What do you think is better?
Client Sided Hitbox
Server Sided
Just want opinions and if you want, explain me what’s your process to this forum
Neither is inherently better.
It really just depends on your specific use case for your game.
i would use a client sided and during any like interaction or whatever just send the data to a server sided script
Client is better, it’s smoother and more performant, also you can simply security check it for distance and weapon stats like ammo, cooldown ect. no matter if cheater can do 180 no scope 1 kilometer shoot, because they still can adjust their camera and gain advantage, making hitboxes client side is way to go
I have made guns for a while and I’ve done server and client systems and find client sided more reliable.
Client is the way, Almost every popular game has client hit detection. (CombatWarriors)
Just use a module script and send the data to the server and do checks on like a weapons firerate, bullet amount, or distance / range.
I am using this system.
The real issue with server-sided hitboxes is that you have to aim for where your enemy is on the server, not where they are on your screen. Any kind of time you need precision when attacking (basically any given game), well, it’s going to suck.
Client & Server hitboxes both have their drawbacks. Use client hitboxes if you want mediorce security (you can only do approximate checks on the server) & seamless gameplay smoothness. Use server hitboxes for high security, at the expense of accuracy. (laggier players will have a major disadvantage)
For your question, I’d recommend going with client hitboxes, because:
However: if you care A LOT about security and seamlessness, and willing to spend a medium-to-large amount of time, consider this:
In short, lag compensation plays around with the 4th dimension (time) to calculate what your client should’ve been seeing at an x timestamp, fully on the server. This is done by interpolating between snapshots.
Various AAA games use this method, such as COD, Valorant, Fortnite, CS, etc.
I’m not the best teacher to explain you how it works, but there are countless articles and youtube videos on how it’s done.
I am doing something similar in my roblox game too, but I don’t recommend doing this if your game is already big, as it will require a lot of rewriting and studying.
Don’t do server hitboxes. It’s insanely inaccurate & massively nerfs laggy players. Either try to mix client hitboxes with alot of server sanity checks, or consider adding lag compensation.