Rec Room News

[h2]TLDR[/h2]

• Starting Tuesday an experiment for "My Dorms" is starting - check your creation tab on the watch!
• The crafting cost of the Stone Axe has been lowered in MLM.
• 10x more recording time in Holotars V2!
• Loading and networking issues have been improved.

[h2]My Little Monsters[/h2]

• The Stone Axe crafting cost has been lowered to 1 Wood, 1 Stone, and 1 Crystal.
• Objective markers display on wood, stone, and crystal right outside the first portal.

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

• Players shouldn't fail to load into rooms as frequently.
• The maximum Holotar (V2) recording duration has been increased from 30 seconds to 300 seconds - that's 10x more time for recording brainrot!
• Pressing the 'Clear' button on a Holotar recording window will now display a confirmation button before deleting the recording.
• Moved the Animation gizmo controls to their own Maker Pen menu tab.
• 'Toggle Button Set Is Pressed', 'Print Text To Screen', and 'Clear Screen' chips will now consume the correct amount of "network heat" when used. Network heat is the name we use for how much data is sent over our network, and because these chips weren't counting correctly, the networking in some rooms was breaking. Yay, thermodynamics!
• Cloud lists are now out of beta!
• Fixed a bug where functions without exec ports could return incorrect values if multiple calls were made during the same exec.
• Monitor rooms for corruption and refuse to save them if corruption is detected in rooms, invention creation, or invention spawning.
• Pressing the 'Clear' button on a Holotar recording window will now display a confirmation button before deleting the recording.
• Fixed up some old bugs around fist bumps and high fives making them easier to trigger.
• Removed placeholder text when the UI is loading.
• New LocalPlayerSetGravityDisabled node will let you turn off gravity for the local player!
• Once you're floating around you can use custom locomotion or the new PlayerGetPhysicsVelocity, PlayerSetPhysicsVelocity, and PlayerSetSteeringVelocity nodes to finely control your movement.
• Fixed an issue that prevented 'Data Table Get Column Count' and 'Data Table Get Row Count' from being configured to a data table.
• Toggle Button components now have a 'Synced' toggle, allowing their pressed state to be unsynced between players.
• Translated an untranslated Progress tab label in the profile page.

[h2]Rooms 2.0[/h2]

• Fixed the issue where

  Equip Object to Dominant/Off Hand

  chips failed when used on a handle not in a hierarchy.
• Replicators can now be included in inventions.

[h2]Experiments[/h2]

• We're trying out some Token Store layout changes over the next few weeks. We've also fixed a few bugs and made some general improvements related to token purchasing.
• We're launching an experiment this Tuesday on adding "My Dorms" to your creation tab in the watch. Make multiple dorm rooms, save them for later, and swap out the look of your room for the seasons or events!

[h2]Rec Room Studio[/h2]

• Added new Asset Palette UI to streamline creation workflow.

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]Cross-room Party Voice Chat[/h2]

• Cross-room party voice chat is now available! Communicate with your friends in different rooms and keep in touch no matter what you're up to, all within Rec Room!

[h2]Rooms 2.0[/h2]

• The Eyedropper tool is now available!
• Custom Locomotion: Request Steering chip now supports instant acceleration (zero acceleration duration). 0-60? More like 0 to the digital future, amirite?
• Players can now rename containers from the MakerPen Hierarchy window.
• Fixed the reset bug for

  Reset Room

  and

  Rec Room Object Reset

  chips.
• Reparenting multiple objects at once will now maintain any circuit connections between their Object Boards.
• Fixed an issue where clicking the edit button would edit out of circuit boards.

[h2]Full Body Avatar[/h2]

• There were some discrepancies with how floating bean and full body items looked, especially for glasses items. We wrote some automation to seek out these offenders and discovered mismatches in how the shaders were authored between our floating bean and full body items - so now they're fixed!
• Fixed a bug where head scale wasn't displaying correctly on FBAs when changing rooms.

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

• Fixed a bug where the Holotar scale did not match the player avatar size when scale was 1.
• Text may be a little sharper on some platforms (but shouldn't be too noticeable).
• Hands will no longer sync if you are typing into a sensitive text field in VR (passwords, personal info, private messaging, etc.). Does not apply for insensitive text fields, though. They wouldn't really care anyways!
• Restored the avatar snapshot as your default profile photo for new players.

[h2]Rec Room Studio[/h2]

• New projects created using the Rec Room Studio launcher will now include default assets from My Little Monsters! We also have a new kit-based Template Room available from the Create menu in-game, so even if you can't use Rec Room Studio, you can find all these assets and use them!
• Added the new "Instance Recolor" component which allows you to have different per-instance colors without using multiple Materials to do so. Instance Recolor can also be used with Studio Functions to dynamically change the color of objects from Circuits!
• A new validation error will appear when the

  AudioMixerRegistry

  specifies an invalid

  Studio Mixer

  object.
• Fixed an issue where textures used by Terrain, RawImage, or ParticleSystem components appeared at a lower resolution than intended.
• Prevented an issue with cameras in VR by ensuring that the camera doesn't have 'Target Eye' set to 'Both"

[h2]Experiments[/h2]

• Some new players may start out in third person (with the option to toggle to first person, of course!)
• Some players may have access to the new pinch feature, which can change the camera perspective and zoom on Touch.

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]

• Oops, we accidentally broke some hand poses for FBA. Here's some fixes for the camera, frisbee, and mug hand poses used across a variety of tools, let us know how they look!
• Fixed some annoying bugs when using the makerpen while in a full body:
• Your hands still function when going to the smallest self-scale size.
• Your other hand won't be blocking your view anymore.

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

• We changed the 2FA login field type to numeric digits, so typing 2FA codes is now more convenient! (Especially on platforms like Android)
• Fixed the color of certain banners on the home page. Ooooooh, pretty!
• Fixed a bug where players had a chance to get stuck in the "play" door in Orientation. Door stuck!
• Fixed a bug where the Charades Pen becomes stuck in players' hands in VR.
• Fixed a bug where players could equip a full-body costume via circuits while it was being edited.
• Fixed a bug where Room Inventories would not sync in time in multiplayer instances.
• Fixed a toggling bug that could cause toggle buttons to be toggled multiple times when pressed in VR with other players in the room. Now you'll be able to toggle correctly to your heart's content

[h2]Experiments[/h2]
Started an experiment with a new invention creation menu.

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]

• 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.