Emulation - New Custom Device Manager

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#1

Hi Developers,

Did you know that Studio can emulate devices to test your game experience? It won’t play NES ROMs but it’s pretty powerful. Studio comes with a bunch of built in device targets but we also allow you to create your own devices. This functionality can be accessed via the Test > Device > Manage Devices path.

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Here you can create and edit custom devices. You can pick a target platform and set resolution with a handy visual preview. Devices can even be cloned to quickly make several with minor variations.

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Create, clone and emulate away! Er, well…create and emulate away! Clone within reason.

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#2

Thanks for the update!! This looks really useful testing several devices for updates. I actually didn’t even know this was a feature initially.

I would just open roblox on my phone to test something or resize my window to get a different perspective!

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#3

Foreshadowing? :eyes:

Great to see easier custom device support! Looks a lot cleaner than the old version.

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#4

Looks really good. Looking forward for testing it out. I’m sure everyone else are too!

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#5

Roblox Nintendo 3DS emulator, thank you!

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#6

Awesome! I’ve been waiting for something like this for a while now.

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#7

Finally, this was really needed this will speed up the process of testing my game on other platforms or devices. :slight_smile:

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#9

Amazing update! Finally I’ll be able to emulate my Samsung Smart Refrigerator: Family Hub Touchscreen Fridge.

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#10

Awesome update! It looks much cleaner. Would love to see other improvements regarding the mobile emulator such as this:

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#11

Finally, I can replicate my wonky android tablet. Thank you!! Awesome update :slight_smile:

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#13

whats this update seems like a good idea to me.
I thought this was a thing for a long time because i didn’t notice anything change

#14

I know that you can emulate devices, but i really am impresioned from the new update, thank you very much!

#15

Oh boy. I can’t wait to play Super Robloxian Bros on my Bloxtendo DSI Emulator!

On a serious note, this update is going to be really beneficial, as we can finally replicate any desired resolution and device as needed without having to use a physical device. Gotta love the workflow improvements Roblox has been introducing lately.

#16

This is actually great! This will definitely improve my emulation workflow.

#18

Great update! I can’t wait to use this to work on devices such as my samsung-lg combo all-in-one dishwasher washer/dryer 8-bit touchscreen!

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#19

Wasn’t the Roblox Developer App for testing Mobile features? I still have the app on my phone but the code pairing isn’t in Studio which was removed when Device Emulation was added, i don’t think this was the best decision. It’s always better to test on the device where the game will be played on since PC isn’t a touch-screen we cant emulate quick touches or multi-touches on a PC…

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#20

Won’t play NES roms? Broken can’t believe you roblox oh my god

Jokes aside this is helpful for testing, thanks.

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#21

This’ll be efficient & useful for optimizing the game experience on our games for pretty much any device, thanks for this!

#22

Talking about emulators, portrait mode emulators? For mobile devices, because some games are better in portrait mode.

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#23

I’d really like to see in the future the ability to limit the amount of RAM, CPU speed and/or cores and even artificial bad network connection (high ping, packet drops) being used to really emulate a typical mobile device performance. Only in this way can I really ensure optimisation is executed carefully and precisely.

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