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Re: The new top-bar GUI isn't really acceptable.

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Spectrabox is not online. Spectrabox
Joined: 29 Aug 2008
Total Posts: 6888
25 Apr 2015 11:25 AM
I'm not one to complain about updates, but this is actually pretty huge. This GUI cannot be removed, in any way, and it severely limits developers' freedoms.

The new GUI looks pretty nice in some situations, but in other situations is has no place at all. Let's say you are making a cut-scene, or a loading screen, you would not want that bar at the top totally throwing off the mood. Not only that, but it can't be customized either so if you want to have your own top bar it will be below the default one and just look silly.

Having something like this in a game engine is incredibly bad, it forces a certain style on to EVERY game created with Roblox. Let's say I am making a fantasy game with lots of gold trim and regal decals (think Hearthstone.) In that situation I do not want an ultra-modern gray rectangle at the top of the player's screen.

Overall a very limiting and unnecessary header. Something like this is great to have as an option for devs, but having it be required is terrible for an engine.
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griffinstrong is not online. griffinstrong
Joined: 19 Sep 2010
Total Posts: 845
25 Apr 2015 11:38 AM
I 100% agree, Roblox needs to stop being selfish and care about the players for once. The new GUI can glitch and it was (and still is) a confusion since I got it. What is the point for updating the GUI AGAIN?!?!?! Why not do something we NEED, like fix the rating system or add shoes (just a fun idea c:). We have been waiting for some co-operation from Roblox for YEARS. We started with the (ALL TERRIBLE DUN DUN DUN!) price floor, not it's useless MORE useless GUI updates? Admins are surely smarter than this.

To Roblox Forum Moderators, you probably may not agree with me and punish me, but yet, many people agree with me. Even OBC'ers like me.


Yours Bloxy, Griffinstrong :)
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Spectrabox is not online. Spectrabox
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25 Apr 2015 12:18 PM
Bump.
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popit123doe is not online. popit123doe
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25 Apr 2015 12:32 PM
I think it's fine.
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robloxking240 is not online. robloxking240
Joined: 19 Aug 2010
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25 Apr 2015 12:37 PM
Support. Even removing the transparency cap (which they added, but it is 0.5 annoyingly) would a good benefit, but allowing it to be completely disabled using SetCoreGuiEnabled would be better.
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Shaydows is not online. Shaydows
Joined: 23 Apr 2012
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25 Apr 2015 12:43 PM
people that joined yesterday are like wut chu b talkn bout
support
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amanda is not online. amanda
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
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25 Apr 2015 12:51 PM
You've said it, OP.

I'm from the Scripter's subsection, and we all agree that it is something that we would be better off without.

The idea of it is sort of cool, but it completely limits what we can do, and messes up half of our creations.

We hope at the very least, as a developer, you will be able to completely disable it. However, we would be equally fine with it being gone because it does in fact mess up everything, so everyone is going to end up disabling it, and everyone is going to come to the forum just to ask how if that becomes a possibility.

I recommend reverting it for now, and rethinking your design, ROBLOX.

-amanda
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SuperiorEternal is not online. SuperiorEternal
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25 Apr 2015 01:05 PM
It looks terrible. The old CoreGui was way better than this...

Why does it have to be some fat bar that takes up space and distorts our guis? You can't even remove that bar for crying out loud! What is the deal roblox? Plus the new little chat bar is terrible. It's smaller than ever.

If you want us to even deal with this CoreGui crap, at least change it back to the previous version.
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Mada754 is not online. Mada754
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25 Apr 2015 01:31 PM
I was taking a break from Roblox, and when I went on I said: OMG WHERE IS THE HEALTH BARRR??????? AND NOW I CAN'T SEE MY I'M TYPING!!!
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Spectrabox is not online. Spectrabox
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25 Apr 2015 01:46 PM
Yeah the healthbar is a problem too, what if the players in my game have custom HP or no HP?
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joeyclinch is not online. joeyclinch
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25 Apr 2015 01:53 PM
I agree.

If not removed entirely, ATLEAST make it a option for devs or players to make it return to the old GUI.
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EpicBananaGuy is not online. EpicBananaGuy
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25 Apr 2015 01:59 PM
Support!!
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SimplyRemove is not online. SimplyRemove
Joined: 24 Nov 2012
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25 Apr 2015 02:01 PM
It's fine, if you want to remove the top bar use the script:

game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui:SetTopbarTransparency(0)
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andreja6 is not online. andreja6
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25 Apr 2015 02:08 PM
Its not convenient nor stylish, it just minimizes your view and just feels like something made in the year 1993, not today! Please change it back!
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Harbynger is not online. Harbynger
Joined: 06 Jul 2008
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25 Apr 2015 02:40 PM
I personally don't understand why ROBLOX won't just give us the tools we need, and tell us make your own, rather than forcing a style on everyone.

It's a pain mathematically or graphically to make a health bar that's not just a bar (eg, you want a sphere and then a bar, the sphere will screw up unless you separate them and do lots of annoying decal uploads)

I really don't understand why not just let us do more with the engine as well?

Custom Materials, editing specularity (That actually works), mapping, texturing without the grey seam thing, etc.
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iwishforpie1 is not online. iwishforpie1
Joined: 20 Mar 2011
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25 Apr 2015 02:47 PM
where's those v3r skids when you need them? really hoping someone gets into roblox, deletes the new HUD all the way and puts in the old one.
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SirSwipe is not online. SirSwipe
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25 Apr 2015 02:50 PM
@Simply I've tried the script but it won't work.

Full support
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Spectrabox is not online. Spectrabox
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25 Apr 2015 04:19 PM
According to the live stream today they are looking in to changing this. They stated they need to have some way for players to universally leave a game, for that a small button like they had before is just fine.
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SirSwipe is not online. SirSwipe
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25 Apr 2015 04:20 PM
There needs to be a hide button on the top bar GUI
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LeoRBLX is not online. LeoRBLX
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25 Apr 2015 04:44 PM
We should just be able to hide it. I agree with everyone here, it just messes everything up.

I can't wait until this is an option in CoreGuiType: "TopBar"

And to those who are suggesting to do the SetTransparency thing: All it does is make the bar opaque or not opaque, I forget which. It does not actually hide the bar itself.

The one thing I like is that we can hide the chat.
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Landon2545 is not online. Landon2545
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25 Apr 2015 04:48 PM
already posted.


http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=160821655
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friendofmario is not online. friendofmario
Joined: 12 Jan 2008
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25 Apr 2015 04:50 PM
The only thing that bothers me for the new chat is that I am used to the chat bar being on the bottom.
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robloxking240 is not online. robloxking240
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25 Apr 2015 05:06 PM
@SimplyRemove
0 transparency = Solid black top bar. Basically that makes it even more visible. A transparency of 1 would make it invisible, but ROBLOX decided to add a cap of 0.5 for some stupid reason.
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Trooperman36 is not online. Trooperman36
Joined: 19 Apr 2013
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25 Apr 2015 05:10 PM
Support! When im playing games like prison life escaping form cops, it is very hard to know what health you have!



FULLLLLLLLLL FULLLYLYYY FULL Support
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SirSwipe is not online. SirSwipe
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25 Apr 2015 05:33 PM
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