I’ll begin by explaining why I’m using client-sided hit detection: Because latency causes the player’s world state to be slightly behind the server’s world state, server-sided hit detection can feel clunky and unresponsive, especially on high ping. Client-sided hit detection allows for hits to be accurate based on what the player sees, that way hits don’t seem like they’re phasing through other players.
Now, on to my issue. With my weapon’s server script, I’m trying to protect against cooldown bypass exploits, but I’m having a nightmare of a time trying to figure out how to make it work around the challenges presented by latency.
Small note: My weapons use RaycastHitbox. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, Hitbox.OnHit is basically a .Touched event that can only fire when the hitbox is active, Hitbox:HitStart() activates the hitbox, and Hitbox:HitStop() disables the hitbox.
Client script:
Hitbox.OnHit:Connect(function(p,Humanoid)
if WeaponFunctions.HitCheck(Main,p,Humanoid) == false then return end --// Just checking if what we hit was a valid target
Hitbox:HitStop()
Main.SignalServer:FireServer("Hit",p)
end)
Main.Activated:Connect(function()
--// Checking and starting the cooldown (works as the debounce)
if CooldownManager.GetIsActive:Invoke() == true then return end
CooldownManager.Register:Fire(CooldownTime)
wait(0.2)
Main.SignalServer:FireServer("Activated")
Hitbox:HitStart()
wait(0.4)
Hitbox:HitStop()
end)
Server script:
Main.SignalServer.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr,Type,HitPart)
if Type == "Activated" then
CanDamage = true
wait(ToolSettings.Cooldown) --// Waiting the length of the tool's cooldown (1.7 seconds) despite the hitbox only being active for 0.4 seconds; I don't remember why I set it up this way
CanDamage = false
elseif Type == "Hit" then
--// General checks here
if CanDamage == false then
warn("CanDamage does not equal true")
return
end
CanDamage = false
--// Even more checks and eventually damage infliction here
end
end)
As seen in the server script, my current solution to cooldown bypasses is the CanDamage boolean, but it isn’t great. CanDamage is sometimes false when the server receives the “Hit” signal , and I have absolutely no idea how exactly to manage the timing in the if Type == "Activated" section of the code. I thought about completely removing CanDamage and hoping my game doesn’t have an exploiter epidemic, but I’m sure it’s obvious why that seems like a bad idea. So yea, I’m pretty lost.
Anyone have any advice and/or ideas on what to do?
PS: No, I’m not going to just rely on Byfron.