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Lua (programming language)

You gave me a warning for posting a "spam Link". The link in question is to www.roblox.com which you say has unsafe downloads. Where do you see these "Unsafe Downloads"? Over 3,00,000 people have downloaded the game hosted on that site and not one has reported any malicious content. If you can please pinpoint what you find unsafe it would be greatly appreciated.--gordonrox24 (talk) 20:21, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, strangely - I got a sniper rifle free model on Roblox, which then said the word INFECTED written all over it and then it shut my monitor off and then it overrided one of my computer's directx drivers. This says that regular Roblox users can have power over other user's PCs. And as little kids use this they won't know whats happening and will just let their PC get destroyed... So thats why - and Wikipedia is for everyone and won't want to be the fault of whatever-thousand computer crashes. Thanks, Darren•M540 ^U|_T|^C 15:29, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Roblox uses a simplified version of LUA 5.1 with in-game capabilities. The most a roblox lua script can possibly do is shut down your virtual world. If you can give me the link to this, I can quite easily get it removed.--gordonrox24 (talk) 10:57, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have a look at this thread [1] - it sounds a little exaggerated but its basically what happened - my user name is dazzameach[2] and my post is on page 2 of the thread. And, to be safe, if you go on my place - don't go on roblox studio or whatever cause it went phsyco when i did that aswell... Thanks, Darren•M540 ^U|_T|^C 18:35, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd really like to see this sniper rifle model that you spoke of, I'm the Roblox Moderator 'MrDoomBringer', if you can provide a link to the model we will be able to investigate the matter further.

It sounds more like your computer just crashed, which can happen with any program on occasion. The Lua intepreter in Roblox does not have any ability to access external files from the game directory and doesn't have any OS functions, such as writing or accessing files other than pictures or 3D models. Because of this I'm very suspect that it 'overrode your DirectX drivers'. As well, I have posted a rebuttal on that thread.

Thanks for any information you can give me. --MrDoomBringer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Doom Bringer (talk • contribs) 19:01, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... I can't find the link for the gun but all I did was - when I was on my place, I went on the free models thing and searched for Sniper rifle and it came up with that gun - it had an easily recognisable fire-design case and it was near the top of the list. Hope this helps, Darren•M540 ^U|_T|^C 19:17, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Darrenm:

I have just opened your place manually, and took a look. I found just under 20,000 different 'infected' models, this is generated by a script that you inserted from Free Models. We are aware of this issue and taking steps to remove it. This is caused by nothing more than a Lua script that creates a lot of spam on your screen, in this case a message saying 'INFECTED'. This is harmless to your computer, the most it could do is cause your computer to crash, which is what I believe happened to your computer. I am currently in the process of (manually) removing the offending scripts so that you may proceed with building your place.

There is a very easy way to prevent this, instead of using 'Visit Solo' to work on your place, go to Start > All Programs > ROBLOX > Roblox Studio and then hit the 'EDIT' button from there. You will then be able to work on your place without the place actually running, meaning that all scripts are frozen and you will be able to remove them if this occurs again.

Next time you insert a model from Free Models, use the Explorer window to look inside the different parts, remove any 'Anti-Lag' or obvious scripts that are not supposed to be there.

Also, before you go removing links and handing out warnings, we would appreciate if you would do a bit of research next time :)

---Mr Doom Bringer (talk) 19:28, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alright then, sorry and thanks! I will continue to use Roblox, thanks a lot for the help, and sorry for any inconvenience - I will take in your advice and think more before editing! You see, I was just curious for the security of Wikipedia! Thanks, Darren•M540 ^U|_T|^C 19:34, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Glad that is resolved. Thanks.--gordonrox24 (talk) 20:29, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

December 2011

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Templates and warnings

Darren, when an administrator deletes subpages of your userspace with a message along the lines of "for user's own good", it typically is for your own good. It's not vandalism, and it's not polite to leave the administrator a template message asking him to not vandalize.

Okay? DS (talk) 17:42, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies sir but I would have appreciated you discussing the matter on my Talk page prior to your deletion of the pages Thank you, --Darren•M540 ^U|_T|^C 17:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Metrolink

The official opening is at about 5.30 am BST. I won't be up to convert it then, but I could do the updates after midnight (i.e. once it's 13 June, opening day. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 17:33, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, great stuff! I look forward to seeing them. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 17:43, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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