What is the difference between wait() and task.wait()

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#1

I often use to read some Lua code to improve my knowledge about this scripting language. And in this kind of situation I see that a lot of people use task.wait(). Which is more often met than wait(). But after all what is the difference between them?

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#2

wait(x) runs at 30Hz, while task.wait(x) runs at 60Hz. This means that task.wait(x) is a lot more precise with timings. So in basically every case, you should use task.wait(x) over wait(x).

Here’s some more information about the task library if you’re interested:

It also gives you a brief overview of the way task.wait(x) acts over wait(x) as well.

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#3

Additionally to this, wait() is a lot less precise (internally it seems not to count the time passed, but something else, which results in the yield time varying heavily)

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#4

Also, wait() is deprecated and task.wait() depends on the user’s FPS.

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