Tracking the latest Roblox news and community reactions.
Roblox is enhancing its avatar bounding box validation to prevent geometric workarounds that allow for inconsistently sized characters. These changes aim to ensure fair gameplay across all experiences and will include automatic fixes for existing non-compliant marketplace content.
This week's update introduces the Studio Beta for Collections, allowing for automated instance grouping and management. Additionally, the Text-to-Speech API now supports ten new languages, and BatchGetAsync has been added to Ordered Data Stores for more efficient leaderboard data retrieval.
Roblox has introduced Collections in Studio Beta, a new way to manage groups of game objects using live queries. This feature automatically handles event connections and logic for instances that match specific criteria, significantly reducing boilerplate code and improving performance for streaming.
The Roblox community is showcasing creative engineering projects, ranging from building radial aircraft engines to complex structures in specialized building games. However, security researchers have also flagged a threat involving fake cheat software used to distribute malware to unsuspecting players.
Roblox has introduced several enhancements to the Animation Clip Editor Importer, including new settings for Rig Scale, Rest Pose Source, and Rig Type. Additionally, animations from imported 3D models are now automatically saved to the AnimSaves folder, streamlining the workflow for creators.
The Roblox community highlights various engineering-related content, including complex building mechanics, technical tutorials, and creative recreations of real-world objects. Discussions also touch upon the impressive technical skills of young developers compared to professional expectations.
Roblox introduced Predictive Streaming to reduce gameplay pauses and launched Server History for 30-day visibility into terminated servers. The update also includes the Ads Manager API on Open Cloud and streamlined Studio camera navigation modes.
Roblox has introduced the Ads Manager API on Open Cloud, allowing developers to programmatically manage and automate their ad campaigns. This tool supports creating campaigns, tracking delivery status, and managing billing accounts through API keys or OAuth2.
Roblox has introduced Predictive Streaming, an opt-in feature that intelligently pre-loads game areas based on player movement signals. This update aims to reduce 'Gameplay Paused' interruptions and visual pop-ins, specifically targeting spawn points and CFrame transitions.
The Roblox community is reacting to a variety of news, including rumors of a TikTok acquisition and the removal of inappropriate avatars. While there is excitement for the return of the Dress To Impress Summer Quest, concerns persist regarding bot invasions and in-game inflation.
Roblox has updated the game details page to display creator-uploaded music, allowing players to preview tracks directly. Additionally, a partnership with Too Lost brings thousands of new independent songs to the Creator Store for developers to use.
Roblox addressed a backend bug that caused duplicate Robux payouts for transactions held between June 21 and June 24. The company has corrected account balances to reflect actual earnings, though the lack of transaction log entries for these deductions caused some confusion among creators.
This week's update introduces a redesigned Studio camera system with explicit FPS and Focus modes, alongside a new InstanceHandle attribute for direct instance referencing. Additionally, Roblox is expanding personalization options for Roblox Plus subscribers and implementing user-level moderation to minimize disruptive server shutdowns.
Roblox has updated its Ads Manager with Generative AI creative tools, a centralized Asset Library, and campaign-level Plays reporting. These features aim to streamline the ad creation process and provide better insights into campaign performance for developers.
Roblox now triggers the ServerRestartScheduled event for infrastructure maintenance, providing developers with a 30-minute warning to save player data or teleport users. This update helps prevent progress loss during scheduled shutdowns by allowing developers to implement custom handling logic.
Roblox is implementing user-level moderation actions to target specific policy-violating players instead of shutting down entire server instances. This update utilizes AI-driven multimodal moderation to improve game stability and has already led to a 15% decrease in shutdowns for some titles.
Roblox is introducing the InstanceHandle type for attributes, allowing developers to reference other instances directly without needing separate ObjectValue objects. This update simplifies data management and handles replication timing issues through the Wait() and Get() methods on the handle.
Roblox is streamlining Studio camera navigation by introducing two explicit modes, FPS and Focus, to replace unpredictable context-sensitive behavior. These updates allow creators to toggle modes directly in the viewport and use new shortcuts for better precision.
Roblox is rolling out new AI-powered safety measures and age estimation technology to enhance protection for younger users. Additionally, the company is engaging with the community through initiatives like the Roblox Civility Challenge at LA Hacks to promote digital well-being.
This weekly recap highlights the full release of Animation Graphs and a significant 5x increase in Data Store storage capacity to 500 MB. It also details adjustments to avatar item upload costs, lowered eligibility thresholds for Roblox Kids, and the introduction of the Input Action Manager in Studio Beta.