Noob question. Help needed please!

[CTCCoco]

I don't see the difference between a client script and server script.

If some functions are in both server and client script, how i can now where i must use?

Please help, I don't understand very well the difference explained in the MTA:SA wiki.

Thanks for all.

[Seif]

If you don't know which to pick, I suggest you to pick the server side(less to download from users) unless it has something related with a client side function only(then again you can use triggerClientEvent to use a client side function on server-side)

[50p]

  CTCCoco said:

I don't see the difference between a client script and server script.

If some functions are in both server and client script, how i can now where i must use?

Please help, I don't understand very well the difference explained in the MTA:SA wiki.

Thanks for all.

As stated long time ago, use client-side scripts only for visuals (GUI) and custom models/textures (engine functions) if possible.

[CTCCoco]

Thanks for the help!

[Seif]

  50p said:

  CTCCoco said:

I don't see the difference between a client script and server script.

If some functions are in both server and client script, how i can now where i must use?

Please help, I don't understand very well the difference explained in the MTA:SA wiki.

Thanks for all.

As stated long time ago, use client-side scripts only for visuals (GUI) and custom models/textures (engine functions) if possible.

And is there a way to protect those client side scripts? I couldn't find a LUA window compiler.

[50p]

AFAIK, there is no "window compiler". You need to use the console or MTA:SE which compiles your script to find errors (the compiled script is located in your "C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp" folder under temp.luac name).

[Seif]

Ah cool. Is there any possibility to force the script to compile to your resource folder under the script name as an option in the MTA SE?

[Remp]

keep in mind compiled scripts can be decompiled just as easily, there is no way to completely safeguard any client side files

[50p]

  Seif said:

Ah cool. Is there any possibility to force the script to compile to your resource folder under the script name as an option in the MTA SE?

No, also, it can compile only 1 script at a time (the active one). In the future I want to "compile" all client-side and/or server-side scripts (there should be an option) and zip them so you can upload a .zip straight to your server.

[dzek (varez)]

you can also download this:

http://upload.dzek.metal.info/pliki/Lua.rar

unrar it to C:\Lua (path is important!)

then drag-and-drop uncompiled lua file to compile.bat file, and it will be compiled and stored in C:\Lua as luac.out

maybe in future i'll prepare better tool for mass-compliing scripts