Wouldn't it be smart placing functions of weapons inside of a module script?

[imnotaguest1121 (Diabolical_Subspace)]

Hello there.

When making weapons, I gotten this idea of creating a module script which contains all of the functions of weapons inside it (For example, if I’m making a throwable bomb item, I would make the module script contain a function called “ThrowBomb”) and fire the function on a separate script.

Wouldn’t this be a smart move considering I’m adding different types of swords, bazooka’s, stuff like that or wouldn’t that cause issues?

[XObbyCreatorX (JorgeLovesDinosaur)]

Yes. It would be more optimized considering the amount of weapons you are going to make functionality of.

[imnotaguest1121 (Diabolical_Subspace)]

Alrighty then.
Also, what is this “self” on a Bomb function. I didn’t added it.

[XObbyCreatorX (JorgeLovesDinosaur)]

It must be on the Module Script. Could I take a look at it?

[imnotaguest1121 (Diabolical_Subspace)]

Oh, I’m planning on using the functions on normal scripts (Server and Client) since the weapons are going to be good ol’ gears.

[XObbyCreatorX (JorgeLovesDinosaur)]

No, what I meant is that the question you are asking is related to the Module Script. Therefore, I’m asking if I could take a look at the Module Script.

[imnotaguest1121 (Diabolical_Subspace)]

Oh uh, okay then? Keep in mind I recently just started it

local WeaponsModule = {}
--//Sword\\--
--N/A
--//Bomb\\--
function WeaponsModule:ThrowBomb(Bomb, ThrowForce)
	
end
return WeaponsModule

[XObbyCreatorX (JorgeLovesDinosaur)]

Oh, nevermind. Don’t worry about this. It’s just a thing that the Roblox compiler does.

[imnotaguest1121 (Diabolical_Subspace)]

Alright. I’ve also managed to remove it by apparently just doing .ThrowBomb() instead of :ThrowBomb()

Thanks though!

[NiniScripterXQc (Nini)]

The notation “:” is used to create a method, useful for simulating OOP with Lua. You have two choices for calling a method. You can use the notation “:” or the notation “.”. The main difference is that with :, you don’t need to send the called table in first argument.

local WeaponsModules = {
	Debounce = false
}

function WeaponsModules:ThrowBomb(...)
	print(self.Debounce) -- false
end

WeaponsModules:ThrowBomb(...)

But with the notation “.” you need to send the called table in first argument.

function WeaponsModules:ThrowBomb(...)
	print(self.Debounce) -- false
end

WeaponsModules.ThrowBomb(WeaponsModules, ...)

This can make it easier to use something like pcall.

local success, err = pcall(WeaponsModules.ThrowBomb, WeaponsModules, ...))

If you’re interested about OOP you can click here to read an article about roblox OOP.