Acessing a table, both locally and serverside

[CloudSnooze]

So I’m creating a radio system, in which the previous 12 transmissions are stored in a Table. However, when a new user loads into the Radio, I’m not sure how to acess the transmissions to load them? I was gonna have the Table Server Side, and have a Local Script access it, but that doesnt work because Module scripts suck.

Anyway, is there an efficient way to do it, without a loop, since the game struggles from lag already.

My initial way, was to have an Int value changed by the Server, which would trigger a GetPropertyChangedSignal, but thats not working, nor is it the most secure.

[SeargentAUS (Seargent)]

I would recommend you make use of either a RemoteEvent or a RemoteFunction.

Using these allows you to communicate between the server and the client, and you should be able to transfer the table with the 12 transmissions using it.

[marios_2009 (mario)]

I’m not completely sure if this covers your issue, however you could potentially do this

Server Side

local last12Transmissions = {}  

local getTable =  game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteFunction") 


-- Return the transmissions table to the client
getTable.OnServerInvoke = function(player)
    return last12Transmissions
end

-- Store the transmissions in the server side
function addTransmission(transmission)
    table.insert(last12Transmissions, 1, transmission)  -- Insert the new transmission in the beggining
    if #last12Transmissions > 12 then
        table.remove(last12Transmissions)  -- Remove the oldest transmission
    end
end

Client

local getTable = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteFunction")

-- Request the transmissions table from the server
local last12Transmissions = getTable:InvokeServer()

Explanation

table.remove(table, x) – Removes an element from a table at the specified position x, if x is not defined it will remove the last element in the table

rest should be pretty self explanatory

table | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub