IncrementalPatchBuilder¶
Builds signed incremental patches for hot-reloading a running client from script changes detected by a separate file watcher.
Not implemented yet
This class exists in the current Roblox API but is not implemented in Nova yet. Scripts that reference it will fail at runtime.
Description¶
Internal tooling service, not for creator game scripts. A separate file-watcher system detects changes in a mapped subtree of scripts; this service rebuilds an in-memory patch tree and serializes that tree into a signed binary patch that can be delivered to a running client for hot-reload.
Builds are debounced so rapid successive edits coalesce into a single patch
build. When SerializePatch is
true, the resulting patch is delivered through AssetDeliveryProxy
and written to the configured output path.
Inheritance¶
Object → Instance → IncrementalPatchBuilder
Properties¶
| Member | Signature | Summary |
|---|---|---|
AddPathsToBundle |
AddPathsToBundle: bool |
Whether each script in the patch is tagged with a FilePath attribute recording its on-disk source path. |
BuildDebouncePeriod |
BuildDebouncePeriod: double |
The interval, in seconds, used to debounce rebuilds so that rapid script changes are coalesced into a single patch build. |
HighCompression |
HighCompression: bool |
Whether the serialized patch is written with high-compression settings. |
SerializePatch |
SerializePatch: bool |
Whether a completed build is serialized into a signed binary patch. |
UseFileLevelCompressionInsteadOfChunk |
UseFileLevelCompressionInsteadOfChunk: bool |
Whether per-chunk compression is skipped so that the patch is compressed at the file level instead. |
ZstdCompression |
ZstdCompression: bool |
Whether per-chunk compression of the patch uses the Zstandard algorithm. |
Roblox reference: IncrementalPatchBuilder
Generated from Nova's API dump and Roblox creator-docs. Nova-only members come from the engine's reflection metadata.