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Fix geometry flickering with large draw distances on Android phones with ARM Mali GPUs and Android 7 and above.

Fixed an auto-indent issue with pressing ‘Enter’ at the end of ‘end’ statements in Studio scripts.
Fixed functionality with folding if/elseif/else statements in Studio script documents.

Removed find widget’s in-line autocomplete. Search terms are highlighted when scripts are reopened. Resolved issue with finding after crtl+f+enter searching for old terms.

Fixed BillboardGuis parented to ScreenGuis being offset by the GuiInset.

Fixed bug where Animation Events that were on the edge of the timeline could not be selected.

Fixed issue where locked parts would still move in IK mode.

Fixed bug where long names wouldn’t display properly in Save/Load windows of animation editor

Fixed Seat logic sometimes moving anchored parts when switching seats.

Fixed missing sound when simulating a place using Run.

Fixed bug where putting nil in a raycast white/black list could cause all parts to be white/blacklisted. Now, nil is ignored by raycast white/blacklists.

Fixed a server crash when a character was standing on a platform it was attached to.

Fix bug where putting ‘nil’ in a raycast white/black list could cause all parts to be white/blacklisted. Now, ‘nil’ is ignored by raycast white/blacklists

Automatic simplification of complex CSG objects to 5000 triangles or below, both Studio and in-game.

Add mouse wheel drag to move camera in studio.

Added multi-select insert meshes with location in the game explorer.

Updated UI for Game Explorer to be in sync with Team Create UI.

Disabled scripts will now be gray-scaled to help distinguish them.

Added function string.split(string input, string separator)

Added Humanoid.BreakJointsOnDeath property.

Added Humanoid:ApplyDescription() functionality.

Implemented PlayerService:GetHumanoidDescriptionFromUserId() and PlayerService:GetHumanoidDescriptionFromOutfitId();

Installing Roblox as an administrator should result in more predicable behavior.

Sky object will be in the Lighting now.

Local file importing in Studio as temporary assets.

Usernames in the context of text capture context are now parameterized and replaced by placeholders.

Constraints will no longer be drawn on top when selected.

Enabled setting the world position, orientation, and axes of attachments.
The following Attachments were read-only and can now be set: WorldPosition, WorldOrientation, WorldAxis, WorldSecondaryAxis.
The following Attachment lua functions are now deprecated: setAxis, setSecondaryAxis, getAxis, getSecondaryAxis.

Fixed issue on Xbox where teleporting did not work if it was the first game a user joined.

Enabled script related action during debugging.

Fixed a bug where the Activated event did not fire when using Gamepad on SurfaceGuis.

Fixed a bug where the hurt overlay could continue to flash after your character has already died.

Fixed bug where Help buttons would take users to a 404 page

Fixed issue with terrain replication. The issue caused some clients to not receive all of the terrain when they join.

Removed find widget’s in-line autocomplete. Search terms are now highlighted when reopening scripts. Resolved issue with finding after crtl+f+enter searching for old terms.

ScrollingFrames marked as active no longer sink button input on touch devices.

The Avatar Context Menu now closes after custom menu options are selected.

Changed the Avatar Context Menu so that custom menu items appear at the top of the list.

There is now a warning shown when you require a module you do not own using an assetId.

Added Humanoid:ApplyDescription() functionality.

Cloud based localization data is no longer pre-loaded on RCC and replicated to connecting Clients. LocalizationService.GetTranslatorForPlayerAsync should be used to load the desired cloud based translation data for a player’s locale from now on.

Fixed crash dealing with saving of very large places.

Fixed a crash relating to inputting an invalid MeshId in a MeshPart object.

Fixed a crash when modifying the hierarchy using scripts inside of changed events for properties like AbsoluteSize.

Fixed bug where poppercam would pop inside vehicles.

Fixed performance regression for games with dozens or hundreds of BillboardGui and SurfaceGui objects.

Fixed the bug that the text scrapper collect text that already has a parameterized matching in localization table.

Fixed the Active property for simulated joints to reflect that simulated joints between two parts in the same assembly will be disabled.

Fixed an old bug where a character far away from objects could still walk around when the HumanoidRootPart was anchored.

Fixed a bug where a Physical Properties update on a part wouldn’t wake it up from sleep.

Fixed an unintentional jump when climbing up slopes and improved sliding down steep slopes.

Updated UI for Game Explorer to be in sync with Team Create UI.

Added ImageTransparency and ImageColor3 to ViewportFrame.

MessagingService provides a Lua API by which developers can communicate between servers in near real-time.

Animation Events bar in Animation Editor is now collapsable

Added Clothing.Color3 and ShirtGraphic.Color3 properties to allow Humanoid clothing to be colorized.

Prevent players from falling through the world in streaming enabled games when they leave a streamed area by moving the player’s physics simulation to the server.

“Failed to resolve texture format” error message will now include the first 64 bytes of the image file.

Technology mode added to Ctrl-Shift-F2 stats.

The profiling bars for method/property access now just has the name of the property/method; hovering over the bar should show both class name and method/property name.

Welds joining unachored parts to anchored parts will now be honored. Parts joined to anchored parts will no longer be their own assembly root. Anchored parts will still always be an assembly root.

Poppercam no longer pops for trusses or translucent windows.

Usernames are now replaced with placeholders in translatable strings.

Changed the handling of infinity and not-a-number values in the HttpService JSONEncode call.

According to the JSON standard RFC-8259, see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259 for details, numbers cannot encode infinity or not-a-number values. However, these values can be generated by a Lua script, and when passed to JSONEncode, they produced invalid JSON, that then caused an error in JSONDecode.

JSONEncode has been changed to make these values behave like functions, and translate to null in the JSON. This means that when converted back to a Lua table with JSONDecode, those two illegal values will be lost.

Added Studio setting to allow HTTP proxying for testing.

It is no longer possible to disable ChangeHistoryService while an Undo/Redo is in progress.

New API BasePlayerGui:GetGuiObjectsAtPosition(int x, int y) returns a list of visible GuiObjects at the given screen position.

Allow for selective uploading of game localization table edit operations (add, change, remove)

Plugins now have a StartDrag function which allows you to start an operating system “drag” operation given certain information via a table. To mirror, PluginGui objects now have a PluginDragEntered/Moved/Left/Dropped event which captures operating system “drag” operations (including the ones that you yourself have created).

Added Humanoid:ApplyDescription() functionality.

Improved performance joining certain places with large primitives.

Fixed issue with using Solid Modeling in a Team Create place causing large downloads

Fixed a bug when UIScale, ClipsDescendants, and AnchorPoint are all used at the same time.

Fixed a regression causing circular UIPageLayout to sometimes not wrap around properly.

Fixed chat not always appearing in accurate play solo mode in studio.

Fixed an issue with streaming enabled games where parts that are children of other parts sometimes are not sent. Such parts are only sent when their parent is sent. Developers should avoid parent relationships when parts are located far away from their parents.

Fixed a bug where throttling was was causing explosions to be ignored.

Fixed VehicleSeat controller to make legacy car builds behave properly with PGS solver.

Fixed black screen on Tegra 2 and Tegra 3 devices (e.g. Nexus 7 and Nvidia shield)

Users are now unable to publish Packages that aren’t archivable.

Instances with PackageLink descendants can now be cloned

Fixed Mouse events on large rotated GuiObjects

Fixed performance issue with in-game chat.

Fixed bug with GuiButtons behind ScrollingFrames getting input events.

Reimplement the original (before about a month ago) behavior for UIScale objects parented directly to GuiLayerCollector.

Fixed a bug with AlwaysOnTop SurfaceGuis processing input before ScreenGuis.

Introducing a new Localization tab in GameSettings in Studio, currently with one on/off switch to activate game-wide autoscraping.

Fix for bright water in Voxel mode.

Fixed a crash on Client possible for certain combinations of DFInts values “DFIntCSGv2LodsToGenerate” and “DFIntCSGv2NLODs” when LODv2 is enabled.

When studio theme set to “Default”, on start up, studio theme will be the same as OS theme on windows and mac.

We added contextMenu for toolbox.
Right click to bring it up, you will be having two options:
Open In Broswer will navigator you to the detail page of selected asset using your default browser.
CopyAsset ID will allow you copy assetId into your clip board.

Added new Avatar Importer to upload .fbx rig files from Blender or Maya.

Improved performance related to particles.

Fixed a common crash with IK in the Animation Editor.

Images and meshes uploaded with bulk importer will be properly prefixed for game asset id

Fixed a server crash related to replicating CSG and MeshParts

Uploading mesh through property window will no longer create a new mesh part

Fixed issue with retain location data on insert for bulk importing meshes

Fixed a bug involving users being unable to update a Package if it is identical to the latest version.

PluginMouse.Icon now works when the mouse is over a plugin widget

Fixed a bug where MouseButton1Click would not fire for GuiButtons in a UIPageLayout on mobile devices.

Fixed a bug where the ResetButtonCallback was not reliably registered on the first possible frame.

Fixed a regression causing circular UIPageLayout to sometimes not wrap around properly.

Fixed a performance regression when hundreds of TextLabels are parented to a UIGridLayout.

Introducing a new Localization tab in GameSettings in Studio, currently with one on/off switch to activate game-wide autoscraping.

Focusing a TextBox no longer disables Mouse events for other UI elements.

Focused TextBoxes no longer sink mouse scroll events when the mouse is hovering over them.

Fixed thumbnail reordering in Studio Game Settings

Changing the game name is now reflected in the Game widget in Studio

Fix for issue where Humanoid animation replication can be broken.

Avatars should sit in seats with character touching the top surface of the seat.

Fixed bug where rigs with non-default hip heights would cause translation issues in the Animation Editor

Fixed HasAppearanceLoaded always returning false for blank avatars

Fix for bright water in Voxel mode.

Fixed a bug where Humanoid Platforms would sometimes cause a character to get stuck floating midair.

Added SetCore and GetCore method “AvatarContextMenuTarget” to allow developers to open and close the avatar context menu when is appropriate in their games.

UI Editor in Studio no longer selects UI by default on left click. Right click context menu over UI allows for you to select UI, engaging the UI Editor.

Added Gotham, GothamSemibold, GothamBold, and GothamBlack variants to Enum.Font.

Default Playerscripts have been updated to use ContextActionService:BindActionAtPriority.

Toolbox supports install plugin by click and dragging asset inside toolbox now.
User don’t need another web browser to install the plugin from now on.

Added a PluginMenu class for showing context menus in Studio.

Added Anthro Normal and Anthro Slender rigs to the Animation Editor rig builder.

Enable camera movement in the 3d view with WASDQE while the Animation Editor PluginGUI is being used.

Improved performance of Vulkan backend on Google Pixel with Adreno GPU.

Reduced frame time variance on some Android devices like Google Pixel 1.

ZIndexBehaviour.Sibling is the new default ZIndexBehaviour for ScreenGuis inserted in studio. This does not change the default for ScreenGuis created by scripts.

Added ViewportFrame that can render Parts inside Gui.

Improved the running animation of the humanoid when going up stairs, for stairs with a step depth of under 1.5 studs.

Is future bright yet?

Changed the handling of infinity and not-a-number values in the HttpService JSONEncode call.

According to the JSON standard RFC-8259, see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259 for details, numbers cannot encode infinity or not-a-number values. However, these values can be generated by a Lua script, and when passed to JSONEncode, they produced invalid JSON, that then caused an error in JSONDecode.

JSONEncode has been changed to make these values behave like functions, and translate to null in the JSON. This means that when converted back to a Lua table with JSONDecode, those two illegal values will be lost.

Fixed place renaming from Game Explorer.

No longer misreporting Team Create publish failures.

Fixed Plugin:Deactivation signal.
Now it will only fire on the Active plugin when that plugin transitions to Deactivated.

Avatars should sit in seats with character touching the top surface of the seat.

Warning of “Something unexpectedly tried to set the parent of OriginalSize to NULL.” should no longer appears.

Fixed bug where newly created CSGv1 objects weren’t being displayed in studio.

NumberSequence validation changed to from value < envelope to |value| < envelope, so that it now allows assignment of sequences with negative values.

Underwater color in Voxel mode appears darker than it should be.

Fixed a crash in Teleport() where an un-clonable GUI was passed for the custom loading screen.

Fixed a crash in TeleportToPrivateServer when one of the player objects was nil.

Fixed a server crash when a character was standing on a platform it was attached to.

The “Copy Path to Clipboard” right-click option for images in the Game Explorer copies an image’s asset ID.

Added an option to the Game Explorer to insert a mesh part with location data.

Added Game Icon, Thumbnails, and Genre fields to Studio Game Settings.

Preset costumes will now show up in the mobile Avatar Editor.

Welds joining unachored parts to anchored parts will now be honored. Parts joined to anchored parts will no longer be their own assembly root. Anchored parts will still always be an assembly root.

Improved load times for PGS enabled places. Fixed a solver warning shown while places were loading.

Workspace properties for streaming enabled games to control minimum and target streaming distances.

Fixed Plugin:Deactivation signal. Now, it will only fire on the Active plugin when that plugin transitions to Deactivated.

You can no longer retry upload through Studio if mesh file has inappropriate name.

Rthro heads’ part should not be bigger than (2, 1, 1).

Avatars should sit in seats with the character touching the top surface of the seat.

Accessories should now be scaled according to the scale of the part they are attached to.

Animations should now play correctly when using a StarterCharacter without a Humanoid and a StarterHumanoid.

If the AutomaticScalingEnabled is set on the StarterCharacter or StarterHumanoid, then the character should automatically be scaled when entering the game.

Fixed a bug where wheels on cars may get stuck in the spawn location for late joining players.

Uninstalling Studio should no longer leave a stray file behind.

Fixed a bug where characters would vibrate when Gravity is 0, but the character is kept on the floor with a Body Force.

Fixed rare rendering artifacts on Android phones with Mali GPUs.

Fixed an error where APS incorrectly considers everyone under 13.

You can no longer retry upload through Studio if mesh file has an inappropriate name.

Nerfed trackpad scrolling for Windows laptops.

Improved trackpad scrolling.

Accessories should now be scaled according to the scale of the part it is attached to.

Fixed a regression from about a month ago when characters got worse at climbing stairs.

Location of ‘Run Script’ action has been changed in Ribbon UI, from ‘Test -> Simulation’ to ‘Model -> Advanced’

There’s now a settings under “Studio/Advanced” called “Debug Client in APS Mode”.
If this is true, and Accurate Play Solo is enabled, then when you run play solo the debugger will attach to the client data model, and not the server.

Added a writable TextBox.CursorPosition property.

Added ViewportFrame that can render Parts inside a GUI.

Added Part.Massless. A part will be massless if it is either a descendant of an Accoutrement or if Part.Massless is true.

Added Part.RootPriority. An integer value between -127 and 127 that can be used to control the root part of the assembly. If two parts have different RootPriorities it will take precedence over size-based comparison. Pending until all supported client versions support it.

We’re going to stop removing duplicate welds soon. This behavior causes ordering issues and problems with eventual consistency.

Warning messages for bulk import meshes are truncated

Fixed retry logic for Bulk Import

Fixed mouse and camera issues for macOS 10.14 (Mojave)

Fixed ControlModule to restore the VehicleController functionality.

The issue with Players:GetCharacterAppearanceAsync() returning incorrect body colors and scales has been fixed

There will be a small delay between bulk import asset processing

“Try Searching for:” In the suggestion section is removed.

Added lua function GetBundleDetailsAsync(), which provides details about the items contained within bundle.

Specifying assets by hash was never intended to be used. If this was done for obfuscation purposes stop doing it.