How do we use RemoteEvents?

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#1

How do we actually use RemoteEvents :hear_no_evil: :hear_no_evil:?

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#2

You use a RemoteEvent to communicate to the Server to the Client and vice versa. To communicate with Server to Client you would have to something like this (only an example):

local myEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").RemoteEvent  -- change path if needed
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player) -- every function which gets the player basically
	myEvent:FireClient(player) -- you need to have a player argument if it's Server to Client
end)

To receive you would use this OnClientEvent:

local myEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").RemoteEvent  -- change path if needed
myEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	-- code
end)

Now if you have to do Client to Server Communication you just switch around the Arguments so instead :FireClient() you use :FireServer(). YOU DON’T NEED A PLAYER ARGUMENT FOR THAT and ofcourse it will be .OnServerEvent

NOTE: There is also :FireAllClients(), no player argument is needed for, since you send it to all clients
2. NOTE: There is also BindableEvent, however they are used for Client-to-Client Communication and Server-To-Server Communication, so don’t forget that!

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#3

Umm well if i tried from a local script to script to run an animation like i added a script to the serverscriptservice and local script fires server to the script how to do that? actually i don’t know how we fire it from local script.Can i add the animations to the script by the local script when firing it?

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#4

Yes you can, just like i said use :FireServer() and OnServerEvent
Now to get the Animation I think you need to use Instance.new(“Animation”) or you (can clone the animation and) parent it to the script

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#5

Well so i learn it better i will add an example

local Anim1 = Script.Animation
local Player = game.Players.localPlayer
local Character = Player.Character
local UserInput = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Remote = Game.ReplicatedStorage.Remote1
local Load1 = Character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Anim1)
UserInput.InputBegan:Connect(Function(Key)
if key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
--How will we fire it? plus add Load1 with it
end
end)

and how to recieve them with the script in the serverscriptservice

#6

One correction and here is the code:

 UserInput.InputBegan:Connect(Function(Key)
if Key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then -- Key not key
 Remote:FireServer() -- i assume this is a local script
end
end)

and now in the script in server script service

-- ofc reference Remote
Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player) -- a player argument can be inserted here

end)
#7

Thanks what about the animation?

#8

Can’t you put the Animation inside the Server Script? and then basically do:

Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player) -- a player argument can be inserted here
	local Anim1 = script.Animation -- inside the Server Script in ServerScriptService
	local char = player.Character
	local hum = char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	local Load1 = hum:LoadAnimation(Anim1)
	Anim1:Play()
end)
#9

well when i tried doing this it said that it cannot be loaded for some reasons

#10

What exactly is the error message?

#11

So, from what I know, you can use:

Remote:FireServer(Anim1)

then for the local script you can do

Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, Anim1)
Anim1:Play

However, don’t rely on this because I’m not much of an expert.

#12

cannot load animation provider service

#13

i will try it out but it will take a moment cuz the script am working on is kinda big

#14

uh, what, did you use that somewhere in the server?

#15

what do you mean i actually added the animation somewhere after adding the whole script like Player.PlayerAdded then i added when the character is added then the animation

#16

Actually its fired from the local script to the script

#17

Can you show the entire script you wrote please? Working with only based on description and snippets is hard of knowing what the actual problem is.

#18

The script from the server scriptservice was deleted while the new ones is about a flashlight but it now works locally so i want to show it to everyone so am going to edit this

--Variables
local Flashlight = game.ReplicatedStorage:FindFirstChild("FlashLightSystem"):FindFirstChild("Flashlight"):Clone()
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.Character.ChildAdded:Wait()
local UserInput = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local EquipService = Flashlight:FindFirstChild("Equipped/Unequipped").Value
local Part1 = Flashlight:FindFirstChild("Grip")
local Caneaquip = Flashlight:FindFirstChild("CanEquip/Unequip").Value
local Weld = Instance.new("Motor6D",Part1)
local Animations = game.ReplicatedStorage.Animations
local LoadEquip = Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):LoadAnimation(Animations.Equipped)
local LoadEquip2 = Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):LoadAnimation(Animations.Unequipped)
local Sound1 = Flashlight:FindFirstChild("Grip")["Flashlight On"]
local Sound2 = Flashlight:FindFirstChild("Grip")["Flashlight Off"]
local IsMobile = Player.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("FlashlightGUI").Ismobile
local FlashlightGUI = Player.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("FlashlightGUI")
------------------------------------------------
--Pc
--Functions
UserInput.InputBegan:Connect(function(Keycode)
	
	--Equip
	if Keycode.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.F and Caneaquip == true and EquipService == false then
		Flashlight.Parent = Player.Character
		Weld.Part0 = Character:FindFirstChild("Right Arm")
		Weld.Part1 = Part1
		Caneaquip = false

		LoadEquip:Play()
		Sound1:Play()
		wait(2)
		Caneaquip = true
		EquipService = true
	else
		--Unequip
		if UserInput.InputBegan and Keycode.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.F and Caneaquip == true and EquipService == true then

			Caneaquip = false
			LoadEquip:Stop()
			LoadEquip2:Play()
			Sound2:Play()
			wait(0.3)
			Player.Character.Flashlight:Destroy()
			wait(2)
			Caneaquip = true
			EquipService = false
			--Restarting
			script.Enabled = false
			script.Enabled = true
			-----------
		end
	end
end)


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--Mobile
--Detection
if UserInput.TouchEnabled and UserInput.KeyboardEnabled == false  then
	FlashlightGUI.Enabled = true
	FlashlightGUI.FlashLightButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(A)
		if Caneaquip == true and EquipService == false   then
			Flashlight.Parent = Player.Character
			Weld.Part0 = Character:FindFirstChild("Right Arm")
			Weld.Part1 = Part1
			Caneaquip = false

			LoadEquip:Play()
			Sound1:Play()
			wait(2)
			Caneaquip = true
			EquipService = true
		else
			if FlashlightGUI.FlashLightButton.MouseButton1Click and Caneaquip == true and EquipService == true  then
				Caneaquip = false
				LoadEquip:Stop()
				LoadEquip2:Play()
				Sound2:Play()
				wait(0.3)
				Player.Character.Flashlight:Destroy()
				wait(2)
				Caneaquip = true
				EquipService = false
				--Restarting
				script.Enabled = false
				script.Enabled = true
				-----------
			
			end
		end
	end)
end
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#19

I don’t see what the problem is?

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#20

well the problem is when the player uses it it only appears to him