Just released an update on both the github and the file download - a new function called ‘QueuePlay’. Docs:
Tween:QueuePlay(Yield [Boolean, optional], Player [Player Object, optional])
Add the tween to a tween queue which will start playing the queue automatically immediately after the previous tween on that instance completes. Behaves exactly the same way as Tween:Play() once started, except the initial firing of the tween is managed on the client. For this reason, best practice is to fire this event as close to when you would like it to be played on the client to maintain alignment between tweens. If fired multiple times in a short time frame, this may result in clients becoming out of sync over time.
Here it is in action (clientside), the red dots represent server side requests for queuing of a tween, and each tween is set to take 2 seconds. The dots build up as they are created once a second, while the tween takes 2.
The reason I added this is that if you want zero latency between tweens, this function provides that. Simply call it anywhere between when you start the first tween, and when you want the second tween to start, and it will start pending clientside, therefore when the first tween finishes, the second one instantly starts clientside without network lag.
If I was to tween a SpotLight in its range, is it still possible to get it as smooth as if it was on the server.
I’m struggling to make it smooth using the module.
I am not sure this is working properly. I followed the setup in the video but i get an error:
this seems to be because the module is trying to create a RemoteEvent but it never gets created and the client then hangs up when the WaitForChild cannot happen
These are the first lines of code in this module that should be doing that, but they dont do it.
local module = {}
local tService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local rService = game:GetService("RunService")
local tEvent
if tEvent == nil and rService:IsServer() then
tEvent = Instance.new("RemoteEvent", script)
tEvent.Name = "TweenEvent"
else
tEvent = script:WaitForChild("TweenEvent")
end
Anyone know why this wouldn’t work as it says it should? The code looks good to me, why wouldnt the RemoteEvent be created?
I definitely was. The error is from the client not finding the event when doing the waitforchild.
When running I studio, the server-side module never creates the event. I checked and it isn’t there during test, hence the error being thrown from the client side.
Sorry I can’t test further, I have since removed the code.
Basically, a red guy throws a fireball spell and a green guy protects himself with a shield spell.
The collision itself would be detected on the server side and the tween would have to stop mid-way before reaching the target.
What happens if the client side lags and doesn’t get the memo to pause?
When it eventually receives the message to pause, does the fireball rewind itself back before pausing, or does it just freeze where it is?
The module is essentially a proxy for clientside tweens, so the behaviour here would be the same as it would be were you to send your own event to the client which then triggered the tween on the client. I don’t think you are doing this here, but make sure not to use the module for any kind of competitive game mechanics, due to the latency problems you mentioned.
The module doesn’t have a fail-safe to make sure that the client has received the event, so I suppose in edge cases with very bad internet the tween could continue without being paused.
I hate necrobumping topics, but I have a question. Is there a way to wait for the tween to finish on the server? Is there some kind of event that I have to wait for in order to know when the tween is finished?
Any chance you’re planning on adding this? I personally find .Completed really useful as I often make things happen after the tween ends and check the PlaybackState, although I’m not sure how you’d implement this as the tweens finish at different times.
That’s something .Completed would be useful for (you could for example do Tween.Completed:Wait()), but the module sadly doesn’t have this so I’m not sure if it’s possible at all. If you do find/have found a way though, please let me know as I’m currently trying to do the same.
tEvent:FireClient("RunTween", instance, tInfo, propertyTable) -- play tween for specific player
I thought maybe adding specificClient to the FireClient would work, which I believed it did, but it also ended up causing the tween to play on the server as well (well the object would like teleport a few studs, pause for a second, teleport few studs more, stop, continously)
This is really neat! It didn’t quite fit my use case where I wanted to tween a model’s position, so I edited the script a bit to accept SetPrimaryPartCFrame as a property name with a CFrame value. I haven’t tested it rigorously, so I don’t know how well it behaves under stress or when other properties are included in the table, so user beware. Still gonna drop it here in case anyone wants it:
How would I go about using this for doors? I already have a door system which used the regular tweenservice but I switched to this for smoother tweening. It works very well in studio (and most of the time in-game) however I have been experiencing an issue in-game where sometimes the door’s tween does not play on the client side - and so you just see it jump right to the end position.
Currently, what I’m doing is defining the tween with :GetTweenObject() as a local variable. I then play that tween on the server and then fire the tween object to all cllients through a RemoteEvent in ReplicatedStorage and then when the client recieves it, it will play the tween object it receives. It works for the most part however I get this error:
Here’s my code:
--SERVER (tween part only):
local TS = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.ReplicatedTweening)
local Tweener = game.ReplicatedStorage.Tweener
local door = script.Parent.door
local info = TweenInfo.new(1.4,Enum.EasingStyle.Quad,Enum.EasingDirection.InOut)
local Table = {Position = door.Position + Vector3.new(0,10,0)}
local tween = TS:GetTweenObject(door, info, Table)
tween:Play()
Tweener:FireAllClients(tween)
--CLIENT:
local Tweener = game.ReplicatedStorage.Tweener
Tweener.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(tween)
tween:Play()
end)
Is there a better way to do this? Thanks.
EDIT: By the way the line 68 error looks like this:
