Variables

This page lists all the global variables that you can use with localscripts in the script builder.

Any global variable that are not listed here that is otherwise normally a part of Roblox should keep their vanilla behavior.

_G

The sandbox sets _G to a table that already has a set metatable, and is only shared between sandboxed scripts.

shared

The sandbox sets shared to a table that already has a set metatable, and is only shared between sandboxed scripts.

_VERSION

On localscripts this is set to "Lua 5.1", because they only have Lua 5.1 syntax support. This doesn't mean they can't use newer Roblox features such as Signal:Once().

owner

A refrence to the Player running the script. Same as LocalPlayer.

Examples

Sets the walkspeed of the player running the script to 32.

local Character = owner.Character
if Character then
    local Humanoid = Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
    if Humanoid then
        Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 32
    end
end

Kills the player running the script with :BreakJoints() if they have a character.

local Character = owner.Character
if Character then
    Character:BreakJoints()
end