Beat Saber News

Additional Info From The Dev Team:

Dear players,

Thank you for your feedback on the Alpha Branch of Beat Saber on the updated Unity version. Please continue sharing feedback as this is an important source of information for us.

We understand that for some of you, Alpha Branch might have affected your experience with the way you play Beat Saber. Please know that this update is a crucial step for us to ensure we can continue developing and supporting the game with the latest tools and software in the future. We're working to release the Unity Update within one or two months. In the meantime, we'll be closely watching your feedback and working on fixes to make the transition between the Unity versions as smooth as possible.

If you see an issue where an object is only rendered in one eye, this is due to Unity 2021 LTS removing the Single Pass stereo rendering mode and replacing it with Single Pass Instanced stereo rendering mode. Because of this, shaders needed to be updated. The explanation to the shader changes can be found here:

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/SinglePassInstancing.html



Original post:

Hey players,
We just released the Alpha Branch of Beat Saber on the updated Unity version. We'd highly appreciate it if you can test it and provide your feedback before we move to Beta. Note: This update doesn't include any new music or feature content.

Changes:
- Upgrade of Unity version to 2021.3.16f1
- The game now uses OpenXR instead of OpenVR on PC

Known issues

Steam:
- Starting the game without a headset connected will result in a crash
- Reset orientation button may not work

Oculus PC:
- The user pointers may disappear after removing the headset

All platforms:
- Music may not play in the game lobby when loaded in
- Saber orientation may be offset to the default
- Saved scores for any song will be displayed for all other songs in 'Party Mode'
- Scores are not cleared after clicking the 'Clear' button in 'Party Mode'
- Text in Korean and Japanese may look highlighted
- Spectating a multiplayer game will result in the application becoming headlocked

Testing channels are available for Steam, Oculus PC and Meta Quest devices:
Quest: unity_alpha
Oculus PC: unity_alpha
Steam: unity_alpha - public alpha

The Imagine Dragons Music Pack got an upgrade. Expand your music library with chart-topping hits 'Enemy' and 'Bones' from the award-winning Pop Rock band or get the updated 12-song Imagine Dragons Music Pack with the advanced in-game environment and lighting, new colors and revamped original levels, which include Arc & Chain Notes. The Imagine Dragons Music Pack and new singles are available now for purchase as additional content for the game.

Track List:

• Bones – NEW SINGLE
  
• Enemy (feat. J.I.D) (from the series Arcane League of Legends) – NEW SINGLE
  
• Bad Liar
  
• Believer
  
• Digital
  
• It's Time
  
• Machine
  
• Natural
  
• Radioactive
  
• Thunder
  
• Warriors
  
• Whatever It Takes
  

Release Notes:

• 2 new Imagine Dragons singles Enemy' and 'Bones' added
  
• Updated Imagine Dragons environment (including new colors and lighting)
  
• Revamped original Imagine Dragons levels, featuring Arc & Chain Notes and other improvements
  
• Updated splash screen
  
• Fixed Party Mode leaderboards
  
• Improved auto-exposure behavior in low light situations (One laser should no longer light up the whole environment)
  

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Ready to rock? Take the stage with the Rock Mixtape featuring 8 heart-bumping hits from Nirvana, Guns N’ Roses, The White Stripes, KISS and more, with a fresh new environment included! For the first time ever, play nearly nine minutes long track “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd - the longest song ever released in Beat Saber. LET'S GO! Rock Mixtape is now available for purchase as additional content for the game.

Get the Rock Mixtape here.

Song list:
- Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
- Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
- Kiss - I was made for lovin' you
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
- The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
- Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
- Foo Fighters - The Pretender

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Release notes: Game:
- Rock Mixtape featuring 8 songs
- New custom environment
- Extend BPM filter for song selection
- Fixed: Accidentally spawning multiple overlayed notes

Level Editor:
- Update to Arcs and Chains
- Show warning when editor is unable to save beatmap
- Add quartet / triplet beats to BPM editor
- Async saving of beatmap while editing
- Fixed: Alignment of event boxes with large BPM changes
- Fixed: Beatmap objects preview
- Fixed: Waveform when opening multiple different songs

Dive into The Weeknd's music! The Weeknd Music Pack features 10 of his hit tracks and a new environment inspired by The Weeknd. The music pack is now available for purchase as additional content for the game.

Release Notes:

- The Weeknd Music Pack featuring 10 songs
- New custom environment
- New lighting tech introduced: translations
- Level Editor changes:
> Implemented translation box groups
> Implemented copy & paste inside event box groups
> Updated waveform (split to small and zoomed)
> Updated UI with new typeface
> Added precision slider for rotation and translation lanes
> Updated display of group event lanes


Song List:

• Take My Breath
  
• Can’t Feel My Face
  
• How Do I Make You Love Me?
  
• I Feel It Coming (feat. Daft Punk)
  
• Pray For Me
  
• Sacrifice
  
• Save Your Tears
  
• Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)
  
• Blinding Lights
  
• The Hills
  

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Hey players,
We found a minor issue in the Hard difficulty map ‘Cuz I Luv You’ from Lizzo Music Pack, and it should be fixed now. Enjoy playing!