Roblox on Linux

Roblox Quoted

We’re probably 97% of the way to a Linux port, now that we’ve all the work necessary to port ROBLOX to OSX – which, as you probably know, is based on the UNIX kernel. I think the problem that we would likely run into on Linux is poor video driver support. I’ve heard horror stories from other developers. However, as Linux becomes more popular, I expect this hurdle to disappear.

Ubuntu will work with Roblox. But it matters on your version and hardware, You must have a decent graphics card to get it work with working drivers.

As of June 30, 2013 ; Roblox is considered a "Garbage" application in the Wine App Database

Working Features

 * Roblox Studio itself
 * Lua scripting
 * Graphics in OpenGL
 * Nearly everything, surprisingly!

Non-working features
** Compatibility: ###### 60% ** Working condition: Somewhat Unstable ___________________________________________________ Official Wine AppDB page- http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=9392 ___________________________________________________ Step One: Install Wine from www.winehq.org Step Two: Install Roblox Step Three: Open a terminal and run "winetricks pdh ie7 vcrun2008" ___________________________________________________ Finally, enjoy playing Roblox on Linux! ** To run the game browser, type this into a terminal: "wine ~/.wine/drive_c/users/$(whoami)/Local\ Settings/Application\ Data/RobloxVersions/RobloxStudioLauncher.exe"
 * Anything with a dependency for Internet Explorer. IE is a browser made by Microsoft, the makers of the Windows operating system. It has no compatibility on Linux, and probably will never get it. Signing in does not work, neither does joining games. :(
 * DirectX graphics - they look terrible on Linux, so use OpenGL.
 * (HERE IS A WAY AROUND THE WHOLE IE PROBLEM... ALSO ROBLOX STUDIO 2.0 WORKS FINE WITHOUT IE, YOU JUST CANT ENTER GAMES, TO MAKE THE REGULAR STUDIO WORK (still wont be able to enter games) FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS:

Abnormalities/Glitches

 * On low-end PCs like the one used for the image, if you get a drastic change in the properties (like, from selecting a Script in the Explorer then a block afterwards) you will experience lag.
 * Since graphics aren't the best, you may experience weird artifacts and glitchy graphics.

You will need...

 * A Linux distro. In this case, it was Ubuntu 10.10, but any should work.
 * The development release of WINE. If you have the stable version, remove it. The dev release makes sure you have epic support on nearly every program.
 * A mouse and keyboard.

Step 0.5: Installing WINE.
WINEHQ.org has instructions on how to install it based on what distribution you have. If you have installed the



stable version on Ubuntu with the Software Centre or Debian with Synaptics, go and get wine1.3 in your package manager. Your existing

Windows programs will be okay, but you will get the best support in apps as dev releases are updated mostly.

Step 1: Finding the Roblox link.
Here it is: http://www.roblox.com/install/

The page will detect that you're using linux by your user-agent, a sequence of text your browser sends to the server to identify what kind of platform you're running to better let the server decide what to transmit to you.

In this case, however, that's not what we want, because the page won't let you download on linux. If you have chromium installed, open the link in that and change your user agent using the following controls;

Developer Tools (CTRL + SHIFT + I) [that's a capital i, not a l] -> click the little settings gear in the bottom right -> "Overrides" tab

And select any Windows user agent from the little drop-down menu. The Internet Explorer ones at the top work fine. Then simply reload the page and press INSTALL ROBLOX to start the download.

Step 3: Going Studio
Go to your Applications menu and look for Wine, then go to Programs, then go to Roblox, and you'll see two programs, like you have seen in MS Windows: Load Roblox Studio.
 * Play Roblox (the browser that popped up)
 * Roblox Studio (what we will be using)

Step 4: Change the settings.
Go to Tools, then Settings, then dismiss the alert by clicking okay, then go to Rendering, then graphicsMode, then OpenGL. This makes sure that games don't look laggy and ugly when playing.

Step 5: BUILD.
Just do what you want, now. Go to File, then New. It will load up an empty skybox. Just insert a Part by going to Insert > Object > Part and then you can enjoy building.