Server Initialization

The old initialization screen

The current initialization screen

Server Initialization is a process in the game that only occurs when a player joins a newly created server. An initializing GUI will sometimes appear if the process is interrupted, displaying the region and tree counts. This GUI will only be present for a few seconds at most.

Prior to the instant initialization update, the GUI would appear for around a minute, displaying numbers that correlated with the things that needed to be loaded/grown and store assets had to be pulled from the Roblox website. The numbers indicate the regions not completed (top), the amount of trees needed to be grown (middle), and the amount of assets that needed to be rendered (bottom).

In the instant initialization update, the GUI was once again altered to only display regions not completed (top) and trees needed to grow (bottom). The text saying "trees take a while to grow" and "this typically takes three minutes" was also removed, simply stating; "Initializing... Sorry for the wait!". The text on the bottom of the GUI reads and operates as is. When the numbers all count down to zero, the GUI and its text will disappear and will open the welcoming GUI.

Glitches

A glitch that occurs when a player loads in their Land right after the initialization leaves players stuck on the waiting process when loading their base. The VIP Room may also fail to despawn, causing players to be able to claim the boxes if they load their base on it.

The blurry GUI that appears during the initialization

The oldest initialization screen

Server Initialization failing to load properly