Demographics & Hardware Profiling

The Demographics tracker automatically profiles connected clients to determine platform, input method, viewport resolution, and network latency.

Events Dispatched

Event Name	Category	Description
ClientDemographics	demographics	Dispatched from the client shortly after joining, containing platform and latency telemetry.

Captured Demographics Data

{
  "platform": "PC",
  "inputDevice": "KeyboardMouse",
  "viewportWidth": 1920,
  "viewportHeight": 1080,
  "networkPingMs": 42,
  "locale": "en_us",
  "accountAgeDays": 580
}

Detection Logic

• VR: Detected via VRService.VREnabled.
• Console: Detected via UserInputService.GamepadEnabled without KeyboardEnabled.
• Mobile vs. Tablet: Detected via UserInputService.TouchEnabled, distinguishing tablets from phones based on minimum screen dimension ($\ge 600\text{px}$).
• PC: Detected via UserInputService.KeyboardEnabled or MouseEnabled.
• Latency (Ping): Captured using player:GetNetworkPing() * 1000.

Why This Matters

1. UI Optimization: Identify what percentage of your users have smaller phone resolutions so you can optimize touch buttons and text scaling.
2. Lag Diagnostics: Pinpoint whether churn is correlated with high network ping ($>150\text{ms}$).
3. Platform Prioritization: Direct development resources toward the platforms your players actually use.