As a learning scripter I was messing with TweenService and had an idea. Rather than using a variable to store a created tween, like this:
local Tween = tweenservice:Create(blah blah blah)
I just wanted to know if this is efficient or if it will slow the server down over time for repeated uses as it is creating a tween each time, or if it isn’t creating a new tween every single time and I’m just fretting. Thanks!
It should be fine, there probably isn’t much of a negative effect on the server because of the amount of tweens. I didn’t do any research, just a guess. Happy coding!
If you mean play it on the same line as you created it, no that’s fine. That is what I always do and I never have problems with it. I typically only store the tween in a variable if I need to wait on the Completed event.
Tweens are objects, so they behave like any other instance. If you are not holding a strong reference to them (like the code in the OP) or are declaring them only within a certain scope, then they will get garbage collected once they go out-of-scope. Tweens can also be overwritten by other ones.
Once upon a time ago, I didn’t have this knowledge and I actually end up posting some pretty bad stuff in relation to it. I was corrected and gradually came around to learn about it myself. See these threads for information (as well as some of my dreaded past…):
