Roblox Dev Tips@RbxDevTips

I tweet a variety of news, tips, and tricks for ROBLOX game developers. Not an official @ROBLOX account.

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Joined January 2014
You can now manage your plugins from the #Roblox Studio start screen! #RobloxDev
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You can now tell which mobile devices your game performs poorly on! #RobloxDev devforum.roblox.com/t/new-mo…
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Color3 for Bricks has been enabled for all platforms! You can now create games with unique color palettes like never before.
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Bug Reports, Feature Requests, & Platform Support sections are now public & read-only on devforum.roblox.com/! Just login as a 13+ user.
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Game pages now display the total number of users currently playing on all platforms!
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No more subtracting 1 from the ID! If you paste a Decal URL into Studio, it will find the image for you automatically. (via @Maelstronomer)
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You can now highlight all occurences of a variable by double-clicking! #RobloxDev
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Use Humanoid.Touched event to detect when player touches a part, instead of setting up Touched events for each limb wiki.roblox.com/index.php?ti…
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Use the Developer Stats export feature to create charts that break down your revenue by item, device, and more! wiki.roblox.com/index.php?ti…
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#RobloxDev: You can test games with your Team in Team Create by using Team Test! When you are done just Kill the Server to exit.
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Health bars are no longer shown by default when a player is at full health. This can be tweaked. devforum.roblox.com/t/new-pr…
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Check out the new image URLs for use in your games! devforum.roblox.com/t/new-im…
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Use the SunRaysEffect object to spice up your sunrise! wiki.roblox.com/index.php?ti…
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White decals can now be viewed properly in Studio's toolbox!
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Team Create just launched! This feature allows you to build with other users in studio. wiki.roblox.com/index.php?ti…
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Unions have a new CollisionFidelity property so you can make them behave like boxes! wiki.roblox.com/index.php?ti… x.com/RbxDevTips/status/6769…
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New character shadows replace the blob! (via @zeuxcg) x.com/RbxDevTips/status/6469…
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The BrickColor palette has been extended with 64 new colors!
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Use the Data Export feature on Dev Stats page to create graphs of your game revenue! wiki.roblox.com/index.php?ti…
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The Games page has a new Featured sort! These are games handpicked by the ROBLOX staff.
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Friend Activity sort has been added to the Games page, which shows games your friends played recently (via uranium52)
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New Workspace.FallenPartsDestroyHeight property lets you set height where objects are destroyed! Range: -50k to 50k.
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Set StarterPlayer.DevCameraOcclusionMode to "Invisicam" to hide objects in between the camera and your character. x.com/RbxDevTips/status/6239…
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game.Players.PlayerAdded and PlayerRemoving events do not fire for LocalScripts. Use ChildAdded instead.
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The Dev Console (F9 to open) now has a bunch of server stats so you can keep track of how your game is performing
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Open up space for players to follow their friends into full servers using "Preferred Player Count" setting!
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The price for VIP servers can now be configured by place owner in the Access tab. The minimum price is 100 R$.
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Default ROBLOX face has been updated! #FunFact Old face was drawn in Paint by @DavidBaszucki reddit.com/r/roblox/comments…
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#ROBLOX now has a top bar for CoreGui, which frees up the bottom corners for custom user interfaces
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#PluginSpotlight Use M0RGOTH's CSG Primitives plugin to create custom geometric shapes roblox.com/CSG-Primitives-it…
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Want to paint with Studio color tool? Click the arrow on bottom to make it function as a tool (via @UristMcSparks) x.com/RbxDevTips/status/5855…
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A demo of ROBLOX's new physics engine (still in progress) youtube.com/watch?v=da9qa8fv…
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To promote your game, build a system that rewards people for inviting their friends. Example: roblox.com/games/231418881/I…
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Studio Protip: Save space with the Ribbon layout by minimizing the menu and adding items to the Quick Access toolbar
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Explorer & Properties GUI lets you debug live game servers roblox.com/Online-Studio-ite… (by @MerelyRBLX and @Anaminus)
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Hack: Here's a way to make fog project onto your skybox
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The Develop page got a facelift! roblox.com/develop
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Studio Update: A mute button was added to the 'Test' tab (via @true_chris12902)
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PSA: Many popular developers are being targeted with this place stealing scam. Retweet to spread awareness.
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Game Passes vs. Developer Products: How are they different?
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Studio Shortcut: Use Ctrl+L with the Move tool to toggle local movement, which uses the selected part's direction.
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The command bar has been re-enabled in the Developer Console (via @FearMeIAmLag)
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New function: PathfindingService:ComputeSmoothPathAsync allows you to create smoother routes (via @LMH_Hutch)
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CoreGui Update: Under 'Game Settings' in the menu, a sound volume slider was added.
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Studio: Click View -> Tutorials to access tutorials while you develop your game.
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