ReplicatedFirst and replication

[colbert2677 (ImagineerColbert)]

Sure thing. Here’s the chart describing replication for the client-side:

When to wait for replication to the client

Hi Devs! I wanted to share some information about some unclear points regarding the starting of localscripts and when replication occurs. I will also share the guarantees that we will provide soon. Until now, developers need to guess when localscripts starts running and what instances can be referenced at start. Today, I wanted to explain a little about some guarantees that will go live soon that will help you with what is needed and what’s not needed when writing code in your localscripts. T…

Here’s the non-authoritative chart describing how replication works on the whole (from what I’ve encountered this seems fairly accurate):

Player instance now created on server instead of client

There seems to be a lot of confusion, so I made a diagram. Note that it is based only on my observations, and is not authoritative. [replication] Each step depends on the completion of the previous step (on the same peer, anyway). The client connects. A snapshot of the objects under ReplicatedFirst is queued to be replicated. The server starts replicating objects in the queue to the client. Once the client has received all the objects, scripts under ReplicatedFirst start running. A snapshot…