ROBLOX Studio 2.0 Nearing Public Beta Testing

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ROBLOX Studio 2.0

Update, 2/1/2013: the ROBLOX Studio 2.0 beta has ended and this blog post is now completely, totally, utterly out of date! For information and download instructions on the latest and greatest build, ROBLOX Studio 2013, please see this article.

ROBLOX is pleased to announce the upcoming release of ROBLOX Studio 2.0, the application that lets you create, test and publish ROBLOX games. While Studio 2.0 features a cleaned-up and polished interface, we’re especially excited about the platform-independent framework on which we built it.

We currently maintain separate versions of ROBLOX Studio for PC and Mac. With Studio 2.0, we’re transitioning the PC version from a five-year-old, Microsoft-based framework to the modern, platform-independent framework we use for the Mac version. This not only means the user experience will be consistent across platforms, but also that, going forward, it’ll be easier for us to implement new features and maintain Studio 2.0’s functionality and usability standards. In short, we’ll be able to deliver features faster and wrap them in a better user experience.

ROBLOX Studio 2.0 Screenshot

The interface will feature new buttons and let you dock tools easily. Studio 2.0 also opens the doors to a number of other features we’ll be implementing in the future:

  • Improved script editor
  • New part- and model-editing tools
  • Powerful game builders

Stay posted for a beta announcement, where we’ll tell you how to install and test Studio 2.0 alongside today’s production version. The initial release of Studio 2.0 will work on PC and Mac, but we expect the process of porting it to LINUX and other operating systems to be relatively easy.

For information on the cross-platform compatibility of ROBLOX games, check out this March blog post. To learn more about ROBLOX Studio and how you can create games for free, read its ROBLOX Wiki page.

580 thoughts on “ROBLOX Studio 2.0 Nearing Public Beta Testing”

  1. Idea for roblox you should make the bricks we have right now merge-able

  2. How come when I watch cFraming videos on YouTube the user doing the cframing has the cframe tool in the current version of ROBLOX studio but I do not even though I have the exact same version?

  3. I personally think Roblox should partner up with Gamemaker, and include their tools. THOSE, I understand. Also, where, perchance, could one download the new studio?

  4. If you have ROBLOX Studio 1.0 running on your computer there is be a pop-up that says “A new Update for ROBLOX Studio is out Update now” something like that, thats how I updated mine.

  6. I noticed that the stamper parts were in the ToolBox in the picture.
    Please tell me that’s not what is going to be in there.

  7. I really want the old tool back that you can use stuff other people made instead of doing it all your self :p

    • Or if theres a way to change it because i dont know what to do.

  8. FIX THE NEW AND OLD ROBLOX STUDIO ITS LAGGING ALL THE TIME AND ITS NOT MY PC!

  9. People Have Been Saying They Have The BETA On It On UTube And I Think They’re Lying.

  11. ROBLOX, I have two questions. Why did you get rid of meshes and music? That’s the the two things I loved about this game, and now they’re just gone.

    • Meshes and music are hardly gone, they’re just different now then they were before.

    • To awnser the mesh awnser the mesh question it’s because someone used them for nasty things not going to mention. The music I forgot.

  12. hello i am artuks98 from roblox and i have one question. is roblox studio 2.0 working on apple mac?

    • Actually, your version of Studio on Mac will be made for Windows; you already have 2.0

  13. Does this mean that we can’t build with
    the Roblox bricks anymore? I liked the
    old bricks better than the new blocks
    in personal servers.

    • About this topic, what I think should be done is that the old Roblox bricks are a common fraction of the new ones (1/2,1/3,1/4, etc.) and you should be able to intertwine the new and old bricks. Just putting the idea out there.

  15. Looked at it,looked for the simple tools (move,resize,drag) went “Um……..um….” ._.

    • When I die the game lags up. This definitely needs fixed and i hope it will be in 2.0 version. I also hope there will be a better map navigation of edit mode. I never can get a good perspective of what I am building!

      • You do relize all you do to get a better perspective is scroll and use the arrow keys.
        The arrow keys help you move the camera and the scroll lets you zoom in and out. I hope this helped you.

  17. Oh and I always thought roblox was creative… Why do they want to copy minecraft? Why does every robloxian want to copy another game? I want roblox to be creative, AND NOT A COPY! I say get rid of this new “Terrain” thing.. thats a lag maker. Think of this “C”, Creative, Not this “C”, Copy.

  18. Eh, I think coming out with a roblox studio 2.0 isn’t a good idea, I say actually update roblox studio 1.0 I want that whenever I reasize a brick I want it to respond, not, not respond! Or whenever I resize, I get major lag, FIX THE DANG LAG!! and Don’t say its my PC, This started when I first got my PC at christmas time! FIX THE FIRST ROBLOX STUDIO, NOT MAKE A NEW ONE!!!

  19. It’s annoying that they open up the games page when you start Roblox Studio since Roblox Studio is for editing places, not playing them.

  20. im look forward to the new water in edit kode…its going to help my testing,building,and scripting.

  22. I’m excited about Roblox Studio 2.0, as long as you guys make it easy to add water and terrain without getting a headache. Oh, and I wish you guys would come out with a GUI maker or something, to make it easier to create help GUIs and stuff.

    • Hamro, the Robloxians can make that too :D The Terrain-plugins is codes that’s stored in some folders on your pc, and it’s just the same as if you script in Lua.

      Ok, I’ve tried to make a gui-maker myself, where you can click to insert a widget like next/previous, radio buttons and something like in Visual Studio and that. Polls, welcome signs and that.

      Oook, I’m just bapling forever if I don’t stop soon.
      You can get the unfinished work if you want, but the only thing it has is the raw design and testing, and scripting for moving, resizing, creating and… maybe removing GuiObjects.

      -As, power to GUIs, Lua and my .RBXMfiles.

  23. I think they SHOULD add studio 2.0 to the public,but at least give us a decision either we want it or not
    Just like the backgrounds for the OBC

    • If there is a new ROBLOX studio, then why cant I get it? Is it not finished or is just not available? Please let the public use the newest studio for easier access. If there is a way to get it, please tell me.

  24. They should stop changing what is already good. Too many times have I been disappointed in ROBLOX’s updates. I miss old FFs and old explosions. But they absolutely HAD to change those, right?

    • IKR? The new update

      messed up BASE WARS:THE LAND
      and now I can’t get my daily dose of base wars! Moderators, if you are reading this, DOWNGRADE ROBLOX STUDIO OR FIX THE UPDATE THAT MADE DARK866′S GAME BASE WARS: THE LAND
      CRASH! Sorry for yelling. Ragequit.

    • I actualy dislike the old FFs Dont knwo what the old explosions were like,and personaly i like what Roblox has been doing (Except for the new bodies.UGGH)

  26. I really wish they would remove the stamper tool. It really hurts the level of creativity some users have. Also, when are they going to release the Water?

  27. I miss the old building tools from 09. I can’t build with that stamper tool. So I mainly use Edit Mode now.

  28. The new studio is ok, if you let us keep studio 1.0. i love the Lua Scripting and classic building, please let us keep it, i want to play Roblox with the classic Roblox Studio. – Skwiek

    • I think a good tool for the terrain junkies would be an addition to the terrain generator. When you click the generator button, a menu pops up like in the terrain painter. It can generate terrains like the default grass, only a different texture!

    • In ROBLOX Studio 2.0, you can still build and use Lua, but then it’s much easier to do it.

  29. Well i think they should, for once, instf removing things from the public to be updated, leave it there, also there is no point in having a studio 2.0.. The first one works just as well as any other, And i just wanna say that us experienced robloxians dont appreciate the fact that there are cubic bricks and wedges and models made by ROBLOX already for us, we want to be creative, we would like to use our own bricks and tools, who agrees?

    • You said we, well, it’s your own opinion. Really, ROBLOX is a big company and it’s the moderators’ jobs to keep it running and earn their money from it. Do you really think they would do something unnecessary?

      • The reason why Studio 2.0 is being released is because of the simplicity of it!

    • Because then you can decompile it and rewrite the engine, and then make your own mods/version of roblox. C++ isnt a secure code to work with, in terms of compliation. You can decompile and recompile it at will.

  32. I’m not liking that they removed the ability to use your avatar when building, I found it to be a much easier camera to use. And for the beginners that don’t know much about cframeing, a cframe tool is like god’s blessing.

    • I Have To Agree It’s Just Easier To Go Around And Stuff Like That. Thats Why Some Begginers Use Roblox Studio Accept On BUILD Mode…

    • Why not teach them to install plugins, what we use for cframing in edit mode.

  33. I miss the old roblox because of building tools, no BC and I had ambient shadows back then now i don’t probably cuz i got a mac, but still ROBLOX should give us the old tools, the old bricks, the old furniture, the old ROBLOX for pete sake…

  34. I’m hoping they keep the old stuff. Call me old-fashioned, but I liked the 2008-style Studio that didn’t have this Stamper tool. There have been great new features added since then, I just hope they don’t alienate old users by polishing it too much.

    • I hate the stamper tool. It’s extremely annoying when your building and it just SITS there, and no matter what you do, it always come back… like The Guide…

  36. Please dont change roblox into some minecraft game but without monsters or other things.Its easier to build in the old tools I have been in roblox for 2 years and I like the way it was where i first played roblox please dont change it too much on the bricks its becoming minecraft.I thought minecraft was copyright lol

    • i agree ive been on roblox possibly 3 yARS AND IVE WATCHED IT CHANGE INTO SOMETHING IT’S NOT. I LOVED OLD ROBLOX THE USER MESHES THE MUSIC EVERTHING NOW WE HAVE NO MUSIC NO USER MESHES AND THESE WEIRED LOKING BRICKS? COEM ON :/

  37. I can not wait for 2.0 to come out! I hope it will make my building experience eaiser and better. I hope ROBLOX keeps coming out with new ideas.
    ~sean

    P.S. I am seanconnoll on ROBLOX!

  40. I’m going to give you one more chance roblox if you keep builders club games then I’m going to leave 1 veteran tooken away that work be.

  42. Roblox Take away all this hard work your practicly destroying my dream of roblox remember noob tycoon with the 2 arms moving forward? remember The old games!!!! remember when roblox was… not minecraft? remember zombie defence? Remember all the fun wee had in those old games this is too much coding we were perfect with the old games and the old coding and the old friends.

    • Yeah! Stop doing this! This is to much like Minecraft! To much high tech stuff! You want kids to play right! Well little kids like 10 years old like to build too and if you keep doing this high tech stuff they wont understand it! Think about it! I’ve been with ROBLOX ssince February of 2010 and those days where so much better! Give those back! I loved Roblox until now, all this High tech crap!? I don’t understand. John Shedleskty, stop this now! Leave it to US for ideas! Don’t our opinions matter!? Don’t they!?

      • I agree 100%,this IS NOT MINECRAFT. I already own Minecraft, and ROBLOX is getting a little too close to it. Ok, Alot too close to it. And like Mazara88 above me said, what happened to our opinions? Personaly, I think terrain is cool, but NOT WHEN YOU SHOVE IT DOWN OUR THROATS. That makes me dislike it in a strong way, cause i like the old ROBLOX from 2010, when I joined.

  43. I have my hopes, and I have my doubts. Hopefully it will be good! I think it’ll be OK, but I hope it doesn’t FORCE us to use stamper. If we have to use a stamper tool, and the bricks get removed, I’m sticking to ROBLOX Studio 1.0.

    ~123utking

  44. Well…It might get hard tyring to adjust to this studio because ive been using the old one for years O.e…Maybe make them small updates at a time so we can actually slowly adjust to it.

  45. ROBLOX, I don’t know if your reading this or not but can you please make it to where rob lox studio is one click away in build mode like along time ago instead of a program you can go to it while ur just on regular roblox and if that goes through that mean mac users wil be able to get ambient shadows…

    • I think they removed this due to too many exploits, but it didn’t seem to make a difference. I hope Studio 2.0 will fix this.

      • Oh well you’re probably right, but hopefully they’ll come out with and update to where Mac users can have ambient shadows instead of windows users

      • I’m 10,and I understand every little bit of scripting there is.If they don’t understand it,its not our fault,it never said they had to build,they can just join ROBLOX to play games.

  46. Don’t screw up this update, ROBLOX…. I hate having to X out of Roblox,and having to get on Roblox Studio just to build without stamper tool…

  48. Finally, water coming out? Hopefully he doesn’t mess this update up… I miss just clicking a button and studio mode ill pop up….I miss being a noob, making horrible bases that take 2 hours…. Plz don’
    t screw this one up, ROBLOX…

  49. Maybe instead of working on a new Studio mode, you could update the Ogre engine? It’s so outdated, and if it was updated, we could have much bigger servers and fit MUCH more in our games. I’m not really bothered about Studio.

  51. I am ok with the Roblox Studio 2.0, but I miss the old build without roblox studio. Who’s with me? :)

    • I agree with you. I liked the old ROBLOX, where everything was, well… blocky. Where you could build and resize and recolor to the exact ways and perfections you wanted it. Where you could make literally ANYTHING. The new ROBLOX just looks like Minecraft without the crafting and monsters.

  52. It actually sounds exicting! I can’t wait, this is the very future of Roblox, I will love to see you guys at RGC.

  53. Roblox will probly end up ruining Studeo Mode, by takeing out tools or making it terrian only. I don’t like change personally, Roblox shouldn’t fix whats not broken.

  54. Why would you make Roblox even more bad? Please Roblox take a break from ruining the game.

  56. So, my buddy was right… ROBLOX is coming out with ROBLOX Studio 2.0 I wish they could’ve explained more about it. :l

    • Yeah, that’s what I want to know. I don’t give a flip about this new Studio, just work on the stuff we actually like. (I don’t even USE Studio in the first place.)

    • Simple. To glitch up and mess up the game, and to have a bunch of crud lying around the whole map, that half the time doesn’t even work. That’s why ROBLOX is keeping it there.

  61. I like the old version,but I’m giving this site ONE more chance in a giant update

  62. I say that this new studio is gonna be cool,improved
    script editor,I can get use to that!
    But my point is is that,I’ve been using the old one for a long time,I might not get use to the new one(except the new script editor :) )!
    But still,I have a point.

  64. ROBLOX, I don’t know if your reading this or not but can you please make it to where rob lox studio is one click away in build mode like along time ago instead of a program you can go to it while ur just on regular roblox and if that goes through that mean mac users wil be able to get ambient shadows…

    • I wish for that too. It was a whole lot easier to just have Studio right there on the site. I don’t like having to open a whole other thing just to to my work on the place.

  66. I hope we don’t have to fool with opening up the game in roblox studio mode anymore. Basically I liked being able to go into build mode from the website and just clicking an ingame option for the studio to open. I really hope the new system works really well and we won’t have to re-upload our plugins.

    • I agree.
      However, they removed it to help prevent some exploiters.
      Well, it didnt work to well.

    • The reason they took that away because that able to use it on the site has a glitch that you could have studio in a live game.

    • OMG. Im so glad im not alone. I really liked just clicking on a button on the website instead of loading up a whole new thing. A lot of times I would think ‘Im gonna build something!’ If you wanted to play a normal game, then the studio GUI would disappear and you would have to launch ROBLOX again when you are done. it was just so clunky!

  69. I’m not sure how I feel about this. I was fine with the old version.

  70. Nice. This will either be epic, or be awful, if they make us use the bad (new) studio tools and make it all terrain based.

    • What’s wrong with Terrain? I mean, for some games it’s ridiculous, but you can make a pretty nice RPG with it. Plus they’re coming out with water.

      • Ever thought of WHEN they’re coming out with water? It was posted nearly a month ago, and ever since they’ve spent their time on things most of us don’t like.