Set data of a table once and access it from local scripts

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Hi
I want to make it so that the server script once per server generates a table basically just puts data into a table and its stored in a way that local scripts can access it. I tried having the server script call a function inside a module to generate that table stored in this module but when players access it its empty.

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So you need to know that script enviroments are not shared between computers.

lets say I have a module in replicated storage

module = {}
module.mytable = {}
return module

then I have this script in server storage:

m = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Module)
m.mytable["test"] = 5 --now anywhere on the SERVER will see this change

on the client lets say I had this

wait(10)
m = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Module)
print(m.mytable["test"]) --prints nil because you are on a seperate device

if you only generate the table once and don’t make any changes, you can send the table to the client using a remote function.

if it’s a mixed table with numbers and strings as keys you can use a serializer like

function module.tableSerialize(myTable)
	local tempTable = {}
	local i =1
	for k,v in pairs(myTable) do
		if type(v)=="table" then
			v=module.tableSerialize(v)
		end
		tempTable[i] = {k,v}
		i+=1
	end
	return tempTable
end


function module.tableDeserialize(myTable)
	local tempTable = {}
	for _,t in pairs(myTable) do
		if type(t[2]) == "table" then
			t[2] = module.tableDeserialize(t[2])
		end
		tempTable[t[1]] = t[2]
	end
	return tempTable
end
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