Did you ever have an image reference that you wanted to use but couldn’t because it’s copyrighted or against the rules? Did you want to keep images such as map layout references hidden to prevent leaks? Or do you just want to reduce clutter on your inventory? Well, have I got the solution for you!
Introducing: Local File Importer!
Local File Importer allows you to import images directly from your computer, bypassing the need to upload the image to Roblox entirely! Here’s a demo of how it works:
How to use:
Click the Import Images button at the bottom of the plugin to import files from your computer. This will cause a file dialog to open.
In the file dialog, select one or multiple files and then click open. Only PNGs and JPEGs are supported.
After importing, the files you selected will be loaded by the plugin. From there, you can:
Left-click on the file in the plugin. This will insert it as a decal (like the toolbox).
Alternatively, you can right-click on the file instead. This will show three options:
Open In Own Window. This will open the file in its own widget.
Copy Temporary Asset Id. This shows a modal from which you can copy the image’s ID.
Remove from Plugin. This will unload the image from the plugin, removing it. Decals/Meshes/etc. still using the image’s asset ID won’t be affected.
Some things you should know:
Some JPEG files are not supported by Roblox, and will not be imported as a texture. For example, importing the following image: File:Hutton in the Forest 4K.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
Will show the following error:
One way of fixing this is to re-save the image in an image editor (e.g. Paint.Net). If that doesn’t work, saving the image as a PNG will work as well.
Roblox’s texture filtering sucks for this plugin. Even 4K images will show up as blurry on-screen. There’s no way around this.
In team create, other developers won’t see the image you’ve imported. If you need to collaborate, then you should share the image through some other means (e.g. the this forum) and then they can use it locally themselves.
The images will disappear when you re-open the place. This means that you’ll need to re-import the image if you want to use it again in a different session.
In the future, I plan on adding support for importing audio (.mp3s and .wavs).
Can’t use those images online Those images will only appear on studio, and on your computer only (as in, other developers in a team create session can’t see your images)
As I noticed now you can put your picture in offline mode? (well, when you use files and not go through the site if you understand me)
Just when the files are on and then you want to put a picture, they offer to enter the site.
and then publish it
That’s actually a pretty smart way of going about things. I remembered that some assets, such as rbxasset, are actually pulled from your file system. By uploading files to your computer and referencing those, you can essentially use those images on your client without uploading pointlessly.
It seems to me that this program will help the offline mode in the studio Roblox, and then just the functions do not work very well this time.
I just have problems with the internet
at low load, it can simply turn off or simply change its speed
you agree with me
I got a warning a few months ago because I uploaded a phoenix image that I was going to use as a reference while building and it had a barely visible watermark website link that I didn’t notice
Since the plugin uses these rbxtemp:// IDs, does that mean re-uploading in the same order would cause those IDs to work for the new session, or would we need to do something extra to continue our work on the new session?
I’ve analysed the source code of that plugin, and it seems like you’re using a lot of Rōblox-provided stuff that aren’t documented on the public wiki (i.e. GetTemporaryId and the File class). How were you able to get a hold of them?
I was curious how the terrain heightmap importer plugin was able to import files, and I found that it used :GetBinaryContents() to read data to be used by Terrain:ImportHeightmap() and :GetTemporaryId() to display the heightmap as an image in the widget.
I linked it in my post. By any chance, do you have editing access to the documentation? Something needs to be done to make it easier for other devs to figure it out. Both plugins (yours and the terrain-heightmap importer one) might just be setting off a trend.
Those images will only appear on studio, and on your computer only (as in, other developers in a team create session can’t see your images)
