ServerScriptService help (chat to function something)

[brisk pagoda]

Guys how do I make a serverscriptservice script that requires a module when you say something (Everyone can!) except for blacklists?

[round glen]

first require a module (for example inside the script itself)
local blacklist = require(script.Blacklist)
the modulescript will be something like:

return { -- list of all userIds
   101010101010,
   202309203910,
}

then in the script:

...
local players = game:GetService("Players")

players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
   player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg, plr)
      -- aaand to be honest i don't remember how can you "cancel" the event, try looking on the docs or asking chatgpt maybe?
   end)
end)

but you gotta check like:
for _, id in ipairs(blacklist) do
if id == player.UserId then ... cancel the event ... end
end

[brisk pagoda]

Good idea

[round glen]

np

if you're making a mute system there are a ton in roblox dev forum, toolbox or youtube videos

[uncut rampart]

oh wait but couln't you store the index so you don't need to loop through every element in the module?

for example

    player.UserId = player.UserId
}```

and

if table[player.UserId] then return end

would make the process faster too since it's a hash table

[round glen]

hmm no clue about the performance, but great idea

[uncut rampart]

it's a instant grab since it's fully open to memory

ofc takes a bit more memory to store it all since a array gets stored as a refrence to the next element

but this would generally be better for performance if you wanted to blacklist multiple players at one time

imagine looping through a array with a million elements

it's gonna take forever

like imagine you have a million players looping through a array with a million elements

million x million = trillion operations

but a hash table it's instant access since it's open to the mem

[round glen]

oh i see