rtie464

--!strict
-- Showcase.server.lua (ServerScriptService)
-- RoDevs Scripter Application: Advanced AI Director + Zone System + Replication Optimisations (Relevancy + Delta + Batching)
-- Requirements met:
--  - 200+ lines functional code, structured, modular (tables-as-modules), events, loops
--  - Complex: server-authoritative NPC AI, pathfinding throttle, stuck recovery, zone-driven spawning, multi-client relevancy replication
--  - Best practices: cleanup (Maid), fixed-step loops, no per-frame per-NPC Heartbeat spam, delta updates, batching

--// Services
local Players = game:GetService("Players")