Release Notes for 629

Improvements

NoteStatus

Slightly increased throughput of lighting updates per frame

Live

Added a Volume property to AudioPlayer and AudioDeviceInput for the new Audio API to easily change playback volume and input device volume

Live

Adds visual parity between desktop and mobile highlights: no dithering, correct blending, and highlight outline support.

Pending

MicroProfiler can now show memory allocation intensity, export summary graphs on CPU and memory usage, and captures are now five times more compact.

Pending

Adds OpenAttenuationCurveEditor() to SoundService, which lets plugins open the distance attenuation curve editor for AudioEmitters in scripts.

Pending

Luau type annotations can now have a leading | and & as per https://rfcs.luau-lang.org/syntax-leading-bar-and-ampersand.html. Thanks OSS contributor Jackdotink!

Pending

Removes outdated genre selectors.

Pending

Adds support for OpenType font features zero and ss03.

Pending

Fixes

NoteStatus

Fixes shadow artifacts for moving, overlapping lights on attachments in Future lighting mode.

Live

Optimized reflection for all Lua APIs that take arrays of instances as parameters.

Live

Fixed an issue with 'cannot resume dead coroutine' being reported when using task.cancel on a thread that is waiting inside an async Roblox API method.

Live

Material Picker beta: The Generate and Material Manager buttons now dismiss the Material Picker when clicked.

Live

Fixes an issue that prevented place publish using shortcuts until the File menu was opened for the first time.

Live

Fix potential script hang related to AnimationClipProvider:GetAnimationClipAsync().

Pending

Fixed an issue where calling ConnectParallel from a ModuleScript being required would cause an error even if it was required by a script descended from an Actor.

Pending

All placefiles that do not have water will be automatically upgraded with the Shorelines upgrade at the next load.

Pending

Selecting Workspace will no longer highlight it, including from collaborators in Team Create.

Pending

Fix distortion and flicker when resizing viewport or Lua-based widgets on Mac (includes also the Roblox client app resizing).

Pending

The Explorer will no longer randomly expand when an instance is added, such as when a collaborator in Team Create makes something.

Pending