Project Setup

[elfin stratus]

I'm trying to work out the basic framework for handling data. This is what I have so far to accomplish:

1. player's DataStore interactions (using the ProfileStore wrapper)
2. passing data around from script to script and across the client-server boundary: GlobalNamespace along with bindable events (using this encapsulation pattern: https://create.roblox.com/docs/scripting/module#encapsulation)

Would you guys mind taking a look an giving me some feedback?

[elfin stratus]

Here's the GlobalNamespace_Server module and Main_Server script where I'm using it:

[inland aspen]

I would try to avoid bindables and _G

you can just directly require the module instead

and use things like signal libs to replace bindables

[elfin stratus]

is that a category or is that a specific library?

[inland aspen]

more like a caterogry

[elfin stratus]

Would this solution get out of control?: https://create.roblox.com/docs/scripting/module#encapsulation

[elfin stratus]

like, a signal lib would be cleaner?

[inland aspen]

no cleaner its more of that bindables clone data passed

[elfin stratus]

so no DeepCopy()

[inland aspen]

yeah

[elfin stratus]

that would be nice

[elfin stratus]

So say I add that, is there anything else that's glaring that I'm missing in terms of data handling? (client-client, client-server, server-server, server-DataStore etc.)

[inland aspen]

looks fine for the time being

[elfin stratus]

I'm just trying to get a really solid groundwork for this shooter game I got hired on for

So i'll need trading, cross server queues

Product purchases as well but ProfileStore can handle that

@inland aspen thanks a bunch for your input, you're legit my role model when it comes to roblox scripting

[inland aspen]

np

[hazy pewter]

Hahahhahaha

Cross server queues

[elfin stratus]

k

[hazy pewter]

When u need help with that

Come to me

Well

Yeah hao can help with that too

We have differing opinions on how to do it

[elfin stratus]

and what's yours?

[hazy pewter]

I use a main server in order to handle the queues. Hao is in favor of having every server in the game handle the queues

I get where he is going with that but update adate async isn’t what it says it is

It says it will consistently only let one call edit it at a time

But yk with enough players, there will be cases where it glitches out

[elfin stratus]

so you prefer leader-follower and he likes gossip protocal

[hazy pewter]

Gossip protocol won’t ever stop and there is a possibility something incorrect happens. Leader follower has no potential for anything going wrong unless a server crashes which is extremely rare(in which you can just elect the next server in line to become the leader)

[elfin stratus]

wym by "Main" server?

[hazy pewter]

I wouldn’t say it’s gossip protocol though

[elfin stratus]

just some sort of leaderless

[hazy pewter]

It’s more consistent, but there could be a chance that update async doesn’t do what Roblox says

[inland aspen]

More like each region has 1 host that handles the servers in that section

[hazy pewter]

Yep this works too

This is actually a better idea

For ping

[elfin stratus]

that's your approach?

[hazy pewter]

Basically what I said

But he splits it across regions

One per region

[elfin stratus]

ah ok

[inland aspen]

just first make it work so 1 server handles everything

then If you are starting to see more load you can split up the work

[hazy pewter]

You can change it once you start getting hella players

Yes

[elfin stratus]

ok bet

[hazy pewter]

If u need help js DM me

I know a lot abt this stuff bc I was obsessed with it for a week straight

[elfin stratus]

is there like a library I should look into for this?

[hazy pewter]

Nope

[elfin stratus]

ok sweet ty

[hazy pewter]

I mean maybe

I didn’t use a library though

I just made 3 versions and I improved each one

[hazy pewter]

@solar path what was that one queue system u told me abt that bedwars uses

But it’s like super expensive

[elfin stratus]

@inland aspen @hazy pewter

It's been 84 years but i have done it

[hazy pewter]

Hell yeah

Figure out a way to mass test it now

I would ask traveler for advice on that

[elfin stratus]

I was told to just use a bunch of devices or get friends to help