Tenal
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| 12 Sep 2012 11:23 PM |
| Not sure if we talked about this before, but is it possible to port ROBLOX Studio functionality to the web? The web has gotten seriously powerful and if ROBLOX ports Studio to the web, that means cross-platform and ROBLOX could get some serious publicity and a great partnership with Google. |
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| 12 Sep 2012 11:43 PM |
| Yes, it'd be possible, but it would require rewriting pretty much the entire studio, which wouldn't be worth the benefits. |
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myrkos
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| 12 Sep 2012 11:59 PM |
| Not much point, since you would have to launch the actual game anyways to test the place. |
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SN0X
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| 13 Sep 2012 12:46 AM |
"Not much point, since you would have to launch the actual game anyways to test the place."
You could use studio on a tablet with Android or Windows 8 RT. |
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Seranok
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| 13 Sep 2012 01:27 AM |
| You would essentially have to put the entire game engine on the web too... That would be significantly more laggy. |
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coplox
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| 13 Sep 2012 03:27 AM |
What about NaCl? Unless that is what you're talking about in the first place.
But, yes. If they used NaCl to do it, that would be great. I mean, some people already ported over Quake, and an Xbox360 game to NaCl, why not ROBLOX? |
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booing
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| 13 Sep 2012 07:30 AM |
>NaCL That sounds unappetizing, why would anyone eat it? |
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stravant
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| 13 Sep 2012 07:33 AM |
"What about NaCl? Unless that is what you're talking about in the first place."
NaCl isn't the web though, it's Chrome specific. Chrome ~= the web. And the web isn't the best place for a heavy application like Studio. |
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| 13 Sep 2012 09:12 AM |
| We could port it over to Java, but it wouldn't be worth the effort. Although, it might need to be done in the distant future. |
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Vocalise
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| 13 Sep 2012 09:14 AM |
"And the web isn't the best place for a heavy application like Studio." I agree.
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zars15
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| 13 Sep 2012 12:25 PM |
^ So its Sodium chloride within chrome?
I feel like in chemistry now. |
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SN0X
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| 13 Sep 2012 12:42 PM |
Roblox Studio doesn't have to be a "heavy application". Places are just XML. You don't even need a 3D studio. You don't need ROBLOX official studios, either. Just study the XML, more specifically how different ROBLOX objects are represented in it. I could create a "2D ROBLOX Studio" using something as useless as the Love2D framework. Seriously. It doesn't HAVE to be all bulky and laggy.
If I was into web development, this would be an interesting project for me. Unfortunetly though, I don't know the slightest thing about it. |
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| 13 Sep 2012 12:47 PM |
| Studio is fast. Almost as fast as 2008 studio, but the graphics are a lot better. |
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| 13 Sep 2012 05:02 PM |
@strav
Java could do it... :o |
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geicogeko
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| 13 Sep 2012 07:03 PM |
| Give popinman the source to convert to java, genius. |
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| 13 Sep 2012 09:01 PM |
@geico
We'll link in the appropriate libraries and use Swing for the UI! YAAAAY |
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| 13 Sep 2012 09:15 PM |
But then they couldn't use ogre!!!!
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| 13 Sep 2012 09:22 PM |
> "link in the appropriate libraries" > "But then they couldn't use ogre!!!!"
I thought about writing a proof here just to get my point across, but this sentence should sum up my lack of amusement thoroughly enough. |
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Seranok
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| 14 Sep 2012 06:06 PM |
> Places are just XML
Correction: places are serialized as XML. However XML is inert and requires a program to read it and do something with it. |
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| 15 Sep 2012 07:23 AM |
Roblox could just run the studio on their servers... Not that many people editing places on browsers (if they still keep the native studio)
it would of course be a bc feature too. |
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SN0X
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| 15 Sep 2012 07:50 AM |
"However XML is inert and requires a program to read it and do something with it."
That should be easy to recreate. |
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