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Re: ROBLOX API Proposal

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Quenty is not online. Quenty
Joined: 03 Sep 2009
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14 Aug 2012 08:16 PM
My proposal is simple. Everyone agree's ROBLOX's security, and API need a fix up. In fact, a lot of ROBLOX should be fixed up. However, ROBLOX admins are careful not to ruin stuff like when they finally ruined loadstring()

My proposal is this: ROBLOX game designs can choose two designs for their games. A more secure, better API, Roblox 2.0, which all new games will be forced to default to, or a legacy mode to run old scripts.

Users should be warned that running in legacy mode will open potential security holes in their game, etc.

In this way, ROBLOX games upgrade (To get new features, etc), running in ROBLOX 2.0. Game design is easier. However, old games can still be played, in legacy mode.

In this way, ROBLOX can become more efficient, while still preserving old games, and functionality, while upgrading to higher levels of Lua, and better sandboxing and security techniques.
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AdvRobot is not online. AdvRobot
Joined: 09 Aug 2012
Total Posts: 172
14 Aug 2012 08:23 PM
This is quite a wonderful idea.
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t6e is not online. t6e
Joined: 25 Dec 2010
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14 Aug 2012 08:35 PM
OYUS
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lucas668 is not online. lucas668
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
Total Posts: 6183
14 Aug 2012 08:36 PM
Yay, I'll be able to make guest-bombs agai- nevermind...

Go do this anyway. =D

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3543 is not online. 3543
Joined: 03 Dec 2011
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14 Aug 2012 08:47 PM
I thought of this a long time ago, but it seems like too much work and not something Roblox would really even consider doing.
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Quenty is not online. Quenty
Joined: 03 Sep 2009
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14 Aug 2012 09:25 PM
I think ROBLOX will continue to struggle through updates unless something of this nature happens.

My greatest fear is that ROBLOX will limit NBCers to legacy type games.
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mew903 is not online. mew903
Joined: 03 Aug 2008
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14 Aug 2012 09:39 PM
@lucss

Yay for being script kiddies :D
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Seranok is not online. Seranok
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14 Aug 2012 10:00 PM
I don't really see how ROBLOX could maintain dual systems...
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ENET is not online. ENET
Joined: 01 Jan 2010
Total Posts: 4820
14 Aug 2012 10:42 PM
No... Some of the roblox funtions that could be accessed using load string and bytecode and some features you could do aren't blocked to protect only your game, but roblox as well. I(earlier) had the roblox game key by latching into a print function on a core script. The game key could be used with LoadAsset to obtain any model/place even if its locked/not public/etcetera....

At a earlier time that one big Roblox RPG that WAS being developed by many people(can't remember name), but they didn't let me help(this was long ago), so I took their game and open sourced it. I did however get banned on that account :(....

Anyways point is, they are blocked for more reasons than to just protect you.
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EMAN381 is not online. EMAN381
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
Total Posts: 4300
14 Aug 2012 10:44 PM
Lol, did you get part of the idea from my developer and regular user thing?

http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=75460395

It's not like it matters to me, just wondering.
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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
Joined: 10 Oct 2009
Total Posts: 30553
14 Aug 2012 10:47 PM
I came up with the idea of an unrestricted scripts option weeks ago and no one cared :(
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JulienDethurens is not online. JulienDethurens
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
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15 Aug 2012 01:33 AM
So your idea is basically to make a compatibility mode and a no-compatibility mode.
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tydog88 is not online. tydog88
Joined: 27 Dec 2008
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15 Aug 2012 01:42 AM
@Quenty, they would more likey limit NBCers to non-legacy games. Which would be just about as bad.
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Quenty is not online. Quenty
Joined: 03 Sep 2009
Total Posts: 9316
15 Aug 2012 03:35 PM
The point is to make ROBLOX faster, more efficient, etc. The launcher would handle both, then pick a system to run.

While ROBLOX is at it, they could chunk out a lot of junk in the system, useless parts, errors, and basically rebuild the system from scratch for a sandbox design.

It would be cool.
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Vitouliss14 is not online. Vitouliss14
Joined: 18 Mar 2009
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15 Aug 2012 03:38 PM
Can ROBLOX also add a Sound API?
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