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Module script usage?
How do you make a variable work between scripts using module scripts?
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01 | --ModuleScript (in ReplicatedStorage if you want to use LocalScripts to require it, ServerScriptService otherwise) |
02 |
03 | local module = {} |
04 | module.sharedVar = 27 --Anything inside this table is accessible to things that require() this module. |
05 | hiddenValue = 2 |
06 | function module.getHiddenValue() |
07 | return hiddenValue |
08 | end |
09 |
10 | return module |
01 | --(Local)Script |
02 |
03 | local MOD = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.ModuleScript) |
04 |
05 | print(MOD.sharedVar) --> 27 |
06 | print(MOD.getHiddenValue()) --> 2 |
07 | MOD.sharedVar = 16 |
08 | print(MOD.hiddenValue) --Errors, since that isn't in the Table. |
09 |
10 |
11 | --A Different script, some time later... |
12 | local mud = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.ModuleScript) |
13 | print(mud.sharedVar) --> 16, since it was set to 16 in the previous Script. |
There is a single caveat to this: Each individual client (including the Server running the game) gets its own copy of the module table.
Modifying it on any of the clients only affects that client, and no others.
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Thank you. That code works and also did what I could not figure out with the wiki about how modulescripts work (I still have more to learn though MrLonely1221 701 — 10y
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Basically, `MOD` and `mud` in those two scripts is a direct pointer to the `module` Table created in the ModuleScript proper. adark 5487 — 10y