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Revision as of 19:21, 20 October 2022
Note: this isn't a definitive history of all changes to Blockate. Some changes may have been lost to history, and some of these changes are just straight up made up by some rando who edited this page. Take everything here with a grain of salt unless it's attached to an official Blockate tweet.
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[Testing] | Content added to test version of Blockate |
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2022
September 26th, 2022: Realism Improvements
= Open source repository for the character realism that Blockate uses: https://github.com/fewkz/character-realism
% Fixed bug where sitting would let you move around
% Disabling first person body now also disables the smoothed rotation. This makes it so you can wallhop as well.
% Fixed left arm dangling
September 25th, 2022: Disable First Person Body
+ Added option to disable first person body, especially useful for blocky characters or large waist/front attachments. (it's in Help tab in main menu)
% Whitelisted four gears: Kylo Ren's Lightsaber, Ezra's Trusty Lightsaber, Rey's Lightsaber and A More Elegant Blade.
September 24th, 2022: Realism
+ Added CharacterRealism to Blockate.
% Fixed bug where being unballed would make your character bouncy.
% Added a special animation when balled, and your camera now gets focused in the center of the ball.
% Patched antihub exploit.
% Whitelisted two off-sale gears: Sten Gun and Green Hyperlaser Gun.
September 13th, 2022: Gambling Laws
% Users in Belgium and Netherlands can no longer buy crates because of paid random item policies.
August 25th, 2022: Exploit Patch
% Fixed worlds affected by exploit that filled up the inventory of anyone who joins a world with gears.
August 21st, 2022: Kick Fix
% Fixed !hub & !ban kicking players from Blockate, instead of actually hubbing them.
August 16th, 2022: Tweaks
% Made new commands list draggable
August 15th, 2022: Fixes
% Added a reasonable cooldown to the !dab command. Spamming !dab will say "chill" in chat.
% Whitelisted an off-sale gear: Red Convertible.
% Changed how number properties are displayed in property picker.
% Fixed bug where painting light on a block with no light would create two lights on your screen.
% Fixed train not respawning in hub.
August 8th, 2022: Ocean Depth
+ Added !ocean depth command for changing the depth of the ocean in your world.
% The parameter to !ocean no longer needs to be a multiple of 4.
August 6th, 2022: Commands Improvement Update
= https://twitter.com/blockate/status/1556002729532788739
% Visually revamped the commands list with theme support.
+ Added a new section to the backpack where you can run commands. You can also bind commands to your hotbar.
July 11th, 2022: New Genres
+ Added two new genres: "Art" and "Social".
June 30th, 2022: New Materials
+ Added the new Roblox materials: Asphalt, Basalt, Cracked Lava, Glacier, Ground, Leafy Grass, Limestone, Mud, Pavement, Rock, Salt, Sandstone and Snow.
June 25th, 2022: Bubble Chat Fix
% Bubble chat has been re-enabled in worlds that had it disabled.
March 23rd, 2022: Easily Discover by Creator
% You can now click on a world creator's username in the main menu to instantly see their worlds.
March 14th, 2022: Effect Overhaul
= https://twitter.com/blockate/status/1503298922109976582
+ Added a new "sequence syntax" that is specified after the commands !effect size, !effect transparency, and !effect color. Details are in the Twitter post linked above.
March 10th, 2022: New Shapes
+ Added Inverted Pyramid shape
+ Added Inverted Cylinder Cap shape
+ Added Cone & Inverted Cone shapes
+ Added Prism & Inverted Prism shapes
January 1st, 2022: Display Names
% Display names now display next to people's names in the world menu.
End of 2021
November 25th, 2021: Thanksgiving Event 2021
+ Added Turkey Hat 2021, which looks identical to Turkey Hat 2020 and Turkey Hat 2019.
+ Added a temporary button in the main menu that sends you to the Thanksgiving Event world: "Thanksgiving Table" by Blockate.
November 21st, 2021: Help UI Improvement
% Improved the Help menu UI.
November 20th, 2021: The Awesome Command
+ !howmanyworldshaveijoinedbeforeinblockate
November 13th, 2021: Increased World History Limit
% Searching for !recent has been buffed, and can now show you up to 300 recently visited worlds.
November 10th, 2021: New Player Limit
% The maximum player limit for newly created Blockate worlds is now 80.
November 8th, 2021: The Hitbox Update
+ Added a new hitbox for improved consistency when touching blox. The hitbox is a rectangle that goes up from your legs to your head, meaning that your arms won't be able to trigger blocks with this hitbox system on. It can be enabled/disabled in the world settings tab.
+ !maxhealth [power], sets the default max health.
+ !powerup maxhealth (amount) [time], makes the block you're hovering over change players' max health.
+ !damager (damage to deal) (cooldown) [id], makes the block you're hovering over deal damage to players.
+ !healer (health to give) (cooldown) [id], makes the block you're hovering over heal players.
+ !poisoner (damage per second) [stickiness in seconds], makes the block you're hovering over gradually deal damage to players that touch it over time.
+ !regenerator (health per second) [stickiness in seconds], makes the block you're hovering over gradually heal players that touch it over time.
+ !spotsign (text), creates a sign that shows the text when you touch it instead of showing the text when hovered over.
August 18th, 2021: Double Jump Flight Threshold
% Lowered the time allowed in between double jumps from 0.5 seconds to 0.3 seconds.
August 1st, 2021: New Hub
% Changed the hub to an overgrown subway built by Soujenc, SevereWeatherWatch, CrowCalled and Hater_Deer.
July 28th, 2021: Small Update
+ Added !baller color (color), which specifies a color for the baller to use when balling someone.
% '!warp hub' now creates a warp that sends you to the Blockate hub.
% Fixed !ezruler.
June 28th, 2021: Teleporters
= All of these changes were announced on the Blockate Twitter
+ Added !mtimetele (time), which is similar to !timetele except it only teleports movables.
+ Added !motimetele (time).
+ Added !teamtele (team), which is similar to !stattele but it only teleports you if you're in a certain team.
+ Added !flyer. Unflyers can be made by putting a kill on a flyer.
+ Added a "Progression" genre. This genre is intended for worlds where you advance over time through upgrades or earning stats.
+ Added world languages. You can change your world's language in world settings and select which languages to view in the help tab.
+ Added a new exclusive hat "Pride Flag". It is only obtainable on June 28th.
% !ezmotele has been changed to use the "select destination first, place teleporters after" logic that the rest of the !eztele commands use.
% Renamed "Canadian Flag Hat" to "Canadian Flag".
% Renamed "American Flag Hat" to "American Flag".
April 3rd, 2021: Welcome back, Blockate
% Game name changed back to Blockate.
April 1st, 2021: So long, Blockate
% Game name changed to Cubeate for April Fools.
February 21st, 2021: So long, default hotbar
+ New inventory & hotbar UI that's also useful for building! It changes back to the default Roblox one on Retro theme.
February 11th, 2021: Command Additions
+ !soundblock mtrigger, which is similar to !soundblock trigger except it only gets triggered by movables.
+ !snap others, basically just !snap except it doesn't hub whoever ran the command.
+ !flytogglable, toggles double jumping enabling flight. This command may get removed in the future.
% !fly can now be used by builders to toggle flying for themselves. This may get removed in the future.
February 7th, 2021: Bug Fixes and More Bug Fixes
= Fixes are all announced on the Blockate Twitter
% Worlds with 3+ backups will not longer skip 2 backup slots at a time when using the left/right arrows
% Activating !fly on a person multiple times no longer disables them from jumping
% Opening a GUI while in first person unlocks your mouse cursor
% Giving perm to someone who has mobile will now enable/disable the mobile building gui
+ Added dark mode main menu
February 4th, 2021: New Material and Shape
= Update announced on the Blockate Twitter
+ Added forcefield material
+ Added pyramid shape
+ Added cylinder cap shape
+ Added flying
% Improved server allocation system
End of 2020
December 27th, 2020: Command Fixes and Additions
+ Added !buildreset, resets build properties, selection orientation, and grid.
% Fixed !showaxis, blue is front, lime is top and red is right.
November 19th, 2020: Fixes and Improvements
+ Added a time parameter to powerup blocks !powerup walkspeed/jumppower (amount) (time)
% Fixed !fog color
% Fixed !decal color
% Fixed !movable commands
% Fixed !whoplaced/whochanged
% Improved mobile support
November 13th, 2020: More Fixes
= Fixes announced on the Blockate Twitter
% Cannons fixed
% Roblox chat fixed
- Halloween hub removed
November 8th, 2020: Bug Fixes and Decals
= This update was announced on the Blockate Twitter.
+ Added !decal Username
+ Added !decal head:Username
+ Added !decal bust:Username
% Fixed !movable ridable.
% Fixed !movable respawn.
% Fixed statgivers, statremovers and statreseters.
% Fixed geargivers and gearremovers.
% Fixed the donation notification.
October 25th, 2020: New UIs and More
= All of these changes were announced on the official Blockate update live stream.
+ Added world genres.
+ Added Templates UI.
+ Added Backup UI.
+ Added new templates. (Chess Board, Valley, Valley Maze, Large Cave and Small Cave)
+ Added new skyboxes. (Far Ocean, Eerie, Fire Galaxy, Earth Below, and Snowy Hills)
+ Added a way to add thumbnails & to perm players in the World menu.
+ Added !filter brightness (amt)
+ Added !filter contrast (amt)
+ Added !filter saturation (amt)
+ Added !hidedecalsregion and !showdecalsregion
+ Added new search filters to the Main Menu's search bar. All the search filters are noted in the Help section of the Main Menu.
+ Added non-exclusive hats index.
+ Added Templates+ gamepass which gives you the ability to tweak some settings for Valley, Valley Maze, Small Cave, and Large Cave generation.
+ Added a world report button.
+ Added world menu themes. (Light, Dark and Retro) If applied, players will have the theme in your world.
% Changed the !id, !stat show and !show sign popup UIs to match the new Light and Dark UIs.
% Changed how Blux is earned. A percentage of the Blux that is made from the world's shop will be sent to pending earnings and you will be able to withdraw it after 15 minutes.
% Fixed lag when filling and placing blocks.
% Changed how grass and desert template generates.
% Now, shopitems can only be added through the World menu.
- Removed the ability to rename shopitems.
June 20th, 2020: World Exporting
+ You can now export your worlds to Roblox Studio.
+ Added !decal show.
% Renamed !showwiring to !showfunctionality.
% The game is now public again.
May 6th, 2020: Farewell to the Owner
% The game is now group members only.
= More info on the topic at Blockate Server Shutdown page, feel free to add relevant info.
April 25th, 2020: Shapes
+ Added Corner Outer Quadrant and Outer Edge Quadrant.
% Inverted Cylinder now faces upwards like normal Cylinders.
% All blocks now face North-East. (front-right) % Corner has been renamed to Edge Wedge. % Edge has been renamed to Inner Edge Wedge.
% Cut Cylinder has been renamed to Quadrant.
% Inverted Cut Cylinder has been renamed to Inner Quadrant.
% Flat Corner Cylinder has been renamed to Corner Inner Quadrant.
% Corner Cylinder has been renamed to Edge Inner Quadrant.
% Improved all block meshes.
% Teleportation screen will now appear instantly.
% You can now read signs through invisible blocks.
% Fixed the issue with localtriggers having a limited sound length.
% Fixed worlds from showing up with 0 blocks after a template load or backup load.
% Unballers (!baller (seconds) and !kill) can now be timed like regular ballers.
% Improved the loading screen.
April 12th, 2020: Grids & A New Tele!
+ Added !grid.
+ Added !grid off.
+ Added !grid back.
+ Added !grid center.
+ Added !grid pull (amt).
+ Added !grid push (amt).
+ Added !grid feet (amt).
+ Added !timetele (time) which teleports the player and a specified period of time once the tele is touched.
April 5th, 2020: Backups and Templates
+ Temporarily added !template list and !template load, this will eventually be replaced with a GUI.
+ Added !backup list, !backup load, !backup rename, !backup save and !backup remove.
+ Added a new +2 Backups dev product.
+ Added !stat display (stat name) (display name).
April 1st, 2020: April Fools!
% Temporarily renamed Blockate to 'Lineate'
% Changed the description of Blockate to say:
"Lineate is a game where you draw lines of square tiles of different colors & view their majestic linear flow.
Join the Blockate group for an extra free line!"
March 30th, 2020: A New Trailer
+ Added a new official trailer on Blockate's gamepage!
March 23rd, 2020: A New Command System
+ Added a new command system (command system D) for commands that involve changing world settings.
+ Added !team color (team name) (color)
% !team gear has been fixed.
% !spawn team has been fixed.
% The warp decal has been fixed.
% Commands will now show their response on both your screen & in chat.
% New GUI for the Blux and Hub buttons.
% !disablecollisions changed to !collisions
% !usernamedistance changed to !namedistance.
% !disableshift changed to !allowshift.
% !disablereset changed to !allowreset.
% !dropsallowed changed to !allowdrops.
% !droppingallowed changed to !allowdropping.
% !hats disable changed to !hats allow.
% !hats disableeffects changed to !hats alloweffects.
% !cycle changed to !time cycle.
% !fogcolor changed to !fog color.
% !sound (volume) (pitch) split into: !sound pitch (pitch) and !sound volume (volume)
March 16th, 2020: Added To the Main Game
+ Added !effect show which shows the properties of the effect on that block.
+ Added !logs to the main game.
+ Added !stat weight to the main game.
+ Added !unperm all.
+ Added !whochanged.
+ Added "Commands Editor" tag.
% The permission list now shows player's avatars.
% Fixed teams, teamers and un-perming.
% Fixed the sign GUI overlapping the cmds and permission list GUI.
% Changed the sign GUI to the one from the test game.
March 12th, 2020: Non-Testing Update
+ !oldest and !newest added.
= You can now search the oldest worlds and the newest worlds with a specific query.
= This update is released into the main game and not the testing game.
March 11th, 2020: Stop That!
+ Added an anti-exploit to prevent small block syndrome.
March 8th, 2020: More Updates
% Changed Fewkz's perm to "Blockate Creator" instead of "God".
% Made player list load faster.
[Testing] March 6th, 2020: March Overload
+ Added !logs.
% Made it so right clicking hides signs
% Changed how signs look. (Thanks Hazem)
+ Added !whochanged.
% Made popups drag-able by dragging the area with no text.
% Changed how drag-able GUIs work.
% Made logs drag-able.
% The world menu now updates & resets position when you open it with 'V'
% Made logs admin+ & made it impossible for hackers to view the logs with exploits.
+ Added stat weight.
% Shop tab is removed when there are no shopitems now.
= All of these updates and future updates are in the test version (unless they are released into the main game or some are added straight away).
March 1st, 2020: A Small Group Tweak
% Created new "Blocklrian Elite Builder" role on the group that counts as having both perms as blocklrian & elite builder
February 26th, 2020: Sign De-Sign (silent)
% Hovering over a sign block will bring a different version of the sign. The text and its background "This sign says..." is squished up to the top to give the actual text more space.
% Speaking about signs, when you create a new world (in hub of course) the default "Welcome to your world" has changed to "Welcome to your new world! Press Q to start building!"
= RocketRuler1's automatic Simon Says game broke! Some people are confused currently.
February 24th, 2020: Beep Boop!
+ !beepboop command added.
= !beepboop is used to close the Blux and Hub buttons in the GUI. You can deactivate this command by repeating the command when previously used.
February 23rd, 2020: !flingkill
+ !flingkill added.
+ !ctrlbuild, reenables the Ctrl keybind.
% Ctrl no longer toggles Spectator, Building, and Delete mode.
% Changed !fling to now apply random rotational velocity to the person flung. Also lowered the default value from 50 to 10. (Basically, fling is more powerful now.)
February 19th, 2020: Bug Fixes
% !bulldoze has been fixed.
% Rotating/tilting fixed on mobile.
% !menu and !world now work without the need to be permed builder or higher, and accidentally broke bulldoze in the process.
February 16th, 2020: !fix !fixdebris
% !fixdebris has been fixed, as it hadn't been working for a long time.
February 13th, 2020: No Offsale Gears
% !geargiver is no longer able to give you offsale gears, like every other gear command.
February 10th, 2020: B$ to Blux
% Instead of saying B$ in the menu (top left corner), it now says Blux.
% Effects fixed.
February 9th, 2020: The Long Awaited Commands
+ !geargiver (gearid) [geargiverid] - This command will create a geargiver, which will give you the gear with the (gearid). [geargiverid] can be left out, but it works very similar to the "statid" part of a stat, you can only get 1 gear that has the same exact geargiverid, if you don't put geargiverid, it will default the geargiverid to the gearid.
+ !gearremover (geargiverid) - This command will create a gearremover, which will remove the gear you got from a geargiver with the (geargiverid). Since geargiverid defaults to the gearid, you can also simply put the gear id.
= Here's a showcase of the new !geargiver and !gearremover commands: https://twitter.com/blockate/status/1226649737304190978
February 6th, 2020: A New Command and a New Keybind
+ !showsign, shows the sign in a textbox.
% The textboxes (!id, !showsign, etc) now have four Xs, one on every corner.
% 'Q' now toggles Spectator, Building, and Delete mode.
% The keybinds for changing color (Q and E), have been changed to Shift + Q and Shift + E (to allow for the new building keybind)
January 17th, 2020: Ruler Fix
% !ruler was fixed.
January 10th, 2020: Ruler
= The !ruler command is broken.
+ Added !ruler.
% When using !fill without VIP, it will tell you that you need VIP to use it.
End of 2019
December 24th, 2019: CHRISTMAS
+ Christmas Event 2019 started!
December 3rd, 2019: A New Crafting Recipe
+ Added Stacked Tophats, obtained by crafting 3 Top Hats together.
November 30th, 2019: Deathsound Broken
- Due to the !deathsound command breaking many worlds, it has been removed and now all of the worlds' deathsound has been set to the default oof.
- Unfortunately, the !share command was removed due to Roblox not allowing offsite links.
+ A new !share command, allowing you to instantly get a link that will redirect you to the world you're in.
November 26th, 2019: VIP Servers
+ VIP servers are enabled now, and you can join worlds using this link: blockate.com/worldid
= Here's an example: https://blockate.com/2964462014
November 24th, 2019: IDs and Keybinds!
% IDs will now appear in a popup like !stat show.
% Popups are now non-editable textboxes, allowing you to select the text to copy it with ctrl + c.
% You can now copy usernames in the world menu and world name in the world menu and main menu.
% You can now use Shift + G or F to change through shapes and Shift + Z to switch to build mode, and Shift + X to switch to destroy mode.
% !deathsound and perm bug fixed!
+ You can now search worlds by their ID!
November 23rd, 2019: VIP Update
+ You can now buy VIP in-game, and it'll give you it instantly.
+ VIP now costs 150 Robux.
November 22nd, 2019: A Mysterious Crafting Recipe
+ Top Hat Rubber Duckie Noob Hat added!
+ Crates will now display the hats that you can get from them.
November 18th, 2019: Brand New Hats
+ Lightbulb Hat, Missile Hat, Minature Sun Hat and SPIKEY BALL Hat!
November 15th, 2019: The End of Halloween
- Halloween Event Hats are unobtainable now
- Removed Halloween Event button.
November 13th, 2019: (silent update)
- Removed "Show Old UI" button.
October 22nd, 2019: Halloween Event
+ 7 new hats: Cursed Treasure Chest, Motel Top Hat, Flasks Hat, Pumpkin Witch Hat, Ruby Geode, Pumpkin Jetpack and Red Eye!
+ Halloween Event Button
October 1st, 2019: Blockate's Return
+ Blockate is back!
= The entire fandom is very happy. :D
September 19th, 2019: Under Review
- Blockate went under review.
= The entire fandom is freaking out and is sad. :(
August 31st, 2019: (silent update)
+ You can now scroll through worlds instead of clicking your way to the end of it.
+ 2 commands suggested made their way through the game!
+ !decal transparency (shown as !decal [Transparency]) and !texture [ID] (now !decal tile)!
July 31st, 2019: New Building GUI
+ Revamped Building UI
+ Selective Painting added
- !paint removed.
July 13th, 2019: Warp Updates
+ Added !warplocation, along with the world Fox's Adventure of Something to showcase the new feature.
+ Updated !warp, now you can do !warp (World ID) (Warp Location Tag)
July 04th, 2019: Statreseter
+ Added !statreseter
June 25th, 2019: Temporary R15 Update
+ As an experiment, Blockate had been completely converted to R15 for a few days, which was later switched back as it negatively affected a lot of Blockate obbies.
- Removed !conga and !congaer due to them being annoying.
June 24th, 2019: Soundblock LocalTrigger
+ Added !soundblock localtrigger
June 21st, 2019: Faster Fill
+ Made fill faster. Twice.
June 13th, 2019: Joining Full Worlds
+ Made it so owners of a world can join the world even if it's full, along with Blockate staff.
June 11th, 2019: Stat Clear
+ Added !stat clear, which removes every stat from your world in case there were stats that couldn't be typed.
June 1st, 2019: Effects, PlayerLimit and Marbles update
+ Added !effect offset
+ Added !plrlimit
+ Marbles (!ball) no longer collide with other players or marbles when !disablecollisions is enabled.
May 29th, 2019: Conga
+ Added !conga and !congaer.
March 22nd, 2019: New Lighting
+ Made all new Blockate worlds use the new Roblox dynamic voxel lighting system.
January 30th, 2019: Decals
+ Added !decal and all the other decal-related commands.
January 06th, 2019: Dab
+ Added !dab.
End of 2018
December 29th, 2018: New Player Commands and Blockate Broken
+ Made it so keywords such as "random", "all", "others" can be used in most player-requiring commands.
- Broke Blockate. (was fixed shortly after)
December 24th, 2018: Marble Rider Badge
+ Added "Marble Rider" badge
December 23rd, 2018: !blocks
+ Made it so putting "!blocks" infront of your search query when searching will sort the worlds by their block count instead of visits.
December 15th, 2018: New Blockate Group
+ Made the official Blockate group public for anyone to join.
+ Made it so people who join the Blockate group get a free Blockate world.
December 12th, 2018: Bulldoze
+ Added !bulldoze
November 19th, 2018: Crates, New Commands and Thumbnails
+ Added the crates, now you can get hats via crates.
+ Added multiple new commands, !snap, !usernamedistance and !healthdistance.
+ Added usage for every command inside !cmds.
+ Multiple new thumbnails for default blockate worlds.
October 06th, 2018: Movable Effects Galore
+Added effects and movables got updated.
August 25th, 2018: Teamers
+ !teamer has been added to the game.
- !spawn changer removed.
June 15th, 2018: Stat Remover
+ !statremover has been added to the game.
0June 9th, 2018: Skyboxes
+ Skyboxes have been added to the game.
June 1st, 2018: Movable Commands
+ !mtele, !movable respawn and !movable auto respawn has been added to the game.
May 7th, 2018: Disabling Hats
+ !hats disable added into the game.
Invalid Month 3rd, 2018: Paint
+Added !paint.
January 25th, 2018: Trailer and Mobile Support
+ Official trailer created!
+ Mobile Support has been improved.
January 17th, 2018: Shop Tab
+ You can now open the shop tab.
January 16th, 2018: Buying Blux
+ Blux now purchasable with Robux.
January 13th, 2018: Shop
+ Added !item create, !item buy and !item remove.
= Shopitems.
+ !item remove probably added later to the game.
January 11th, 2018: Release and Earnings System
+ Official release of Blockate!
+ Earnings system has been later added to the game.