Rec Room News

[h2]TLDR[/h2]

• We’ve fully moved to the upgraded bean and added a few changes and options to make the experience closer to that of the classic bean.
  
• Drivable vehicles are now available in Rooms 2!
  
• Custom locomotion updates, new chips, and more!
  

[h2]Rooms 2[/h2]

• Start your engines, drivable vehicles are now available in Rooms 2! Find the Rally Buggy, Classic Coupe, Wolf Ride, and Trusty Pickup Truck in the MakerPen palette.
  
• The new Particle VFX Constant and Play Particle VFX At Position nodes allow you to play a particle effect using Circuits! You can even create your own custom Particle VFX in Rec Room Studio and then use those effects with Particle VFX Constant.
  
• Added a set of chips to attach objects to player avatars. This enables costume functionality in Rooms 2!
  
• Added missing chip descriptions for Rooms 2 chips.
  
• Share Camera polaroids can be printed in Rooms 2 rooms.
  
• Audio values can now be set for object properties directly from the config panel.
  

[h2]Avatars[/h2]

• Beans now locomote smoother (they’re less bouncy).
  
• The bean avatar head has been moved forward by 4cm to replicate the old bean look.
  
• Idles stand more up-straight. The hip/body moves around a bit rather than being "land-locked" producing less leaning/bending.
  
• Hands are animating again when idle (this goes for full body as well!)
  
• Suggested items in the Avatar Customization menu now include popular items made by our community.
  
• Added a fix for the mouthbrows!
  
• Added a fix for eye gleam on bean avatars.
  

[h2]Circuits[/h2]

• Circuits Messages have been delivered! They're an alternative to Events that are much easier to reuse across rooms and inventions. They're as flexible as the "Generic Room" event is, but with a LOT less boilerplate circuitry needed to filter actions and fetch parameters. Let us know what you think of them in the Discord or Creator Forum!
  
• Custom Locomotion updates:
  
• • Input events are now available in the global scope, e.g. On Locomotion Sprint Button Input.
    
  • Added local player variants of locomotion state events, e.g. On Local Player Jumped.
    
• Added the "Rec Room Object Try Get Property" chip to beta. This chip combines Rec Room Object Has Property and Rec Room Object Get Property - it outputs both a bool for whether or not the property exists on the given object and the value of the property itself. If the property does not exist, it outputs a default value set by one of the chip's inputs.
  
• Added the “Find and avoid Edge” and “Find and avoid Obstacle” chips. These will have some more detail in the comments on the creator forum if you wanna know more about how to use them!
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause the 'Audio Player Set Time Stamp' chip to break when used without an active audio clip.
  

[h2]General Improvements & Bug Fixes[/h2]

• The Maker Pen now only blocks custom locomotion when you're flying, making it easier to mix creation and play!
  
• Fixed a bug where disabling jump input while flying would leave you trapped in the air.
  
• Dropping the maker pen will now make you stop flying so you can get right back into the action.
  
• Weapons with configurable object damage now have a default object damage value equivalent to their default player torso damage value.
  
• MakerAI Day Pass redemption fixes.
  

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[h2]Rooms 2[/h2]

• Added the "Raycast All" and "Spherecast All" beta chips.
  
• Fixed a bug where Raycasting/Spherecasting a ranged weapon may return an invalid object instead of the weapon.
  
• Fixed a bug where Raycasting/Spherecasting detects circuit boards and container pivots.
  
• Boolean Object Properties now show up properly in the config menu in Advanced Creation Mode.
  
• The Shift+Drag Marquee Select now selects only objects in scope again when in Advanced Creation Mode.
  

[h2]Circuits[/h2]

• Allowed around 130 more types of chips inside of Function Definitions!
  
• Chips can now be locked and unlocked.
  
• The lock icon will now always show up on locked objects.
  
• A new `Is Rec Room Object of Type` node allows you to check if an object is a specific kind of Rec Room object.
  
• Added a new Show Room Details chip that shows the room details watch page of a given room for a given player.
  

[h2]Mobile Maker Pen[/h2]

• You can now view your inventions in the Mobile Maker Pen palette!
  
• The Mobile Maker Pen Palette will now resize vertically to make better use of screen space available on your mobile device.
  
• Mobile Maker Pen now includes Play/Pause and Reset buttons. Pause the room to stop gizmos and update events. 'Room Get Is Paused', 'Room Pause', and 'Room Resume' chips are also available in beta rooms, with circuit events that fire when they're run.
  

[h2]General Improvements & Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Added Player Properties in beta. These work similarly to Object Properties, but exist on all players in the room.
  
• Custom Locomotion: You can now request a slide while standing, crouched, or prone without sprinting first. Also added these global and player level events: On Crouch Stopped, On Prone Stopped, and On Clamber Stopped.
  
• Rooms in the 'Saved For Later' carousel now show the most recently saved first. Fixed issue preventing all rooms from displaying when viewing the full list.
  
• Automated invention moderation actions should now be more clearly messaged in the warning popup.
  
• Fixed a bug where inventions with recolored objects did not show the color when previewing the invention.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused reparenting objects to fail when using the Connect tool.
  
• Fixed a crash that could happen when another person deleted a spline point while you were looking at it.
  

[h2]Experiments[/h2]

Starting an experiment to improve your search experience in the palette.



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We love to hear your feedback, so please don't hesitate to let us know what you think using the Creator Forum here: https://forum.rec.net/

[h2]TLDR[/h2]

• Bean body customization sliders are here!
• Basketball, campfire, and microphone props are now in Rooms 2.
• Arrows no longer hide your view when they cover your eyes.

[h2]Rooms 2[/h2]

• The basketball, campfire, and microphone props are now available in Rooms 2.
• Custom Locomotion is coming out of beta in Rooms 2 along with over 100 chips!
• Rearranged the invention palette in Rooms 2 so downloaded inventions are closer to the top.
• Added the invention store carousel to the maker pen palette.
• Fixed an issue where child objects in pooled replicator-created objects and replicator target objects were still getting picked up by Get All With Tag and Get First With Tag queries.
• Fixed an issue where Replicators were breaking after being cloned.
• Improved messaging for the Rooms 2 invention store.

[h2]Avatars[/h2]

• Bean Body customization sliders are here! Customize your body to your outfit or to you, in bean or FBA.
• Fixed an issue where you couldn't see body property changes when using the Customize menu outside of the dorm.

[h2]Avatar Studio[/h2]

• Fixed the TestAvatar's body shapes to look correct (ie: match real body shapes in-game) by increasing the project-wide mesh skin weights quality setting to "4 Bones".

[h2]General Improvements & Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Added the Update1Hz Event - an event that executes at 1hz frequency, configurable in the Event Receiver chip in Beta Rooms.
• If you get hit in the face by an arrow, it'll no longer hide your view! Just like if you take an arrow to the knee you'll no longer be able to be an adventurer like me :\^)
• Added extra safeguards around whiteboards and holotars in junior-created rooms. Non-junior co-owners are limited to what owners can do in junior-created rooms.
• Fixed an issue where variables inside object boards are sometimes not reset by the Rec Room Object Reset chip.
• Fixed an issue that caused the surface snapping offset to be very far away from the targeted surface.
• You can no longer attempt to offer a gesture while you are in Place mode with an object.
• VR players will no longer crouch when updating body properties in their dorm.

[h2]Experiments[/h2]

• We received lots of positive feedback last year regarding how Place really improved the experience manipulating MakerPen shapes! We are now experimenting bringing Place to work on Rooms 2 and Rec Room Studio objects.
• Added an experiment that consolidates the Play menu into fewer tabs with each tab having clear responsibilities. This should help you find the right content quicker without needing to scroll endlessly on the main play highlights page.

Please see here for convenient links to controls, tutorials, comfort options, news, and more:https://rec.net/creator

We love to hear your feedback, so please don't hesitate to let us know what you think using the Creator Forum here: https://forum.rec.net/

[h2]TLDR[/h2]

• Rec Room has parted ways with EAC.
• Moved the Reset button to be more visible and now in the room details page.
• Added the ability to spawn free Rooms 2 inventions without downloading them, straight from the palette.

[h2]Rooms 2[/h2]

• From the maker pen palette, you can now spawn free Rooms 2 inventions without downloading them.
• Replicators and Player boards are on their way to becoming cheaper! Watch for removal of memory limits soon.

[h2]Circuits[/h2]

• Added "Global Explosion Hit Player" CV2 event
• Added a "Hit Player" port to "Global Projectile Hit Player" so you don't have to extract it from the Collision Data

[h2]General Improvements & Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Removed EAC files. Look out for an upcoming blog with more details, but for now, have fun with the extra disk space!
• Moved the Reset button - previously buried in the Maker Pen settings - to the room details page. This does not fully reload your room, but will return all circuit and object settings to their Home Values.
• Fixed a bug where you could attempt to save updates to invalid inventions.
• Fixed an issue where, on Screens, the interaction distance is abnormally short when flying in third person mode.
• On Screens, when holding an object while flying in third person mode, you can now also use the jump and crouch buttons to ascend/descend.
• Fixed an issue where voice lines are not properly displayed on other players when you hear them talking.
• Fixed an issue where Show Voice Lines toggle in Settings menu isn't applied properly.
• Fixed an issue where, on Screens, switching between 1st and 3rd person while waving/reach out your hands makes the hand jitter afterwards.
• Fixed a bug where the control points for tubes and ribbons would sometimes stick around after you were done editing them.
• Added a visual for a tutorial step that was missing in the dorm
• Added a config button to mobile maker pen.
• In Create mode, the beta mobile maker pen now pre-populates the contextual toolbar with the current room's inventions. In Classic maker pen mode, this manifests as a new carousel in the Inventions tab.
• Fixed an issue where just-in-time tutorials stop working after switching accounts.
• Changed the app store icons back to normal.

[h2]Avatar Studio[/h2]

• Fixed a bug when placing an Invention that contains Studio Audio Constants where other players could not use the audio until the room is saved.
• Fixed a bug where deleting materials that are generated from an FBX can cause a Studio cloud build failure.

Please see here for convenient links to controls, tutorials, comfort options, news, and more:https://rec.net/creator

We love to hear your feedback, so please don't hesitate to let us know what you think using the Creator Forum here: https://forum.rec.net/

[h2]TLDR[/h2]

• Maker AI can now generate circuits!
• The mirror has arrived for Rooms 2!
• Avatar Studio clothing can be tried on in your dorm!

[h2]Maker AI[/h2]

• You can bring objects to life with Maker AI's new circuit generation features.
• RR+ subscribers can test our experimental Maker AI circuit generation update inside the Maker AI dorm environment. For the best experience, we recommend checking out Maker AI with circuits in a newly created dorm.
• You can now use Maker AI's new text chat option for commands - no voice required.
• New Rec Room Object Move (In Direction) and Rec Room Object Move (Toward Point) R2 circuits make it easier for players and Maker AI to create physics-driven object movement without needing pathing systems.
• Try using these examples to unlock a new level of creativity: "Make the robot chase me" - Will give an object autonomous behavior. "Make this ball jump once per second" - Will add periodic motion. "Have this bucket change between red and blue frequently" - Will create dynamic visual effects.

[h2]Rooms 2[/h2]

• Connected a few dots (literally) - you can now undo and redo connected tube segments in Rooms 2.
• Squashed a bug where objects being scaled while a room is saved ended up in incorrect positions.
• Added "inventions in this room" carousel in the palette in Rooms 2.
• Mirror, mirror on the wall... it's finally here in Rooms 2!
• Unstuck a sticky situation where your small objects could get stuck when scaling.
• Fixed Get Velocity always returning 0 in Rooms 2 rooms after setting, adding, or reflecting velocity. It's now actually reporting... velocity.

[h2]Circuits[/h2]

• Fixed the new Projectile Hit Player beta events firing off multiple hits for one shot when a Projectile Launcher is used with the Projectile Launcher Set Firing Player chip.
• Smart Circuits should be easier to open, especially when pointing at objects that are far away.

[h2]General Improvements & Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Store carousels received a small tidy-up for a cleaner and more consistent look.
• Fixed a glitch where -1 token avatar items appeared in the store. Negative pricing is sadly not a thing.
• Improved load times for recently built RRS rooms.
• "This Room" inventions are now available in the Mobile MakerPen palette. Handy!

[h2]Avatar Studio[/h2]

• You can now try on UGC Avatar Items right in your Dorm! Hit that "TRY" button to give your outfit a test drive. Just remember - trial fits don't leave the dorm unless you buy them!
• Creators can update their live avatar items directly. No middleman is needed; fashion freedom achieved.

[h2]Experiments[/h2]

• We're testing ways to make placing large objects feel smoother and more magical.
• Item cards are getting experimental facelifts: clearer "limited time" badges and descriptions that fit each item's size.

Please see here for convenient links to controls, tutorials, comfort options, news, and more:https://rec.net/creator

We love to hear your feedback, so please don't hesitate to let us know what you think using the Creator Forum here: https://forum.rec.net/