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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.

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 any specified format to your computer
	Publish to ROBLOX...	Publishes your current version of your place to the ROBLOX website	NON-FUNCTIONAL
	Save Selection as Model...	Saves the objects and or models you selected as a single model file (.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...	Lets you set up your printer for printing
	Exit	Exit 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 instance 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 the opened 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	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 Free-Model Toolbox	NON-FUNCTIONAL
	Explorer	Displays the Explorer window	This is the directory of your place, where everything is contained
	Properties	Displays the Explorer window	Shows every property that belongs to the current selected object
	Properties	Displays the Output window	Shows any errors, warnings, or prints found ingame when it is running
	Diagnostics	Displays the Diagnostics window
	Scripts	Displays the Scripts window
	Task Scheduler	Displays the Task Scheduler window

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
	New	Opens a new, empty place.	CTRL + N
	Open	Gives you a window to open a saved place from your computer.	CTRL + O
	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