Rec Room News

[h2]Rooms 2.0[/h2]

• The Link Button and Creator Feedback Buttons are now available!
• Improved the reliability of inventory item transactions.
• Fixed the bug where Dialogue UI does not work properly with Room Reset.

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

• We adjusted the hand animations on VR and screen mode for full-body avatars. Opening and closing your hands in VR should now feel less "sticky." Jumping, climbing, and prone hand positions now look more like you would expect. Have fun with your new clean hands!!!
• Adjusted foot animations to be more grounded when idle and turning in place.
• We eliminated the ability to mute other players while on a junior account, since juniors aren't able to hear other players anyways.This saves some memory and also clutter from your UI!
• Added a fix for blocky avatars on Quest 2. Avatars were incorrectly being selected for low quality settings.
• Added a fix for the holotar projector momentarily displaying the previous holotar recording when multiple holotar recordings are assigned in succession to a single projector. Clarence won't randomly appear in other storefronts anymore, Press F to pay respek :,(
• Fixed a bug that prevented the 'Split Shapes' button from working in Costume Dummy props.
• Fixed room settings UI appearing to allow changes incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug that made it hard to grab or put objects in your backpack.
• Helmet hair now works for the Skeletor Hood and S. Hoods
• Removed some unused textures in \^Park.

[h2]RecRoom Studio[/h2]

• Fixed a bug where Undo and Redo after creating a new Studio Object prefab could result in incorrect room save states.
• Improved Studio Function UI to handle cases where changing the method call target can preserve which method is called.

[h2]Experiments[/h2]

• Ended our experiment with . Now you should have a visible shadow when using the bean avatar to help you navigate the world!
• We're testing variations of the room chat bubble visuals again. This time, the new look should still remain visible and clear to read. Let us know what you think!
• We're testing variations of a new feature where tapping players opens a with a few quick options instead of going directly to their profile in the watch.
• We're trying out a few more variations around the Picture-in-Picture view of your avatar, including layout/icon adjustments and making the resolution higher again on certain graphics settings.
• We will be testing a new "Across Room Voice Chat" feature in the future, which will allow you to speak with members of your party while in a different room. Look out for notes about it soon!

Please see here for convenient links to controls, tutorials, comfort options, etc.:https://recroom.com/community

We love to hear your feedback, so please don't hesitate to let us know what you think.

[h2]Rooms 2.0[/h2]

• Fixed a bug that prevented item skins from being applied in Rooms 2.0.
• Added a fix to prevent reparenting of animated objects due to animation errors.
• Hierarchy auto-scrolling now works in VR.

Updates to Custom Locomotion:

• Fully customizable Air Control!
• No more hidden modifiers! The acceleration time you pass in is what you get
• Added Air Control Percentage Trait
• Added Air Control Multipliers to the locomotion graph
• You might want to spawn a new locomotion graph if you've already spawned a player definition board in your room
• Added On Velocity Modified event to the player. This event is fired anytime you use the following chips on a player:
• Add Velocity
• Set Velocity
• Set Velocity Over Time
• Fixed bug where Acceleration Time wasn't respected while sprinting
• Added comments explaining different sections of the locomotion graph
• Fixed bugs in the default graph
• Corrected air control calculation
• Prevent your gaze direction from stopping your sprint and kicking you off the wall

[h2]Full Body Avatars Improvements & Bug Fixes[/h2]

• We've heard feedback that some players felt the head was a bit too big. We wanted to give you control to return it back to bean size. You can find the setting by navigating to the "Face" customization page and selecting the "Adjust" option presented on the selected face shape.
• Adjusted the head positioning for better animations when moving around.

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

• Introducing more variety of canned chat options!
• Third person camera is no longer blocked by collision that doesn't block movement or interaction (like decorations!)
• Tuned steering wheel animations in vehicles, now your drifting clips will look even smoother!
• Fixed an issue where hands would lose collision with grabbed objects.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Maker Pen Palette to sometimes not properly update the list of available chips when editing in/out, or when working with functions.
• Added 'Player Get Volume' chip in beta.
• Added 'Player Get Profile Image' chip in beta.

[h2]Experiments[/h2]

• Experimenting with autocomplete dropdowns to the Rooms Search Input Field, finding what you want to see should be easier!
• Experimenting with a filtering feature that allows rooms on the Play Highlights page to be filtered by Room Capacity, and by current Party Size.

Please see here for convenient links to controls, tutorials, comfort options, etc.:https://recroom.com/community

We love to hear your feedback, so please don't hesitate to let us know what you think.

[h2]Rooms 2.0[/h2]

• Legacy inventions will now be sorted into their own palette filters in Rooms 2.
• Fixed a bug where Rooms 2 rooms might show a notification saying that players are editing the room when they load in, even if they are not and/or are not able to use the maker pen. Sorry, you weren't allowed to edit My Little Monsters after all. :,(

[h2]Full Body Avatars Improvements & Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Costume creators can now require players to auto-switch to the floating bean avatars when wearing their costumes. Just configure your costume and turn off the "Allow Full Body Avatar Type" setting. Previously-created costumes will have this toggled off by default.
• Melee strikes and charge attacks for full body screen players weren't looking quite right with the Fish, Cutlass, Frying Pan, Oar, Pitchfork, Push Broom, SwingHandle, QuestSword, Whip, Stool, and Shovel. The animations, especially with how the off-hand was working, is looking much better.

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

• Beta content can now be saved into inventions! Inventions that contain chips or objects that are in beta can only be spawned in beta rooms, and will not be publishable until they are re-saved without any beta content.
• We are re-organizing your Dance moves. Some players will find them in the Gestures radial menu on a second tab while in third person. Get yo groove on
• Added 'Quick Chat Table' and 'Quick Chat Table Set Enabled' chips in beta.
• Added 'NavMesh Sample Position' chip in beta.
• Released the following from beta:
• The Grabber component and all of its chips
• Player Get Voice Rolloff Distance and Player Set Voice Rolloff Distance
• Local Player Is VR
• Rec Room Object Get Root Object
• Root Object
• Root Player
• Improved player voice quality in some rooms. Now your mic will be even crispier when you eat it! (We actually don't recommend you do that.)
• All HUD chips are now called Generic "HUD Element..."
• Additional UI optimization work
• Added a fix that prevents rare situations where player data might not load correctly.
• Fixed dark overlay on watch page section headers.
• Fixed a bug that prevented sorting options from working as expected in palette search.
• Fixed an issue where improperly configured Circuits Audio Constants would not log errors.

[h2]Experiments[/h2]

• Experimenting with performance impact on a new feature that allows for customization everywhere.
• Experimenting with room carousels, tags, and display room limits in the Play menu.
• Began an experiment where some rooms will use a more optimized network bandwidth model.

Please see here for convenient links to controls, tutorials, comfort options, etc.:https://recroom.com/community

We love to hear your feedback, so please don't hesitate to let us know what you think.

[h2]Full body avatars[/h2]
Your full body avatar got some updates (and if you didn't know already, everyone has access to the beta)!

• We tweaked how it looks when you're carrying items (like guns and swords).
• Strafing was added for when crouched or prone to remove the awkward backbreaking twists.
• Some basic idle animations were put in to make you look super cool even when standing around. We look forward to your full body "I'm on screen mode!" VR dancing imitations.

[h2]Rooms 2.0[/h2]

• Replicators can now update their Target Object just by changing the hierarchy! Instead of the config menu, you can also set the Target Object just by using the Connect tool to set an object as its child.
• Fixed an issue where certain inventions could cause room corruption in Rooms 2.0.
• Fixed a bug that prevented saving inventory items to rewards in Rooms 2.0.

[h2]Rec Room Studio[/h2]

• Fixed an issue with creating object boards for some props (like Blunderbuss and Laser Pistol) when those objects are created in RR Studio.
• Fixed a bug with the Inspector where changes to Physics Mode and Basic Interactions properties on objects were not applied.

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

• Errors logged through variable changed events will now highlight the correct chip when selected in the circuits log.
• As part of an experiment, some players will get a reminder that they can block and mute a player before/after they report that player.
• Event Receivers for variable "Change" events now pass along the new value of the variable, so you can more easily get the new value when it has changed!
• Disabled ability to MOVE any room with LimitsV2 enabled.
• Bug fixes around room cards in Play Highlights page.
• Fixed a bug that could cause inventions to remain visible in the palette after they were deleted.
• Fixed an issue where players would see the 'clone' button on rooms that they were not able to clone.
• Added Cornelius Cryptid. He's in need of a new monster caretaker, head over to \^MyLittleMonsters if you're interested!

[h2]Circuits[/h2]

• Circuits now support Functions, which effectively let you create your own chips! Place down a

  Function Definition

  chip and edit into it to define what your function will do. Then, you can put down

  Call [NameOfYourFunction]

  chips down anywhere in your room to call that function. No more copying the same group of chips 10 different times, only to find out you have a bug and need to copy/paste all of them again! Go check out our dev blog here for more information on how to use this feature!

[h2]Rooms 2.0[/h2]

• The Animation Controller is now available in Rooms 2.0. (The controls have changed a little, and may continue to evolve. Select the Animation Controller and use the Quick Action Menu to add objects to the animation. Access the keyframing controls via the Config Menu. Otherwise it works like it did before!)
• Inventory sorting tabs are capitalized on the Room Inventory page, and any underscores in the tag names here will show up as spaces.
• Fixed an issue where a few of the Pathfinder events didn't get correctly moved into Beta.
• Fixed an issue where multiple people in a 2.0 room would cause Rooms 2.0 to lag severely.
• Fixed an issue in Rooms 2.0 where Object Boards in Inventions would break Connections between them after spawning.

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

• Added a new This Room category of room permissions to enable more detailed control of creator permissions. These permissions are all saved at the room-level as opposed to the existing permissions which all save at the subroom-level. Check out more information here!
• Edit Main Room Settings
• Edit Room Econ Settings
• Edit Room Progression
• Save Room
• Publish Room
• Clone Room
• Restore Room
• Reset Cloud Variables
• Delete Cloud Variables
• Edit Subroom Settings
• Create Subrooms
• Name Subrooms
• Clone Subrooms
• Move Subrooms
• Delete Subrooms
• Fixed an issue where the VR keyboard when using Maker Pen menus would sometimes move away from you while typing.
• Fixed a silly regression where the collider for full body fingertips were rearranged so you couldn't properly type - tjat shou;d mow be fixd!
• You can now filter by bottoms and shoes in the watch store! Check out my new shoes - they're the brand new 1, 2, buckle my shoe!
• Addition of Room Genre cards that matchmake players into a room instance from a pool of genre rooms.
• Fixed a clipping issue in VR for full-body avatars when leaning.
• Fixed an issue where animations got reset when switching avatar types in flying mode.

[h2]Rec Room Studio[/h2]

• You can now copy objects from Rooms 1 to Rooms 2 in RRStudio! Objects that are not supported in Rooms 2 either become a named Container (for objects) or a named Comment node (for circuits).
• Improved memory explorer estimates for meshes that are stored in unity .asset files rather than fbx/obj.
• You can now open a legacy room and copy content, then open a Rooms 2.0 room and paste that content inside Rec Room Studio. Some objects that aren't supported in Rooms 2.0 are replaced with empty Container objects with the name of the object that couldn't be pasted. (Ahem, CV1, I'm looking at you.)

[h2]Experiments[/h2]

• We'll be testing out a new 5-point rating system for Room Feedback. Let us know how much you enjoyed your experience in a room so we can better recommend content personalized for you!
• We'll be testing the effects of adding or removing Token Bundles from the Token Store.
• We're beginning a series of projects to make Dorm rooms much more customizable, and will be gradually rolling out functionality to test with new users. Stay tuned for more news on Custom Dorm dorms in future updates!

Please see here for convenient links to controls, tutorials, comfort options, etc.:https://recroom.com/community

We love to hear your feedback, so please don't hesitate to let us know what you think.