Which method is better?

[mortal mason]

a table would probably be the easiest way of going about it

[surreal kettle]

is it possible to find all children with the same name in a folder?

[mortal mason]

yes but why would you want that?

you're best off just making a script that manages the data instead

So player X mines 1 stone:
then in the table for player X you just add 1 to the stone value

[noble dagger]

looking through tables take performance so if you plan to constantly check the table values id suggest doing actual values instead

either or works but really depends

[mortal mason]

Yes, yet for constantly reading them I would just have it all inside a table. Just have the key be the Name of said ore and the value be the amount you have. Then it won't be too much more resource intensive the check the inventory yet still easy to move to a new script in case other scripts need to read/write from/to the table

[noble dagger]

i see

[mortal mason]

I do have to quickly add that it really depends on how you handle resources. If they're just numbers then tables. If they're all their own item then use values

[surreal kettle]

alr, ty

[lapis ingot]

I believe tables are more convenient and flexible

however, you may encounter problems sharing this table between scripts

search up what is single script architecture

it help with thatreally well

oh also theres _G (i forgot it existed)

[surreal kettle]

i plan on adding quite a lot of ores, and since you would probably have more than a 100 of some ores at a time it could cause lag, which is my worry.

[surreal kettle]

ill do that, thanks

[lapis ingot]

I dont really know why but no one of experienced scripters I know use _G

[mortal mason]

just have the amount just be a number, then the name of the ore is the key 🤷‍♂️

[mortal mason]

we tend to prefer module scripts

[lapis ingot]

and I dont use it either

yes me too

[mortal mason]

Most scripters just say "Hey I already have a module, why not just add it to the module if I need it everywhere"

[lapis ingot]

im experimenting with Knit rn
do you know if its worth using?

[mortal mason]

local ExampleTable = {
["Stone"] = 0,
["Iron"] = 0,
["Gold"] = 0
}

local function AddOre(Ore, NumberToAdd)
  if not ExampleTable[Ore] then warn("This ore does not exist") return end
  ExampleTable[Ore] += NumberToAdd
end

then it doesn't matter how many hours need to be added, as long as it stays under the intlimit (which is already way too high)

[mortal mason]

Never looked at knit before. I can't say

[surreal kettle]

i see, it's pretty similar to the system i was using before so ill probably stick to that. thanks