Should i be using serverscripts for this?

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#1

hi there, i am working on a bloody pvp game, however, i want to know if i should be using serverscripts or localscripts for my gui?
what the hell is wrong with me
heres the code:

Arena 
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Character:PivotTo(workspace.Arena.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 15, 0))
end)
Ways To Die 
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Character:PivotTo(workspace.Baseplate.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 15, 0))
end)
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#2

I have used scripts for buttons before a long time ago but thinking about using Scripts instead of LocalScripts for GUI buttons now doesn’t seem like a good practice.

In order to reach the Player and the Player.Character you will have to create a variable that uses multiple ".Parent"s in a variable. It’s something like “local plr = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent” etc and etc. Coding something like this seems pretty messy. I’d suggest using LocalScript.

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#3

I would suggest just using a local script makes it more organized and you can keep the same functions, if anything just send a remote to the server to change the characters position if you run into issues, seems kinda pointless. but local scripts you can reference the player easier so

#4

always use local scripts for guis, there is no reason to use server scripts

if you need to do something on the server then send a message through a remote event

#5

well it works atleast.

#6

Yes it will work, but i suggest using a remote event, as @happya_x said, GUIs communicating should be local scripts. Then communicate to the server with a remote event. It’s just good practice and there is probably something with performance too, i don’t know i never looked into why we use local scripts for client gui’s.

#7

i think it was because they used to not work with guis. apparently roblox has changed this however.

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