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Hello everyone! We've just released VRChat 2023.1.2 (1286) live!

This update is now live on all platforms!

⚠️ This update is NOT network compatible, so you will not be able to see your friends until they update. Users who are on older versions will not be visible to those on the latest version, and vice versa. Please ask your friends to update VRChat!

In this update, we introduced several quality-of-life improvements and several bug fixes! Check out our latest Video Patchnotes for more info!

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Full patch notes are available here!

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Avatar texture memory usage is now considered a ranked performance stat and will affect your avatar’s performance rank.
  
  
  • PC:
    
    
    • Excellent: up to 40MB
      
    • Good: up to 75MB
      
    • Medium: up to 110MB
      
    • Poor: up to 150MB
      
    • Very Poor: 150MB+
      
  • Quest:
    
    
    • Excellent: up to 10MB
      
    • Good: up to 18MB
      
    • Medium: up to 25MB
      
    • Poor: up to 40MB
      
    • Very Poor: 40MB+
      
  • This is not upload size. This is texture memory usage. They are not the same thing.
    
• Completely overhauled internal handling of portals! This should provide much better stability and security to portals, preventing many cases of portals disappearing or desyncing between instance members
  
• Friends+ portals now default to unlocked
• Earmuffs range can now take the shape of a cone, allowing you to focus on conversations in front of you
  
• Nameplates will show an icon when a player has earmuffs enabled
• Avatar "Hide by Distance" and "Hide by Count" visual aid and toggle
• PhysBones have been adjusted to use and maintain the initial hand-to-bone offset as your "grab position" instead of a fixed relative position per bone
  
  
  • This means that grabbed PhysBones won’t move or "snap" when you initially grab. They will only move when you move the grabbing hand
    
  • An upcoming SDK update (next week) will add in a toggle that will allow you to turn this behavior off per component
    
• Added a Report User option to report users for using a modified client or "hacking". You can find this under "Report User -> Behavior".
  
  
  • Reporting people using modified clients in this way is very helpful to our Trust and Safety and Security teams! Thank you for your reports!
    

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed multi-layer camera not being accessible for non-VRC+ subscribers
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause crashes when disconnecting multiple audio devices at once
  
• Fixed last valid portal placement marker getting stuck in place when looking at invalid surfaces
  
• Fixed portal placement in situations with no surface available at all blocking user input
  
• Fixed shuffle button in "Random" worlds menu not working
  
• Various smaller UI fixes
  
• Various smaller groups fixes
  
• Safety and Security improvements
  

Full patch notes are available here!

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Hello everyone! We've just released VRChat 2023.1.1 (1277) _live_!

This update is now live on all platforms!

⚠️ This update is NOT network compatible, so you will not be able to see your friends until they update. Users who are on older versions will not be visible to those on the latest version, and vice versa. Please ask your friends to update VRChat!

In this update, we introduced several quality-of-life features, many improvements, and some fixes for issues bugging people over the holiday break! There's so many that we decided to make a quick video for you, in case you don't like reading big walls of text:

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[h2]Release Summary[/h2]

This is a summary, and does not include all changes. Check the full patch notes for more information.

[h3]Features[/h3]

• Multi-layer camera! Take pictures that separate out into individual layers for later editing
  
• Grab-To-Adjust FBT calibration! Fine-tune your tracker calibration by directly grabbing and moving your tracked points
  

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Audio sliders are now logarithmic instead of linear, which more closely models how you perceive volume
  
• World and user search filters and sorting have been improved, are now persistent, and the search flow has been improved
  
• Check full patch notes for more

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed vote kick notifications not coming through
  
• Fixed performance drop when blocked users are in the same instance
  
• Fixed wrong microphone being used when starting in VR, differing from what UI shows
  
• Fixed broken scrolling on camera UI in VR (allows easily selecting Focus option again!)
  
• Fixed a bug where avatars sometimes initialize with incorrect playable parameter values (fewer wardrobe malfunctions!)
  
• Check full patch notes for more

The VRChat Early Supporter Badge is getting retired at the end of the month.

That's this guy:



This badge is the one that appears in your profile, as shown above. It’s been active since December 2020, so needless to say, I think we’ve given everyone a fair chance!

Of course, if you already have the Early Access profile badge, you’ll keep it.

And don’t worry, VRCat will continue to pester you for treats from their vantage point on the quick menu.

You have until the end of January to nab 'em before he's gone forever!

New Year’s Eve – VRChat’s biggest event of the year – is again upon us!

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Once the event is live, you'll be able to join in by launching VRChat and finding the VRChat Square world in your Worlds menu at the top! There are two versions -- one is normal capacity at 16 for a comfy event, and a MAXIMUM capacity version at 40 if you want to bring in all your friends!

The event will start at the first New Year in the world -- UTC +14, the earliest time zone on Earth!

Check your Worlds menu to find the "New Years 2023" category! Click on it to see both worlds! Hop in an instance with your friends, or spin a new one up!

Ring in 2023 with your friends as it arrives across the world! We’ve given our New Year’s Eve world a brand new coat of paint, as well as invited in a brand new set of community creators to make it extra special!

They’ve brought in their food trucks, stocked their booths, and helped hang their billboards all around VRChat Square. There’s a ton to explore – you’ll probably see a few familiar faces, as well as some brand new ones! (And don’t forget to keep an eye out for new Groups to join!)

And of course, there’s also the brand new VRChat Entertainment Network, presented on the Tundra Stage, which will be streaming DJ sets from some of the most talented performers in the VRChat community throughout the day. Check the lineup below!



But the VRChat Entertainment Network isn’t just about music – throughout the day we’ll also be playing hundreds of video submissions from the community! If you're curious to see who's got a video lined up, check out the schedule.

In VRChat Square, the ball drops for every timezone from UTC+14 through UTC-12, with fireworks for everyone along the way! And yep, we've got the half-hour ones. And the three-quarter hour ones! ... and yes, we accounted for ongoing daylight-savings offsets. Wow, time zones are confusing.

(PS: The best place to watch the ball drop might be on top of the tower – and if you’re a fan of Hololive, you might see some familiar faces up there…)

We hope you can come and join the VRChat community as we celebrate yet another year gone by, and look forward to the future!