Hey, this is a short topic i was just wondering if using GetService is necessary like can’t i just use game.Server just like how you access a child through a parent in a script?
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:GetService() is most certainly necessary. Say for instance you want to get the “RunService” service. If you use local RunService = game.RunService, there’s a chance that you will receive an error because the service has not loaded in yet, especially if there’s a lot in your game to load in. :GetService() prevents this error by creating the service in case if it does not exist yet. local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
I hope that helped you!
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Is there any difference if you reference, for example, ReplicatedStorage with:
game:WaitForChild("ReplicatedStorage")
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WaitForChild() will wait for it to be created, which pauses the script and might throw an error if it takes too long, GetService() will create the service if it doesn’t exist yet and will not pause the script.
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Alright thanks for letting me know
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