Yes, it is a bit different. When you check just “if Value then”, it checks if the value is either nil or false. If it isn’t, then it continues. So value1 == false is different, because it only checks if the value is false, and not nil. For example:
local x = false
if not (x) then
print("Hello") -- this would print
end
if x == nil then
print("Hello2") -- this would not print
end
if x == false then
print("Hi") -- this would print
end
if x then
print("Hi2") -- this would not print, since it's either false or nil
end