Simulator & tycoon kit

Simulator and tycoon kit

A simulator or tycoon design comes with a busy HUD: a zone strip, Buy / Sell / Base buttons, boost chips, a Friend Boost line, a Rebirth panel, a Welcome Back popup, an Index and a gifting shop. These Extras make each piece really work. Switch them on, paste a few Robux ids into one file, and press Play.

What's in the kit#

Most of them need Data Saving, which comes on by itself. What Extras cost: Extras.

Set it up#

1. Switch them on. Open your design on the UI Designer, open the Extras panel and switch on the systems you want. Change their settings if you like, then press Save settings.
2. Export and install. Export the design (or press Add Extras if it's exported already), then put it in Studio: Send to Studio, the .rbxmx or the starter place (how).
3. Open GameData. In Studio: ServerScriptService > BloxGame > GameData. Every system you switched on has a table in GameData.Features, starting with Enabled = true.
4. Paste your Robux ids for the things you want to sell (below). Skip this for now if you only want to test.
5. Press Play and open the Output window (View tab). Lines starting with [BloxGame] say what's missing.

GameData: the one file you edit#

ServerScriptService
└── BloxGame
    ├── GameData      ModuleScript: the one file you edit
    ├── Main          Script: starts every system (leave it)
    ├── Core          the shared toolbox: saving, purchases (leave it)
    └── Services      one ModuleScript per system (RebirthsService...)

GameData.Features.rebirths = {
	Enabled = true, -- false = this system is off

	-- Cost of the first rebirth (a whole number from 1 up to 1e+15)
	baseCost = 10000,

	-- Show Rebirths on the player list (true or false)
	leaderstat = true,
}

• Enabled = false switches a system off. Its saved data is kept, so switching it back on later loses nothing.
• Keep the commas and the curly brackets { } where they are. Text goes "in quotes"; numbers and true / false don't.
• The Extras panel on the website fills in the same settings. Once you've edited GameData in Studio, sending the design again keeps your copy.
• Made a typo? When you press Play, Output says GameData has a mistake and gives the line number. Undo with Ctrl+Z.

Robux ids: make them in the Creator Hub#

A Robux button only works once it has a real id. Publish your game first (File > Publish to Roblox), then open create.roblox.com/dashboard/creations and click your experience.

A developer product (bought again and again)#

1. Go to Monetization > Developer Products and press Create a Developer Product.
2. Give it a name players will recognise ("Skip Rebirth") and a price in Robux, then save it.
3. Copy its id: the long number shown with the product.
4. Paste it in GameData instead of the 0: SkipRebirth = { id = 1234567890, ... }.

A game pass (bought once, kept forever)#

1. Go to Monetization > Passes and press Create a Pass. Add an image and a name, then create it.
2. Open the pass, turn on Item for Sale in its sales settings, set the price and save.
3. Copy its id (the long number with the pass) and paste it into its entry in GameData.Passes.

Where each id goes#

• Each entry is already in GameData with id = 0 when its system is on. Paste only the number.
• Paste each id once, in GameData. When the server starts, the ids are written into your UI's buttons, so the button and the system always use the same product.
• Every button needs its own product: an id in two entries only works for one of them, and Output warns you.
• The price in GameData is only what the button shows. Players pay the price set on the Creator Hub, so keep the two the same.

Test it#

• Purchases in Studio are test purchases: no Robux are spent, and the product is still delivered, so you can test every button.
• Saving in Studio needs Game Settings > Security > Enable Studio Access to API Services (more).
• Invites, gifts to players in other servers and game passes only fully work in the published game. Test those in a live server.

Troubleshooting#

• Nothing happens at all: ServerScriptService > BloxGame > Main must be Enabled, the system must have Enabled = true, and it must have been switched on before you exported. Not in GameData.Features? Switch it on on the website and install again.
• The button says it isn't for sale yet: its id in GameData is still 0. Output says so too, for example Products["SkipRebirth"].id is 0: buying it won't work until you paste its id.
• The purchase prompt appears but nothing is granted: the product id doesn't match what the system sells. Output says no blueprint product with productId .... Check that the id is in the right GameData entry (Skip Rebirth's in SkipRebirth, not in OfflineClaimX3), and that the system selling it has Enabled = true. Also make sure no other script sets MarketplaceService.ProcessReceipt.
• Output says product ... is already sold by "rebirths": you gave two things the same id. Make a separate product for each.
• Output says GameData has a mistake: a missing comma, bracket or quote. Undo your last change, or look at the line number above the message.
• Still stuck? See A purchase goes through but the player gets nothing.