how do i make the shop items be synced with all servers?

[lyric pier]

what do u mean synced with all servers?

[stoic peak]

all the shops in all servers resets every hour
but i want the items to be synced as well

like if you switch server there is different items

in the shop

how do i fix that

[lyric pier]

oh i get what u mean

u could try to use messagingservice

that lets your servers communicate with eachother

although youll have to think of how to make only 1 server choose the items

https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/MessagingService

[wispy edge]

You could write your own random generation function

That takes in the current hour

And spits out a list of shop items

[lyric pier]

there already exists one, u should be able to put in a time value into math.random

[stoic peak]

ye i have no idea how to

[lyric pier]

in that case take ObSp's approach

[wispy edge]

That way you won't need to use anything like messaging service or get into synchronization

[stoic peak]

this thing so complicated

[wispy edge]

I think it's Random.new??

[lyric pier]

is it

i havent coded in roblox for a while

[stoic peak]

but how do i choose which server chooses

[wispy edge]

math.random only works with a min and max

[wispy edge]

You font

Don't

[lyric pier]

all of them do

[stoic peak]

hold on ima show you what i got

[wispy edge]

With my way there's no need to do anything related to cross server synchronization

[lyric pier]

essentially, the function will always give you the same output with the same input, but it is mostly random

[wispy edge]

All you gotta do is write a loop

[lyric pier]

all the servers just put in the current hour

[stoic peak]

those all work

but

the items are different

in every server

how do i send it to the others

[wispy edge]

Bruh did you read anything I said

[stoic peak]

honestly i just dont know how to do what you said

[wispy edge]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/datatypes/Random

Use the Random.new function

[stoic peak]

but then how i sync the items with all shops

[wispy edge]

You dont

[stoic peak]

its just random shops in all servers

[wispy edge]

That's the cool thing

[stoic peak]

breh

what

[wispy edge]

Since it's pseudo random( not completely random) the same items will be generated in every server

If you input the current hour

It'll get you the same output

[stoic peak]

tbh i have no idea how it works

can you send me example please

[wispy edge]

Here

Every hour run a piece of code that:

• Gets the current hour
• inputs that hour into Random.new() to get a kinda random number
• With that number, write some small algorithm that picks items based on the number

[stoic peak]

part 1 and 2 sounds alright
idk how to get the part 3

cuz i want to put many commons rare epic etc

thats so confusing

[lyric pier]

the same way you did it so far

[wispy edge]

How are you doing it rn

[hallow spear]

Thats honestly a cool way of doing things

[wispy edge]

Most efficient way to do it too since there's no cross server communication required(which can get really confusing)

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[hallow spear]

Agreed

Actually what about memory stores?

For an item shop if you want to handpick items you could use memory stores which would be less difficult then cross-communication

[wispy edge]

Yeah I think he wants them random tho

Not handpicked

[hallow spear]

Then thats def the best option

[lyric pier]

i wouldnt say the most efficient

cross server communication can be more efficient especially if the system gets more complex

but it is significantly harder to implement

[lyric pier]

thats more complicated than cross server communication lol

creating a data storage is more complicated than sending a string

[hallow spear]

Definitely a lot easier though

Messaging service is weird and i'd rather be retrieving data then waiting for a message

[lyric pier]

wdym

u still have to upload the data

the same way u have to upload the string

strings easier than a table

[hallow spear]

What about new servers?

You'll have to send a message to every new server

[lyric pier]

u got me

[hallow spear]

MemoryStores would just be easier

[lyric pier]

didnt think of that