The Roblox Beta Program is a group of users who have opted in to receive updates before non-beta members. The beta program is currently closed and will be until a new system is created to opt in and out. Previously, to opt in, DevForum members would have to reply to this specific post and follow the format.
Some beta features are also available to all users in Roblox Studio and are not restricted to members of the beta program.
Features in beta[]
The following is a list of features that members of the beta program receive access to.
700 player servers[]
Members of the Roblox Beta have the ability to set up to 700 max players per server, although most popular games do not exceed 700 players in one server.
Webpage updates[]
Beta program members regularly receive updates to the Roblox website before these updates are made available to a wider audience. For example, the trade page and My Money page redesign were made available to beta program members early.
Features in public beta[]
The following is a list of features that all users can opt-in to through Roblox Studio.
- Asset Manager - Manage your assets in a brand new widget with new features. Replaces the Game Explorer
- Breakpoint Replication - Breakpoints now work across Data Models. Users no longer need to worry about what instance of a script they have open when using breakpoints.
- TerrainTools: ConvertTool - Enables the Convert Terrain Tool which can convert parts into terrain materials and biomes.
- New Lua Script Analysis
- Expressive Output Window - Output gets an upgrade -- expressive UI, filter/search, easier copy and paste
- Rich Text - Enable rich text parsing and rendering in GUI elements
- Safe Studio Updates - Instead of blocking the new Studio windows when a new update is available, prompts will appear instead.
- Advanced SurfaceAppearance - Unlocks PBR texture properties on SurfaceAppearances.
- Game Management - Enable Game Management in Game Settings.
- Plugin Debugging - Set Plugin Debugging Enabled and you can debug local plugins under the PluginDebugService in Explorer.
- UIStroke Component - Enables the UIStroke instance, which adds highly customizable borders around the edges of text and UI objects.
- Parallel Lua - Allows writing scripts that can execute in parallel to improve throughput.
- New Physical Draggers - Enables a new clarified UI for IK/Constraint/Physical draggers and adds a new behaviour to the select dragger when in Physical mode
- Heightmaps 2 - Instantly generate heightmaps from high-res (up to 4k) and high-bit-depth (16bit) PNGs