How does _G work and will it function with BoolValues?

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#1

So i’ve been thinking of cleaning my messy downed/ragdoll script to make it work everywhere.
And i thought of _G would be best for this.
So i need a little review of my script and see if it’ll function very well
Serverscript returns that player is indeed downed.

-- SERVER SCRIPT
_G.Ragdolled = function()
	if Character:FindFirstChild("Values").Ragdolled.Value == true then
		return true
	elseif Character:FindFirstChild("Values").Ragdolled.Value == false then
		return false
	end
end

--LOCALSCRIPT
if _G.Ragdolled() then
	print(Players.Name.. "Is ragdolled.")
end

Thanks in advance!

#2

the script has no error, it is good, but i think this topic is not for Scripting Support category.

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#3

Thank you! and yes i’m aware of this not being the right category, but nonetheless i was wondering if _G works with elseif not too!
Here is my script:

if _G.Ragdolled() then
    print(Players.Name .. "Is ragdolled.")
elseif not _G.Ragdolled() then
    print(Players.Name .. "Is no longer ragdolled")
end
#4

yes of course, why not?
it will work.

if we say that it will return false, then not false means true and it will work.

#5

_G is a module script like any other. It is unique to each client and the server, setting _G.my_value = true will not be replicated to clients or the server. The function you defined in your first example will not exist on client scripts.

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#6

oh i saw it new that one of the scripts is local and the other is server, try using remoteFunctions.

#7

Well when i tried it i got this error Workspace.weakroblox35.LocalScript:48: attempt to call a nil value
Here are the scripts.

--LOCALSCRIPT
if _G.Ragdolled() then
		print("ON")
elseif not _G.Ragdolled() then
		print("OFF")
end
--SERVER SCRIPT
_G.Ragdolled = function()
	if Character:FindFirstChild("Values").Ragdolled.Value == true then
		return true
	elseif Character:FindFirstChild("Values").Ragdolled.Value == false then
		return false
	end
end
#8

yes as he said, look at @gertkeno 's answer.

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#9

Since _G is only unique to each client, i’ve made the _G.Ragdolled function in a starterplayer localscript instead.

local player = game:GetService("Players")
local localplayer = player.LocalPlayer
local character = localplayer.Character or localplayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local values = character:WaitForChild("Values")

_G.Ragdolled = function()
	if values:FindFirstChild("Ragdolled").Value == true then
		return true
	elseif values:FindFirstChild("Ragdolled").Value == false then
		return false
	end
end

Will this replicate to other clients (localscripts) as well?

#10

yes, every client will have a _G.Ragdolled() function, but server will not, as i said, try using remote functions

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#11

It will work.

Not technically replication since this will make the function for each client on their own, no server back and forth needed.

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#12

yes, like i said in my answer.

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