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InaCentaur
InaCentaur
Inspiring
May 5, 2025
Question

Local vs default: is it possible for more than 1 player to be moved by a moving platform or "car"?

i am still trying to understand local vs default... but also, is it possible for multiple players + NPC to be in the same bus/car/van, or moving platform? 

5 replies

SeeingBlue
SeeingBlue
Honored Contributor
May 5, 2025

Yes, but then you would not use local scripting unless it was for the driver, but still I would avoid it if other players are riding. Because using a local script would be giving the driver ownership of the script. So the whole bus and controls would be running on that players headset. If that player has terrible internet connection, then everyone has a bad time. Leave it on default and let the server handle the work.

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InaCentaur
InaCentaurAuthor
Inspiring
May 5, 2025

ah, i think this is one of those great examples for local/default

so if it is a bus, if one player is controlling it, leave it default?

but if it is a single race car, then local?

to me this is still confusing since somehow i had assumed anything involving movement is supposed to be local

PigeonNo12
PigeonNo12
Honored Contributor
May 6, 2025

The way I like to think about it is: if it's a single player interaction, local. If it's a shared interaction, server side.

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