Brand New Catalog Launches

Some people have had the new catalog for some time, but for others this is their first sight of the new catalog.

This is the brand new catalog and I think that it looks quite slick and nice. It is a much updated UI and fits the new style that had steadily made its way across the site. 

You can also sort items really easily. I wanted to find some Social Items and I could do it in a few quick clicks. Also, I wanted to find some forest items for my character. I searched for it in the box.

As you can see forest items appeared. In fact, items that didn't even include the word forest came up, but they were relevant, like the Green Guardia helm and the Woodland Knight, which says Woodland instead of Forest.

I think that this new catalog is a good improvement to ROBLOX. It looks much more modern, like other pages across the site.

New Feature: Studio for Mac

Its finally here! If you have a mac, this is the news you have been waiting for.
STUDIO IS NOW IN BETA FOR MAC!

Lets have a look in depth at what each part looks like

Toolbar

Everything thats in the normal studio is here too. Some of it has been moved, like the Play, Pause and Rewind buttons. They are next to terrain now.

Properties

Wait, what! You can search for properties. This is something that is not in the PC version of ROBLOX Studio! Apart from that, not much has changed with the studio version, except for coloured lines

Explorer

The explorer that you will find in the Mac version is much like the PC version, except its alot cleaner looking!

Output

The output is exactly the same as it is in the PC version but with the Macs iconic style

Finally, if your a Mac user, you can download the Beta version* here from ROBLOX's servers. It should be fully released in a few weeks!

This is a secure link, provided by ROBLOX** 

* Robloxia Today cannot accept liability for crashes incurred by downloading this software. This is a piece of Beta software and bugs will exist. While it should be safe to download here and on ROBLOX's community page, there is a small chance that the software may crash your Mac. © ROBLOX Corporation 2012. 
** The image directly links to the link on http://community.roblox.com/archives/6717. It links to the same place http://setup.roblox.com/mac/RobloxStudio.dmg

New Feature: New Blocks and Material Painter.

New Blocks and a Material Painter!

The image, courtesy of Roblox Developers Journal, shows how to get to the new painter.

New things with this release.

16 Block types (Up from 14)
List:

Grass
Sand
Brick             Previous Blocks
Granite
Asphalt
Iron Plate
Aluminum Plate
Gold
Wood Planks
Logs                         New
Gravel
Cinderblock
Mossy Rock
Concrete
Red Plastic
Blue Plastic

New 2d/3d dragability added to High Scalability parts, so making a large flat area from the parts is now easier than ever!

New Feature: Recently Played Games

Another new feature was recently released. Recently Played Games

There are two ways to see your recently played games. One is to go to the games page and click recent games, as seen above. The other is to go to your My ROBLOX homepage. The one on your homepage tells you how many people are currently online. Sort of helpful.

From which ever you click, you are greeted with your recently played games!

Then you can play. Do you find this feature helpful? If so, leave a comment!

New Feature: Fog

Last night, a new feature was released on ROBLOX.

This new release adds alot of depth into games and it will be great to see what players can do with it.

For scripters and builders alike, there are some new properties to experiment with. These are all located in Lighting:

FogStart – This is where, in your map, the fog begins to fade in. Anything that is inside this will not be affected by fog.

FogEnd – This is where, in your map, the fog completely engulfs your screen

FogColor – This is the colour of the fog. Perhaps use a grey colour, or the colour of your skybox.

People have been busily posting screenshots on the ironnoob forums. Heres a selection:

Personal Servers: Good or Bad?

Personal Servers were released this week, but are they good? or bad?

Lets take a look at both sides of the argument. First the bad reasons.

1) They lag
2) No advanced tools
3) No studio

The good reasons

1) We can build with friends
2) They autosave
3) They have more processing power so there is generally less lag.

So is the argument balanced? Fairly. But as with most things, Personal Servers are good and bad depending on your viewpoint. I personally love them. But you might hate them. Its all down to personal preference. What do YOU like?

So why would people complain about studio not being a feature. Well, people would do this because they want to be able to script with friends, and do other, more advanced, things in the server. However, this is a problem because scripts wouldnt work until the place had been restarted, and also people could mess up the game beyond the owners control. This would most likely have to be an owners choice, if they wanted to allow studio in their game.

Many people like them, many people hate them, and some are inbetween. What are you?