Installation Guide

Five steps, in order, from buying VFX Loom to your first project. The account page always provides the current release for your verified account.

• New install

  You have just bought VFX Loom, or you are installing it on another computer. Start at step 1.

• How to update

  You already have VFX Loom installed. Skip to the general update steps.

1. 1

   Get VFX Loom

   VFX Loom is delivered from your account, not from a public link. Sign in with the Roblox account that owns VFX Loom, and the account page checks your access and then hands you the current release.

   Go to your AccountDo not have VFX Loom yet?

   Your account names the exact release it will give you. The package is a single .rbxmx file. There is no installer, and no second plugin for export.

2. 2

   Install it in Roblox Studio

   VFX Loom installs as a Local Plugin: you load the package into a place once, then save it into Studio’s own plugin storage.

   1. Open Roblox Studio and open any place you can edit.
   2. Drag the downloaded .rbxmx package from your downloads into the place.
   3. In the Explorer, select the folder it inserted. It is called VFX Loom.
   4. Choose Plugins → Save as Local Plugin, keeping the name it offers.
   5. Restart Roblox Studio.

   The inserted folder is not needed after saving — Studio keeps its own copy — so you can delete it from the place.

3. 3

   Open VFX Loom

   After the restart, open the Plugins tab in Roblox Studio and click VFX Loom.

   

4. 4

   Set up access

   The first time you open it, VFX Loom asks to be connected to the account that owns it. This happens once per installation.

   1. Choose Set Up Access. VFX Loom shows a short Setup Code.
   2. Open vfxloom.com/access and sign in with Roblox.
   3. Enter the Setup Code and choose Approve setup.
   4. Back in Studio, click Check Again.

   The code only ever applies to the installation that produced it, and it expires on its own. If it runs out, choose Set Up Access again for a fresh one.

   Founder access instead?

   Founders use a code that travels the other way — from the website into the plugin.

   1. Open Founder Access and sign in with Roblox.
   2. Choose Generate Access Code and copy it. It is shown once.
   3. In VFX Loom, choose Founder support code, paste the code, and confirm.
5. 5

   You are ready

   Installed

   VFX Loom reads VFX Loom access confirmed and its button becomes Continue. That is the whole check — if you see it, you are done.

   VFX Loom remembers this installation, so normal Studio restarts do not ask again. Choose New Project and pick what you are making:

   • Create a VFX project

     Build a procedural effect as a graph, preview it, and export a flipbook. Start with Getting Started.

   • Create a Material project

     Author surface maps from a mesh UV layout. Geometry Beta lives here too, inside a Material project.

How to update

VFX Loom tells you when an update is required: it stops at VFX Loom needs to be updated to continue. You can also update at any time.

1. Download the current package from your Account.
2. Repeat step 2 — insert it and Save as Local Plugin under the same name.
3. Restart Studio.

Saving under the same name replaces the previous version rather than adding a second one. You stay signed in, and your saved projects are untouched — neither is stored inside the plugin file, so replacing it does not disturb them.

The steps are the same as above. There is no separate upgrade path and no project conversion to run. Two things are worth knowing:

• Keep the same plugin name. Saving an update under a different name leaves two VFX Loom buttons. See the troubleshooting entry below.
• Nothing is lost in the move. Your access carries over — you are not asked to set up again — and your saved projects open as they are. Existing projects keep working while the changelog lists what changed.

Troubleshooting

VFX Loom is not in the Plugins tab

Almost always one of two things: Studio has not been restarted since saving, or the package was published instead of saved locally. Restart Studio first; if it is still missing, repeat step 2 and make sure you choose Save as Local Plugin.

There are two VFX Loom buttons

An older VFX Loom release was installed under a different name, so both versions are now installed side by side. Remove the older file from the folder Studio keeps its local plugins in, then restart Studio. Nothing is lost: your access and your saved projects do not live in the plugin file.

Access setup will not complete

Setup codes expire on their own. Choose Set Up Access in VFX Loom for a new code, enter it at vfxloom.com/access while it is still valid, then click Check Again in Studio.

Signed in, but no access is found

Access belongs to the Roblox account that was verified at checkout. Signing in with a different Roblox account will not find it. Check which account you are signed in as on your Account page.

The download will not start

Check VFX Loom Status first — if a service is degraded, the download is held rather than delivered incorrectly. If everything reads normal and it still fails, ask in the Discord server.