Roblox (Windows, Mac OS X)/Revisional Differences/March 26, 2007
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Contents
Features
Controller Flags
Before mid-2007, Controller Flags were 3D flags that would appear on controllable models when the option for it was enabled.
Control Toolbar
The control toolbar was a studio toolbar used to edit controllers in a model. The toolbar was removed in mid-2007.
Studio Themes
Before mid-2007, a theming engine was included with the studio. This was used to make the studio look like Microsoft Office 2007.
ThumbnailGenerator
This build includes the ThumbnailGenerator service, used to generate thumbnails for games, models and avatars. This service currently only exists on the ROBLOX Compute Cloud Service (RCCService), Roblox's server software. This service will only work when the MESA graphics libraries are included with the client.
Demo code:
-- ThumbnailGenerator:click(string fileType, int cx, int cy, bool hideSky)
-- fileType (output file format): "PNG", "JPG", "TGA", "BMP", "PCX", "ICO"
-- cy (width of the thumbnail) = 1-4096
-- cx (height of the thumbnail) = 1-4096
-- hideSky (makes skybox transparent) = true, false
print(game:service("ThumbnailGenerator"):click("PNG", 420, 420, true))
Renamed Lua Functions
The functions and game services in this build use camel case instead of the .NET style capitalization used on newer builds of the game.
However this build also contains functions and services with different names than the ones used on newer builds of the game.
| Current Name | Old Name | Function Description |
|---|---|---|
:GetService("") |
:service("") |
Returns a service with the class name requested. |
Extra Game Settings
This build contains options that allow the user to disable the chat filter and change the lerp of the camera. These options were removed in mid-2007.
Leftovers
The March 2007 client has a few leftovers from 2006 ROBLOX. Here are some of them.
Bloom and Depth of Field
This is a leftover from August 2006 builds of ROBLOX. It can be added back into the client with simple HEX Editing.
Studio Icons
In the client, something else that can be found from 2006 are the Studio icons. While they're not able to be seen through HEX or inside the files themselves, if you open the Roblox .exe on Resource Hacker, you're able to find them.
