We need a way to check if a GUIObject is visible (GUIObject.IsVisible)

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#1

An issue that I have been annoyed about is having to loop through parent objects of a GUIObject to see if it is visible on screen. It would be very useful to have a simple read-only variable called GUIObject.IsVisible to be able to check if the object is visible at all regardless of what GUIObject.Visible is; similar to how Sound.IsPlaying and Sound.Playing exists but for including the visibility of ancestors of the object.

I often use Unity for VRChat Worlds, and I use GameObject.activeInHierarchy to check if the object is visible and active no matter where it is in the scene. Having a system like this for just GUIObject instances would improve a lot of my scripts that require a loop to check if it is visible for pausing certain script functions to save resources without fully disabling the entire script

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#2

There is a bool in the GuiBase2D class called “IsNotOccluded”.
It is unfortunately locked behind RobloxScriptSecurity.

You used to be able to capture it by using (Instance).Changed, but it doesn’t seem to change now.

I second this feature because it can allow for intensive scripts in an example:

  • A spinning 3D model in a Viewport frame to stop spinning offscreen

Roblox does stop rendering the GUI when it is off-screen but it is still running the code.

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#3

I have a similar situation with having a character play an animation in a viewport that gets stopped once you close the menu. I do notice it still calculates the animation despite not being rendered, which does have noticeable slowdown on lower devices when using many animations at once. Once the animation is stopped, the slowdown stops