Changing module values issue

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Hello. I’m making a gun system and I want to add “perks/traits” that players can equip. For example: “Reload speed for all your guns is increased by 20%,” but the issue with this is that I’m not sure how I would implement this into my current code? So far, I have a module in each tool that stores all the data for the tool that the server-script for the gun uses. Would I just be able to modify this data by doing something like ``RELOAD_TIME = 2.2"? I’m not sure how I would be able to implement this.

local Constants = {
	FIRE_MODE = "Semi", -- Only accepts "Semi" or "Auto" as arguments
	SHOT_COOLDOWN = .075,
	BULLET_LENGTH = 125,
	BULLETS_PER_SHOT = 1,
	BULLET_DAMAGE = 12,
	RELOAD_TIME = 2.5,
	MAGAZINE_SIZE = 15,
	RAY_SPREAD = 2,
}

return Constants
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Well maybe have like a dictionary that contains all perks where it goes like this:

local perks = {
RELOAD_TIME = 20
}

You then loop through all the perks in that table and add/multiply/whatever to this:

And yeah thats the basic way of doing it

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So I can basically just change the values inside the module by doing something like?

local GunModule = require(gun.Constants)

GunModule.RELOAD_TIME *= 0.9 -- Would this work???
4

Yup! Except if you require the module from another script (depending on what type of script you are using) it may still be the default, just so ya know

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Well the way my system works is I’m just requiring it through a server script that is inside the gun’s Tool object. Heres a little snippet of code

local function onShootEvent(player: Player, mousePosition: Vector3)
	if ammoValue.Value <= 0 then -- If the player tries to shoot but has no ammo, then the gun will reload
		onReloadEvent()
	end
	if not canShoot() then
		return
	end

	ammoValue.Value -= 1

	sounds.Fire:Play()

	isCoolingDown = true
	task.delay(Constants.SHOT_COOLDOWN, function() -- Here I use data from the module
		isCoolingDown = false
	end)

	for amountOfBullets = 1, Constants.BULLETS_PER_SHOT do -- Here I also use data from the module
		fireBullet(mousePosition)
	end
end
6

Well in that case you should be fine!

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Ok, I’ll experiment with it and see if it works, thanks for your help!

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