Should Npc movement be done on the cilent?

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#1

Hi, I am doing a cutscene and I don’t know if I should do it on the client or server.

One issue I thought of was that if 2 players reach a check point at different times and the cutscene plays, that’s not going to work.

also I think it will cause lag, because all players will have animations running even though they didn’t trigger it.

BUT one problem I don’t exactly know how to do it from the client.

so some examples and explanation would be very much appreciated, as my scripting is quite limited.

#2

You could use a mix of both, the server picks up that a player has hit the trigger and fires a remote event to the client that touched it to play a cutscene.

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#3

So the client can not detect if a player touches a brick?

#4

No as LocalScripts cannot run in bricks.

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#5

I see, so can I use default run animations on the client or is that only server sided?

#6

Yeah, you can play animations only on the client. Just put the script in StarterCharacterScripts.
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#7

alright, that’s all the questions I have, sorry if all of my questions sound basic to you, it’s just I don’t have much experience with the client.

#8

Is there a forum post explaining the things you could do and can’t on the cilent?

#9

Read this:

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#10

I was reading that and this confused me, If a client calls AnimationTrack:Play() or AnimationTrack:Stop() on an AnimationTrack , the animating model will animate on the client and replicate to the server.

#11

Another question can you tween the camera on the client?

#12

Yes, they are an exception. They are replicated to both.

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#13

Ok Thank you, I will bump this if I have anymore questions.

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