Utility Module Recommendation

[grand pilot]

Fairly new to roblox deving, but i notice there are some community module scripts everyone tends to recommend like signals, made/trove, etc. What are some other ones that devs usually use?

[lusty shale]

I usually use Zap for networking, puts everyting in one module.

use GoodSignal instead of BindableEvent if you want it more atomic.

https://github.com/stravant/goodsignal

https://zap.redblox.dev/

[grand pilot]

heard good things about this one

anything to erase waitchains off of my scripts?

[lusty shale]

waitchaines?

oh okay like wait(time )....

[grand pilot]

like WaitForChild("XYZ"):WaitForChild("YZX")

its getting out of hand

[lusty shale]

lol, okay, well you could i guess make like a function(Path:sting) -> instance

[ancient nymph]

where are you using waitforchild?

you may want to know how the replication works

[grand pilot]

usually in module scripts, mostly waiting on remoteEvents/instances

ServerScriptService for now, havent touched much client side code

trying to switch to a module loader, not sure if that would help or hurt that issue

[lusty shale]

Well one tthing which could help alot is, game stucture, and declearing smart. cause when requiring(path) you dont to wait it

[lusty shale]

not really needed if you sturcure you game well trust me, i have gone thur the same

its a scam even

the youtube vids are scamming your time

[grand pilot]

ive been wanting to try to make one because i do like the "Your modules shouldnt be to dependent on other for reusability" philosophy, mostly because i havent made too many scripts so far

[lusty shale]

just do _G["Module"] and place your frekvent used stuff close to the root of the service

[grand pilot]

so it seemed like a good architecture to start with, not to sure of many other though, to be fair

[lusty shale]

yea this kind true, but its more about acceiblity in your case.

Trust me its not needed

when you have a moudle loader it is a moudle easier required, like require(ReplicatedStorgae.ModuleLoader) and then call the functions inside of it

that is as much step or even lesser step then doing require(ReplicatedStorage.YourService)

or like require(ReplicatedStoage.Services.YourServices)

But yea idk, chose what you think works, just giving another perspective. and for networking i just use Zap which is pretty easy to require

[grand pilot]

like client-server networking? or script-script

[lusty shale]

client-server

every event is in one modulescript, and it only need two events. to work. I think it has helped me a lot

mad easy

[ancient nymph]

this is bad, don't do it

modules scripts are way easier and faster than using _G

[umbral path]

if you are new in development

Forget everything about module script

[ancient nymph]

oh hell nah

module scripts is the base of like all games

[umbral path]

but not at this level of scripting

but he can try to understand basic things

[ancient nymph]

I mean but when he learns a really important things are module scripts

yeah

[umbral path]

module loader is almost necessary

that’s good point

if you have a map loader and on your module script client you are locating a part that is not ingame yet you will have infinite yield issue that will broke the script

if you have a module loader system you will be able to make it when it’s initialized

before returning the value

and without avoiding the require of the module script

[grand pilot]

not new to deving as a whole, im just not familiar with actually thinking about things like good architecture

just starting on a big project and wanted a good foundation

module scripts seem cut and dry, but i dont think ive ever worked with more than 10 scripts, and now i have around 30 so i want to make sure my bases are covered

[gentle forge]

perfect usecase for ai

[grand pilot]

wym

[gentle forge]

ask ai for architectures