Is there a better way to do this?

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#1

Basically i have alot of values under one folder in the gun,
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And i was wondering if there was a better way to store this information, (Somewhere it can easily be changed)

#2

You could use the Attribute system or store it in a Module.

#3

Some values such as IsReloading could maybe go in the gun script instead but it isn’t the end of the world. As Dev_Ryan said, a ModuleScript is a good idea to store many values

#4

Seems like a dictionary would solve it good. From the looks of it:

local gun = {
    stats = {
        ammo = 0,
        Damage = 0,
        FireRate = 0,
        StoredAmmo = 0,
        IsReloading = false
    },
    tiers = {
        ReqExp = 0,
        CurrentExp = 0,
        T1 = "1",
        T2 = "2"
        T3 = "3",
        T4 = "4",
        requirements = {
            T1 = 5,
            T2 = 6,
            T3 = 7,
            T4 = 8
        }
}

To reference values, you’d do something like this:
print(gun.tiers.T4) -->"4"
print(gun.tiers.requirements.T4) --> 8
if gun.tiers.CurrentExp > gun.tiers.ReqExp then [...] end

if gun.stats.IsReloading then 
    gun.stats.StoredAmmo -= 10
    gun.stats.ammo += 10
end
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#5

Not entirely sure how to do this, but ill take a look at it

#6

Seems good, although i dont know how i would change it with another script, ect:
Some talent with a 20% chance on hit to remove 10 ammo from the guns mag

#7

To get the values from the module script you’d simply require it and then access the values like it was a property.

local isReloading = require(PathToModule).IsReloading