Somewhat recently, Roblox changed the font used in its debug menus. For context, Roblox has a number of debug menus that can be accessed by holding SHIFT and pressing F1 through F5.
With this change, the debug menus can now take a while to load if assets are currently downloading.
Blank debug menu while the terrain textures are still loading.
I suspect this would happen if the debug menus are now using a font from the Creator Store. The font would have to download, which might take a while if assets are already downloading, because the font asset would just be added to the request queue.
Ideally, the font should not be an asset from the Creator Store; instead it should be a local file so that it can load instantly.
This issue is kind of annoying because, immediately upon joining an experience, I typically always check network stats (SHIFT + F3) to see how many assets are left to download. But I can’t do that anymore because the debug menu won’t even load until other assets are finished!
Repro
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Join any experience, preferably one that uses a lot of assets.
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Quickly open any debug menu while the place is still loading.
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Observe how the menu is completely empty. If you wait for the place to finish loading, the debug menu should load as well.
System information
OS: Windows 10
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Memory: 16 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Expected behavior
Debug menus should load instantly.