How would i improve my scripting skills and game organizing

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#1

so i started scripting like 6 months ago and already know all of the basics but i do need help to improve my scripting skills and game organising cause i really suck at it. im trying to understand module stuffs, meta tables and where i should use that but i dont know where to start. if you could explain it to a dumb person like me i would appreciate it!

#2

dude on skibidi do NOT learn metatables that is literally the biggest L you could ever make in roblox development unless you’re looking to have the highest aura ever (do not learn metatables unless you’re planning to stay in roblox development long-term, that’s my opinion)

ong you should also not forget to looksmaxx with your game by dividing your edging sessions into folders, for example;
ReplicatedStorage->Events->FromClient->WeaponEvents (regardless of the amount of events or instances stored in that folder, it’s good practice to have it in a seperate folder)

and obviously, to not lose all your aura, you should never nest your code, you can use reverse-conditions (i forgot what the term was called), which allows you to become a sigma skibidi rizzler without having to worry about losing all of your hard-gained aura

for example;

skibidiToilet.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
   if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
     -- something
   end

-- INSTEAD DO THIS
   if not hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then return end

   -- rest of your code
end)

notice how when you don’t do reverse statements, the indentation changes? the deeper the indentation, the more your code is nested (bad!)

also to gain aura while coding, you should definitely comment your code, even if it’s a solo project, you’ll thank yourself in the future when you rework it

you do not wanna learn from a sigma like me, who went through the process of having to figure out what the hell my old code does in order to remove its aura-leak and bring it back so it farms aura for me

for modules; just store them in scripts that are using them (unless they’re global, something like WeaponStats, for example)

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#3

thanks for explaining it for an ohio sigma like me! i think i understand more now

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#5

Like the guy said above, don’t worry about meta tables right now.
I think they are 100% worth it to learn, but take it slow. I never understood why, or even when I would ever use meta tables or module organization when I was a noob scripter.

A huge tip that worked for me was to organize your code into sections.

Like this:

-- SERVICES --
--blahblah services stuff

-- VARIABLES --
--blahblah variable stuff

-- CONSTANTS --

You get the idea.
It helps greatly in understanding the flow of your code.
just keep practicing and you’ll get it, and maybe even take some LuaU courses on UDemy, that helped me a lot.

#6

I’ve made advanced scripting tutorial that explains most stuff you need for advanced scripting:

The best way to learn is to practice, because if you practice, you’ll see mistakes and stuff you can fix, failure is best teacher, after a long time you’ll see improvements, the more the projects, the better

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#7

Metatables are easy concepts tho, idk why everyone thinks that idea of events for tables is so hard

In simple terms: Metatable is table attached to other table that contains metamethoods, metamethoods are events that fire the function when something happens to our table, depending on metamethoods we have

#8

Using Guard clausess have it’s plusses and bonuses

As long as you have sequential code, then go for them, but if you have things that only happen when something other happens and rest of the code is the same, use if statements