ContextActionService Question

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hi, just a question.

im making a randomizer and im worried that a player that constantly unequip-equipping items at a rapid pace will make the server somewhat laggy and i dont want that. do you guys have any tips/ways for me to stop / defend against that?

here’s my script (it is local script)

ContextActionService.LocalToolEquipped:Connect(function(toolinstance)
	
	local ToolInstanceData = toolinstance:WaitForChild("Data")
	local ToolSkills = ToolInstanceData:WaitForChild("Skills")
	
	local Skill1 = ToolSkills:FindFirstChild("Skill1") or nil
	local Skill2 = ToolSkills:FindFirstChild("Skill2") or nil
	
	SkillBinds.Visible = true
	
	if Skill1 then
		local function ActivateSkill1(actionname,inputstate)
			if inputstate == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then

				Skill1:FireServer()

			end
		end

		ContextActionService:BindAction("ESkill",ActivateSkill1,true,Enum.KeyCode.E)

		firstSkillgui.Visible = true
		firstSkillName.Text = if Skill1:GetAttribute("CustomName") then Skill1:GetAttribute("CustomName") else Skill1.Name
	else
		firstSkillgui.Visible = false
	end
	--
	if Skill2 then
		local function ActivateSkill2(actionname,inputstate)
			if inputstate == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then

				Skill2:FireServer()

			end
		end

		ContextActionService:BindAction("RSkill",ActivateSkill2,true,Enum.KeyCode.R)

		secondSkillgui.Visible = true
		secondSkillName.Text = if Skill2:GetAttribute("CustomName") then Skill2:GetAttribute("CustomName") else Skill2.Name
	else
		secondSkillgui.Visible = false
	end
	
end)

ContextActionService.LocalToolUnequipped:Connect(function(instance)
	
	ContextActionService:UnbindAction("ESkill")
	ContextActionService:UnbindAction("RSkill")
	
	SkillBinds.Visible = false
end)
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It doesn’t look like you are firing anything to the server when these events are fired, so I do not think this would cause you any sort of lag. Binding and unbinding actions will not be a root cause of lag in your game.

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