Over the past 2-3 weeks, I have noticed that Studio is having problems retaining layout/recent games settings. Basically, seeming at random, Studio resets to a default layout. Furthermore, games that I have removed from the Recent Games screen reappear. A third issue deals with keyboard shortcuts becoming broken. Most notably, <ALT>-P to publish a place. I have to use the menu to do it. I have found that if I redefine the key to <ALT>-P in Customize Shortcuts, it will start working again. When the issue happens, they all happen at the same time which tells me that whatever the bug is, when it manifests, itās affecting multiple components at the same time.
Additional Information
Parameter
Value
Problem Area
Studio
Problem Component
UI Layout/Recent Games/Keyboard Shortcuts
First Noticed
Around 15 Mar 2024
Priority
Normal
Impact
Moderate
Annoyance Level
High
OS
Windows 10 RTM
The beta features that I have enabled are as follows:
AI-Powered Texture Generator
Assistant Preview
Faster Play Solo
Material Generator
Notched Screen Support
Notification Overhaul
Updated Docking System
Updated Roblox Controls
As for plugins, I have a bunch that are installed, but very few are enabled. The ones that are enabled are listed below with links to their details page on the Roblox store website:
Unfortunately, I have not been able to reproduce the issue reliably, so I am unable to give steps to reproduce. However, it seems most prevalent when I start Studio after the computer was put to sleep and then subsequently awakened. It also seems to have started happening when I enabled the following beta features in Studio:
Hi - couple places weāve identified and working on fixes for this. Would appreciate your help tracking down remaining issues!
Weāve noticed the faster play solo beta has an impact on some plugins/widgets during transition to/from play solo, and can have the effect of resetting the layout. Can you disable just that beta and see if the issue with widgets resolves itself?
We introduced a change just yesterday on the docking beta to resolve a similar issue. If after disabling the play solo beta and still experiencing layout issues, you can try disable docking beta and see if the layout issue resolves. (Note: because of how the docking beta works, youāll see a change to layout after turning it on/off. The two modes are not compatible, so we have two versions of layout saved one for āoldā docking, and one for the beta). Its important to disable the betas as two steps as thereās some overlap between the two and we need to see whatās actually affecting this stuff, so we want to make sure we have all the right changes in place.
With all of these, would be good to get a solid repro on when your issue occurs to help us track it down. Are there particular widgets that you see out of place more than others? Do you notice the behavior more when doing certain activities. Any detail you can provide could be useful.
The keyboard shortcut/game settings issue seems new - havenāt seen too many reports on something like that. Do the changes āstickā after you make them or do you keep having to reset Alt-P? Its possible these are all related in terms of saving settings, but generally layouts and game settings/shortcuts do not overlap.
Do these issues happen more frequently when you have multiple studio windows open and are task switching between them?
Oh, also please make sure youāre on the latest version of studio, 619 as the fixes wonāt be in earlier versions. (You can check in the File->About Studio box)
Like I said, when it bugs out, everything previously mentioned is affected at the same time. As for the ALT-P issue, when I press ALT-P while the script editor has focus, it just prints āpā in the script. Itās almost like the ALT key isnāt being recognized. Now if I publish it off the menu, it will publish, and the shortcut gets fixed. The shortcut also gets fixed if I manually set it in the shortcut editor. Once fixed, it stays fixed until it bugs out again.
Iām going to disable the solo play beta first. The docking beta has been active for some time now without issues. I enabled all the AI features as well. Should I also disable them?
EDIT:
I have disabled the Faster Solo Play beta feature and when I restarted Studio, the layout reset again, but the publish shortcut seems to work now even if it does bug out. As for what Iām doing, Iām mostly writing code and running it looking for bugs. I donāt know if it helps, but I am using Parallel LUA and I have a bunch of actors in game.ServerScriptService. I usually only have one Studio session running, but sometimes Iāll have two depending on what Iām doing. Iām also using the split-screen feature of the docking system quite a bitā¦only two panes though.
The plugins that I have enabled donāt seem to be affected. Itās only the terrain editor and toolbox that opens up when the layout resets.
I usually keep Studio open when I put the computer to sleep. However, like I mentioned before, when I bring the computer out of sleep, or do a cold start from a power on state and start Studio, it will bug out, but not all the time. I do not know what is triggering it.
I have considered deleting Studio from the computer and removing the registry entries then starting it again from scratch. One thing to note is that it does seem to remember the overall window geometry.
@butterthebig After having the Fast Solo Play beta disabled for awhile. It seems that all the problems that I have been experiencing have disappeared. I turned nothing else off (the Updated Docking System is still on). So it appears the culprit has something to do with the Fast Solo Play. Also, they problems that Iāve had with keyboard shortcuts (specifically the aforementioned ALT-P to publish) have also disappeared.
There is one other thing that Iāve noticed too that may be related to this issue. When opening a place for the first time, it will open files that havenāt been touched in months. Not sure what thatās about. It happens rarely.
@butterthebig So far, I havenāt really been experiencing the issues that I had before disabling the Fast Solo Play beta feature, so at this point, Iām quite certain that feature is the culprit of the issues. Someone else posted another bug report about scripts not staying open on the tab bar when closing Studio and reopening it. That problem also went away for me when I disabled that beta feature.
This is still happening as of 5/31, this is super infuriating because the ādefaultā layout seems to be twenty different plugin widgets on the right side of my screen, which takes a while to close. I also donāt see the āFaster Solo Playā beta feature in the feature list, meaning I canāt disable it as Maelstorm_1973 suggested. I am using version 0.627.0.6270453 of Studio.
Yeah, I noticed that too. They took it off the list. I think itās a part of normal Studio now. You can try doing this if youāre on Windows.
Close all Studio sessions. Hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and select task manager, then navigate to the details tab. Look for any processes that are Roblox. Right click and end task.
Press WIN-R to open the Run dialog and enter regedit.exe.
Navigate to the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Roblox\RobloxStudio.
Export this to a file. File menu ā Export.
Rename to something else.
Close the registry editor.
Start Roblox Studio.
Arrange the layout to your preferences.
Close Roblox Studio.
Open Roblox Studio again to check if your layout was saved.
That registry setting is where Studio stores all of itās settings and layouts. Itās possible that something is corrupted. By following the steps above, Studio will recreate the settings as defaults. It also appears that they removed the Updated Docking System beta feature and integrated it into Studio, the old and new versions are incompatible with each other. Since a lot of people have been switched over when that happened, this might also be the cause of the issue. The above procedure should fix that as well.
This happened once again and this time every window closed except the 3D view and the toolbar. I am getting fed up with studio destroying my layout every update.
