In terms of UI, I’d personally most like to see being able to invert UI elements using negative size to see a mirrored version of it, especially in the case of ViewportFrames.
I’m looking forward to other visual effects, but I think I’m most interested in that one at this moment.
The main improvement I’d like to see for terrain is being able to adjust the properties of grass/water, and preferably all terrain, non-globally.
Additionally, I’d like to see terrain water work as a material that you can apply to a part. This would be incredibly useful, especially if that part can have unique water properties.
I would ask the same for decoration like grass being able to be applied to parts, but water is more important for me right now.
When packages and models become sellable assets, will we be able to create custom thumbnails for them just like plugins? Because right now the Toolbox displays a 3D view of models which can be extracted since they’re simply underneath a ViewportFrame. I don’t think something like that would work for paid models. Hopefully that makes sense.
Where are clouds? I have seen SOOOO many people asking where clouds are. We want clouds, I want clouds. We were told we would have an update, no update
thanks for raising this question. it’s a very large topic of internal conversation as well. we absolutely hear the feedback and are working internally to help find the right long-term solutions for the ecosystem that continue to create opportunities for more diverse content.
there will be a post on discovery soon that should give more detail on how the algorithm works.
For this first release, it won’t be possible to have different grass height in different areas. In the future, we plan to offer much more flexibility, such as the ability to edit density and have different lengths of grass in different regions of your worlds, among other things. We’re excited to share more information on this soon.
This doesn’t answer my question about what Roblox is actively doing to improve transparency with programs, this type of response (“we’re always looking for cool new things for our creators”) has been posted numerous times before in different announcements when similar questions have arised.
This is good! Ideally this could have been made clear more publically, I sent this feedback to the folks handling that particular program.
This was also good! But again, that’s not really what my question was targeting. E.g. the badge program recently halted for 1-2 months due to an internal conflict between teams about whether or not the program should even exist. None of this was communicated to creators, which resulted in some creators getting the badge, some not, and inconsistent requirements.
Things like that are what I am asking about, developers need more transparency with those and there is a lack of a process right now for that. This also impacts Roblox’s ability to take feedback on these programs.
The PerAxis ForceLimitMode for AlignPosition that was released recently has been very useful and made transitioning from BodyPosition to AlignPosition easy.
I was wondering if a PerAxis ForceLimitMode property is planned for AlignOrientation too? So that it can behave in a similar way to BodyGyro and it’s MaxTorque property, allowing developers to transition away from that too. (Using a new property called MaxAxesTorque, similar to MaxAxesForce)
I’ve worked a little bit with the new UI design myself. I haven’t explored more to know all of its current capabilities, but I was wondering if sometime in the future if GUI could be based on a grid to help with the sizing on different devices?
I know we could create something similar as this with the grid layout, but when a person makes websites with HTML and CSS, they make grids and declare what each column and row size are if they choose to do that.
I think going this route would be the perfect way, considering a lot of GUI can be positioned like that. That way it makes it easier for the creator to create and the player to navigate. I always found it difficult myself on centering UI items on the screen, and I usually found the best way to do this was from the layouts. However, I found it difficult for the screen size being changed and the GUI going weird at times. This is why I suggest going into a route that CSS takes with creating a grid.
What are the plans if any for more concise and open communication between developers of tools like Rojo and Roblox? I’m one of the maintainers of Rojo and while we’ve been getting more clear communication from engineers over the last few months, it’s been off-platform and not strictly in an official capacity. Is there a future where developers of 3rd party tools are given a more proper seat at the table, so to speak, so that we can talk about things that impact us while the features are in development rather than just being given notice by an engineer if they happen to know how to contact us/want to?
Also, I know that this is violating the rule for multiple questions per response but hopefully you’ll forgive me: Would it be possible to have more concrete release schedules for things in the future? It’s difficult to respond to weekly updates as-is, but when things are announced and happen either days or months later it makes it stressful for everyone.
We don’t currently have plans to allow for this. Our philosophy is that users should not have to worry about these details. Roblox will automatically pick the ideal lighting based on a user’s device and various other factors.
Is there any chance we will ever get a skybox update? Skybox as it is right now is not very customisable. Here is a nice thread stating changes that could be added: Skybox Overhaul
Another thing that would be nice is an update to water. Water hasn’t been updated for a longgggg time (Not including the shorelines beta). And it would be nice to see water AND TERRAIN get an update. Here is another nice thread: Overhaul Smooth Terrain Water
We’ll soon be releasing controls to let you change grass height and density. In the future, we plan to offer ways to make these controls per-region, and we’re looking at additional possibilities to customize grass (and more). We’ll have more information to share on this soon.
We don’t have any current plans, but we will take this suggestion into consideration while we continue to make a better experience for all creators. Thank you for the feedback!
I’m assuming you mean making the impact of the normal map more visible? Have you tried adjusting the Environment*Scale parameters? If so, could you share an image of the lighting setup you’re struggling with and information on what you’d expect to see?
While we don’t currently have plans to offer these specific options, we’re always looking for ways to improve our tooling. Could you share more about what you’re trying to do, and where you’re facing challenges today?
