module script vs local vs server

[cerulean lichen]

Ive heard people say module scripts are so much better for everything. Some even use it for 99 percent of their script. But I dont get the difference and why its so much better?

[vale fulcrum]

u can reuse code easily, in the future trust me it wil get complicated

i just started using them too

@cerulean lichen

[cerulean lichen]

cant normal scripts do that too?

[maiden sage]

you can accomplish more in a module script with less code

imagine 10 scripts all for a trash system
spawning it
picking it up
recycling it into money

that could be 3 scrips

but instead you could have 1 module called TrashSystem that handles all of them neatly

you can return data from modules
i have npcs with names and money values which i save in a module script that use a function in the module script to get the specific npc i need

for instance this is my database module

this is my lobby system module

[iron breach]

its not like each script is better than the other

they all are for different things and you cant make a game with only one of them

[cerulean lichen]

can’t u also use functions in scripts and local globally?

[vale fulcrum]

no

only modules

@cerulean lichen

thats why its good'

like you don't have to complicate ur game

you just call the module but with different parameters

for example

if you wanted a chest or something

they could all follow the same rule but just give different items

[desert sedge]

Without modules the only way to use a function globally (from other scripts) is with _G, but I highly recommend not doing that.

[cerulean lichen]

thats actually really nice you can store functions and data inside a single module

[desert sedge]

Yeah, they’re useful for storing data instead of having massive tables inside your code

And ensuring minimal code duplication, so you only need to write the same code once

[cerulean lichen]

🥹 fr ive been using messy tables and reusing code. But are there cons as supposed to local script or server?

like maybe local runs faster? and module script can be accessed by exploiters?

[vale fulcrum]

they have different purposses

@cerulean lichen

local and server, there are things you have to do on either

like u can't get user input on local

[manic crest]

a module script you have to require to use it, like if you are trying to get a table from another script without copy and pasting script in the modulescript, require it, and do something like this