Trying to get lights to be disabled on the client but not the server

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#1

I have a flashlight script that lets you see the light on both client and server
The issue is that the serverside light appears on the client and I dont want it to.
I want the client to only be able to see the smooth clientside light (smooth as in not stuttery)
and I want to see other peoples flashlights (the stuttery serverside ones)
The clientside script:
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local head = character:WaitForChild(“Head”)

local remoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild(“LightPositionEvent”)
local part = nil

local function updateLightPosition()
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
if camera and part then
local cameraLook = camera.CFrame.LookVector
part.CFrame = CFrame.new(head.Position, head.Position + cameraLook)
remoteEvent:FireServer(part.CFrame) – Send the light’s CFrame to the server
end
end

game:GetService(“RunService”).RenderStepped:Connect(updateLightPosition)

– Create the light part when this LocalScript loads
part = Instance.new(“Part”)
part.Size = Vector3.new(0.2, 0.2, 0.2)
part.Anchored = true
part.CanCollide = false
part.BrickColor = BrickColor.new(“Bright red”)
part.Parent = game.Workspace

local spotlight = Instance.new(“SpotLight”)
spotlight.Range = 25
spotlight.Brightness = 5
spotlight.Angle = 45
spotlight.Parent = part

The serverside script:
local remoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild(“LightPositionEvent”)
local spotlightCFrame = CFrame.new(Vector3.new(0, 0, 0)) – Initial CFrame

remoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, cframe)
spotlightCFrame = cframe – Receive the light’s CFrame from the client
end)

– Function to replicate the light’s position to all clients
local function replicateLightPosition()
local part = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild(“ReplicatedLight”)
if part then
part.CFrame = spotlightCFrame
end
end

game:GetService(“RunService”).Heartbeat:Connect(replicateLightPosition)

– Create the light part on the server
local part = Instance.new(“Part”)
part.Size = Vector3.new(0.2, 0.2, 0.2)
part.Anchored = true
part.CanCollide = false
part.BrickColor = BrickColor.new(“Bright red”)
part.Name = “ReplicatedLight”
part.Parent = game.Workspace

local spotlight = Instance.new(“SpotLight”)
spotlight.Range = 25
spotlight.Brightness = 5
spotlight.Angle = 45
spotlight.Parent = part

There is a remoteevent in replicatedstorage called LightPositionEvent

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#2

You would just enable the light client side via a local script then would you not rather then the server side. Not fully sure on what issue you have, if you want the client to see other peoples light but you still want it to be run server side you would just detect when a user turns on there light and from the server side send a request to all clients to do the same?

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