How do I reduce CFrame animation lag?

CFraming can be great for for short, simple block animations (e.x. teleporting a part, pointing a part towards a player). Though when it comes to complex, extensive operations (like updating the CFrame of a part 50 times per second) can create some major issues, especially in Unions and models.

To understand this a little better, let's look at an example. First, we have a server script that moves a block over .05 studs 40 times per second (40/s2). The script should look something like this:

Part = game.Workspace.Part --Part will equal an regular part that is located in the workspace

Z = 0 --will be a holding variable, represting the "Z" axis of our part

while x ~= 10 do --will keep repeating the script until x reaches 10

    wait(.02) --this will repeat the loop 40 times per second

    Z = Z+ .05 --we add .05 to Z (which adds .05 to our parts "Z" axis)

    Part.Position = Part.Position + Vector3.new(0,0,Z) --now we set the Z position of the part to our variable "X"

end

> Now moving this one part won't produce a large amount of lag, but when multiple parts our moving at a similar rate, then we have a problem. This is because when we change a property (such as a position) of an object, the data has to be transefered over the network (internet) onto the client (a player's computer) and right back through the network and finally onto the server again.

So how can we fix this?

Well in order to fix the problem, we need to limit as much data that's being transefered over from the network. So we'd add some a body mover that will create a smooth "animation" for that part, without all the lag. There are two main types that I reccomend: 1) BodyAngularVelocity and 2) BodyVelocity. These two types allow you two control the speed, position, and rotation of a part.

If we wanted to control these forces using a script, we'd do this:

BodyVelocity = Instance.new("BodyVelocity", game.Workspace.Part) --this will create new velocity for a part

Part = game.Workspace.Part --this is the part we're using

HoldVar = 0 --holding variable that will be used to control the # of times function will be run

game.Workspace.Part.Touched:connect(function(object) --we'll create a function that we'll check for if the part we're using has been touched

    if object.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") ~= nil and HoldVar == 0 then --this checks for if the object that touched the part is a player and if our holding Variable is equal to 0

        HoldVar = 1 --this sets the Holding Variable to 1 so that the function doesn't run multiple times

        BodyVelocity.Velocity = Vector3.new(0,0,2) --This sets the velocity to a certain amount when the parts touched


    end
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