Very important question

[Ihnify]

Is there a difference in performance if the entire mod is in 1 resource, or consists of several. Or who is comfortable?

 

And how relevant is it https://luac.multitheftauto.com/

Edited October 17, 2020 by Ihnify

[ds1-e]

33 minutes ago, Ihnify said:

Is there a difference in performance if the entire mod is in 1 resource, or consists of several. Or who is comfortable?

One resource:

No need for use exports (which are slow) or triggers.

Direct access to functions.

If you want to introduce/change something - you need to restart whole mod.

Several resources:

In order to have all functionality exports are needed or triggers.

Using functions through exports/triggers (if function is in other resource).

If you want to introduce/change something - you just restart desired resource.

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In other words, one resource for best performance, or several resources for elasticity.

33 minutes ago, Ihnify said:

And how relevant is it https://luac.multitheftauto.com/

LUAC compiles (and obfuscates code if selected), compiling script converts it directly to Lua bytecode, therefore client/server doesn't need to do that.

Edited October 17, 2020 by majqq

[Ihnify]

16 minutes ago, majqq said:

One resource:

No need for use exports (which are slow) or triggers.

Direct access to functions.

If you want to introduce/change something - you need to restart whole mod.

Several resources:

In order to have all functionality exports are needed or triggers.

Using functions through exports/triggers (if function is in other resource).

If you want to introduce/change something - you just restart desired resource.

---

In other words, one resource for best performance, or several resources for elasticity.

LUAC compiles (and obfuscates code if selected), compiling script converts it directly to Lua bytecode, therefore client/server doesn't need to do that.

how can I protect my scripts, if possible in more detail

[ds1-e]

Just compile them with highest level of obfuscation. For client-side scripts use cache="false" in meta.xml aswell.

Edited October 17, 2020 by majqq

[Ihnify]

3 minutes ago, majqq said:

Just compile them with highest level of obfuscation. For client-side scripts use cache="false" in meta.xml aswell.

that is, if I encrypt via https://luac.multitheftauto.com/, the scripts will not decrypt in any way?

[ds1-e]

There's no 100 % protection way, but at the moment is the best thing you can do.

[Ihnify]

thanks