Tags VS Attributes (For Combat/Movement Systems)

[volostrs]

I wondered which one I should use for my Movement or Combat System. I have not used tags much, I’ve only played around with attributes for a combat system. If there is something better than both like values or please notify me.

[htyfn1231101 (Xalanawer)]

I think it’s better to use Tags to check something, like whether a hitbox is a hitbox, and attributes for a character, like Stunned, Ragdolled, and so on.

Personally I use it like this

But most Battlegrounds use their own States. That is, they create a Configuration in the character and add Value to it using Intance.New. And already local script determines that if there is a file named Stunned in the configuration, it will move slowly

edit:: Important! Values are added from the server script, and the local script determines them.

local script should not change or delete values in any way

[cakeycocoa (StarvinMarvin)]

You should definitely use attributes over values.

[volostrs]

I was wondering about the battle grounds system how would that be used in a script?

[htyfn1231101 (Xalanawer)]

The script works like this, when an object named Stunned is found in Configuration States, the character will move slower and will not be able to jump. When an object named Ragdolled is found, the character will not be able to move and will not be able to jump or turn.
The Update function is triggered automatically when any object is added to States, or removed

A local script inside the character is created. And the sample code is written like this:

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait() or script.Parent

repeat wait(0.1)
until Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid") and Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") and Character:FindFirstChild("States")

local Humanoid = Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
local HRP = Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")

local States = Character:FindFirstChild("States")

local function Update()
	
	local WalkSpeed = 16
	local JumpPower = 50
	local canRotate = true
	local canJump = true
	
	if States:FindFirstChild("Stunned") then
		WalkSpeed = 5
		canJump = false
	end
	
	if States:FindFirstChild("Ragdolled") then
		WalkSpeed = 0
		canRotate = false
		canJump = false
	end
	
	Humanoid.WalkSpeed = WalkSpeed
	Humanoid.JumpPower = JumpPower
	Humanoid.AutoRotate = canRotate
	Humanoid:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Jumping,canJump)
	
end

States.ChildAdded:Connect(function()
	Update()
end)

States.ChildRemoved:Connect(function()
	Update()
end)

To add a stun from a server-side script, all you have to do is do this:

local stunTime = 3
local stun = Instance.new("BoolValue")
stun.Name = "Stunned"
stun.Parent = States
game.Debris:AddItem(stun,stunTime)

Also, to completely remove what you want to remove, just use this and add conditions in the server script

for i,v in pairs(States:GetChildren()) do
	if v.Name == "Ragdolled" or v.Name == "Stunned" then
		v:Destroy()
	end
end