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The Studio, or Roblox Studio, is the software used for creating Roblox games. It gives you the ability to build, script, and test places all-in-one. Revivals and launchers come with Studio built-in.

A MacOS version released in 2011. However, existing launchers and revivals only support the Windows version.

Launching the Studio

Novetus

Make sure you have selected the version of ROBLOX you want to use in the Versions tab. Then, press the Build button. If you want to open up a map inside the place directory, then select the map before pressing Build, and then press Yes. If you just want to open up a blank place, then press No. This blank place is located in the Novetus config folder, and the place directory is located in the maps folder.

Sodikm

Like Novetus, make sure you have selected the version you would like to use, and then press Studio. It does not open up any maps you may have selected in the launcher.

Only Retro Roblox Here

Open the launcher, select the version, and click Studio.

Other

If you have a studio version of the client you want to use, then open up the RobloxApp.exe file to open studio. If there is a patched .exe file inside of the folder, then open that instead.

Editor Basics

Studio will open to a view of the map you opened, along with several panels.

Window Elements

Tabs

Right below all of the toolbars you'll find the Tabs. These let you move between different windows. When you open a Script it opens up a tab next to the Place tab. You can reorder tabs by clicking and dragging them, and close individual tabs by clicking on the tab, and then clicking the X icon in the right corner of the Tab area.

Game Window

This is the main portion of the window, where you can see the 3D view of the level. The camera clips through everything, and the world is paused until you run it. Move the camera with WASD (and in 2012+, Q/E raises and lowers the camera). Use this window to build by moving and selecting objects and parts. When you open a Script, this 3D view is replaced by the Script view.

Script editor

If a Script tab is focused, it will replace the Game Window with a simple Lua editor.

Gear

If you added tools to the [StarterPack], they may appear in the Game Window just like they do while playing, depending on the version of Studio. These tools will be given to each player in the server every time they spawn in.

Status Bar

The status bar is at the very bottom of the window. This gives you information relating to how the game is running. It's mostly program information that you don't need to worry about.

Output Bar

Main article: Output

This is the section of Roblox Studio that displays manually or automatically printed messages.

Menu Bar

This is the top title bar of the Studio. There are many options in this bar. If there is a button not included in this section, then they should be in the Toolbar section.

File

Towards the bottom of the File menu are your recently opened place files. Click any one of these to open them back up.

	Name	Description	Keyboard Shortcut
	Close	Closes the place you currently have selected.
	Save As	Saves your current place to your computer.
	Publish to ROBLOX...	Publishes your current place to the ROBLOX website.	NON-FUNCTIONAL
	Save Selection as Model...	Lets you save your current selected object or model to your computer (.RBXM)
	Publish Selection as Model...	Publishes the objects and or models you selected as a free model.	NON-FUNCTIONAL
	Print...	Prints your code.	CTRL + P
	Print Preview	Lets you look at what your code look like when printed.
	Print Setup...	Sets up your printer.
	Exit	Closes Studio and all the places you have opened.

Edit

	Name	Description	Keyboard Shortcut
	Clear	Deletes the current object or model you currently have selected.	DEL
	Select All	Selects all unlocked parts in workspace.	CTRL + A
	Duplicate	Duplicates any object you currently have selected.	CTRL + D
	Unlock All	Unlocks all parts in workspace.

Find and Replace

	Name	Description	Keyboard Shortcut
	Find	Opens a menu which allows you to find specific words in a script.	CTRL + F
	Find Next	Goes down to the next appearance of a specific word if it exists.	F3
	Replace...	Opens a menu which allows you to replace one word with another in a script.	CTRL + H

Script

	Name	Description	Clarification
	Display Line Numbers	A checkbox which decides line number visibility.
	Display Selection/Bookmark Margin	A checkbox which decides bookmark/selection visibility.
	Display Folding Margin	A checkbox which decides section folding button visibility.
	Add Marker	Adds a marker in the bookmark margin on the line you are currently on.
	Delete Marker	Removes the marker from the line you are currently on if there is one.
	Find Next Marker	Goes down to a line that has a marker if there is one.
	Find Previous Marker	Goes up to a line that has a marker if there is one.

View

	Name	Description	Clarification
	Start Page	Opens up the ROBLOX home page.	This now redirects to https://www.roblox.com/supported-browsers
	Toolbox	Opens up the ROBLOX toolbox.	NON-FUNCTIONAL unless your studio states otherwise
	Explorer	Displays the directory of the place file currently selected, where everything is contained.
	Properties	If an object is selected in Explorer, this shows every property which belongs to the object.
	Output	Shows any errors, warnings, or print statements found in-game when it is running.
	Diagnostics	Lists the status of important components within studio.	Is called "Report" until 2009E
	Scripts	Lists the status of every script running in explorer if there are any.	Does not exist until 2010L
	Task Scheduler	Shows off all the tasks that studio is currently doing to make the program run.
	Game Layout	Hides the studio interface to only show the in-game UI layout.
	Full Screen	Makes the studio full screen. Takes it out of full screen if clicked again.
	Toolbars	Shows a list of toggles that show/hide the studio toolbars.

Insert

	Name	Description	Clarification
	Model...	Gives you a window to open a saved model from your computer (.RBXM)	Versions 2013M and below do NOT open modern files without converting.
	LDraw File...	Gives you a window to open a saved LDraw file from your computer, which ROBLOX would build upon opening.	Removed in 2010L
	Decal...	Converts a selected picture to BASE64, and is inserted as a Decal inside the selected object.	Removed in 2009E
	Texture...	Converts a selected picture to BASE64, and is inserted as a Texture inside the selected object.	Removed in 2009E
	Object...	Opens up the Object Browser which include all the objects you can insert inside the selected explorer.	Before 2008M, you have to type in the name of the object's class before inserting it. You can find the exact names through the Object Browser.
	Service...	Opens up the Insert Service which includes all the services you can insert inside explorer.	Does not exist until 2008M
	Tool	Opens up the "Tools" section of the Toolbox	NON-FUNCTIONAL unless your studio states otherwise.
	Clear Tools In Starterpack	Deletes every tool inside the "Starterpack" service.
	Clear Tools in My Backpack	Deletes every tool inside the local player's backpack	Only functional during Play Solo.

Format

	Name	Description	Clarification
	Camera Positioning	A list of "CameraType" options that can be changed when selecting an object during gameplay.	You can find the explanation for each type here.
	Select Children	Selects all the objects within the previously-selected object in explorer.	Does not exist until 2009L
	Set Model Front	Allows you to select a side of a part to be its "Front."	Changes the direction a "Controller" flag is facing; a ROBLOX mechanic that was removed in 2009. Afterwards, its mechanic changes to setting the camera front of a model.
	Set Model Primary Part	Allows you to select a part inside a model as its "PrimaryPart."	Removed in 2009E, but the property still exists.
	Replace Glue with Welds	Replaces any trace of a "Glue" surface with a "Weld" surface.
	Replace Welds with Snaps	Replaces any trace of a "Weld" surface with the "Studs" Surface.

Toolbars

Avoid moving the toolbars. This often crashes the application which will cause you to lose your unsaved work.

File Buttons

These are your basic buttons, which you'd find in any program.

	Name	Description	Keyboard Shortcut	Clarification
	New	Opens a new, empty place.	CTRL + N
	Open	Gives you a window to open a saved place from your computer.	CTRL + O	Versions 2013M and below do NOT open modern files without converting.
	Save	Lets you save your current place to your computer (.RBXL)	CTRL + S
	Cut	Copies something, then removes it. Lets you paste it elsewhere.	CTRL + X
	Copy	Copies something and lets you paste it elsewhere.	CTRL + C
	Paste	Takes something you've copied or cut from somewhere else, and puts it wherever you want.	CTRL + V
	Paste Into	Takes something you've copied or cut, and puts it into a specific object in the Explorer.	CTRL + ⇧ Shift + V
	Undo	Undoes the last action.	CTRL + Z
	Redo	An Undo for the Undo, lets you redo an action.	CTRL + Y

Group

These are two buttons here, Group and Ungroup. When you select several different bricks you can use the Group command to make them into a Model instead of separate bricks. This is very very useful, and something that you will use a lot of the time. Models can be selected at once, instead of having to select hundreds of tiny bricks, and they can be moved as one unit.

Ungrouping is as easy as selecting a model, and hitting the Ungroup button. This will make the model come apart, and each brick will be separate.

	Name	Description	Keyboard Shortcut
	Group	Takes single bricks and puts them into a Model	CTRL + G
	Ungroup	Takes a Model and breaks it into single bricks	CTRL + U

Brick Movement

These buttons let you move bricks in specific directions.

	Name	Description
	Rotate	Rotates an object counterclockwise
	Tilt	Tilts an object
	Move Up	Moves an object up 1 stud
	Move Down	Moves an object down 1 stud

Camera Tools

These buttons allow you to move the camera around to look at things

	Name	Description	Keyboard Shortcut
	Pan Left	Rotates the camera 45 degrees to the left	Hold down right click, move mouse
	Pan Right	Rotates the camera 45 degrees to the right	Hold down right click, move mouse
	Tilt Up	Rotates the camera 45 degrees up	Hold down right click, move mouse
	Tilt Down	Rotates the camera 45 degrees down	Hold down right click, move mouse
	Zoom In	Gets closer to the camera's subject	I (Mouse Scroll Forward)
	Zoom Out	Gets farther away from the camera's subject	O (Mouse Scroll Back)
	Center on Object	Centers the camera on the selected object
	Zoom to Extents	Fits the screen to the size of the selected object

Run, Pause and Reset

These buttons let you start and stop the actual game if you're in Edit mode.

	Name	Description
	Play	Starts running the place.
	Pause	Temporarily stops the physics in a place. Note: This does not stop scripts, they will continue to run.
	Reset	Sets a place back to the point right before Play was clicked

Brick Properties

This set of buttons lets you alter the properties of a brick. Things like color, position, etc.

	Name	Description	Property
	Drag	Lets you select and then drag around bricks
	Move on Axis	Puts orange arrows around a selected object. Click and hold one to drag only in that direction.	Position
	Resize	Puts blue spheres around a selected object. Click and drag one to resize in that direction	Size
	Anchor	Makes an object become frozen in place, and not move at all.	Anchored
	Lock	Makes an object to where you cannot select it.	Locked
	Fill color	Select a color and click on a brick to set it there.	BrickColor
	Pick color	Click on a brick to set the fill color tool to that color.
	Material	Like the Color, select a material and click on a brick to apply it.	Material

Surface Types

These buttons let you select what type of surface an object has. Click on the type of surface you want, then on the specific surface you wish to change.

	Name	Description
	Smooth	Does not connect with inlets, studs, glue or universal surfaces.
	Glue	Higher friction than a Smooth surface, otherwise the same.
	Weld	Creates a connection with any surface.
	Studs	Creates a connection with Universal, Inlets, or Welds.
	Inlets	Creates a connection with Studs, Universal, or Welds.
	Universal	Creates a connection with Studs, Inlets or Welds.
	Hinge	Creates a rotation point, allowing a brick touching the yellow pin to rotate.
	Motor	Creates a powered hinge joint. See Motors

Plugins

Plugins were introduced on 2011-08-11, which allows users to develop their own building tools that will appear on toolbars in ROBLOX Studio. Currently, there are many default plugins made by ROBLOX. To see more information on plugins, and how to make your own, visit here.

See Also

Uses..

• Scripting
• Edit
• Online mode
• Solo mode

Settings and Other

• Place
• Bevels
• Settings
• Usage Report Window

Similar...

• Tutorials
• Class Reference
• Lua Objects
• Service-level