Suggestions before I migrate from Roblox to RFD

[LazVaz12]

I really want to use rfd over roblox because of all the drama going on, I have a few suggestions which I think would be awesome:

1. RFD Discord server so people can play together
2. AssetCaching being an option in gameserver (prevents lost media/unleaked assets from becoming public)
3. Anti-exploit (goes along with assetcaching, should be an option too.)
4. Friends (adding friends should be a thing that should work, it should do something like this: each player will have their own unique string with their username: 9midfIMIMFIIOISONCVNmfskdm as an example (not something private, just to not mix up people with the same userid), when someone adds someone, it writes to their sqlite that userid and hash, once they unfriend its gone, blocking users + following should also have a similar principle.)
5. user inventory + profile, i am unsure if the profile is possible as it would look modern/need a userid i believe, but i think user inventory (view inventory) is possible, just grab all their equipped items & load it in.
6. gameconfig custom avatar toggle (letting players join while passing their OWN avatar args that arent in the gameconfig, should be a toggle + it would have a forced rigtype like R6, R15, PlayerChoice so people dont join r6 games in r15 and break it.), also saves the hassle of restarting the server every time a player wants play with you and they werent in the gameconfig
7. emotes, the emote wheel for some reason has emotes but their icon is missing & you cant set them. would be cool to have them
8. some sort of way to make stuff look like roblox.com, what i mean is making like https://127.0.0.1:2005 become roblox.com or something, same goes with servers. would just make it look nicer + good for people who want to sort of immerse themselves in older versions.
9. this one i dont care too much about, but maybe like a limit to an id number, what i mean is this: lets say you host a 2018m server & you don't want people joining with modern assets, if someone joins with their own avatar or a gameconfig avatar and one of their assets is above the id 2938574 or something like that, it will instead not load it. if it is a shirt or pants, assign default ones (https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Default_clothing)
   i am unsure what logic roblox uses to color these though
10. some sort of site, a site with a 2018m or 2021e look would be cool but i dont think its necessary. would be nice though

[frostyyyy1]

Wouldn’t Number 8 basically make this a revival?
I wouldnt be a fan of that.

[LazVaz12]

@frostyyyy1 no, just visually change it to roblox.com, no real harm

[frostyyyy1]

@frostyyyy1 no, just visually change it to roblox.com, no real harm

@LazVaz12 what do you mean? wouldnt that be completely useless without a backend?
haveing to edit and adjust a static page wouldnt be fun.
and that would be a waste of resources if you already host your own website on the same host. you can easily host your own site with xampp or whatever

[Windows81]

Discord Server?

I placed the following contingencies that must be met for a Discord server to be qualified as an 'official Discord server' for RFD.

1. Messages must be viewable by people not authenticated to Discord, and
2. Contributors without Discord authentication must be able to communicate with others in the Discord server.

You can use a bridge that connects Discord to libre protocols or programs, such as Mattermost. Matrix, XMPP, or Mumble are good options to connect at the other sides of your bridge.

AssetCache "protection"?

For any Rōblox game to work properly, assets must be loaded by all players from the webserver. RFD already has some protections in place to prevent place files from being loaded by clients.

Roblox-Freedom-Distribution/Source/assets/__init__.py

Lines 118 to 127 in 6ab976e

	@functools.cache
	def is_blocklisted(self, asset_id: int | str) -> bool:
	'''
	This is to make sure that unauthorised clients can't get private (i.e., place map) files.
	'''
	asset_path = self.get_asset_path(asset_id)
	place_path = self.get_asset_path(util.const.PLACE_IDEN_CONST)
	if asset_path == place_path:
	return True
	return False

Roblox-Freedom-Distribution/Source/assets/__init__.py

Lines 178 to 191 in 6ab976e

	def get_asset(
	self,
	asset_id: int | str,
	bypass_blocklist: bool = False
	) -> returns.base_type:
	if not bypass_blocklist and self.is_blocklisted(asset_id):
	returns.construct(error='Asset is blocklisted.')
	asset_path = self.get_asset_path(asset_id)
	result_data = self._load_asset(asset_id)
	if isinstance(result_data, returns.ret_data):
	self._save_file(asset_path, result_data.data)
	return result_data

If they are inadequate or is not implemented correctly, feel free to send a pull request.

I will not be implementing DRM.

Anti-Exploit?

That's the server-hoster's responsibility. Server-sided anti-exploit works well for many types of games. In fact, I am much more likely to publish client-sided script executors of my own that to prohibit their use.

Friends

Not difficult to implement. Send a pull request and put your skills in!

User Inventory

I have stated a few times that the avatar-loading functions in GameConfig can be customised however you want. I've used randomly generated avatars before. Some RFD instances automatically grab your avatar from Roblox.com. I can add official support for databasing and stuff in the future.

Emotes?

Help me out. Do any revivals (whose source code I can investigate) also use emotes?

Rōblox-like Frontend?

No idea. RFD operates using unsigned HTTPS, so using a web interface on the same web server wouldn't be suitable right now. You can make your own separate front-end web server.

[LazVaz12]

i cant pull requests as i only know lua, i cant really modify anything

[Windows81]

Give yourself a year or two. That's what I did.

[Cuphead74832]

Hello @LazVaz12 i see you are excited for RFD project, when i knew about this i also filled It with suggestions and such! I am the contributor of RFD that added spoofing, if you want we can Talk vía discord by adding cuphead0920 or Matrix by adding @cuphead893289:matrix.org i am a Game archiver and asset preserver and you have a Game i need in my collection.

Have a nice day