Replica

[elfin spindle]

why child replica is not deleted

CLIENT:

Replica.OnNew("child",function(replica)
    replica.Maid:Add(function()
        print("deleted")
    end)
end)

SERVER:

local ParentReplica = Replica.New({
    Token = Replica.Token("ez");
    Data = {}
})
ParentReplica:Replicate()

local ChildReplica = Replica.New({
    Token = Replica.Token("child");
    Data = {}
})

ChildReplica:SetParent(ParentReplica)

task.delay(5,function()
    ParentReplica:Destroy()
end)

it doesnt print

[potent plume]

why are you using replica

[elfin spindle]

why not?

[potent plume]

you wouldn't be having this issue? that's, ... that's one reason why not.

[elfin spindle]

what should i use then

[potent plume]

well that depends why are you using replica?

[elfin spindle]

for hide and seek game

[potent plume]

maybe remote events?

or something

idk, you don't need replica for a simple game like that

yea you don't need this for a hide and seek game https://devforum.roblox.com/t/replica-server-to-client-state-replication-module/3216980

as a beginner you're literally just making things harder for yourself

i mean your choice if you want to do that, just as much as if you want to eat cat food and jump off a bridge i mean i'd like it if you didn't do those things but if you're going to do that to yourself there isn't anything i can really do to stop you, y'know?

[elfin spindle]

why u think im beginner

[potent plume]

90% of questions asked here are by beginners so it's usually a fairly safe bet, and you have close to a hello world use-case of replica here which is consistent with that

[potent plume]

this still stands though, you have a basic use-case which isn't working for you, and you don't seem to have a strong reason for needing replica other than just bcoz. more code is technical debt, more places for things to go wrong.

[potent plume]

also looks like you aren't calling Replica.RequestData() in the client code you showed. https://madstudioroblox.github.io/Replica/

Replica.RequestData() -- Must be called once anywhere in game code client-side

[elfin spindle]

i did it

also i fixed my issue

CLIENT:

```lua

Replica.OnNew("child",function(replica)
replica.Maid:Add(function()
print("deleted")
end)
end)

    **SERVER**:

    ```lua
local ParentReplica = Replica.New({
    Token = Replica.Token("ez");
    Data = {}
})
ParentReplica:Replicate()

local ChildReplica = Replica.New({
    Token = Replica.Token("child");
    Data = {}
})
ChildReplica:Replicate()
ParentReplica.Maid:Add(ChildReplica)

task.delay(5,function()
    ParentReplica:Destroy()
end)

heres the fix

idk why theres setparent if it doesnt work properly

[potent plume]

i've checked the replica source code and it does raise maid cleanup on all the child replicas on the client when you destroy the parent

[elfin spindle]

only on server side

on client in doesnt

for childrne

[potent plume]

https://github.com/MadStudioRoblox/Replica/blob/main/src/ReplicatedStorage/ReplicaClient.luau#L496

local function DestroyReplica(replica, is_depth_call)
-- Scan children replicas:
for child in pairs(replica.Children) do
DestroyReplica(child, true)
end
...
replica.Maid:Cleanup()

[elfin spindle]

oh

idk

but it doesnt work anyway

[potent plume]

technical debt ;p

[elfin spindle]

what

[elfin spindle]

it prints only parent replica lol

[potent plume]

i'd have to get in there and test it in studio but i dont have access to studio right now

definitely seems like the child is not being sent