Release Notes for 384

[LuaCow]

Notes for Release 384

[Maximum_ADHD]

Client Difference Log

0.384.0.301313

API Changes

Added Class StudioData : Instance [NotCreatable] [Service] [NotReplicated]
	Added Property int64 StudioData.SrcPlaceId {RobloxSecurity} [Hidden] [NotReplicated]
	Added Property int64 StudioData.SrcUniverseId {RobloxSecurity} [Hidden] [NotReplicated]

Added Class EmotesPages : InventoryPages [NotCreatable] [NotReplicated]

Added Property bool Player.GameplayPaused [<💾> Save-only] [ReadOnly] [NotReplicated]
Added Property bool StarterPlayer.UserEmotesEnabled {✏️RobloxScriptSecurity}
Added Property Color3 ViewportFrame.Ambient
Added Property Color3 ViewportFrame.LightColor
Added Property Vector3 ViewportFrame.LightDirection
Added Property Enum<StreamingPauseMode> Workspace.StreamingPauseMode  [NotScriptable]

Added Function void GuiService:CloseInspectMenu()
Added Function bool GuiService:GetInspectMenuEnabled()
Added Function void GuiService:InspectPlayerFromHumanoidDescription(Instance humanoidDescription, string name)
Added Function void GuiService:InspectPlayerFromUserId(int64 userId)
Added Function void GuiService:SetInspectMenuEnabled(bool enabled)
Added Function bool Humanoid:PlayEmote(string emoteName) [Yields]
Added Function void HumanoidDescription:AddEmote(string name, int64 assetId)
Added Function Dictionary HumanoidDescription:GetEmotes()
Added Function Array HumanoidDescription:GetEquippedEmotes()
Added Function void HumanoidDescription:RemoveEmote(string name)
Added Function void HumanoidDescription:SetEmotes(Dictionary emotes)
Added Function void HumanoidDescription:SetEquippedEmotes(Array equippedEmotes)
Added Function void MarketplaceService:PromptBundlePurchase(Instance player, int64 bundleId) {RobloxScriptSecurity}
Added Function void MarketplaceService:SignalAssetTypePurchased(Instance player, Enum<AssetType> assetType) {RobloxScriptSecurity}

Added Event GuiService.CloseInspectMenuRequest() {RobloxScriptSecurity}
Added Event GuiService.InspectMenuEnabledChangedSignal(bool enabled) {RobloxScriptSecurity}
Added Event GuiService.InspectPlayerFromHumanoidDescriptionRequest(Instance humanoidDescription, string name) {RobloxScriptSecurity}
Added Event GuiService.InspectPlayerFromUserIdRequest(int64 userId) {RobloxScriptSecurity}
Added Event HumanoidDescription.EmotesChanged(Dictionary newEmotes)
Added Event HumanoidDescription.EquippedEmotesChanged(Array newEquippedEmotes)
Added Event MarketplaceService.PromptBundlePurchaseRequested(Instance player, int64 bundleId) {RobloxScriptSecurity}

Added Enum StreamingPauseMode
	Added EnumItem StreamingPauseMode.Default : 0
	Added EnumItem StreamingPauseMode.Disabled : 1
	Added EnumItem StreamingPauseMode.ClientPhysicsPause : 2

Added EnumItem AssetType.EmoteAnimation : 61
Added EnumItem AvatarContextMenuOption.InspectMenu : 3

Added Tag [CustomLuaState] to Function Instance:IsA

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[Dekkonot]

What specifically was the optimization for IsA? I’m curious.

[Maximum_ADHD]

This API change seems to provide some clues.

Added Tag [CustomLuaState] to Function Instance:IsA

When a function has the [CustomLuaState] tag, it means that the function directly interfaces with Lua’s C API rather than going through Roblox’s normal reflection system. There’s probably more to it than just this though, and @zeuxcg might be able to elaborate further.

[zeuxcg]

In our VM, strings are a bit more magical than they are in regular Lua - in Lua they are interned, so that many operations like table lookup never need to look at the string data; we have extended the interning to also work with our reflection data so that when doing __index/__newindex/etc. reflection doesn’t need to look at string data either. IsA is now also using this interned optimization so that it doesn’t need to do actual string comparisons.

[TheGuyWithAShortName (Sam Huckaby)]

So the emote wheel is enabled now?

[WrathOfTheElvhen]

How can we make use of this feature? It says it’s live, but…

[Maximum_ADHD]

There’s a property under the player called GameplayPaused, as well as some new properties pertaining to streaming under the Workspace.

I actually made a place to demonstrate how it works a few weeks ago:
https://www.roblox.com/games/3251116958/weird-streaming-test

[WrathOfTheElvhen]

Huh, I’m not able to find the property for it.

The enum is in the game, but workspace.StreamingPauseMode just…isn’t there. I’m able to find the Enum for it, however.

[zeuxcg]

It’s not enabled yet.
It’s not enabled yet.

[WrathOfTheElvhen]

So it’s technically not live yet? Alright. Any estimate for when it will be?