Actors

Returns Actor instances or their actor threads.

print(#getactors())
for _, thread in ipairs(getactorthreads()) do
    print(thread)
end

Returns whether the current context is running on a parallel actor thread.

print(isparallel(workspace))
print(checkparallel(workspace))

Runs Luau source on an actor.

local actor = getactors()[1]
run_on_actor(actor, [[print("running from actor")]])

Runs source on an actor thread.

local actor = getactors()[1]
runonactor(actor, [[print("compat alias")]])

Creates or resolves an inter-actor communication channel.

local channel = create_comm_channel("combat")
print(get_comm_channel("combat") == channel)

Returns the Actor instance owning the current thread, or nil.

local actor = get_current_actor()
print(actor)

Returns the Actor instance associated with a thread or Actor userdata.

local actor = getactorfromthread(coroutine.running())
print(actor)

Creates a cross-actor communication channel with Event and Fire.

local id, channel = createcommchannel()
channel.Event:Connect(print)

Returns a communication channel by id from any actor state.

local channel = getcommchannel(id)
channel:Fire("hello")