Updating custom Gui for security

[steep raptor]

is it safe to reference the leaderstat inside the localscript(for gui) like this

local coins = game.Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats.coins

coins.Changed:Connect(function()
    coinGui.Text = `Coins: {coins.Value}`
end)

Or should i be using a remote event to update it instead?

[neon cedar]

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[clear coral]

That's fine, as long as you don't try changing it

you should use WaitForChild though on the leaderstats

[steep raptor]

sorry if this was a stupid question

[fair warren]

not at all

[steep raptor]

ok so the gui is only referencing the leaderstat not actually changing it i was just wondering for datastore in particular - it will read the

coins.Value

and save it but i was wondering would someone trying to hack be able to change that value?

[fair warren]

as long as you're saving / loading just from the server, you're fine

the client CAN change the value, but it's only for them, it won't affect the server

so it won't be saved/processed by the server at all

[steep raptor]

okkk sweet cheers i was only wondering i was actually watching a tutorial for profilestore and they said use a remote event to update UI elements so i had to ask

[fair warren]

you don't need to use a remoteEvent necessarily if you're storing data in value objects tbh

cause the client can see those easily

[clear coral]

Your use of .Changed works best, because the change the server makes is replicated back to the client automatically

[steep raptor]

sweet^

so i already used it correctly