[Rather Urgent] Roblox automatically deletes Frame content (Incl. REPO)

Bug Reports Engine Bugs
#1

REPO FILE: RepoFile.rbxl (14.4 KB)

Repo instructions:

  1. Start a local server with 1 player
  2. Notice how the frames content is deleted after adding it to a new frame.
  3. Done.

Issue
When parenting a Frame to another Frame, it deletes the content of the child frame IF the frame in question was sent as a function parameter.

This is breaking the store in my game, I already earned little as it was.
Please fix quickly! :grimacing:

#2

I do agree that this behavior seems unintended, but a simple patch is to make the new frame a descendant of PlayerGui before parenting the old frame to it. Simply switch the last two lines of your function.

Original

m.Parent = content
content.Parent = script.Parent

Fixed

content.Parent = script.Parent
m.Parent = content
#3

It may solve the repofile, but it does not work when applied to my real Gui.
Even if this was the work-around itā€™s still a major glitch that needs to be fixed.

#4

Surely there is some way this can be applied to your real gui. Just make sure that you arenā€™t parenting existing guis to descendants of nil. I agree that this is a major glitch and needs immediate attention, but Iā€™d hate to see it break a game of yours when a patch is available.

#5

In my GUI I do:

function ModuleAPI:SetFullscreen(frame)
local part = Instance.new("Part",workspace)
part.Anchored = true
part.Transparency = 1

local surface = Instance.new("SurfaceGui")
surface.Face = "Back"
surface.Parent = part

local content = Instance.new("Frame")
content.BackgroundTransparency = 1
content.Size = UDim2.new(1,0,1,-36)
content.Position = UDim2.new(0,0,0,36)

content.Parent = surface



local obj3d = Object3D.create(part,CFrame.new(0,0,0))
obj3d.Background = true
table.insert(objects,obj3d)
part.Anchored = true
part.Parent = cam

print("BEFORE")
local c = frame.StoreFrame:GetChildren()
for i,v in pairs(c) do
	print(v)
end

frame.Parent = content
print(frame.Parent)
print("AFTER")
local c = frame.StoreFrame:GetChildren()
for i,v in pairs(c) do
	print(v)
end

And I still get the error right at AFTER

#6

Edit: Nvm, used play solo. (Wasnā€™t used to the new ā€œLocal serverā€ terminology)

Yes reproduced successfully.

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#7

Since youā€™re using a SurfaceGui, try parenting the SurfaceGui object to PlayerGui and setting surface.Adornee = part. Iā€™ll test it myself as soon as I can.

EDIT:

I slightly modified the code from your original repro file to use a SurfaceGui, and I could not reproduce the problem of children being removed. Is there any other code that modifies the children of the gui?

This is the modified code:

local frame = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Frame")

function func(m)
    local part = Instance.new("Part", game.Workspace)
    local surface = Instance.new("SurfaceGui", part)
	local content = Instance.new("Frame")
	content.BackgroundTransparency = 1
	content.Size = UDim2.new(1,0,1,-36)
	content.Position = UDim2.new(0,0,0,36)
	content.Parent = surface
	m.Parent =content
end

print("BEFORE")
for i,v in pairs(frame:GetChildren()) do
	print(v)
end

func(frame)

print("AFTER")
for i,v in pairs(frame:GetChildren()) do
	print(v)
end
#8

Setting adonree did not help.

I even tried placing the frame in playergui to see if it gets removed then, it doesnt.
So I had it in playergui, when I dragged it from playergui and place it in the frame inside surfacegui then everything inside it got deleted.

#9

I remember something like this being reported before.
Was something like ā€œstuff disappears, unless Play Soloā€ too.

#10

You donā€™t work at Roblox anymore right?
I thought you said RDC was your last days there.

#11

This is still an issue!
Itā€™s a pretty critical bug seeing as it just randomly deletes content.

Can someone on Roblox look into this?

#12

m a y b e _ y o u _ s h o u l d _ u s e _ f i l t e r i n g e n a b l e d

#13

I do use FE.

#14

Okay well, when I turned on FilteringEnabled in this repro place, the issue wasnā€™t happening.

#15

I noticed that too, Iā€™ll see if I can improve the repo cause itā€™s still in my game.

#16

I am going to look into this. If you have a simple repro that happens when the place is filtering enabled, that would be helpful.

#17

You work at Roblox? You donā€™t have the tag thingyā€¦

Oh well, I tried to create a repo again but it doesnā€™t seem to work.
Iā€™ll try harder see if I can create one.

#18

I just started interning there again today. I will ask someone about getting the tag :P. Donā€™t worry too much about a repro that works with FE, I think I know what causes this issue and have a fix for it. I will test this fix more tomorrow and hopefully get it submitted.

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#19

Dude, that would be totally incredible!

Iā€™v had to have my 3D store disabled for over a week now just because of it.
Would be great to have this fixed!

#20

This issue still occurs, have you uploaded the fix yet?