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Getting to know your work area

Project Level:

Basic

In order for you to operate with Roblox Lua, you first have to know the work area you'll be using. Roblox uses an application called Roblox Studio. This will be your work area, so your first project is to learn about Roblox Studio.

How to get there

To find Roblox Studio from your Start menu:

1. Click on Start.
2. Go to All Programs.
3. Find Roblox.
4. Click on Roblox Studio.

*For your convenience, right-click on Roblox Studio, go to Send To, then click on Desktop (create shortcut). This will send a shortcut of Roblox Studio to your Desktop, so you don't have to keep finding it in the Start menu.

When you know how to get there, go ahead and open up Roblox Studio.

Roblox Studio

Every time you open up Roblox Studio, you'll see the Games page from the website. You will also see some toolbars and panels on the side and top. It might look something like this:

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There are some toolbars and panels that are missing, so you'll need to make them appear.

The Output Panel:

1. Click View

2. Click Output

The Command Toolbar:

1. Click View

2. Click Toolbars

3. Click Command

*If you'd like, you can drag these panels and toolbars around. To move a toolbar, click and drag the edge ().
To move a panel, click and drag the title bar ().

Now that your studio is all set up, lets get to your first assignment of this project.

Assignment 1

Your first assignment will be to create a new place, save it to your computer, then open it again. Saving you place is very important, incase you accidentally close the studio or an error occurs, so get in the habit of saving often.

Create a new place

There are a few ways to create a new place:

• Click New ().
• Click File, click New.

• Press Ctrl+N</syntaxhighlight> on your keyboard.

When you create a new place, a tab () will appear.

Save it to your computer

There are also a few ways to save a place to your computer.

• Click Save ().
• Click File, click Save As....

• Press Ctrl+S</syntaxhighlight> on your keyboard.

When saving your place to your computer, put it in a convenient location, such as My Documents.




*You can create a new folder called "My Roblox Places" or something similar to store all of your places!




Open your place

First, you have to close your place.

• Click the Close Tab button ().

This will close the tab you're currently on. In this case, it will close your place.




*When you do this, Roblox Studio will ask you if you want to save your place, if you haven't already.




Now, there are a few ways to open your place.

• Click Open ().
• Click File, click Open.

• Press Ctrl+O</syntaxhighlight> on your keyboard.

When you click Open, find your saved place and open it. If you've successfully done this, you've just completed your first assignment!

Review

To make sure you've got it down, try repeating the assignment.

• Click New ().
• Click Save ().
• Save your place.
• Click the Close Tab button ().
• Click Open ().
• Open your place.