Emit Client

A module to optimize your trigger events server <> client.

Configuration Variables (Convars)

Convar	Side	Type	Default	Description
jo_libs:emit:bps	Client	Integer	20000	Default bit/s for latent events

JO Functions

jo.emit.isEventInProgress()

A function to check if an event is currently getting data with emit module

Syntax

jo.emit.isEventInProgress(eventName)

Parameters

eventName : string

Example

print(jo.emit.isEventInProgress('YourEventName'))
-- Expected outfit : `true` if the event is not fully received yet.

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jo.emit.triggerClient()

DEPRECATED

since v2.12.2. Unsafe: the server relays this without validation, so any client can trigger arbitrary events on any client. Use a server-authoritative event instead.

A function to trigger client(s)

Syntax

jo.emit.triggerClient(eventName, source, ...)

Parameters

eventName : string

The event name

source : integer|table

The player ID or list of players ID

... : any

Other arguments

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jo.emit.triggerServer()

A function to trigger the server

Syntax

jo.emit.triggerServer(eventName, ...)

Parameters

eventName : string

The event name

... : any

Other arguments

Example

local data = "MyData"
jo.emit.triggerServer('YourEventName', data)

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jo.emit.triggerServer.latent()

A function to trigger the server with limited bandwith

Syntax

jo.emit.triggerServer.latent(eventName, ...)

Parameters

eventName : string

The event name

... : any

Other arguments

Example

local data = {}
for i = 1, 100000 do
  data[i] = i
end
jo.emit.triggerServer.latent("YourEventName", data)

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jo.emit.updateBps()

A function to update the bit/s of emit module

The default bitrate is 20.000 bit/s

Syntax

jo.emit.updateBps(bps)

Parameters

bps : integer

bit/s

Example

jo.emit.updateBps(3000)