@rbxts/uuid-transform

Last updated for roblox-ts V3.0.0

A really simple compile-time UUID generator for roblox-ts, useful for obfuscating internal names like network remotes to protect them from malicious actors. This is meant as a partial drop-in replacement for rbxts-transform-guid

Installation

Add @rbxts/uuid-transform to your project dependencies

npm install @rbxts/uuid-transform

Modify tsconfig.json to add the transformer to your roblox-ts plugins

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        // ...
        "plugins": [
            // ...
            {
                "transform": "@rbxts/uuid-transform"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Note: Make sure to restart the roblox-ts compiler if it is already running for the changes to take effect

Usage

The transformer will only generate UUIDs for const enum which has a uuid JSDoc tag.

/**
 * @uuid
 */
export const enum RemoteId {
    GetPlayerInventory = "GetPlayerInventory", // The values can be anything you want as it will be replaced
    UpdatePlayerInventory = "UpdatePlayerInventory",
    DropInventoryItem = "DropInventoryItem"
}

const getPlayerInventoryRemoteName = RemoteId.GetPlayerInventory
const updatePlayerInventoryRemoteName = RemoteId.UpdatePlayerInventory
const dropInventoryItemRemoteName = RemoteId.DropInventoryItem

const Remotes = {
    [RemoteId.GetPlayerInventory]: "Test"
}

This will compile to

local getPlayerInventoryRemoteName = "73850d5d-b09f-4dca-8f59-fd34b0fc9d17"
local updatePlayerInventoryRemoteName = "dd3758e4-6ba4-4aef-bff5-d57558962e77"
local dropInventoryItemRemoteName = "d94e3150-df1c-48e7-a51b-059b4d94c074"

local Remotes = {
    ["73850d5d-b09f-4dca-8f59-fd34b0fc9d17"] = "Test"
}

The UUIDs will change everytime during compilation