How can I make remote events faster?

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I’m making a paintball game, and when I shoot the paintball gun, there’s a 1-second delay on the server. I’m casting rays on the server each time the paintball bullet moves forward, and I’m using Heartbeat to make the bullet move (spawn).

Every time I click, the gun moves backwards. You can see when I click, and you can see when the bullet comes out. They are two different timings that should be the same timing.

Here is some of the code :

-- on server event, shoot.
local function castStep()
			
		local function xypos()
				
			spawn(function()
				wait(removeWait)
				x:Disconnect()
				laser:Destroy()
				x:Disconnect()
				return
			end)
				
			local BulletDrop = (.50 / 2 * (tick() - tick()) ^ 2 / math.pi) * 35
				
				
			local ray = Ray.new(currentPos, currentNormal * (stepDistance))
			local hit, pos, norm = workspace:FindPartOnRayWithIgnoreList(ray, {Player.Character,Ignore,workspace.Terrain},false,true)
			
			laser.Size = Vector3.new(.2,.2,2 + (pos - currentPos).Magnitude)
			laser.CFrame = CFrame.new(currentPos:Lerp(pos + Vector3.new(0,math.sin(BulletDrop) * math.sin(BulletDrop) / math.pi,0), .5), pos)
			
			local oldPos = currentPos
			currentPos = pos
			
			if hit and hit.Parent and hit.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass('Humanoid') and hit.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass('Humanoid').Health > 0 and game.Players:FindFirstChild(hit.Parent.Name) then
				laser:Destroy()
				x:Disconnect()
				hit.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass('Humanoid'):TakeDamage(3e9)
				Player.leaderstats.Hits.Value = Player.leaderstats.Hits.Value + 1
				data.Hits = data.Hits + 1
				print('Hit Humanoid')
				return
			elseif
				hit and hit.Parent and not hit.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass('Humanoid') then
				laser:Destroy()
				x:Disconnect()
				print('Didnt hit a humanoid')
					
				local Splatter = Instance.new("Part")
				Splatter.Parent = workspace.Terrain
				Splatter.Massless = true
				Splatter.Anchored = true
				Splatter.CanCollide = false
				Splatter.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
				Splatter.Transparency = 0.4
				Splatter.Locked = true
				Splatter.CastShadow = false
				Splatter.Color = laser.Color
				Splatter.Size = Vector3.new(0.46, 0.46, 0.05)
				Splatter.CFrame = CFrame.new(pos,(pos + norm))
				local cln = game.ReplicatedStorage.Particles.Fire:Clone()
				cln.Parent = Splatter
				cln.Color = ColorSequence.new(laser.Color,Color3.fromRGB(255,255,255))
	
				
				spawn(function()
					wait(.2)
					cln:Destroy()
				end)
				
				spawn(function()
						
				wait(20)				
				local tween = game:GetService("TweenService"):Create(Splatter,TweenInfo.new(5,Enum.EasingStyle.Cubic),{Transparency = 1})
				tween:Play()
				tween.Completed:Wait()
				Splatter:Destroy()
						
				end)
					
				--print(norm * 3)
				return
			end		
		end
		x = game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(xypos)

EDIT 1 :
Here is the game if you want to see the delay yourself

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There’s no way to make remote events faster. There will always be latency between the client and the server when the client fires a remote event. If you don’t want the latency, you’re going to have to move the raycasting to the LocalScript of your gun and deal damage on the server. It’s definitely not a safe method, but it provides a faster and, in my opinion, better user experience.

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Thank you for this detailed answer :slight_smile:

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