Rōblox: Freedom Distribution

A Rōblox 'revival' framework built with Python; tested on Python 3.10 and 3.12.

Adapted from the Rōblox Filtering Disabled project by Jetray, et al.

Users can host their own server instances of Rōblox using binaries from 2018-07-25 or 2021-01-25.

Players can join existing servers.

Clients will automatically connect to a server of the same version.

Everything here is free-as-in-freedom software.

My use of Rōblox's binaries are unlikely to fall into fair use. Be wary of any potential copyright takedowns.

In the event of a DMCA takedown, don't rely on forks of this repo on GitHub. Consider using other means. Also consult this document if you want to know why I think I'm protected under fair-use law.

Installation

As a Binary

This is good for if you want to deploy quickly on any machine with connection to the internet.

To install as a binary, run:

mkdir rfd
cd rfd
wget https://github.com/Windows81/Roblox-Freedom-Distribution/releases/latest/download/RFD.exe

From Source

This is good for if you already have Python installed on your machine. Do you want to help contribute to RFD? Use this.

To install from source, run:

git clone https://github.com/Windows81/Roblox-Freedom-Distribution rfd
cd rfd
pip install -r ./Source/requirements.txt

Command Syntax

`server`

Game-specific options are specified in the --config_path argument, which defaults to ./GameConfig.toml. Please review each option in the config file before starting your server up.

Option	Type	Default
`--config_path`, `-cp`	`int`	`./GameConfig.toml`
`--rcc_port`, `-rp`	`int`	2005
`--web_port`, `-wp`	`int`	2006
`--run_client`, `-rc`	`store_true`	N/A
`--skip_rcc`	`store_true`	N/A
`--skip_rcc_popen`	`store_true`	N/A
`--skip_web`	`store_true`	N/A

`player`

Option	Type	Default
`--rcc_host`, `-rh`	`str`	None
`--rcc_port`, `-rp`	`int`	2005
`--web_host`, `-wh`	`str`	N/A
`--web_port`, `-wp`	`int`	2006
`--user_code`, `-u`	`str`	N/A

Misc.

Command syntaxes for studio and download also exists, but haven't been adequately documented yet.

Protocols in Use

Anyone can host a server and must leave two network ports of their choice accessible.

RCC (UDP + TCP)

RCC is an acronym for 'Rōblox Cloud Compute', which is the server-side program we use to run the Rōblox physics engine.

Host is specified by the --rcc_host or -rh option.

Port is specified by the --rcc_port or -rp option (defaults to 2005).

Webserver (HTTPS)

The webserver is responsible for facilitating player connections and loading in-game assets.

Host is optionally specified by the --webserver_host or -wh option, in case RCC is hosted elsewhere.

Port is specified by the --webserver_port or -wp option (defaults to 2006).

Studio?

Rōblox Filtering Disabled has a working Studio build from 2022.

Sodikm has a working Studio build from 2018.

You can also use this 2018M build whilst running the Rōblox Filtering Disabled webserver.

If you need any help, please shoot me an issue on GitHub or a message to an account with some form of 'VisualPlugin' elsewhere.

Credits

iknowidontexistbutwhatifwin for patching the v463 (early 2021) binaries.

Jetray for engineering the original Rōblox Filtering Disabled server in PHP.

More to come...

Examples

Server

py Source/_main.py server -rp 2005 -wp 2006

Player

py Source/_main.py player -rh "2603:8000:1:3a97:81ec:e544:bb42:6975" -rp 2005 -wp 2006