Arctecto VFX Lab
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Arctecto VFX Lab · for Roblox

Roblox effects drawn on the GPU.

Move a slider and see it at once. Export the flipbook the way Roblox takes it, or send it straight to Studio while you tweak.

Buy · R$ 99 (about US$ 20) Download and try free Roblox Studio plugin

v0.2.0 · Windows 10 or 11 · a graphics card with DirectX 12 or Vulkan · Roblox Studio for the plugin

Inside

Explosion: the mushroom cloud with lit smoke, and the ring with its own height, size, thickness and noise.
Explosion: the mushroom cloud with lit smoke, and the ring with its own height, size, thickness and noise.
Slash: arc, angle, squash, sweep, echoes and a dissolving tail.
Slash: arc, angle, squash, sweep, echoes and a dissolving tail.
Cartoon: colour bands and an outline on any effect.
Cartoon: colour bands and an outline on any effect.

What is in it

11 procedural effects

Multi-tongue flames, dragon breath, a mushroom cloud with lit smoke, shockwave, orb, sparks, smoke, slash, lightning, bubbles and a water splash.

Live in Roblox Studio

With the Arctecto VFX plugin, the texture reaches Studio while you move the controls. No saving and uploading a file for every try.

Flipbooks the Roblox way

Exactly 1024 by 1024, a 2×2, 4×4 or 8×8 grid, a seamless loop and the frame rate worked out for the emitter.

Cartoon on any effect

Flat colour bands and an outline of constant width, from 4×4 to 8×8.

An honest preview

Flipbook mode shows each frame at the real resolution it will have in the game, before you export.

Your looks in a file

Save as .arcfx, open it again later and build your own preset library.

Ribbons around the character

New in 0.2: the Mesh tab wraps the effect on a spiral, ring or curved ribbon around an R15, with spin, scroll and twist, and sends the finished mesh to Studio. The plugin uploads the ribbon and its frames as assets and it plays in the game, spinning with its flipbook running.

How it works

Pick and tweak

Start from one of 17 presets and work the shape, motion, light and colour.

See it in Studio

Turn on Live: the plugin puts the texture on the effect while you tweak.

Export

Save the 1024 atlas or upload it as an asset through the plugin, ready for the emitter.

One payment

R$ 99 (about US$ 20)

A lifetime licence for one computer with a year of updates. After that, another year of updates is US$ 7 (R$ 37), and the version you have keeps working for good. Your key reaches the purchase email as soon as the payment clears. Charged in Brazilian reais by card or Pix; checkout in US dollars is coming soon.

Buy · R$ 99 (about US$ 20)

Try it before you buy. Without a licence the VFX Lab opens in full: every effect and control works. Exports carry a watermark and sending to Studio is off.

Installing on Windows: the program is not digitally signed yet, so Windows may show a warning. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Installing the plugin: put ArctectoVFX.lua in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Roblox\Plugins and reopen Studio. To upload ribbons for the game, turn on CreateAssetAsync Luau API under File > Beta Features.