A more optimal way to transfer instances from server to client?

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#1

So I was just wondering if there’s a better way to transfer instances (like baseparts/models/etc that are inside game.ServerStorage) to the client side. I understand I can just place them all in ReplicatedStorage but I don’t really want exploiters getting ahold of all the assets easily.

Right now I’m using a remote function to get models from server to client.

--ServerSide 
local RemoteFunction = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild('RemoteFunction');
local function onFunction(player, InstanceName)
	local Model = game.ServerStorage:FindFirstChild(InstanceName);
	if Model then
		local ClonedModel = Model:Clone();
		game.Debris:AddItem(ClonedModel, 5); --Remove it so less instances inside replicatedstorage
		ClonedModel.Parent = game.ReplicatedStorage;
		return ClonedModel;
	end
end
RemoteFunction.OnServerInvoke = onFunction;

--ClientSide
local RemoteFunction = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild('RemoteFunction');
local function GetModel(ModelName)
	local Model = RemoteFunction:InvokeServer(ModelName);
	if Model then
		local ClonedModel = Model:Clone();
		--[[
		Do whatever with the cloned model afterwards...
		]]--
	end
end

It just seems like cloning once in server then sending to client just to have it cloned again seems tedious and ineffective, and I don’t want to placed cloned instance inside ReplicatedStorage where every user might possibly lag from the instance being inserted (idk do they lag from it being inserted)? Since each client’s viewpoint is different, I can’t use ServerScript to insert objects manually.
Is there any possible way for me to send only one instance to one client without cloning multiple times and still making it harder for exploiters to gain access of the instance?

#2

Replicating objects to individual clients is much more difficult then it should be, but you can use a hacky method of inserting the object into the player’s PlayerGui and it (should?) replicate the model to that client and that client only.

Unfortunately the issue of asset stealing is hard to push back against, and there isn’t much you can do that won’t be bypassed by exploiters very easily.

#3

If I were to place it inside PlayerGui and not the ReplicatedStorage would that boost performance or stay the same? While clients can’t access other players PlayerGuis, regardless of where the serverscript puts the instances, I feel like the performance stays the same. So it’s not really a optimal way?

And of course there’s no foolproof way of eliminating asset stealing, just harder for the exploiters to gain access.

#4

ReplicatedStorage replicates it to all clients, while PlayerGui replicates it to that one client only.

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