Responding to User Feedback, V5

495 thoughts on “Responding to User Feedback, V5”

1. I have one idea I have wanted for AGES. I want to have user meshes back! They were awesome! It would just make all game play so much more better! For instance zombies in a zombie game are usually blocky and kind of ruin the game play. Instead you could make a mesh for each part of the body and make feel so realistic. You just need people to moderate them.

2. Support for 13+ Games (O hai der Vinnie), and Name-change.
   However, for the name-change, it would be nice to have a “Nickname”, which you can change once a month, and the “Fixed Username”, which you can never change. The Nickname would be seen in games and forums, but users will still be able to check your fixed name on your profile page.
   Also, for exploiting, I think the community would far sooner learn to use anti-exploit scripts using the “selection” service than would ROBLOX actually started thinking for the better of the community instead of the numbers on their paychecks.

   -Mash^2

3. Serouisly who wants 13 plus games I am 13 myslef but it will be unfair for the younger users because then everyone will make there games 13 plus only then the ROBLOX community will jusr shrink with all the under 13 accounts leaving ROBLOX cause they have no games to play.There is more safechatted accounts on ROBLOX than over 13.

4. NameChange: Yes if there’s a limit. maybe semiannually?

   LevelSystem: Honestly IDRC.

   Sounds: Heck yea that’d B sweet.

   13+ Places: This is a good idea. Like the ESRB T for Teen rating. (TRASH AGE CHANGING NOW!)

   Vehicle Physics change: No. Vehicle physics are fine the way they are. I like them. Plus currently you can use Vehicle Seats to make Paddle/SteamBoats. I don’t want that messed up. Although rack And Pinion steering would B cool… I might try making a car like this although it shall be chunky.

5. The 13+ idea is bad.ROBLOX is kid friendly!What if some -13 like zombie games and all that and some guy makes a nice zombie game but it’s 13+ with no mature stuff?Well 13- would probably have less game pages and less pages means less games.Why the heck would the users want that?

6. Regarding the name change:
   I can understand why some users to want to change there name, but I feel that it could cause glitches, and most of the usernames that you want could be taken anyway. And I agree that it would be to hard to know who everyone is. It’s just easier for the Mods and users if there was not a name change feature. :)

7. Instead of name changing, how about nicknaming? like you have to pay.. lets saaayyy.. idk 100 robux to have a ‘nickname’ where your name would show up like let say ” superman(player1337) or whatever. then make it to where you have to pay to have your name ACTUALLY changed, or you can be limited to one name change.

8. I don’t like any of it but the 13+ only stuff.
   Because noobs(13-) can get really annoying.

9. If you update GUI please add a max visual distance for Billboard GUI types

10. I don’t think they ACTUALLY respond to user feedback. If they did, MSE6 would be fired, Age Up would be terminated, BC only places would be removed faster, exploiters/hackers would be banned, and the new bodies wouldn’t exist.

11. @Zion: This is the internet, it’s not made of colorful plastic. The 13+ feature I proposed would make the kid-friendly population more isolated from the older users such as myself. Quite frankly, I’m sick of making G-rated games- As a writer I want to tackle more mature plot devices, add some more depth to things. It’s hard to make post-apocalyptic games without showing the sheer corruption of humanity.

12. I hope they do make the Account name change. My name is from a show that little kids used to like. I came up with the name when I was younger. And it’s getting annoying when people ask why my name is from a kid’s show…

    • Ikr, i really want to chage my name because people just make fun of me because of my username and used to like bakugan like 4 years ago and i really want to change my name, they should have it where you culd only cange your name once or you have to message an admin about it because i really hate my username :(

    • yeah, i compleatly agree.. i made an innocent username. and now every takes it pervertedly.. so.. id like mine changed too..

13. The namechanging sorta works but if you want useres to know your thhe same person mabe next to the changed name you could have the old one in ()….

    • ROBLOX should have a system like twitter. Basically, on the forums and stuff it should say in bold an @name and your legit name smaller underneath it.

14. The 13+ thing ain’t a good idea, partner. People will make disgusting creations and other very immature and adult content. I thought Roblox was kid friendly; what’s gotten to you?!

    • buddy 13+ and 17+ is a big difference, the reason people need this separation is because people on Roblox can’t fully bring there ideas to life. The most this would add would be maybe the ability to show blood or mild violence. I know Roblox would never allow adult content so don’t worry about this. (+ the Idea that Roblox is only intended for kids is a resent Idea that was formed by the types of new users that found Roblox on an ad located on children’s websites.)

15. They need to focus on exploiters…

16. No name changing. Scammers would change their name after scamming someone.

17. i agree with everything accept for the age rating part. people can just change their age to above 13. but the group forum thing is cool.

18. Name change would be good if it was to be not overused, so for example maybe only be able to change once or twice if in a 2 month difference to stop people from constantly chaning it.

19. First: come on its been like a month and there still isnt a contest (i wish i knew how to host one)
    second: you should get rid of hackers and actually do something when someone gets reported. right now when we report nothing happens (e.g. i reported harris 2cool and so many others did too and nothing has happened)
    come on ROBLOX you can do better than this!

20. I have a few things to say for this:

    Name-Changing: If you could change your name people beleive you could be hacked or phished and then not know your name anymore. Well a fix to that would be to allow people to find other players by their original names.

    Drag and drop GUI: Heck yeah, that would be cool. Instead of having to find out which numbers are which I could create a GUI in seconds instead of minutes or in elaborate GUIs Hours.

    13+ is a really hard subject for ROBLOX admins to think about. Just how much freedom would you be willing to give the players? especially if a player under 13 makes a 13+ account?

    Level/award system: This seems hard to step around. The Levels could either A) have no cap or B) be harder to achieve or C) Both

    It would be nice to get rewarded for being a good builder, scripter, active forumer, or UI maker. But it shouldn’t be like levels every minute. The Clockwork Calculator is kind of unfair. A person should not get a numbered level for having alot of friends. I don’t have many Roblox freinds because I don’t want to friend people I have never spoken to. Many players go into a game and send random friend requests.. That shouldn’t make their level go higher..

21. the “responding to user feedback” is crap. make the anti exploit, then waste your time on fire and ice.

    • Cheesyheadfoamy,I remember you on roblox,it is sad how they are NOT SHUTTING DOWN HACKS,REMOVE THEM ROBLOX,ROBLOX HAS BEEN A HUGE TARGET FOR HACKING

22. I like all of the ideas except for the 13+ one. A majority of ROBLOXians are teenagers and they will all rate their games 13+. Then there will be less games for kids on the “Games” page. Also, teens could make hangouts that are 13+, and everybody there is a teen, which singles out most of the online daters. I thought ROBLOX was supposed to be a kid’s game. Don’t go through with this, ROBLOX!

23. If they added 13+ then some people put 13+ players only for exp.If it came out and the maker of base war put 13+ only for Base wars then most of kids and etc won’t play.

24. If roblox REALLY responded to user feedback, the new bodies wouldn’t exist.

25. Make welding easier. It should be possible for a weld to be a child of a part or model without forcing it to be using the command bar. It should also be possible to assign a weld’s “weld0″ and “weld1″ properties without the use of the command bar. It would save a massive amount of time. I’ve also notice that copying and pasting a model with weld removes the welds from the copy. That needs fixed, and fast.

26. These are all great ideas the name changing thing should only be every year though due to people wanting to change there name so much would cause a crash in roblox. One thing id like to see in the future is something for when you configure your place where you can choose who has admin and something to stop the hackers with the dll hack i love the age games idea that would be great four us older teens who dont want to be in games with little 8-12 year olds who have no understanding of the game and annoy everyone also a good idea would be to have it where there is only one guest allowed in a game. I like all these ideas those keep up the good work roblox is getting bigger and bigger and with these things roblox will get bigger and bigger

27. Just dump Age Up now. Your game won’t get any more support if you keep catering to 13+ year olds and people with paid membership.

    • It’s good that they “cater” to people with paid membership. If that’s the only way that they can actually make a profit (And thus stay in buisness) then I say they should do it! That way Roblox will stay open!

      • And people that are 13 and under is part of a law! IT’S THE LAW!
        Get with it, they will keep “Catering” to people thirteen and over because they are required to.
        It makes sure that little kids don’t hear bad words and get in fights thus winding up raging or stressed.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act

    • I’d like to be a tree. But Nevermind. I’d like to have that feature, cause I want to talk to the people in my game, and in other games.

      • Make a tree and put a dialog in it!

28. Seems good. I dont agree with the age rating part though, keep the ideas coming and start working on stuff with the characters :)

29. Name changing should have a cost, or atleast a limit to 1 name change. You get a free name change, and then you have to pay if you want to change it again. That sounds good but the problem is if someone hacks your account… name changing could become a horrible thing. That would be the only downside to name changing.

30. USER FORUMS! :D That would be great, and the 13+ only places… this will stop quite a bit of stuff from happening at games and help a lot…

31. I love all of there ideas, too. I know that people have been talking for a while about defining the different age groups, and especially the older ones. I even made a forum post about it once. I like that they’re considering the older community, because now that means we can (somewhat) implement more age-oriented themes or scenarios into our games. :)

32. About that car physics part… Redditor created a “drifting” chassis that uses a moving front axel, so it would drive like a real life car. It makes drifting more intersting and skill based. He keeps it on his alternate account, and maybe you could look into the system he used as a base.

33. it will be good if whe have levels so no more spam comes thats very good idea but roblox should add mic thingy so everyone can talk in games and mic spam

34. I would like to see Build Mode in Roblox Studio still have the Explorer tab, Properties tan, and toolbar up above. This will be easier to let veterans do what is needed to build their place and make accurate measurements of bricks that need to be a certain size.

    • Agreed. The fact that the explorer doesn’t show up in Roblox build mode aggravates me.

    • Maybe put on the bottom of the blurb, you could put “Old account: [Name Here],” but you can only change your name once

    • You can always go into tools and click testthen play solo..that is how you do it nowadays

35. Weather would be could. It can be found in lighting, and you can configure settings, on the time of year, month, how often the weather changes, day and night. The weather changes not noticebly (As in, Sudden change from sunny to rainy) Clouds slowly come over before the time it begins to rain. And the time of year also affects the weather, say, June, it’s sunny majority of the time with light showers and a couple of storms, December, Snowing alot, Blizzards, winds. These winds can also blow unanchored bricks/Objects away and it also moves the character (Optional) Which would make the game much more realistic and fun.

36. There should not be any age seperational features because signing up under an older birthdate goes beyond easy.

37. I’d love it if roblox focused on problems that their Game Making users face, the large population of users who enjoy stealing work with exploits and/or hacks. I’m sure this would be an update that would improve the quality of content for everyone. I’d love to release my next gen version for my game but I just can’t do that knowing I won’t have the support of my Administrators. Help the comunity here and you will win the favor of your people.

38. All of the above tweaks are great and I hope to see them soon in the game of ROBLOX, the only downside I see is that you have to make sure the games are rated correctly. I feel that someone needs to make sure that games rated 13+ need to actually be a game for 13+, I don’t want a “scary horror” place and it’s filled with kittens and lollipops and all that sort of thing.

39. The Level up system reminds me of RoosterTeeth’s Karma System allowing a use if their “Modded” by others in a good way or has a good Journal/event you have done will add Karma to you. Though it has a limit of 100 Karma

40. Cframing is already as simple as it can get. I even have a plugin where u click on a brick and u can choose, resize, rotate, group resize, group rotate, chain (something where it like locks bricks together so they move together and are not separated from the position they are in without moving the other in the same way) etc. u can literally grab onto the end of a brick like ROBLOX’s resizing clickable button like when u click resize but orange and drag the part into another part :/ you could easily find one by asking scripting helpers. That’s how I found mine. U could also just as easily search free models “cframe plugin” in which u could copy and paste the script into a plugin and place it in the plugins file and use it.

    • True, but that should be a standard feature, rather than an extra you have to install. At the very least, they should add a system for installing plugins simply, like they talked about ages ago.

41. the name changer is cool u could make it like it would… say i wanted to change my name to jerryguything and i was jackymcduck it would say jerryguything (Was jackymcduck)

42. I think that Roblox should really make a name-changing feature. But not change it every day.
    Maybe Only like 2 times Max, or 1 time a year.
    I would really support this idea.

43. i want roblox to make you earn hats by stuff you do like get the vetarin badge and earn a hat for it.

44. 1. NOT those accursed 3.0 bodies, and I’ve got four points!
    2. CalendarDay feature for scripting. It will return the date in PST. Assuming the date is 8/4/2012: There are 3 Read-only values: The month (Which comes first, as RealTimeDay.month), the day (RealTimeDay.day), and the year (RealTimeYear.year). All values will be integers.
    3. WeekDay feature for scripting. It’s read-only. It can use an integer from 1 to 7. 1 is Sunday, 7 is Saturday.

    Apparently, that’s it for what I want. 1 is “Not those accursed 3.0 bodies”. Here are my four points: They attract OD’ers, they’re unoriginal (Resembles a Lego/KRE-o Hybrid); and thus could get you sued, one of the Sarge faces has blood on it, and minority ruling caused you to keep going on with it. 2 returns the calendar date ((m, d, y), which is Month, Date, and Year respectively), and 3 returns the week day (6 is Friday, 3 is Tuesday, etc.). That’s it!

45. Opinion:
    I think the 13+ might be a good idea. You can at least warn the younger users and if they still want to fake being 13+, then fine. Another note, I feel like with all these things that ROBLOX wants to add with the materials, it might make them unusable for design purposes. If wood is to burn away with fire, when really it was only put there for the texture, then what is the point of building with it? Also I would just like to point out that new features won’t make ROBLOX better. ROBLOX is a great game as it is, but the staff just needs to do more to handle all of the immature exploiting/scamming brats in the community.

    Suggestions:
    If a user loses BC, then it makes ALL of the badges in their place unobtainable which is sort of unfair to the users who like to play that game and want the badges.
    Also, add a section on a place’s page for a VIP option where you can add certain VIP levels to the game for purchase, then add a simple method for checking if a player has bought that certain VIP in Lua.

46. I support 13+ thing.

47. I’d like to see a new feature of choosing what material you want when generating terrain. Instead of having the choices of water, grass, or both, I’d rather be able to spawn an ocean floor of sand instead…

48. I think the 13+ thing is cool. so what if people are under age 13+ user? I think its a good idea. Also it would be great to be able to set a rating to let players know what content should be expected. dont forget about parental controls. that can also set limits. if a player has parental controls then some games with certain ratings can be blocked to those with parental controls until a parent approves. id love to make games suitable for my age group that we’ll certainly love. A range of game ratings should be aloud to determine how mature the players should be expected to be and allowing more mature content to be in a game.

    • If they are underaged and their parents catch them playing a 13+ game then Roblox will get complaints from the parent. I think we’re just better off with a kids’ game instead of an all-ages game.

49. What if your character could do actions, for example, the ability to push or pull a brick or object. Or some new character animations.

50. Please do keep us posted on the hinge/motor tweaking. A game of mine I’m working on is held back due to lack of options to hold small models together. Hinges are very large and can’t be hidden, creating a nasty-looking coupling system very much prone to freaking out and flying off into nil. An option to hide the yellow hinge piece is definitely in order, or an option to change the color of the hinge to the color of the brick itself.

    • I think that it would be better if you did add a group form system. Speacially since alot of groups get flammed and spammed.

51. Most people don’t care about tradition. Stop saying you don’t like it just because it isn’t about “blox”, it’s just an excuse to say “I don’t like it”.

52. I agree with Broad Carl.

53. the ROBLOX Stamper tool has brought too many misunderstandings of ROBLOX. All of my friends don’t play because they don’t know how to make their OWN stuff. They don’t get the concept of ROBLOX Studio. Honestly, Play ROBLOX and ROBLOX Studio should be the same thing.

54. It’d be great if people could create their own personal forums. Like, Group moderators could have their own forum where they could discuss things without them all having to be online. :D

    • More like groups…

55. i love the idea of 13+ well actuly i love all the ideas!

56. LOLWUT Algebra ROBLOX was not meant to be edjucational. Oh I also think you forgot MUSIC!!

    • Maybe it wasn’t meant to be, but I’m pretty sure people have used ROBLOX educationally in the past, due to it’s physics engine and Lua scripting.

57. Did I hear that right… free robux for leveling up :o

    • I actually think that’s dumb… On coolboy10000 I made my million of ROBUX by hard work. Not playing games. Making games, shirts, groups, profit etc. the leveling system takes away from the hardworking ROBLOXian population as most people who play tend to want to make money. Some take the extra step to learn and create. It’s what makes the ROBLOX community work. Leveling would create fewer entertaining games as there already is a lack of right now except for the old games. Why is that? Hmmm…. ROBLOX is going through the wrong kind of changes. Don’t add leveling up for Robux. It would destroy the ROBLOX way and function. :/ just my take. Idk why I even post now that coolboy10000 is terminated :( I’ve been here since 08. I’m almost ready to leave seeing everything that ROBLOX is doing. I just can’t stop fighting for coolboy10000. I lost a 4M+ networth :/

    • That was a suggestion by a ROBLOX user, something which may, or may not happen.

58. I just think that there should be a way to get items refunded.I was hacked and some of my rare stuff disappeared.I really wish I could get it back.

    • It really is your fault if someone gets into your account, no one can truely hack an account, only get into it knowing the password. A feature that lets you “undelete” stuff wouldn’t be bad, though.

    • That would be rolled back. And ROLBOX doesn’t grasp the fact that hacking is real. THe common excuse is that ROBLOX isn’t hackable and you are responsibe for when u get hacked due to the assumption that users enter their passwords to surveys or download files that users put out in hope of getting ahead. :/ Again, ROBLOX’s moderation system is horrible. Just like when coolboy10000 got terminated (me). I lost 4 years of work and a 4M+ ROBUX networth :/ thanks ROBLOX.

59. GAH.

    You…you…uhgh.

    This whole 13+ thing is just dumb. I’m sure > 50% of users are under 13 but with a 13+ account. I was underage for a while, even. Some of my friends are.

    It is common knowledge these days that you make yourself 16+ if asked for age.

    The 13+ thing just won’t work. Face it.

    And if you do, it’ll spoil the tiny bit of friendliness still in the Roblox community. I’m sure of it.

    Oh, and 13+ games will make tons of younger players leave Roblox. I’m sure loads of younger users like their Call of Robloxia.

    Another point (T.T)- implying that 13+ users are automatically “more mature” is just s t u p i d. When I was under 13, I was wwaaayyy more mature than, say, most 16 year olds. Age ~= maturity.

    Don’t frickin’ ruin Roblox with 13+ rubbish.

60. Stop leaving the more mature preteens behind with 13+ stuff. Teenagers will actually make worse choices with more freedoms. An 8 year old is far less likely to swear and give out personal info than a 16 year old. And don’t say 8 year olds can’t talk because they can have free chat if they verify their accounts with a parent email.

    • “An 8 year old is far less likely to swear and give out personal info than a 16 year old”
      you’ve got it backwards.

61. make the name changing one time only

62. my conser is if ur no 10 or up u shouldnt even play roblox im not 13+ and i us parnetal acconts to chat and roblox is much more fun with scripts but very compicated im just learning to do GUIs

63. How about a place configuration to let objects and models teleport into your place. I would want it to be for everyone to use. and so would teleporting objects to other peoples places. This would make some things alot cooler.

64. The name “Roblox” dosen’t fit anymore, soon there won’t be any blocks, so why call it Roblox? If this keeps up, I might quit. I think it should be changed back to the way it was in 2010 (when I joined). Or at.least get rid of either terrain or stampler tool, or both!!!

    • Agreed, “Free Games at ROBLOX.com” is kinda cheesy, re-name it “Roblox game engine”?

    • I like the idea of terrain, but the water update was not what i expected. Where are the original water textures?
      The new textures make me lag sometimes when there are too many users in a server. Also, the Stamper tool blows. I can barely build with that. Plus, the fact that you can’t even open up the studio explorer in build mode has gotten me to stop building places. The stamper tool thing is horrible and i prefer things how they were back in 2010.
      Pleas Roblox, don’t make unnecessary changes that most of the community has frowned upon. I know you still need to stay in buisness, but for just once…think about the community and not the money.

      • I agree about the water. I can have a block of water floating on the edge of a cliff, and it just sits there! o_O

65. 13+ sounds a tad useless… Jut set it to 13 when you made an account. But they should have some way to filter out kids who lie.. Also patch dlls please, I’m really tired of little kids who have googled hax and are just running about.

66. There is also another thing that is missing from vehicle physics, which is a proper tire.
    Since cylinders first came out, the physics on them is very unrealistic meaning it acts like a sphere in a cylinder mesh and plus you couldn’t make it thinner. What I wonder is why Roblox hasn’t made a proper cylinder yet.

    • Check out wingman8′s game. I forget what it’s called but it’s the game where cars are racing around in different maps trying to get to checkpoints the fastest. The tires on his cars are pretty decent.

    • Totally agreed. In fact, either ROBLOX comes out with a tire brick, or they fix the cylinder.

    • Yes, Roblox, FIX THE CYLINDER.

67. Response to “we might, for instance, allow groups to own and moderate their own forums. I think these things would go a long way toward making ROBLOX more hospitable for older players.” -ROBLOX

    I highly agree with creating a forum for certain groups. If such is created, enemy groups CANNOT find out weaknesses, secret base entrances, ect. It can also help groups discuss HQ/Base plans without other groups finding out and copying, and even hold meetings that only certain group ranks can see. I really hope you do this.

    • Just make a council group for the high rank meetings and lock the wall from nonmembers for the discussion.

68. How about if you somehow patch exploits, make places have a anti exploit option, so if i want to exploit my own place, so can use it instead of using the admin, which doesnt allow as many possibilities.

    • Lol. You really do not get it do you? ROBLOX doesn’t allow exploiting. But it cannot be stopped. Once one is patched, another springs up. In every game in the world there are exploits to. ROBLOX is not in control of EVERYTHING as they claim to on their site. Either way exploiting options should not even be there. Exploiting is bad in general.

69. Personally, the idea of having better sound support is relatively useful. 13+ Also would seem like a good idea, considering it can be limiting to older audiences to have to limit the suggestiveness of our places to tailor to younger audiences.

    Name changing would also be useful, but it should be limited to once per month.

    Something else I would like to see would be MySQL/SQLite support for those that would run a server for it. Something along those lines would allow for more ability to save data, especially larger amounts of data, along with being able to be cross-place/account.

    • Name changes should be limited to 3 times for each account.

70. Roblox, bring back the mesh system! We all want to upload mesh’s easily!

    • Were lucky to be able to upload images and clothes. User uploaded things are SO hard to moderate when u have 28M+ users on the site. Meshes would need to be severely moderated. ROBLOX I’m guessing doesn’t have the work force and it wouldn’t even be possible without hiring a whole other building for moderation of it. Which is the reason custom sounds were also removed.

      • 28 million users, yah i dont think so

    • the reason for roblox taking away meshes was cause players abused them and i like the 13+ idea also when will we do something about users exploiting and stealing players game its been over a month since this incident been going on