check all parts is visible in a folder

[coarse valley]

is it better to use a while loop or runservice.heartbeat to check if all parts are visible inside a folder?

[shy imp]

runservice definitely, you should never use while loop unless it's some simple array checking or something like that, AND inside a coroutine

only use .heartbeat, renderstepped only if it's about physics

[coarse valley]

ah ok

thanks

so like this right?

why?

[shy imp]

yeah, but if the "PlankSpotsFolder" doesnt change, declare it before the runservice, and use events to check if objects were added/removd

[coarse valley]

i thought heartbeat isn't framerate based?

[shy imp]

barely, it can lag if there are 50+ parts inside the folder, with the caching method i said even 100 parts will barely drop performance

[coarse valley]

ah ok

[shy imp]

it has "deltaTime" has a parameter

[coarse valley]

i think i should just use runservice and not events because after all parts are visible i want to print a message and then disconnect the heartbeat connection

[shy imp]

you have to do it once?

[coarse valley]

wdym

[shy imp]

you have to do this "check" only once?

[coarse valley]

yes

[shy imp]

then why using a loop??

[coarse valley]

because

do you know break in? like that plank system

[shy imp]

uhm no tbh

[coarse valley]

im using runservice to check if all parts are visible, and if it is, then i print a message and then break it

icant check it once

because it starts as invisible

[shy imp]

so you want to check it only when something happens? like when players enter the game or something? then use events

[coarse valley]

ok

[coarse valley]

when the player is finished putting all the planks (turning all parts visible)

[shy imp]

also i hate to say this but you really shouldn't even worry about performance, you'll hardly get a laggy game with that simple system, but in the future hell you will

[shy imp]

probably just save the data inside the player or something

[coarse valley]

im just focusing on the gameplay first, ill worry about performance later

[coarse valley]

aight thanks

[shy imp]

alr, but just so you know, it'll be harder to optimize it later. and you should 100% do this asap if you plan on players from mobile to play (which i remember are like 80% of roblox)

[coarse valley]

aight

i'd keep note of that

[shy imp]

np gl with your game

[coarse valley]

thx

and gl with your projects (if you are working on one) too!