Metatable Return

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#1

So I’m trying to return a metatable through a remotefunction and I’m running into issues where it won’t actually return, does anyone got any solution to this?

#2 
local myTable = {
  lol = 'hi'
}

setmetatable(myTable, {__index = function() return 'none found' end,})

local function remoteFunc(plr, index)
  return myTable[index] -- if the index isn't 'lol' then it will return 'none found'
end

RemoteFunction.OnServerEvent = remoteFunc

If the index isn’t ‘lol’ then it should return ‘none found’, but can you maybe send code or what metamethod you’re using exactly?

#3 
local CMod = require(Modules:WaitForChild("CMod"))
local function OnInvokedServer(Player, args)
local Char = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local New = CMod.New(Char)

return New
end

Here’s the part, the oninvokedserver is from a remotefunction who’s server got invoked

#4

Can’t be done.
https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/Remote-Functions-and-Events#Metatables

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#5

I saw there was a post about using module scripts instead of remote function to return it, but well I can’t find that post again.

#6

You can make a workaround where you transmit the table itself and some identifier for the type of object it represents, like a number or a string. On the receiving end you then set the metatable again on the received table according to the type.