Shared Variable

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#1

Hello, so I have come to ask about the Shared Variable. From my understanding it’s similar to a _G variable, so would it be smart to utilize it in a large mainframe including 30-40+ module scripts in order to share information between each module scripts. E.G (Variables using the global so I don’t have to repeat them in each module. Each module reuse them multiple times.

#2

You can define your variable(s) inside a modulescript. This module script can be require() by other scripts to access the modules’s variables.

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#3

Yes I understand that but I have a mainframe using purely module and local scripts, the module scripts all using alot of the same variables. Could I use the shared variable to make a module script to hold the variable for the rest to use? It would also make editing the mainfraim easier.

#4

Of course you can. You can also set variables inside the modulescript.

#5

Thanks! I will be trying to implement global variables then

#6

Using _G (global) variables is generally not encouraged. This is because if you set a global value, it just hangs around in the global environment waiting to be used. Instead, storing shared variables inside a modulescript is a better option because you only access the variables when you need them.

#7

Ye, but you can’t require a module script in a module script, and i have like 12-15 module scripts alone using proximity services, gets annoying to update each one

#8

But you can require a module script in a module script, multiple community modules do this like fastcast and my ones, something smells here.

#9

How do you require a module in a module? Everytime i try to, the variables stay in the original module and i have to rewrite the variables.

#10 
--Script
require(Module1)()

--Module 1
return function()
	return (require(Module2)())
end

--Module 2
return function()
	print("sup")
end

--Output
>>sup
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#11

Well, you cannot exactly transfer locally defined variables like:

local speed = 5

in one script to another script, we gotta use tables to store the data like in a dictionary to represent the variables or settings of a module something like this:

local gunSettingsModule = {}

gunSettingsModule.Name = "pistol"

function gunSettingsModule:GetName()
print(self.Name)
end

return gunSettingsModule

--Another module
local module2 = {}
local gunSettings = require(gunSettingsModule)

print(gunSettings.Name)--pistol
gunSettings:GetName()--pistol

return module2
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