Sets whether scripts will be updated when modified while the game is running.

When a user is testing a script by running Play Solo, they may accidentally make modifications to the script while Play Solo is still running, which would normally be discarded once Play Solo is stopped. Studio handles this problem by prompting the user to propagate the changes back to scripts in the non-running game tree.

When enabled, this setting suppresses the prompt and propagates script changes automatically.

Determines whether the hover-over box is animated.

See Show Hover Over for a description of the hover-over box.

While enabled, the hover-over box will animate between two colors determined by Select Color and Hover Over Color. The speed of this animation is determined by Hover Animate Speed.

Determines whether opening brackets are automatically closed while typing in the script editor.

When a (, [ or { character is typed in the script editor while this setting is enabled, the corresponding closing bracket is inserted after the cursor. The character is not inserted if there is a non-whitespace character directly after the cursor.

If an opening bracket is deleted while the cursor is directly between the two matching brackets (that is, both characters are adjacent), then both characters will be deleted.

Bugs

When deleting an opening bracket as described previously, the matching closing bracket may not always be deleted.

Determines whether opening strings quotes are automatically closed while typing in the script editor.

When a " or ' character is typed to open a Lua string in the script editor while this setting is enabled, the corresponding character to close the string is inserted after the cursor.

The closing character is inserted only within the scope of a quoted Lua string. For example, it will not be inserted while in the scope of a comment or a multiline string.

Determines whether the current place file is periodically backed up to a recovery file.

When Studio is closed, all recovery files are deleted. In the event of a crash, such files will not be deleted. Whenever Studio starts up, if it is the only instance of Studio running, it will detect existing recovery files, and ask the user what to do with them. The user may open a file, ignore, or delete all recovery files.

Determines how often a recovery file is made, in minutes.

Determines the location in the file system to which recovery files will be written.

Determines the background color in the script editor.

Determines the direction of classes listed in the Advanced Objects panel.

Classes are listed in multiple columns when Horizontal, and a single column when Vertical.

Determines the color of built-in variables in the script editor.

Determines how many studs the camera moves when scrolling the mouse wheel.

The mouse wheel is used to "zoom" the camera. Rather than performing a focal zoom or magnification, the camera is translated forwards or backwards. This setting determines how many studs the camera moves every tick of the mouse wheel. The direction the camera moves is determined by Camera Zoom to Mouse Position.

Determines the movement speed of the camera while the shift key is held.

The "base speed" of the camera (as determined by Camera Speed) is multiplied by the value of this setting to determine the "shift speed", in studs per second. This will be the camera's velocity when the camera is moving while the shift key is held. Unlike the active speed, which accelerates, this speed is constant.

Determines the base movement speed of the camera.

The value of this setting is multiplied by 30, which determines the "base speed" of the camera in studs per second.

When the camera starts moving, this base speed is used as the "active speed", which is the velocity of the camera while no modifiers (such as Camera Shift Speed) are held.

2 seconds after movement starts, the active speed begins accelerating at a rate of half the base speed (CameraSpeed * 30 / 2), and will continue accelerating in the background even while modifiers are held. The active speed resets only after the camera stops moving.

Note that the camera is considered moving while any of the camera movement keys are held. The camera will still be "moving" even while two opposing keys that cancel each other out are held (such as left and right, or forward and back).

Determines the direction in which the camera zooms.

When this setting is enabled, the camera will zoom in the direction of the position of the mouse cursor. When disabled, the camera will zoom in the direction of its look vector.

Determines whether the output panel is cleared when the place runs.

When the place is tested with Run or Play Solo while this setting is enabled, the output panel will be cleared.

Determines the color of Lua comments in the script editor.

Determines the starting location of the file dialog when choosing a script to run.

When the Run Script action is activated, a dialog prompts the user to choose a file to run as a script. This setting determines the starting location of the dialog, and is updated, after a file is selected, to the location of the selection.

Bugs

After selecting a file, the displayed value of the setting is not updated, although the value will be updated after Studio is restarted.

Determines whether deprecated APIs are visible in the Object Browser.

This setting does not affect autocomplete or menus that insert objects.

Causes multiple parts to behave as a single part while being dragged.

While this setting is enabled, the collision of dragged parts is determined by the bounding box formed by the entire selection. While disabled, collisions are performed on each selection individually.

Determines whether code completion is enabled while typing in the script editor or command bar.

When the user types in the script editor or command bar while this setting is enabled, a menu will pop up next to the cursor, displaying a list of words relevant to the context of what has been typed. ctrl+space can also be used to display the menu. While displayed, the up and down arrow keys can be used to highlight an element, or the user may continue typing to further reduce the list. When the user presses enter on a highlighted element, the rest of the typed word will be filled in with that element.

Several kinds of elements can be completed:

• Lua keywords.
• built-in shared variables.
• Local and global variables.
• Indices of such variables, including members and children of objects.

Variables that cannot be inferred statically cannot be completed. For example, a function parameter can have an arbitrary value passed to it, so its value can only be determined at runtime when the function is actually called.

Determines the color of text decorations indicating an error in the script editor.

Determines the background color of text highlighted by the Find action.

Determines the script editor font.

Determines the speed at which the hover-over box animates.

See Show Hover Over for a description of the hover-over box.

This setting determines the rate at which the color of the hover-over box transitions between the Select Color and the Hover Over Color.

Determines the secondary color of the hover-over box.

See Show Hover Over for a description of the hover-over box.

When Hover Animate Speed is enabled, the hover-over box will transition between the Select Color and this color.

Determines the color of Lua keywords in the script editor.

Determines the thickness, in studs, of the box displayed around the PrimaryPart while a Model is selected.

The value has an interval of (0, 0.05), or a minimum limit of 0 exclusive, and a maximum limit of 0.05 exclusive.

Bugs

Setting the value to 0 will display the error used for the maximum limit, rather than the minimum.

Determines whether the Lua debugger is enabled or disabled when Studio starts up.

Studio must be restarted for changes to the debugger to take effect.

Determines the background color of matched words in the script editor.

When a word is selected in the script editor while this setting is enabled, other occurrences of the word in the script will be highlighted with this color.

Determines the number of lines that persist in the Output panel.

A value of 0 or less causes no limit to be enforced. When set to a value less than the current, the oldest lines in the Output panel will be truncated.

Determines the color of Lua numbers in the script editor.

Determines whether audio will be played only from the Studio window currently in focus.

Determines the color of Lua operators in the script editor.

Determines the Output panel font.

Determines the layout of vertical panels versus horizontal panels.

When set to Vertical, panels on the left and right sides of the screen will be laid out with priority over panels on the bottom of the screen. When set to Horizontal, panels on the bottom of the screen will have priority.

Determines the color of selection boxes, as well as the hover-over box.

While an object in the viewport is selected, a bounding-box will be displayed around it. Select Color determines the color of this box.

When Hover Animate Speed is enabled, the hover-over box will transition between the this color and the Hover Over Color. See Show Hover Over for a description of the hover-over box.

Determines the color of the box displayed around the PrimaryPart while a Model is selected.

Determines the background color of selected text in the script editor.

Determines the color of selected text in the script editor.

Sets whether selectable objects in the viewport show an indicator when hovered over with the mouse.

When the mouse hovers over a selectable 3D object in the viewport while this setting is enabled, a "hover-over" selection box will be shown around the object. The appearance of this box can be configured with the following settings:

• Animate Hover Over
• Hover Animate Speed
• Select Color
• Hover Over Color