

[wise turtle]

its time to learn

[gaunt gull]

i know its not my place to ask,but from those successfull projects,how much profit did you gain [ robux / real cash ] you can say in dm

it makes me mad seeing how kids younger than me make way more money than me

which is why im willing to grind

bc i want that too yk

[hexed plank]

U’ll be surprised how much games can make

[gaunt gull]

tell me,im dying to know,is it low,mid or high

[wise turtle]

someone sent this a while ago

its pretty consistent from what ive seen big games make

[autumn flare]

acurate

[gaunt gull]

im guessing thats how much money you get depending on the ccu

should i learn scripting first from tuts on yt,or should i do it WHILE making something

[ripe plume]

I wish 😭 my monetization is terrible

[wise turtle]

rip

[heady spire]

a mix of both, watching tutorials on scripting concepts is better, not things like "how to make fireball" also u should test out what u learn yourself to see how it works and to remember it

[hexed plank]

Ccu doesn’t make since to be on that

[heady spire]

i am new too and im finding thats been good for me

[hexed plank]

Here’s mine that I got off Roblox public benchmarks

Top earning ranking btw

[autumn flare]

some game dont need ccu to generate a lot of money

exemple deepwoken, it has avarage 10k ccu but is in the top 20 of top earning game

[tidal bolt]

this is really good advice

because the underlying concepts are used all over the place rather than being particularly specific to that problem

[sharp cape]

does anyone have any experience with switching from R6 to skinned R15, with many players per server?

curious about impact on client/server performance, especially if you have 200+ players per server

[autumn flare]

200 player per server 💀

[sharp cape]

context is large-scale historical battle reenactment

[autumn flare]

oh i see like world war 2 type game

[sharp cape]

usually servers can fit 200-250 before they crash

[sharp cape]

Napoleonic but yeah

[gray frost]

if you know how to design games and keep high retention

ik someone who made a game in like

2 weeks max

sold it for $100k+

[sharp cape]

is it possible to learn this power?

i can program pretty well but I have no idea how to design well, can't find a guide for this stuff either

[regal salmon]

hard to make a guide on it when there are so many possible unique ideas that it can't really encompass everything

[sharp cape]

yeah but how do you take an idea and refine it for mass playability/monetization

[tame temple]

i need devs for my upcoming game, it will be a fun game dm and tell me what you do!

[glossy forge]

you could ask people who do this already

or just trial and error

[crimson meteor]

paying usd/gbp/robux for whoever can do my friends hw, dm fast

[cobalt apex]

why the FUCK

is setting up values so hard yo

[gray frost]

make games

learn what makes people keep playing

try exploring why grow a garden blew up

a shop that rotates every 5 minutes with a chance to get a rare seed

it was genius

literally tiktoks full of people leaving other games to check stock

offline earning

genius

and then ofc the usual

play time rewards

daily rewards

interactive play

loads of "rewards" that don't actually mean anything

like ps99

[unique needle]

Slop.. money making slop..

[gray frost]

worked tho

[unique needle]

Hence the "money making"

[gray frost]

[unique needle]

Slop is cool as like a starter game for funds

Genuinely wouldnt do it twice thoug

Absolutely boring

[gray frost]

fair

[unique needle]

Heard you could disable it using an external app.. probably goes against TOS though..

[dark cedar]

Fuck tos

roblox genuinely dont care what they're devs think they just push shit out cuz they want to

[unique needle]

A staff member linked it nvm it should be safe

[gaunt gull]

i just made these two,trying to make a simple kill brick,the second one works while the first one doesnt,whats the difference ?

[tall sedge]

You need to define “touchedPart” as a variable.

[gaunt gull]

aha

it works

nice

[tall sedge]

Yep. 👍🏽

[gaunt gull]

damn bro 1 day in and i only learned how to script a kill brick

[reef birch]

ok now use spacial queries instead because touched is garbage

[vivid abyss]

Is there any ddefault method of organizing scripts when working with a team? If yes, what is it called?

[near geyser]

Question how do I start scripting? Like lua ofc is there a specific way or do I need to just watch yt vids and remember it?

[tame temple]

who can help me im making a upcoming game dm and tell me ur role what you do

[gaunt gull]

special queries ?

only problem i have is that everytime i try and do the code myself i forget the actual code

[reef birch]

it is a joke for people reading along you dont need to bother with it but later on learn worldroot spacial query methods

[gaunt gull]

i dont know what is tho tbh

[reef birch]

you dont need to know it was a joke for other scripters lol

[gaunt gull]

ah

lmao

i just cant seem to remember the code tho no matter how many times i look at it and ive been trying for hours

only thing thats keeping me going is thinking about people younger than me getting x10 more money than me

or youtube videos of other people getting rich

[reef birch]

you dont remember the code

[reef birch]

generally nameless functions are worse because of how c++ compiles them and allocates memory so you should use the second one

[gaunt gull]

yh,ill remember it eventually but for now its like ik 70% of it but the 30% isnt in my head

[gaunt gull]

another question,made a brick that gives me a speed boost,changes color and turns into the neon material,it gives me the speed boost and changes color but the neon material doesnt get added to it ? any tips ?

[hollow mantle]

make it equal to "Neon" string

[gaunt gull]

part.Material = Enum.Material = "Neon" ?

[hollow mantle]

= to string

so part.Material = "Neon"

[mental grove]

bro what

[hollow mantle]

is there a way to disable this without disabling the next image's auto complete variant?

there is an autocomplete option but it disables both

[mental grove]

press enter

instead of tab

[hollow mantle]

so thats how they do it, nice

[fair topaz]

is there any good alreayd made module loader? not tryna make mine as the last time i did it fucked up everything somehow

[meager sentinel]

could someone help me with developer products?

[foggy burrow]

yo

dms

ill help you

[foggy burrow]

doing enum.material.neon does the exact same thing

[hollow mantle]

its just what ik from memory that works , I'm not too comfterable with the Enums

[gaunt gull]

fixed it dw

i just removed all the extra stuff and added 1 simple line

[foggy burrow]

the material property

in itself

is a enum

[gaunt gull]

yh

[foggy burrow]

they both work both string and enums

[gaunt gull]

this works

[foggy burrow]

enum is like a table

that holds a bunch of indexes

[gaunt gull]

as in changing the material,but when it comes to neon it doesnt make it glow

[foggy burrow]

one is material

material is just a tbl of strings

think of enums like this

[gaunt gull]

box with a bunch of indexes in it basically

[foggy burrow]

    Material = {"Glass", "Neon", Grass"}
}

So when you do

Enum.Material.Glass

your just accessing a tbl

going to the material index

and getting the index of the material you want

which is just a string

thats why
Part.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
and
Part.Material = "Neon"
Are the same

[foggy burrow]

yeah its a table with indexes. Each index also equals a tbl of values for that particualr enum

Enum.EasingStyle.Linear

Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude

However stuff like Linear for for the EasingStyle enum might not be a string

it isnt

[gaunt gull]

i still have yet to learn more complicated things tbh

[foggy burrow]

because it holds more data for easing styles on tweens

[foggy burrow]

I can tell your new lol

its good!

i started scripting three years ago 😭

it takes practice but eventually you will get it

tho dont go into the idea that your gonna be able to learn it all

cause thats impossible your always learning

[slender elbow]

do i need hours maybe

[gaunt gull]

theres something i asked a couple hours ago but,ever since then,youve been scripting for 3 years,would you say youre good at coding,or atleast advanced / intermediate ?

[foggy burrow]

like the cusp of advanced

basically advanced

I cooked up a whole inventory system in like 40 mins

[pliant umbra]

you could say you're intermediate at like 6-12 months

[remote bear]

yes but its about a more memory efficient but also fast way of referencing it

[foggy burrow]

tho it wasnt some crazy shi

[pliant umbra]

depends how fast u learn

[foggy burrow]

yeah it depends on learning speed tho

[silent wasp]

Cold

[gaunt gull]

have you tried making your own game ?

[foggy burrow]

I am making my own game

[kind owl]

..not really

[silent wasp]

Yo did you ever watch Leif on yt

[foggy burrow]

this is a projectile indicator system I made

[foggy burrow]

nah idk who that is

[gaunt gull]

im gonestly doing this MAINLY for the money,but im still trying to have some fun in the meantime,but up until now,have you made profit ?

[uneven jolt]

Does anyone know why the checker is being weird?

[silent wasp]

One guy that knows ball knowledge for scripting and I just saw him today for the first time

[wise turtle]

oh i know this person

theyre in the roblox oss discord

he made a video on rojo workflow

[gaunt gull]

ive been on this for hours,maybe like 5-6 hours and i just learned how to use the touch event a little,the only thing that keeps me going is thinking about people younger than me making way more money,which makes me mad and only thing im telling myself is that i gotta be better,so thats why i started

[silent wasp]

Did you ever watch their like live streams or sm and if you did, did you learn like a lot or

[remote bear]

how so? like an 1d array would be more memory efficient then a 2d array so it would be faster in ratio the more you scale it but for my test it was still just a bit slower even if it was more memoery efficient

[foggy burrow]

Hahah money is def a huge goal, but nah I havent made any myself. But the goal for my current project is to make money. Tho dont fall for the YT get rich quick shi, this takes a ton of time to do

[wise turtle]

nope

[silent wasp]

Yeah and he's cooking a tutorial for react

[wise turtle]

i can see live streams helping with learning though

[foggy burrow]

its a lil busy in here so if you want to actually have a convo we can talk in dms

[remote bear]

its a fork so i hope so

[foggy burrow]

oh dope

[silent wasp]

Last live stream I watched of him was just pure type checking stuff and I almost got lost

[kind owl]

biggest thing is are you using a sparse array or are you directly calling table.create or buffers

[wise turtle]

making that much progress in like a day is pretty impressive still imo

[foggy burrow]

he makes tutorials

[gaunt gull]

i dont mind

[foggy burrow]

Im usally against tutorials but it is a good way to enter the scene

[kind owl]

but again, what's the performance bottleneck you are currently encountering all of this will be in the range of linear time improvement