[Module] Range's NetworkManager

[range_0xE4 (Range)]

I wrote my own net manager for easy data exchange between the client and the server, including the generation of HMAC for verifying client data.

The module creates an object of the NetworkManager class, which creates and defines Remotes for the server and client

Server API:

Code

-- Create a new network for server/client replication 👍
-- Types: 1 - event, 2 - function, 3 - bindable, 4 - event + function
local MyNewNet = NetworkManager.new("MyNewNet", 4)
MyNewNet.Ratelimit = 2
-- Modes:
-- - Protected		| add a secure code to remotes ✅ (more bytes)
-- - Fast (Server)	| make event unreliable 🚀 (may cause loosing events)
MyNewNet:SetMode("Fast")
MyNewNet:SetMode("Protected")

MyNewNet:BindToEvent(function(Player: Player, ...)
	MyNewNet:Fire(Player, `Hello, {Player.DisplayName}!`)
end, "SomeEvent")

MyNewNet:BindToFunction(function(Player: Player, ...)
	return `Hello, {Player.DisplayName}!`
end)

-- MyNewNet:UnBindFromEvent("SomeEvent")
-- MyNewNet:UnBindFromFunction()

MyNewNet:Fire(Player1, ...)
MyNewNet:FireAll(...)
MyNewNet:FireClients({Player1, Player2, ...}, ...)
MyNewNet:FireClientsExcept(Player1, ...)
MyNewNet:FireClientsExcept({Player1, Player2, ...}, ...)
MyNewNet:FireClientsInRadius(25, Vector3.zero, ...)

Client API:

Code

local MyNewNet = NetworkManager.new("MyNewNet", 4)
MyNewNet:BindToEvent(function(...) print(...) end)
MyNewNet:Fire("Hello world!")
print(MyNewNet:Invoke("Hello world!"))

FILE NetworkManager.rbxm (40,0 КБ)
NET NAME AND TYPE MUST BE SAME ON SERVER AND CLIENT!

[lolmasterwastaken2 (Lolmaster2111)]

seems neato great work!!!

[spookwallyjungle]

How would i access the net objects from a different script?, without making a new net

[range_0xE4 (Range)]

No way, this is done for the safety of the “Protected” mode. You can change the code of the module so that it saves instances to the table instead of “true” and returns it when creating it, if there is this instance in the table.

function NetworkManager.new(Name: string, Type: string?): NetworkManager
	Type = NetworkType[Type] or NetworkType.Event

	repeat task.wait() until ReplicatedStorage:GetAttribute("ServerId")
	local HashedName: string = HashLib.md5(Name..ReplicatedStorage:GetAttribute("ServerId")..Type):sub(27)
	
	if ExistingNetworks[HashedName] then return ExistingNetworks[HashedName] end -- changed checks
	ExistingNetworks[HashedName] = self -- changed true -> self
	
	local self = setmetatable({}, NetworkManager)
	self._type = Type
	self._hashedName = HashedName
	self._Maid = RangesMaid.new(self)
	
	self._RemoteEvent = nil
	self._RemoteFunction = nil
	self._BindableEvent = nil
	
	self._fast = nil
	self._protected = nil
	
	self.Alive = true
	
	self:_Init(Type)
 	
	return self
end

[athar_adv (athar_adventure)]

Oh, heavens

[athar_adv (athar_adventure)]

Jokes aside, the only gripe I have with this module is that theres not really any autocomplete, everything is *error-type* or any, so I’ll probably be sticking to my own module NetSignal for now.

Great stuff though, although I really do not understand how that hashing works and why it makes the signal more secure An explanation may be in line

[range_0xE4 (Range)]

HMAC