Alternatives to remoteEvent?

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#1

So, i often use remoteEvents for plenty of reasons, but is there an alternative? preferably one that als allows client to client and server to server communication.

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#2

for client-client or server-server use bindable events instead of remotes

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#3

I see, gonna check them out then.

#4

Module scripts can be used to communicate between scripts, but there isn’t a single object that can do client-client and client-server.

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#5

ok, i have a question, so only 1 script at a time can use the event?

#6

The darn OP confused me

BindableEvents are basically the opposite of RemoteEvents, nothing can change my mind on that

You can also use ModuleScripts as well I believe, since those are replicated across both the client & server

Not sure what you mean by that, but you can create as many functions as you want inside the ModuleScript

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#7

I havn’t really used them extensively myself I just know that they exist and used them a few times for simple stuff. But it seems like it according to the documentation

#8

Bindable events → Server to Server
Remote Events → Client to Server / Server to Client
Module Scripts → Server1 to Server2 back to Server1 / Client to Server and back (kind of)

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#9

ModuleScripts do not transfer data across the client-server boundary.

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#10

that would be a remote function, or a double remote event

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#11

You are correct on the first 2, but the 3rd one, module scripts are “required” by other scripts, there is no second server.

#12

When I say second server, its only if you have functions within the module that you pass data to.

--inside the server script
local module = require(myModule)
local sum = module.add(1, 3)

print(sum)

--inside the module script
local module = {}

module.add = function(num1, num2)
        return num1 + num2
end)

return module

As you can see, you start with the server script (Server1) then pass data to the module script (Server2) then return a value back to the original server script (Server1). So its kinda Server1 → Server2 → Server1 (Kinda, i’m not sure how else to explain this)

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