Roblox Coding Tips

[brave raptor]

Coding

for _, Value in pairs(game.Workspace:GetChildren()) do

Is the same as:

for _, Value in (game.Workspace:GetChildren()) do

(This does not apply to ipairs, only use this for pairs.)

if Thing then
if not Thing then

Is the same as:

if Thing == true then
if Thing == false then

This also applies to stuff like " and ', you can also do .5 instead of 0.5 when typing out numbers.

You should be localizing variables and functions when possible.

local Thing = true
local ReplicatedStorage = game.ReplicatedStorage
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local function DoThing()

(Luau localizes variables by default internally, but typing them out by hand is still slightly faster.)

Use functions provided by Roblox when possible.
For example:

for _,Player in ipairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do

local Distance = Player:DistanceFromCharacter(Part.Position)

ParticleEmitter:Emit(50)

Although stuff like

Humanoid:TakeDamage(10)

is slightly slower than

Humanoid.Health -= 10

because Humanoid:TakeDamage() has extra checks (For example if the player has a forcefield active), so take this into consideration.

[brave raptor]

Keep in mind though, that local variables have a limited scope.

This wont work because the DestroyBurgers() function doesnt know what the BurgerFolder variable is, as its scope is only in the CloneBurgers() function.

local function CloneBurgers(Amount)
    local WorkSpace = game:GetService('Workspace')
    local BurgerFolder = WorkSpace.BurgerFolder
    local Burger = BurgerFolder.Burger
    for i = 0,Amount do
        Burger:Clone()
    end
end
local function DestroyBurgers()
    for _,Burgers in ipairs(BurgerFolder) do
        Burgers:Destroy()
    end
end
-- I don't work :( --

This works because BurgerFolder and Burger are scopes of the entire script.

local WorkSpace = game:GetService('Workspace')
local BurgerFolder = WorkSpace.BurgerFolder
local Burger = BurgerFolder.Burger
local function CloneBurgers(Amount)
    for i = 0,Amount do
        Burger:Clone()
    end
end
local function DestroyBurgers()
    for _,Burgers in ipairs(BurgerFolder) do
        Burgers:Destroy()
    end
end
-- I work :) --

When possible you should be doing multiplication instead of division
For example:

Humanoid.Health *= .5
Humanoid.Health *= .1
-- I'm faster :) --

Is on average 33% faster
than

Humanoid.Health /= 2
Humanoid.Health /= 10
-- I'm slower :< --

I also recommend doing

Humanoid.Health += 10
Humanoid.Health -= 10
Humanoid.Health /= 10
Humanoid.Health *= 10
Humanoid.Health %= 10
-- I'm nicely condensed and easy to read :D --

instead of

Humanoid.Health = Humanoid.Health + 10
Humanoid.Health = Humanoid.Health - 10
Humanoid.Health = Humanoid.Health / 10
Humanoid.Health = Humanoid.Health * 10
Humanoid.Health = Humanoid.Health % 10
-- There's no point in me being so long :( --

You can also use commas to chain variables

local Cat,Dog,Mouse = AnimalFolder.Cat,AnimalFolder.Dog,AnimalFolder.Mouse

It is also good to leave comments for future you. So you arent confused with your own code later down the line

-- Services --

local WorkSpace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local Lighting = game:GetService("Lighting")
local SoundService = game:GetService("SoundService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game.ReplicatedStorage
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local Debris = game:GetService("Debris")

-- Player --

local LocalPlayer = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local CurrentCamera = WorkSpace.CurrentCamera
local Character = LocalPlayer.Character or LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local PlayerGUI = LocalPlayer.PlayerGui
local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

-- PlayerGui --

local HealthFrame = PlayerGUI:WaitForChild("Health"):WaitForChild("HealthFrame")
local RedHealthVignette = HealthFrame:WaitForChild("RedHealthVignette")

-- Lighting --

local ColorCorrection,Blur = Lighting:WaitForChild("ColorCorrection"),Lighting:WaitForChild("Blur")

-- I'm a comment! I don't interact with the script in any way, shape, or form. But I'm very helpful at documenting stuff for people to understand :)

The only comments that interact with the script are:

--!nocheck
--!nonstrict
--!strict

These are related to typechecking.

When creating an Instance always set the parent last.

local Sock = instance.new("Part",Workspace)
Sock.Transparency = 1
-- Bad --

local Sock = instance.new("Part")
Sock.Parent = Workspace
Sock.Transparency = 1
-- Bad --

local Sock = instance.new("Part")
Sock.Transparency = 1
Sock.Parent = Workspace
-- Good :) --

Always use :Destroy() on parts if you want them gone

Setting their parent to nil or their transparency to 1 will stop rendering them, sure. But they still have ties to the game and will use resources.

local Part = Workspace.Part
Part.Parent = nil
-- Bad --

local Part = Workspace.Part
Part.Transparency = 1
-- Bad --

local Part = Workspace.Part
Part:Destroy()
-- Good, this destroys all connections to the part, and it can no longer be accessed. --

[brave raptor]

Some general modules i recommend using are:
Suphis signal module,
Partcache,
Janitor

[graceful hornet]

question, wouldnt it be better if you put thme in an array?

[brave raptor]

you mean like

local AnimalFolder = {
Cat,
Dog,
Mouse
}

[graceful hornet]

ye

and just localized them aswell

like local cat = animalflder[1]

smth like that

[brave raptor]

variables are faster

I'm pretty sure Luau doesn't do anything with tables in terms of speed

or at least anything that i know of

[graceful hornet]

hmmm interesting

when would you want to use this then

[brave raptor]

when would i want to use what?

arrays dictionaries and tables?

@graceful hornet

[graceful hornet]

the varible thing

@brave raptor

[brave raptor]

pretty much everywhere

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

its just good practice to use local variables

[graceful hornet]

then how would you get the specific variable

in there

do you use Animal[n]

[brave raptor]

Animal.Cat

Animal.Dog

Animal.Mouse

local Animal = {
Cat = Workspace.Cat
Dog = Workspace.Dog
Mouse = Workspace.Mouse
}

but this is 2x slower than just using local variables

you should be using arrays and stuff if you want to do :GetChildren for example

[graceful hornet]

wait

i thought u said its faster

[brave raptor]

using tables is like 2x slower

[graceful hornet]

oh

youre confusingXD

[brave raptor]

i guess so

[graceful hornet]

you shouldve at least put comments

--gooofy ahh mf

[brave raptor]

true

[graceful hornet]

btw

so if you want to access specific variable

you go animal.dog?

wait

local animals dog,cat,mouse = workspace.dog, workspace.cat, workspace.mouse
animals.dog

like this?

[brave raptor]

not entirely

wait ill show you

some examples

local Animals = {
    Cat = Workspace.Cat,
    Dog = Workspace.Dog,
    Mouse = Workspace.Mouse
}
-- I'm a table --

local Cat = Animals.Cat
local Dog = Animals.Dog
local Mouse = Animals.Mouse
-- I'm a set of local variables --

local Cat,Dog,Mouse = Animals.Cat,Animals.Dog,Animals.Mouse
-- I'm a set of chained local variables --

[graceful hornet]

ooooooh

do i just Cat then

if i want to access it?

[brave raptor]

yeah

if youre using local variables then yes

if you have them in a table then you have to do
Animals.Cat each time

Roblox Coding Tips

Don't use deprecated functions

They're deprecated for a reason

For example you shouldn't use wait(), instead you should be using task.wait()

[brave raptor]

Start Of Post

[sudden depot]

table take up system memory, I recommend use variables.

[zealous hound]

Whats the difference between "game:GetService("blahblah")"
And game.blahblah

I never understood the difference execpt of just working the same

[sudden depot]

game:GetService("Workspace"):ClearAllChildren() -- Work fine
game.Workspace:ClearAllChildren() -- Work fine

workspace.Name = "Blah Blah Blah" -- Changing name

game:GetService("Workspace"):ClearAllChildren() -- Work fine
game.Workspace:ClearAllChildren() -- Error

[zealous hound]

Hm

[brave raptor]

i know

i was just showing examples of each

variables take up memory too, but its miniscule

[brave raptor]

if a service doesnt exist :GetService will create it

also if you rename a service :GetService will get it

i only use :GetService on services that arent in the roblox studio explorer window by default or services i have renamed

[zealous hound]

isnt it kinda stupid that u can rename services?

[brave raptor]

not really no

pretty sure jailbreak sets replicated first/replicated storage to a random string value

probably to exploit cheaters or something

[copper osprey]

I was chatting with a dude about that, and yes, there are devs that do randomly name the scripts even local ones.. if you get more info on @brave raptor let me know , it sounds like and interesting thing... I think the guy gave me a code snipit of it... need to find it

[brave raptor]

local scripts are ones you should especially be renaming

as they are the only scripts you can really steal

since the client downloads them

[graceful hornet]

how would they steal it?

if they dont even know what it is

[brave raptor]

changing a localscripts name doesnt mean they cant just go inside it and look at the code

[graceful hornet]

so what are the other meaning then

[brave raptor]

buying time I suppose

takes longer for exploiters to find what they want when you have hundreds of scripts with random letters and numbers

[hallow steeple]

if i was exploiting i would not even read your scripts

i would just make my own

[sudden depot]

obfuscated script

[brave raptor]

all script obfuscators ive seen kill performance

[brave raptor]

maybe if they wanted to steal your code or something

idk

[hallow steeple]

if there stealing your code then there not a good hacker

[brave raptor]

good point

[graceful hornet]

Didnt roblox patched hacks tho?

[winter tangle]

no, anything on the client an exploiter can manipulate

[graceful hornet]

what does that mean?

like hackers going to players stuff?

[old siren]

Anything the client has access to they can modify or change but this will only affect their instance of the game and not any other player

Say like a part in workspace or their local scripts

[teal minnow]

it will affect other players in the game if they have network ownership of it

[slate needle]

Yep. When I’m testing I generally just see what REs are fired and how the arguments change to look for vulnerabilities. I rarely read code because there isn’t much benefit. This is the same process used by hackers in larger applications for networking.

[primal badger]

use
workspace
instead of Workspace or game.Workspace

theres literally no reason to change the name of services since exploiters can just use the :GetService(...) to get the service they want regardless of the name change

[slate needle]

Also a common “anti exploit” I see is adding remote events with there correct name and then scrambling them. I can just do a .ChildAdded event and see what the name is right when it replicates over.

[primal badger]

you should use 0.5 instead of .5 for readability

the best thing you can do is secure the server side

[slate needle]

+= can save a lot of time if you want to just add on. It also works with -=, *=, /=. This keeps the original value of the variable and modified it by the amount:
local num = 10
num += 1
print(num) — prints 11

[primal badger]

-- you heard of single line comments, well here is a multi-line comment
--[[
  yo yo 
    im a 
         multi line comment!!
]]
print("cow")

[teal minnow]

if you highlight a section of your code and hit ctrl-/ (or the mac equivalent) it will instantly comment out that code. do it again to instantly uncomment it

[split magnet]

I just want to clear things up. Using wait() in a server script is considered better? I didn't quite understand what you were saying. I know there's a delay in wait() and that task.wait() has a more accurate wait time.

[slate needle]

don't use wait(), task.wait() is much more accurate

[split magnet]

yeah thats what i thought

[split magnet]

but what does he mean by "you have to use wait() is in server scripts"

[slate needle]

idk

[brave raptor]

this is wrong

I thought task.wait only worked in local scripts when I wrote this

[sudden depot]

Where did u find it?

[split magnet]

he deleted it

[split magnet]

.

[sudden depot]

The original message was deleted?

Nvm

[split magnet]

do you not see here

yes

[sudden depot]

I think he doesn't know the difference between task.wait() and wait()

Roblox should update the wait() function to 60hz

[sudden depot]

instead of deprecating

[primal badger]

Why do you think this

[sudden depot]

some people idea is to deprecate it

they can't deprecate it because there are many games out there using wait() function

[winter tangle]

it is deprecated, they won’t remove it because of what you mentioned above - they can’t change wait to 60hz/task.wait because it may cause unexpected changes to behavior in games which rely on wait

[brave raptor]

I deleted what I said because it was outright wrong

always use task.wait no matter what

[sudden depot]

I realized

we have been coding in 2 sides

front-end and back-end

[slate needle]

That’s a good thing

A lot of development teams work front and back

[primal badger]

Yeah

If they didn’t

No game

🗿

[hollow herald]

actually though
if Thing then isnt actually the same as if Thing == true then.

Lets say if Thing is the workspace.
it will be equivalent to if workspace == true then

well that will obviously return false

[slate needle]

If thing then will evaluate that thing does not equal nil or false

[hollow herald]

yeah i know that

[brave raptor]

how so?

[hollow herald]

workspace isnt a boolean

and that if statement is checking if thats equal to true

not if it exists or not

[sudden depot]

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS833ufb9/

[slate needle]

That is how things should be setup. I have seen more games than I can count that don't do things properly and end up with huge issues.

[brave raptor]

it doesnt have to be a boolean

it also applies to instances

they return true if they exist

[slate needle]

If condition then just evaluated that it isn’t nil or false

Not that it is true

[brave raptor]

well yes

but you get what i mean

[hollow herald]

then why doesnt this print out anything

[brave raptor]

because youre a um stinky

[old siren]

lol

[brave raptor]

idk man i use if thing then with instances and all that stuff

and it works fine for me

[hollow herald]

then youre a stinky

because workspace isnt true its literally a instance

[brave raptor]

it works fine for me

i didnt do your example of if workspace then print("ok")

but ive used if condition then on instances before

and it has worked fine

[hollow herald]

like if workspace == true?

[brave raptor]

no just if workspace then

[hollow herald]

or just if workspace then

yea that works

except if you put == true

[brave raptor]

oh

well im in the wrong then

my bad

[hollow herald]

its ok

[brave raptor]

ITS NOT OK

ive been living a life of lies

i cant take it anymore

[hollow herald]

its only 1

[brave raptor]

true

i can take it anymore 🤠

[winter tangle]

local instance = newproxy()

if instance then
    print("success", "a")
end

if instance == true then
    print("failure", "b")
end

if (not not instance) == true then
    print("success", "c")
end

print(not not instance) -- true

local undefined = nil

print(undefined) -- nil

if not not instance == not undefined then
    print("success", "d")
end

print(not not undefined) -- false

https://luau-lang.org/demo

[split magnet]

Ahem* *cough. Maybe a little more than 1

[brave raptor]

😭

[quasi ermine]

Do you think you can give tips on how to structure games? Like do you use 2-3 server scripts and a bunch of module scripts? etc

[brave raptor]

I have 1 script in server script service, 1 script in starter character scripts, and 1 script in starter player scripts.

And then I just have lots of modules

[quasi ermine]

Mm

[brave raptor]

I keep utility modules in replicated storage, and separate them into folders called shared modules (for client and server use) and client modules (for client modules only)

[quasi ermine]

Utility? Like welds and stuff?

[brave raptor]

partcache, fastcast, stuff like that

[quasi ermine]

Oh

Mm

Aight ty

[brave raptor]

np :)

[lime drum]

Good Communication skills are also very related so... help/support can be way much easier.

[sudden depot]

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLJqmYvt/

[sudden depot]

Types of cyber attack

[graceful hornet]

ive seen that on an article

also on vox

i think

[teal minnow]

what book is that

[cunning willow]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[graceful hornet]

whats the diff?

also where did number came from

[cunning willow]

One message removed from a suspended account.

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[graceful hornet]

well you have to explain whats happening

cuz i dont get it

[cunning willow]

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[graceful hornet]

oooh

so like having space between

okokok i get it

[primal badger]

That’s called string interpolation it’s pretty neat

[graceful hornet]

ye thanks:>

[brave raptor]

Oh damn

Thanks!

I didn't know about this

[cunning willow]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[brave nest]

Thats how it is for booleans, other things usually return true if they exist/aren’t nil, and false if they’re nil

[brave raptor]

this is true

[lime drum]

Always check for future updates for the coding language you will use

[zealous hound]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycAblH93RDA

could help beginners

[cunning willow]

Noob*

[old yew]

same

i dont think he is great for beginners nor more intermidiate programmers

[slow garden]

And why do game.Workspace

When you can just do workspace

[brave raptor]

Don't think there's much of a reason to be fair

Although I prefer using game.Workspace for the sake of readability

game.Workspace
game.Players
game.ReplicatedFirst

[surreal edge]

Bet you could learn luau faster reading the luau docs

[surreal edge]

This, while mostly true, isn't correct, there are 3 very specific comments that do interact with the script

--!nocheck
--!nonstrict
--!strict

These are used for type checking, and as far as I am aware there are only these three

[cunning willow]

I often hear excuses like readability, readability! But I don’t really understand why game.Worspace is suppose to be more readable

[surreal edge]

Because it's the same

Your brain kinda gets hung up on if game is there or not if you mix and match

[brave raptor]

I'm pretty sure I wrote this before typechecking was a thing

I'll update it

[brave raptor]

not sure then

i didn't know about it until recently

[brave raptor]

different strokes for different folks

[teal minnow]

2017: default baseplate
2023: default city
"look how far I've come"

[charred nacelle]

🤯

[sharp crown]

6 years bro still a skid

🙏🙏

[cunning willow]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[sharp crown]

ong bro goofy ass haircut

[willow thicket]

mans bald

[drowsy flint]

For the second tip, thats not always the case. if not Thing then returns true for Thing == nil as well.

[sudden depot]

create structural script and it'll be easier to handle later

[limpid magnet]

Not sure if anyone has posted this but doing this:

for i, v in workspace:GetChildren() do
  if v:IsA("BasePart") then
    v.Transparency = 1
  end
end

Is the same as:

for i, v in workspace:GetChildren() do
  if not v:IsA("BasePart") then continue end --Doesn't break the loop but skips past this iteration
  v.Transparency = 1
end

Guard clauses for the win 🏆

[manic yoke]

also just reads way easier, you don't gotta tab into if statements which makes everything look muuuch betterrrr

[surreal edge]

fr

[sudden depot]

try to get along with math and logic

as a experienced programmer, the most annoying error is actually logical error, usually caused by human

it mean there's no error in the script except logic. for example, inaccurate calculation, wrong formula, calling wrong function, etc...

[sudden depot]

logical error does not appear in output because script only read and do the code, not logic. so that's why it's frustrating when your code doesn't have error but doesn't work too.

[surreal edge]

Use an if statement to confirm whether or not the result is the expected value, and if it isn't, use warn() to send result to the console as a warning

[cunning willow]

If thing == false can also be applied to if thing == nil

[brave raptor]

Not entirely I think

For example a boolean set to false

[cunning willow]

Wait

[cunning willow]

Not what I meant

I meant if not thing is the same thing as what I said

Srry didn’t really say it well

[brave raptor]

I mentioned if not being the same as == false though

From what i remember at least

[willow thicket]

print(“yesn’t”) actually prints yesn’t

[cunning willow]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[brave raptor]

HOW

[wind spear]

woah

Anyway, is print("true") the same as print(true)?

[wraith otter]

i would

if you're exploiting and not reading scripts idk what you're doing

you could identify potential bugs in the game if you read people's code, and then use that to your own advantage

if the game owner decides to add an anti exploit to prevent you from doing whatever it is you're doing, you could fall back on those bugs

[hallow steeple]

Bugs on the client side have no effect you have to find bugs on the server side

[wraith otter]

that is true

although

i have seen game owners not protect remote events linked to economical events

[hallow steeple]

And server scripts are not replicated to the client unless it's a module outside of server scripts or server storages

[hallow steeple]

You don't need to read there localscripts to test for holes in there remote events

[wraith otter]

it allows you to understand what parameters the remotevents typically use, does it not?

[hallow steeple]

It will help you understand how there using the remote event but you still will need to experiment with none typical uses

[wraith otter]

true

[hallow steeple]

I think it's also possible to snoop on remote events without even reading their code

[wraith otter]

that wouldn't surprise me

it's very likely that there's a sort of

event-logging exploit

[hallow steeple]

Well a client can see network packages leaving their computer so it would not be impossible

[wind spear]

it’s basically never needed to view client

everything you probably want to exploit is server related so the only thing you’ll likely target are remotes and events

which can both be easily hooked using a executor to see the all the arguments and the remote or event that fired

[hallow steeple]

Outside of remote events anything relating to network ownership and touch events click events etc.. if it replicates then you have some kind of way into the server

[wind spear]

Yeah

[wind spear]

Yeah hookfunction lets them hook stuff to things to the environment functions of luau which includes the :FireServer stuff and the :Kick (yes anti kick for client called :Kick is very possible)

[willow thicket]

remotespy

something like this is what they would probably use to track ur events and do stuff with it

image is off of google cuz no way am i exploiting 💀

[slow garden]

RemoteSpy is goat

[hallow steeple]

Also remember exploiting is not limited to the common exploiting tools you find on the internet if an exploiter is smart enough they can make their own exploiting tools

[brave raptor]

No because "true" is a string value while just true would be a variable for example

[wind spear]

but the print function doesn’t return that

[brave raptor]

local true = false
print(true)

this prints false

for example

i think so at least

[wind spear]

no

print("true") and print(true) are the same

[brave raptor]

that's because true is an operator

[wind spear]

you can test yourself

:D

[brave raptor]

that's because true is an operator

If you do print("i") and print(i) in the second example it will error

Because i isn't declared

[wind spear]

no? It would print nil?

lol

[wind spear]

Yeah but this is what print returns not what true is, also it’s a logical operator not an operator. Those are different and not to be confused.

[brave raptor]

close enough :))

[brave raptor]

or that i forget

you get the point

[wind spear]

Ye

It’s a funny joke to pull on ppl

[wind spear]

everyone would think it’s false

[sharp crown]

No

[wind spear]

Why is it not?

[wraith otter]

type(true) will print “Boolean” the the console

type(“true”) will print “string” to t he console

@wind spear if you try to set the text of a text label to true, it won’t work, because true is a Boolean and not a string

But if you set it to “true” it will

When you do print(“true”) or print(true), it’ll look the same when printed to the console, but it won’t actually be the same

[hallow steeple]

is it not boolean?

[wraith otter]

Phone is autocorrecting

But yes it should be lowercase

[wind spear]

Sorry, but that’s semi incorrect.

[wind spear]

Yeah, but this is not asking if a string and boolean is the same. It’s asking if print’s return is the same as print’s return

It will always be the same so it will always be true 😁

[wind spear]

. Here and even here on luau demo website (proof)

[plucky forge]

print("true" --string) print(true --boolean: true)

[wraith otter]

Well I do suppose what the console outputs is always a string

[wind spear]

yuh

[wraith otter]

But what the values actually are, are not strings sometimes

[plucky forge]

its the same text but not the same meaning

[wind spear]

share it with other people to troll them

[plucky forge]

hence why you cant do
local true = "imgunnaku-"

[wind spear]

Yeah you can’t do that

[plucky forge]

local x = true
local y = "true"

print(x, y)

[wind spear]

variable names cannot be any type of operator

[plucky forge]

yes i know

[median hedge]

Keep in mind that:

if not thing then

is actually:

if thing == false or thing == nil then

[wind spear]

expect it’s actually better than that

if not then is always faster than if value == value then

[median hedge]

sometimes, you have to use value == value
like for instance, receiving a return

[cunning willow]

you should not use not at all

[wind spear]

not really

if not value then is usually always the best case to do

like if not Instance.Parent then - - this thing is destroyed or just got cloned
or if not instance then - - checks if the instance even exists at all

in rare cases == would be better yea

[wraith otter]

why not??

[manic yoke]

don't listen

[median hedge]

This appears quite often for me though (might just be me):

local function functionWithArguments(a, b, c)
    if not a or not b or not c then return end
    print("nothing was nil") --you'd want to only check if they're nil
end

functionWithArguments("a", true, false) --doesn't print even though nothing is nil
functionWithArguments(true, true, true) --prints

[peak latch]

cool thing about modulus is you can clamp a number with it
FrameRate = (FrameRate + 1) % 61 if your wondering why its 61 and not 60 thats because it will return back to 0 after reaching 59 (im pretty sure suphi's video explains it)

[peak latch]

first it prints "true" then it prints nil and since print doesnt return anything it is equal to nil

:bigbrain:

[cunning willow]

you just used it