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Re: Scripting - All About It

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MeBilly8440 is not online. MeBilly8440
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27 Mar 2011 12:19 PM
There's a few things you need to know about scripting:
Q: Is everyone aloud to script?
A: Yes, unless you're doing something harmful with it, like creating a virus.

Q: How do you learn how to script?
A: Everyone can script, it just takes a while to learn. There's different ways to learn how: Scripting lessons from other people, or studying scripts.

Q: Is there different types of scripting?
A: Yes, there's tons, like Compound [Version, like RBLX], Lua [Version, like 1.0, 2.1, etc. etc.].

Q: What can scripting do?
A: Lua: The standard scripting type for Roblox users. Lua is the easier (still hard) version of scripting. It takes a long time to learn, though, just like all scripting. Compound: This is what most websites use to create the background, while most of the buttons are Lua (But Compound, still, sometimes). To get a good look at this, get Google Chrome, inspect an element of a Roblox page, and check the scripts.

Q: Are users aloud to use Compound?
A: As far as I know, no. The standard scripts we use in game (Insert->Object->Script, then double click on it) are Lua.


If you have any questions about scripting, post them in the replies, and I will answer them (if I can xD).
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CrackoftheBat is not online. CrackoftheBat
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01 Jun 2011 11:25 AM
Can you teach me 1-on-1 over a Script Builder game or PMs?
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MeBilly8440 is not online. MeBilly8440
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01 Jun 2011 10:07 PM
Sorry... I've quit Roblox, so I won't be very active.
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MeBilly8440 is not online. MeBilly8440
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11 Oct 2011 08:05 AM
Never mind on quitting...
But, scripting takes years to learn. I've been scripting for 2+ years, and I don't know everything. I know someone who's been doing it for 3+ years, and he learns something every day...
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Trioxide is not online. Trioxide
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11 Oct 2011 08:44 AM
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myrco1001 is not online. myrco1001
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11 Oct 2011 09:34 AM
'scripting takes years to learn'

No.

-♂ MYRCO♂-
Scripter, music obsessed, atheist and dutch. What else?
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SDuke524 is not online. SDuke524
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11 Oct 2011 10:32 AM
"'scripting takes years to learn'

No."

It took me years.

Also I don't fully understand what you mean by compound?
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11 Oct 2011 11:11 AM
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MeBilly8440 is not online. MeBilly8440
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11 Oct 2011 04:37 PM
Compound is a different type of scripting (there's tons... Lua, Html, C+, Compound, etc. etc.)

Also... if you learned EVERYTHING about scripting in one year, then you have serious skills... but I doubt you actually did.
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IPwnChuckNorris is not online. IPwnChuckNorris
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11 Oct 2011 05:21 PM
"Lua, HTML"

Those aren't types of scripting, they're the different languages of scripting.
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Bob3915 is not online. Bob3915
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23 Oct 2011 01:59 PM
Ok I read all that stuff, but when about 3 people that are RILLY GOOD at scrpiting and help me everyday,can that be wear I learn scripting faster, like lets say Telamon, Roblox, and Stickmasterluke are helping me?Will that be a fact about someone can learn scripting faster with them?
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undeadcobra139 is not online. undeadcobra139
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23 Oct 2011 02:09 PM
I don't think you'll get much help out of Telamon. xD
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UberPlayer is not online. UberPlayer
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23 Oct 2011 02:12 PM
I started scripting by watching stickmasterluke's guides on Youtube. Write a few things down whilst watching them and it will make a great entry into the incredible world of scripting.
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SDuke524 is not online. SDuke524
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23 Oct 2011 07:39 PM
The skills of the people teaching you don't have as much of an effect as the will for the person learning to learn and how well the person explaining does explain it.
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pwnedu46 is not online. pwnedu46
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23 Oct 2011 08:52 PM
@OP: Do you have any idea what you're talking about?
"Yes, there's tons, like Compound"
What is Compound. After consulting Google, I found no links to this so-called "Compound" language.

"The standard scripts we use in game (Insert->Object->Script, then double click on it) are Lua."
No, they use RBX.lua, a derivative of Lua that has many features added (such as wait, Instance, and pretty much everything you use to script in Roblox).

"Compound: This is what most websites use to create the background, while most of the buttons are Lua"
Nowhere close to correct. Websites are written in HTML or CSS, and utilize Javascript, PHP, and sometimes use Java applets. The buttons, textboxes, and other UI objects are all made with one of these languages (usually HTML).

"Lua is the easier (still hard) version of scripting."
Lua is not hard. In fact, with the exception of HTML, Lua is the easiest language I've learned. (I know Java, HTML, a little JS, C++, and a little batch)

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soldierboy102 is not online. soldierboy102
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23 Oct 2011 09:17 PM
Could you plz help me some time cuz i don't get scripting at all. I get that it takes a long time but could i just have some help?
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Merlin11188 is not online. Merlin11188
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23 Oct 2011 09:56 PM
>Q: Is everyone aloud to script?
A: Yes, unless you're doing something harmful with it, like creating a virus.
Q: How do you learn how to script?
A: Everyone can script, it just takes a while to learn. There's different ways to learn how: Scripting lessons from other people, or studying scripts.
Q: Is there different types of scripting?
A: Yes, there's tons, like Compound [Version, like RBLX], Lua [Version, like 1.0, 2.1, etc. etc.].
Q: What can scripting do?
A: Lua: The standard scripting type for Roblox users. Lua is the easier (still hard) version of scripting. It takes a long time to learn, though, just like all scripting. Compound: This is what most websites use to create the background, while most of the buttons are Lua (But Compound, still, sometimes). To get a good look at this, get Google Chrome, inspect an element of a Roblox page, and check the scripts.
Q: Are users aloud to use Compound?
A: As far as I know, no. The standard scripts we use in game (Insert->Object->Script, then double click on it) are Lua.

Some of that isn't accurate.
Q: Is everyone allowed to script?
A: Yes. Just take morality into account.

Q: How do you learn how to script?
A: Other people, studying scripts, playing with scripts, lua.org/pil, wiki.roblox.com

Q: Are there different types of scripting?
A: Yes. There are things like PHP, JavaScript, RBX.lua, Lua, and many more

Q: What can scripting do?
A: Almost anything. RBX.lua is used to create places on ROBLOX, and ROBLOX is the only place where it works. Lua is used in a lot of places, often in combination with the C programming language.

Q: Are users allowed to use Compound?
A: I don't even think that that's a language.
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MeBilly8440 is not online. MeBilly8440
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01 Nov 2011 05:51 PM
Sorry guys. This was made a while ago, so it has a LOT of errors... don't trust it. ^.^
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Miro034 is not online. Miro034
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01 Nov 2011 05:59 PM
I quited roblox like a year. I missed all the 2010 stuff D:
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TheRandomAcrasia is not online. TheRandomAcrasia
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05 Nov 2011 11:50 PM
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sidewaysgost is not online. sidewaysgost
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20 Nov 2011 02:10 PM
Can u PLZ teach me how to script! D: i wana know how too
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janie12345 is not online. janie12345
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23 Nov 2011 02:06 AM
i have no idea ho to script and i cant install google chrome can you or someone else each e one on one how to script?
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imperfectbluey62 is not online. imperfectbluey62
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26 Nov 2011 01:08 PM
Could someone help me script because i got a game i want to put the money amount each player gets on the player list.
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MeBilly8440 is not online. MeBilly8440
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01 Dec 2011 08:17 PM
Here's the thing for the money amount etc...

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(newPlayer)
if newPlayer == nil then return end
lds = Instance.new("IntValue",newPlayer)
lds.Name="leaderstats"
Instance.new("IntValue",lds).Name = "Money"
end end)

That just creates the "Money" value.
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rubberduck956 is not online. rubberduck956
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02 Dec 2011 12:05 PM
darnit. I wanna make a owner only door and ive searched all the scripting stuff for it. ive tried learning something bout scripting..... and im still clueless.
can someone plz tell me how to make owner-only doorz?
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