i got a script from someone else, which keeps track of how long the player has been offline for. can this be changed to not be manupilatable by the player? (script below)
#fixing a script
rugged edge
wym manupilatable 💔
because it uses os.time
so people can change the time for it
by changing their devise clock
red sierra
yo @rugged edge
i fixed it
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local HttpService = game:GetService("HttpService")
local datastores = {}
local function getUTCTime()
local success, response = pcall(function()
return HttpService:GetAsync("http://worldtimeapi.org/api/timezone/Etc/UTC")
end)
if success then
local data = HttpService:JSONDecode(response)
return data.unixtime
else
return os.time()
end
end
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local userData = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("UserData", player.UserId)
datastores[player.UserId] = userData
local timePlayerLeft = userData:GetAsync("timeLeft") or getUTCTime()
timePassed = getUTCTime() - timePlayerLeft
end)
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
if not datastores[player.UserId] then
return
end
local timePlayerLeft = getUTCTime()
datastores[player.UserId]:SetAsync("timeLeft", timePlayerLeft)
datastores[player.UserId] = nil
end)
if that dont work ask chatgpt
or use visual studio code
rugged edge
hmm
red sierra
for debugging
rugged edge
should still work the same right?
red sierra
yes
red sierra
okay
btw u have to enable http services @rugged edge
the script gets their time from a website using that
rugged edge
alr
rugged edge
the script gets their time from a website using that
you trying to scam me wit this here?
link takes me to a website that looks completley disfunctional
im just going to ask someone else
dense heart
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local Players = gam...
wtf is this
dense heart
your script is already not manupilatable by the player. all you have to do is literally nothing. maybe add game:bindtoclose so it saves properly at all times
rugged edge
your script is already not manupilatable by the player. all you have to do is li...
i mean i was able to manipulate it myself by just changing my system time
dense heart
i mean i was able to manipulate it myself by just changing my system time
no thats coz you were in roblox studio
datastores dont run on client
rugged edge
does bro not know how os.time() works
dense heart
datastores run on server
rugged edge
this isnt datastores
dense heart
clients can change their os clock all they like, this isn't going to change the server's clock
rugged edge
can you do a quick favour for me
go to the documentation
and search up os.time()
dense heart
the only maybe exception to this is if you're doing this in studio, which is roblox's half-baked attempt at running servers on your client pc. that's not going to be possible in live servers
rugged edge
it will say that the player can manipulate it...
dense heart
and search up os.time()
bro do you really think i dont know what os.time does
rugged edge
let me send you a screenshot of the documentation
literally reads "However, users can easily disable sync behavor and set the system time to anything they want"
dense heart
i can see how you're confused by that
that is talking about using os.time on the client
the client can desync themselves from the server's os.time
rugged edge
ah
dense heart
that is not going to come up here because datastores only run on the server
rugged edge
so i will be able to manipulate it in studio but not in actual experience?
dense heart
that's a maybe in studio, i haven't tested it but it seems reasonable because studio tends to run the server side locally. but yeah no in an actual experience, all roblox servers have synchronized os.time meaning they all return the same value. clients cannot mess with that.
dense heart
yes i am 100% certain of this.
rugged edge
because if you arent then players can just completley cheat it
but alright i trust you
since you have high roles ig
dense heart
not 100% on the studio side, but regular players aren't going to be opening your game in studio
if they could, you'd have way bigger problems ;p
dense heart
yeah, you can 100% definitely trust os.time in the actual experience / roblox player, like for regular players joining your game, no issues there. clients cannot tamper with the server's os.time