I recently noticed a discussion where people were discussing when :WaitForChild() is necessary and when it is not. I think that a lot of Roblox’s loading procedures remain a mystery to a lot of us, which leads to overusing :WaitForChild() just to be safe. So, my question here is: can we expect the …

[image] RBX_Lua: So, my question here is: can we expect the entire environment to exist prior to the execution of server scripts in ServerScriptService? Yes.

Do server-side scripts run before the entire game has loaded for the server?

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Kampfkarren (boyned) January 23, 2019, 11:26pm 2

Yes.

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Is this overdoing it with WaitForChild()?