Need help with gun

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#1

I am making a gun in my game and the first issue I found was that the remote event caused too much of a delay. I read that you can get around this delay by running it on the client so I spawned the bullet in a local script. This fixed the delay but it created problems:

  1. I can’t set the network ownership since it was cloned from a local script

  2. Other players can’t see the bullet

  3. I can’t make the bullet detect hits because it was cloned from a local script

I really don’t want to use Raycasting because I would like to have the effect of the bullet moving. I would really appreciate any advice or help.

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#2

If it is a local script and you want to damage/kill the player you will need a remote event. This may help you, How to make a WORKING Gun Script in ROBLOX Studio - YouTube

I have also used this script myself so I can say for sure that it works.

https://www.roblox.com/library/5240365999/Gun-read-manual

that is their gun model.
(all of that was made by WackzBe)

#3

I already used a remote event but a remote event has to wait for the server to respond, so there is a noticeable delay.

#4

Is there any wait() lines in your script? You should use the model/video I sent you because there is no delay. I even use the script.

#5

any delay caused by remote events shouldn’t be more than 100 ms which is barely noticeable

#6

I just checked out the gun and it works fine while standing still but once you start running it shoots from where you were standing a second ago. Here is an old video that kind of explains what I’m talking about.

#7

I believe that is because of that the server cannot keep up with your current position and your old position is when you clicked. The one downside about the gun that I sent you is that you damage yourself if it hits you.

#8

That gun model and the gun models I’m having issues with have to go from client > server > client using remote events and that causes a delay since it has to wait for the server to respond. The gun script I made now only runs on the client so there is no delay.

#9

I’m trying to figure out how I can run it visually on the client but have features of a remote event gun.

#10

Putting it on the client makes it exploitable.

#11

So is there a way I can run it on the client for visuals while the actual bullet is ran by the server?

#12

I guess you can put a localscript in the gun and in serverscriptservice the bullet

#13

Yes just have the client render it instantly then fire a remote event to other clients to render the bullet as well. That is what all shooter games with smooth projectile movement do on roblox.

#14

Wouldn’t that make the bullet exploitable?

#15

How would that make it exploitable?

#16

Someone above commented that spawning the bullet from a local script will allow it to be exploited.

#17

That will not make it exploitable?

#18

But if it is rendered by the clients then how can I fix my other problems of the bullet not being able to detect a hit and setting the network owner.

#19

Thought the bullet got shot from a regular script and remote fired from a local

#20

Use raycasting for detecting a hit