Replicate your states with ReplicaService! (Networking system)

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#163

Is there anyway to set the value for only a player or a group of players? Or to stop listening for changes?

#164

You serialize it? You must have basic data storing knowledge before getting into this type of stuff.

#165

I have basic data storing knowledge. I’m not just walking around with my head cut off, buddy.

I’m asking a simple question. Is there a way or function in this module, because I have already tried to find it in the API, and have failed.

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#166

Well, it would be sort of useless to include if serializers already exist.

#167

how do i change the replica data client side?

#168 
local CharacterReplicaClassToken = ReplicaService.NewClassToken("Character")

local player -- A Player instance
local character -- A Model instance
local replica = ReplicaService.NewReplica({
  ClassToken = CharacterReplicaClassToken,
  Tags = {Player = player, Character = character, Appearance = "Ninja"},
  Replication = "All",
})

https://madstudioroblox.github.io/ReplicaService/api/#replicatags

Replication - (Default: {} not replicated to anyone) Pass "All" to replicate to everyone in the game and everyone who will join the game later. Pass {Player = true, Player = true, ...} dictionary or Player instance for selective replication.
https://madstudioroblox.github.io/ReplicaService/api/#replicaservicenewreplica

Methods [ScriptConnection]:

		ScriptConnection:Disconnect() -- Disconnect listener from signal

Treat it like any other lua connection.

local NewKeySignal = Replica:ListenToNewKey(path, listener)
NewKeySignal:Disconnect()

bruh moment

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#169

yes bruh moment

3000 thousand characters

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#170

all in good fun :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

i’ve been trying to implement this along with profileservice for a good week now and i feel like i’m only now getting the hang of it

it doesn’t help that there’s not a lot of case examples from the community using this in specific scenarios like there is with profileservice

@loleris hasn’t replied to this thread for about a year now, either because he’s busy or the replies aren’t worth addressing, so maybe we can try to find answers together :smiley:

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#171

Yes, I actually already figured it out. It was a kind of hacky way, though. This is better.

#172

No it isn’t. Bytecode doesn’t get deallocated in this context and thus is retrievable by exploiters and technically anybody on Windows via task manager memory dump.

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#173

I didn’t know that. Nice to know.

#174

Is there any built-in function which detects when a replica is added on the server?

#175

Is there a way I can detect when key changes in a dictionary? Similar to how ListenToNewKey works but just whenever a key is changed or created.

#176

How do I replicate and set values in a nested table? I want to replicate and set values for “Lock”.

local test_replica = ReplicaService.NewReplica({
	ClassToken = ReplicaService.NewClassToken("TestReplica"),
	Data = {
		Chair = {
			Basil = 0,
			Farm = 2,
			NestedTable = {
				Lock = 3
			}
		}
	},
	Replication = "All",
})
#177

Hi @loleris! I’ve been trying to add a listener to my replica on the client for changes made on the server, but I figured out that ListenToChange() only works with SetValue() and not with SetValues(). The only way I can listen to those changes now is by using ListenToRaw(), so I suppose this is not how it should work/it may be a bug.

#178

how do I even make a listener for server… on your example it looks like I have to create 2 different Data I don’t understand.

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#179

This is a god sent module, sad I didn’t swap my games over to this quicker. Very simple module but also allows lots of customizations for very specific usecases

#180

Im not sure, but what I did is require ReplicaServiceListeners instead ReplicaService

#181

Why does it take 1 second to update the value? Is that normal? My game updates the data very frequently, I think it will cause some issues in some scenarios but I didn’t face it yet, I was using only profileservices no replica and there is no delay when updating the data

function DataService:SetData(player,path : string,newDataValue)
	
	local PlayerProfile = self:GetData(player)
	local DataReplica = Replicas[player]
	if PlayerProfile and DataReplica then
	
			--PlayerProfile.Data[dataToSet] = newDataValue
			DataReplica:SetValue(path, newDataValue)
		
	end
end
#182

Yeah apparently requiring it just injects it Lol thank you.

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