KOTOPEDIA!
Explanation:
-What is KOTOPEDIA!?
Kotopedia is a script that will allow both you and your players to learn information about the current server your place is running on without any scripting knowledge! This was made mostly for people who are a bit newer to Roblox development, but it can be useful to developers of all kinds!
-What does it do!?
This will allow you to use the chat to display a message which explains the location of the server in detail! That way both you and the player know what ping to expect!
Purpose:
-Why would I want that!?
This does get a little technical to explain, so I’ll try my best to keep it simple.
Ping:
If you play a lot of online video games, you’ve probably heard of the term “ping” and associate high ping with lag, which is a fair assumption. Ping, put simply, is really the amount of time, typically in milliseconds, that it took for your computer to reach the server and bounce back. This can result in lag and latency.
Naturally, you want this time to be as low as possible, because higher ping means higher delay, which means, more lag.
So how does this help?
However, there are several things which contribute to this, such as bad code or complex buildings, but also, the distance between the player’s computer, and the server’s location, after all, a connection between your computer and your next door neighbor’s computer is bound to be faster than a connection between your computer and a computer on the other side of the world!
Roblox already tells me what ping I have, why would I want KOTOPEDIA!?
While Roblox does indeed provide a way to view your ping, as stated in the ping discussion, high ping can come from server location! Not just bad code or a high player count!
With this, players will be able to know if they should switch to another server, rather than dismiss your game as just laggy.
Instructions:
Adding KOTOPEDIA! to your game!
Step 1:
So I’ve got you on board, huh? Great!
First off, you’ll need to get my model, KOTOPEDIA!
Click either of those links and then proceed to click the green “Get” button!
Step 2:
Open Roblox Studio, and click on view, and then toolbox!
Step 3:
In the toolbox, click on the light-bulb icon, you should see an object with the text below saying,
“KOTOPEDIA!”
Step 4:
Click on the object once, then click and drag it into a place called “ServerScriptService”
Step 5:
Go to HOME, then click on Game Settings, then go to Options, then, in “Allow HTTP requests”, click “On” and done!
Step 6:
Done! Your game now officially has KOTOPEDIA! in it!
Using KOTOPEDIA! in-game!
Stats
To use KOTOPEDIA! if you followed the steps correctly, simply say the command,
/stats
This will bring up a menu of all available data on the server you are currently in! To close it, simply use the command again!
Help
If you or your players do not understand what any of those words means, no problem! This encyclopedia also includes a dictionary! Simply say the command,
/stats help
This will bring up a menu explaining each term!
Stat
If you only want to view a specific type of information on the server, such as the country it’s in, simply type
/stats along with the stat you want to view!
This will show you only the specific data you’ve asked for.
Changing the Command Word!
To change the command word form /stats to any other phrase you want, simply click on the arrow next to KOTOPEDIA! and click on the object that says “Command”, go down to the property that says “Value” and type in whatever phrase you want!
Example:
Bruh.
Closing Notes:
If you hit the Play button in studio, YOUR computer is the server, so it will show information about YOUR computer. You have been warned!
Try it out here! The command is "/stats"
You may use KOTOPEDIA! in any way you like! However!!!
Please give credit to me!
I would be really, really sad if I released this to the public just to have other people claim that it’s their creation and not mine! 