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Rec Room UPDATE - the “Vrooms 2” EditionJun 3, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDR 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! Rooms 2 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. Avatars 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. Circuits 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. General Improvements & Bug Fixes 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. Weap...Rec Room UPDATE - the “Standing Slide” EditionMay 27, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsRooms 2 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. Circuits 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. Mobile Maker Pen 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. General Improvements & Bug Fixes 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. Experiments Starting an experiment to improve your search experience in the palette. 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/ Rec Room UPDATE - the "1Hz Donut" EditionMay 19, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRBean 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.Rooms 2The 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.AvatarsBean 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.Avatar StudioFixed 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".General Improvements & Bug FixesAdded 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.ExperimentsWe 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/ Rec Room UPDATE - the "Bye Bye Bear!" EditionMay 14, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRRec 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.Rooms 2From 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.CircuitsAdded "Global Explosion Hit Player" CV2 eventAdded a "Hit Player" port to "Global Projectile Hit Player" so you don't have to extract it from the Collision DataGeneral Improvements & Bug FixesRemoved 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 dormAdded 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.Avatar StudioFixed 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/ Rec Room UPDATE - the "See Yourself in Rooms 2" EditionMay 5, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRMaker AI can now generate circuits!The mirror has arrived for Rooms 2!Avatar Studio clothing can be tried on in your dorm!Maker AIYou 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.Rooms 2Connected 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.CircuitsFixed 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.General Improvements & Bug FixesStore 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!Avatar StudioYou 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.ExperimentsWe'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/ Rec Room UPDATE - the "Golden Week" EditionApr 28, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRYou can now publish Rooms 2 inventions that include beta content!More creator moderation tool improvements.You can now add UGC items to your wishlist!Rooms 2Enabled invention publishing for Rooms 2 inventions with beta content.Fixed an issue that could cause Object Property chips not to show up in the palette as expected.Object Property chips and event receivers are now supported in inventions, even when not including an object with that property.Fixed R2 hierarchy view ordering of root objects.Fixed bug where Rooms 2 rotators/pistons could permanently stop moving on authority change or on player leaving.Deprecated/Replaced Piston/Rotator Get Speed chips to now be accurate in containers.Fixed a bug where CV2 rotator speeds were affected by scale - this fix will only affect newly placed rotators, existing ones will need a new option "Scale Affects Speed (Legacy)" toggled in the config menu.CV2 Pistons are still affected by scale by default, though they also now have this setting to turn that off.Fixed a bug where the CV2 event "Target Hit" on the Piston did not consistently fire.Fixed a bug where CV2 pistons with a configured nonzero default speed might not move when the room loads.Fixed a bug where CV2 pistons that are already moving on room load might not fire their first Target Hit event.Fixed a bug where CV2 pistons/rotators would stop on Rec Room Object Reset even if they had default speeds configured for them to start moving immediately on room load. This bugfix will apply to all new pistons/rotators, but will need to be manually enabled in the config menu for existing ones in case your room relies on this behavior.CV2 Rotator max speed raised to 360 degrees/second.You can no longer clone pivots.Immortal objects have been made mortal again.Fixed a bug where the invention store was sometimes empty in Rooms 2.Fixed a bug where you couldn't close your watch after switching to the select tool.CircuitsA respawning player will no longer fire a stale On Player Grounded event with the surface they were standing on before respawning.The Respawn chip will no longer have players inherit the velocity of the platform they were previously standing on before respawning.Reduced default rolloff distance of the Play Audio At Position chip. This change will only apply to newly spawned chips. Existing chips saved as part of a room will not be changed.Added the Root Object Hit by Melee Collision, Root Object Hit by Explosive, and Root Object Hit by Player Events.General Improvements & Bug FixesMore creator moderation tool improvements!Adding a link to a player's room ban history from their profile.Ability to unban a player from multiple rooms at once (rooms I moderate, co-own, or created).Adding a button to refresh the current room instance if things are getting too hairy.Added a room reset button to the room details page.Added support for the new Widget Watch profile panel.Updated the app icon on mobile.You can now add UGC avatar items to your wishlist!Made...Rec Room UPDATE - the "Paint Your Body" EditionApr 13, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRBody paint is now available with RR+!Over 100 props are now available in Rooms 2!Added Studio Objects and Studio Audio Constant chips so now you can share Studio content with others!Rooms 2More props are now available in Rooms 2!Pathfinder, touchpad, and collision detection volume are no longer in beta!Added Stage Light V2 in beta.Fixed a bug where the Rec Room Object Reset chip would silently fail (and cause havoc) if you tried to reset an object which isn't able to have an object board.Fixed crash issues caused by using the Delete Everything button.Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in Rooms 2.Completed some additional optimization work.AvatarsBody Paint has arrived exclusively for RR+! Change up your look in an all new way, add some extra color to your favorite outfits, or find new ways to express yourself. All RR+ subscribers gain access to all 19 colors. Body Paint is distinct from skin tone - you can swap or remove Body Paint without changing your avatar's stable identity!Fixed an issue where pushing some of the new advanced customization sliders to their extremes looked a little too wonky.Mobile MakerPenAdded vertical toggle buttons.Added a fix where if the precision mode is toggled on in Mobile MakerPen, it stays on when switching to the Classic MakerPen and back. It will also stay when you drop and re-equip the Mobile MakerPen.CircuitsVector and Quaternion inputs on chips can now be configured to a default value.Opening the Smart Circuits menu will no longer leave behind a sound as if you are still trying to connect something.General Improvements & Bug FixesYou now have access to the people tab in your watch during \^SocialOrientation.In the 'Create' tab of your watch, your rooms list will now default to showing your most recently created rooms first. Previously this was alphabetical.All small text entries in the configure menu are now wider. No more poking at tiny text boxes!Made the following changes to invention tags:Tags now save only when you click the 'save' button, no more autosavingAdded some descriptions to category tags.Made all tags case insensitive, so adding upper or lowercase characters won't affect the tag. They should also cry a little less often now.Gift box data is now tamper-proof.Fixed a bug where chat threads didn't consistently open with the most recent message focusedFixed some wonky back button behavior on the Load Room Save page.Rec Room StudioStudio Objects and Studio Audio Constant chips can now be placed into an Invention! This allows sharing RR Studio content from your room with others.ExperimentsWe're testing out a new 'Featured Creator' carousel in the Play menu that will show up for some players. One manually selected creator at a time will be featured. 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://fo...Rec Room UPDATE - the "Appendage Collision" EditionApr 8, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRTomorrow we're launching Mobile Makerpen!New props and invention search is now available in Rooms 2!No more competitive disadvantage for FBA players in PvP rooms (we disabled appendage collision)!Rooms 2Several props are now available in Rooms 2: Bell, Marker (Eraser), Bottle (Water), Disc, Coffee Mug, Coffee Pot, Bucket, Speaker, Concert Speaker, Dodgeball, Chair (Basic), and Table (Basic).You can now search for inventions in Rooms 2!Fixed issues that could lead to desynced object positions.Fixed an issue where a compound object could have different authorities for different parts of its hierarchy.AvatarsNew eye, eyebrow, and mouth sprites have been added!Full body players, you can now play Paintball, Laser Tag, etc. with no competitive disadvantage compared to bean players. We have turned off collisions on your arms, legs, and feet.Arms and wrists would sometimes get twisted up as you viewed your avatar. No more of that!Mobile MakerPenLater this week, we're launching a new beta version of the Maker Pen on mobile devices, designed to make creation more approachable, delightful, and streamlined! We're aiming to allow you to focus your attention on the creative process and less on the mechanics of tool selection and menu navigation. This is just the first release - we're still working on simplifying more of the Maker Pen features, but we wanted to prioritize what is used most like the movement and palette tools for this first version. You can also toggle back to the classic Maker Pen at any time. Make sure to let us know what you think on the creator forum!CircuitsAdded a new "Projectile Hit Player (new)" event in beta to both ranged weapon boards and the player board. This event is better than the old version at reliably detecting player hits in multiplayer contexts. With this version, you should no longer need to network between players for reliable hit detection. This will fire for all players if either the player getting hit or the player firing the gun detects that a projectile hits somebody.Added a new "Global Projectile Hit Player" event in beta that uses the same system as the above new event.The 'Rec Room Object Set Authority' chip will no longer error if the Target object is held but the input Authority is the same as the current Authority, resulting in no change.General Improvements & Bug FixesWe've improved visibility of your rooms by highlighting their Beta or Updated status in the Watch Menu.Added indicators and warnings for beta content in inventions.Tweaked some of the depth control settings for Place.Opening and closing your watch won't cause it to reset back to the Widget Watch home.Oculus Quest will now display a splash screen while loading the title screen. Players will now spend less time staring into the void.Fixed an issue with the bowling ball consistently making the rolling sound.Fixed trail effect on several explosive weapons to only be active when thrown.Removed tiled background from store items to make the thumbnail...Rec Room UPDATE - the "Get rotated" EditionApr 2, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRWe added Party Flags for easier partying!Added categories for Rooms 2 inventions, you can use 16 tags per object and player, and more Rooms 2 additions and fixes.Holotar bugfixes and playback improvements.Rooms 2Added categories to Rooms 2 inventions! This lets you choose which carousel your invention best fits into.You can now use 16 tags per object and player!Fixed the visibility of the yellow dotted tether lines which connect object boards to their target (this line is supposed to be visible when either the object board or its target is selected).Shapes now properly show their Tags and Is Frozen settings.You'll no longer be able to accidentally delete a container's pivot point.Fixed the Handheld Streamer Camera being unable to spawn via the menu Watch > Settings > Misc > Streamer Camera.Fixed an issue where R1 inventions were excluded from the local player's portfolio in Rooms 2 rooms.Fixed an issue where we'd try to respawn objects while a player was holding them or near them.You'll no longer be able to accidentally delete a container's pivot point.Fixed a bug where exiting a container would incorrectly save the current position/rotation/scale. This caused inadvertent edits such as when a Rotator is rotating while a container is being modified.AvatarExpanded head and nose scale ranges for both full body and upgraded bean.Holotar recording and playback bugfixes, plus new recordings will playback body rotation and animations properly regardless of how your projector is rotated. Get rotated (correctly), Holotars!General Improvements & Bug FixesParty up faster with the new Party Flag! Drop a Party Flag to invite nearby players to join your party instantly, no watch open needed! Whether you're exploring, playing, or just hanging out, gathering your squad is now easier than ever. Look for the Party Flag option in the gesture radial menu and start making new connections at the speed of play!If you have UGC Progression enabled in your room, new players will only receive a "Level Reached" event the first time they join, not every time.We've disabled EAC. Be on the look out for our latest dev blog detailing what's next with Referee.Fixed Synced Object Properties not showing up correctly for join-in-progress players.Players now sync correctly in Object PropertiesYou can now sync Rec Room Objects in Object Properties!Trigger Volumes now clear properly when a player leaves the room while still inside the trigger volume.Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on a black screen when kicked back to the login screen.Improvements and bug fixes for the Widget Watch.Refreshed the RR+ sign-up page.Interaction Volume v2 is now out of beta.Clarified error messages when spawning an object with the maker pen fails.Rec Room StudioRRStudio objects now behave like containers (can have child objects) in Rooms 2.RRStudio objects now use the common Rooms 2 physics properties/settings in Rooms 2.ExperimentsWe'll be rolling out some rotation and depth control improv...Rec Room UPDATE - the "Pick your nose" EditionMar 24, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRNew nose customization options are here!Custom tags for Rooms 2 inventions.Expanded room carousel widgets for the Widget Watch.Rooms 2The default tags for newly created props now appear correctly in the object config.Added the ability to add custom tags to Rooms 2 inventions.Fixed On Reset Event for Objects when Rec Room Object Reset is run.Added Dictionary nodes for working with string-value pairs.Added Generic Events to Circuits, a single room-level event in inventions!Debugging output for dictionaries is now displayed when ports are hovered.Dictionaries can now be used in synchronized events.AvatarNew nose customization is here! With new nose customization properties like nose width, nose tip angle, and nostril flare, you can pick your nose so that it best suits you.General Improvements & Bug FixesAdded a "New" Badge to the HUD on mobile so you know when new items are in the store!Added expanded room carousel widgets for the Widget Watch.Added new event: "Root Object Hit by Projectile".We've improved the UI for the Avatar Item Chip and made it easier to search and set avatar items.Fixed an issue where your 'Bean Avatar Settings' would sometimes be hidden in your experience settings.Fixed an issue where the Bonky costume wouldn't appear on classic bean players in MitM.Fixed the club events carousel in the play menu.Fixed a bug preventing share cam use while wearing a private custom shirt.Fixed a bug where different players could see physical objects grabbed by a Grabber in different positions.Fixed an issue where Tools with no active colliders return incorrect bounds while using Place.General stability improvements.Rec Room StudioFixed a bug where in rare cases, some rooms would fail to build on the build pipeline.Fixed some performance issues when opening rooms with Maker Pen shapes.Fixed an issue which caused some foliage in Rec Room Studio rooms to disappear. Don't worry, your vegetation isn't out to haunt you - as far as we know.Fixed missing information on Circuits memory usage in the Memory Explorer window. 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/ Rec Room UPDATE - the "Eyes and Eyebrows and Mouth and Nose" EditionMar 17, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDR Our update notes provide a lot of information on individual fixes and features but don't always tell you why we've worked on that thing. This week we're trying out short explainers on the why. We've got a bunch more R2 fixes and features in this update. Why? Because 90% of dev time is going to R2 but 90% of player and creator time is R1. That's a bad place to be because it creates a mismatch between where our community wants changes and where we're making those changes. We're improving R2 so y'all can move over and we can all be working on the same platform. That will mean all players and creators can benefit from weekly improvements. This week - Room Door is now supported and you can publish inventions in Rooms 2.A smoother creation path - we've made it easier to create, but it's still not easy for everyone. This has been one of the biggest themes for us in recent months. The magic of Rec Room is that anyone can create with in-game tools and the device they have. But there's more we can do to help players during their first few interactions with the Maker Pen, so you'll see some improvements this week and more in coming weeks.We've talked about the future of you in our dev blogs - this week, more avatar customization features are dropping with eye, eyebrow and mouth options.Rooms 2Room Door is now supported in Rooms 2. Door un-stuck!Rooms 2 Inventions can now be published! Check out our forum post here for details!Game Start (Generic) & Game Stop (Generic) Events have been added to Rooms 2. These are predefined room events that can be invoked using the Event Sender and configured in the Event Receiver. They don't have any inherent effect, but they will always be there as an easy, reliable way to start or stop your custom game logic. If you're sharing game logic in an invention, this will make your logic more portable!Fixed drop line visuals for Maker Pen Hierarchy View.Seats that are in Replicator Target Objects can no longer be sat in.Interaction Volumes that are in Replicator target Objects can no longer be interacted with.Swapped two face shapes that got accidentally mixed up.Fixed a long standing bug where moving or scaling shapes in Rooms 2 rooms on low end devices would not update the visuals correctly.AvatarsWe've added a few new Eye and Eyebrow options to customize your avatars' faces! We're excited to keep bringing you new and fresh ways to be your true self in Rec Room.Added rotate and pinch settings for your eyes, mouth and eyebrows, so you can get your own personal look! https://dev.azure.com/recroom/d228c168-9f8a-4164-bedc-7582490d2ca5/_apis/git/repositories/8b6a1652-2749-493a-ae53-f3fdd5723391/pullRequests/64792/attachments/image%20%282%29.png https://dev.azure.com/recroom/d228c168-9f8a-4164-bedc-7582490d2ca5/_apis/git/repositories/8b6a1652-2749-493a-ae53-f3fdd5723391/pullRequests/64792/attachments/image%20%283%29.png Added more responsive sliders when you customize your face.Fixed the Avatar Studio avatar shader to honor the ...Rec Room UPDATE - the "Hands-On" editionMar 10, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsRooms 2.0The 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.General Improvements & Bug FixesWe 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, https://youtu.be/1SiylvmFI_8?si=yYuGeg9OEV1xgXLx&t=173 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. HoodsRemoved some unused textures in \^Park.RecRoom StudioFixed 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.ExperimentsEnded our experiment with https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx_qKuWKhowFnmiHkjHTTfXPKQpVV-69-d. 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 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582e7271bebafbd72792bd97/a6b70375-fe13-43c4-a17e-5cb94a251583/image.png?format=2500w 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. Rec Room UPDATE - the "FBA Sliders and Torso Chips" EditionMar 3, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRStarting soon we'll be rolling out a new set of Avatar Customization updates, starting with body customization sliders for Full Body Avatars. Check them out in the customization tab!Added Torso chips so now you can attach and detach objects from your body.We're launching a new Widget Watch as an experiment later this week!Rooms 2Added new Player Torso chips to beta. Prepare for some awesome back accessories for your games!Attach Object to Player TorsoDetach Object from Player TorsoDetach All Objects from Player TorsoGet Objects Attached to Player TorsoFixed an issue causing replicated objects to not properly return.Replicator target objects set via the connect tool will no longer snap to their original positions after a Room Reset.Fixed a few crashes caused by memory issues.Rec Room StudioFixed an issue where Rec Room Studio could be used to put Replicators in other Replicators.A handful of small RRStudio avatar item fixes:Fixed avatar item bone weighting rules so more bones can be weighted by headwear, eyewear, earwear, neckwear, shoulders/back, tops, and bottoms for that sweet, boney eyewear.Made the avatar item "Request Publishing" button pre-fill more of the form fields automatically, so you can rest your precious fingers.Made avatar item ID a copy/pastable field so you can paste it elsewhere if you need to.General Improvements & Bug FixesWe're introducing the first set of features for Advanced Body Customization, this time to Full Body Avatars! Starting soon you can use the sliders in the customization menu on nearly every body part to make your avatar more like you. Check out more details in our dev blog coming soon!You can now sell any avatar item from the store in your Rooms 1 storefront!Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause Maker Pen errors when performing Redo on a deleted object.Fixed a bug with the position of newly-created invention instances when using Advanced Creation Mode.Added two new Maker Pen settings:Smart Snapping: In the Surface Snapping settings you can toggle this option to minimize movement of objects through walls for screen and mobile devices. This helps reduce objects moving through walls as you place them.Keep Upright: In the General Settings you can toggle this option to maintain the rotation of an object in respect to the horizontal plane when using the grab and move tools (NOT using handles). This setting helps with more natural placement.Updates to our tutorials to make onboarding a breeze for new players.Fixed Invention cards missing a price on the Buy ButtonFixed an error that would occur with certain players when using genre-based matchmakingFixed an issue where the Reaction/Emote Wheel would activate in the background when it was not neededExperimentsWe're experimenting with a new, faster and immersive user interface with the Widget Watch! On March 5th, a majority of screen, pc, and console players will get a version of Widget Watch. Get quicker access to essential features without having to break the ac...Rec Room UPDATE - the "Configure This" EditionFeb 26, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsRooms 2We've fixed some Spatial Hierarchy VR issues:We added a toggle to the tear off hierarchy menu, so it opens and closes when you click on the selection name in the VR nameplate. Note that this is reset whenever the selection changes.Fixed menu positioning and scaling to better suit you.The menus are now more resilient when they have objects in front of them. Note that in VR the menus are placed in space and objects can be front - this is also how the maker pen tear off menus work. But changes were made to make it a bit better - especially for the selection nameplate which we now try a few different positions for if it seems to be behind something else.Fixed an issue where shapes in replicators were visible when the replicator was not on some platforms.Updated invention version numbers: Unpublished Rooms 2 inventions will have a minor version, and published versions will have major versions.Fixed an issue where objects in Rooms 2 could suddenly become grabbable.Rec Room StudioThe following objects can now be configurable through Object Config in RRStudio!Locomotion Collision, Beacon Settings, Breakable Settings, Component Visibility, Physics Settings, Physics Mode Settings, Vehicle, Engine, Front Wheels, Rear Wheels, and Health Potion.Fixed a bug that could cause the first case in a switch not to execute even when it appeared to be configured correctly in Rec Room Studio.Fixed a bug that would not allow you to interact with Studio Objects using the maker pen.General Improvements & Bug FixesWe re-added text and external links to Creator Hub for platforms that support external web browsers!Added a seat config menu toggle: Uses Seat Rotation. Turn it off to decouple the camera rotation from the seat for screen players!On non-touch Screens platforms, the camera rotation in drawing mode is now always around the screen center instead of where the drawing cursor is.Create menus are now hidden from junior users - since juniors weren't allowed to create rooms, it didn't make sense to keep the buttons there.The friend count display on your profile page will no longer count pending friend requests. We only count your REAL friends now :DAdded the 'Rec Room Object Set Color' chip in beta.Fixed the "Screens Throw Pose" configurable setting for the Throw Handle.Fixed a bug with Rec Room Studio materials, which would cause certain emissive materials to have incorrect gamma in-game. If you were having this issue with your content, you will need to raise each component of your emissive color to the power of 2.2 (emissive text is not yet fixed).Fixed some issues with how often the Rooms 2 badge popped up on Rooms in the Watch.Fixed the padding on room list carousels to have some padding at the top when they're multi-row:Fixed a bug that prevented saving a room after adding object properties of certain types.Fixed a bug that could cause invalid invention updates.ExperimentsWe've added an experiment to allow players to tune the voice volumes of other players indi...Rec Room UPDATE - the "Replicated Chips & Guacamole" EditionFeb 18, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsRooms 2Added a "Center Pivot" button in the Quick Action Menu to move the pivot to the center of the current selected object.Fixed an issue with the Replicator that could cause you to get stuck in the "Regenerate" prompt when another player saves the room.Fixed an issue where deleted Replicators could continue to generate chips, and leave them generated in the scene on every save. Too many chips, not enough guacamole.Fixed the Replicator's Spawn Complete output so it will no longer fire before the object is ready to be interacted with by other circuits.Fixed an issue where Regenerating a Replicator that had already made copies with object boards could cause all of the circuits in new objects to not function.AvatarsWhen you're on an avatar item page for an item you've already bought, you'll now have the option to equip that item!We updated the "Custom Shirts" button in the dorm mirror to say "Custom Items".Fixed a rare issue where avatars would sometimes load as invisible. We see you!Fixed a bug where you couldn't see a player's head scale update while in the same room as them.Rec Room StudioFixed room error detection to flag dependencies on the "RR Avatar Rendering Systems" package as errors, so you get the errors detected before you upload and try to build the room. NOTE: If you want to use assets from that package in your room, feel free to make duplicate copies of those assets in your assets folder. Just don't use them directly out of the package!Avatar item tags can now be added directly in the avatar item settings page within Avatar Studio.General Improvements & Bug FixesFixed an issue where some players with a huge number of friends were having issues with the title screen, so we've hidden the 'online friends' title screen for those people to improve performance. Hey, why did the mushroom have so many friends? He was a FUNGI.Made some improvements to search and fixed an issue where certain tags wouldn't show when searching them.Fixed an issue where selecting an Object to Pool sometimes would show blank and off-center entries in the list of options.Fixed an issue where some Holotars in My Little Monsters would be wearing "update your game" shirts (we told them to update their game and they did.)Fixed an issue where your controls will lock up if you are respawned multiple times before you finish spawning. You can finally be set free!Fixed an issue with gift boxes not opening properly. Now they should, happy birthday!Fixed an issue where Stunt Runner boards will lock your controls if you enable "Respawn on Game Start" in the Game Rules.Fixed an issue where the Variable Changed event for a synced Player Variable will not return the player.Fixed an issue where the Variable Changed event for a synced Rec Room Object Variable will not return the object.ExperimentsStarted an experiment that adds "Party Cards" to the online friends carousel. Try using it to reconnect with your party friends more easily! Please see here for convenient links to contro...Rec Room UPDATE - the "You Might Wanna Sit Down For This" EditionFeb 3, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsRooms 2Resetting an object will now reset any variables inside its object board.Fixed an issue when you edit out of a Tube or Ribbon, you wouldn't be able to select another object.Rec Room StudioYou can now configure seats! Where you fits you sits.General Improvements & Bug FixesFixed a bug where the watch wouldn't close in VR, even when you turn your wrist away.Fixed an issue where using Delete Everything would make various menus and your maker pen unusable in both Rooms 1 and Rooms 2.Fixed an issue where recently used Circuits chips wouldn't show up at the top of the Palette search menu when the search box is empty.Fixed a bug where the announcement page after publishing an invention would automatically close. Maybe we weren't done reading that, y'know?Fixed the Maker Pen Tutorial missing the Plan prop step. This prevented the tutorial from advancing to the tools steps, so now you can actually finish the tutorial.Fixed a bug where Rooms 1 Storefronts couldn't display custom avatar item images properly.Fixed an issue where the invention save dialog wouldn't update.Fixed an issue with clone drag stopping due to issues with chips.Fixed a bug where you wouldn't be able to gift something after clicking "Give as Gift". So now you can bring someone a birthday gift on their birthday to their birthday party on their birthday with a birthday gift. 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/ Rec Room UPDATE - the "Road to Rooms 2" EditionJan 27, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRRooms 2.0 has some serious updates, with new tools for managing your hierarchies and objects faster and easier!More additions to ranged weapons!Expanded Rec Room Studio access to more eligible creators!Rooms 2 We've added a few new menus to help with managing Object Hierarchies in Rooms 2. Connect Widget: When selecting a non-circuit object, a connection icon will appear on the right of the selection (or below it if the selection is large). You can drag this icon to another object to parent the selection to that object. Or you can tap or click the icon to quickly edit in and out of objects, group and ungroup objects, move objects to the room level, and copy and paste objects across hierarchies. Object Widget: When selecting any object, a nameplate will appear. You can select the name like a shortcut to the 2D hierarchy menu, or the "..." to access the Quick Action Menu for familiar options like configure. New shapes can now exist directly at the Room Level or within Gizmos, eliminating the need for automatic container creation. We've added some features that allow you to control if the room is "edit-ready" and ready for creation. Rooms will now load as edit-ready for Creators by default, and you can specify how you want edit-ready rooms to load for other players in your subroom settings. You can also visit the "This Room" page to know if your current room instance is edit-ready!You are now able to save up to 50 updates to Rooms 2 inventions. While you have a Maker Pen selection, use the "Save Invention Update" in the quick action menu to add a new version to an existing invention. Use the "Version" dropdown on the Invention Details page to pick which version you want to spawn.There is now a limit of 150 Replicator copies that can be Pre-Allocated across all Replicators in a Room to prevent loading timeouts. If a Room's total Preallocated Copies is above this number, only the maximum number of copies will be generated.You can now mark your custom Object Properties as synchronized, so everyone in the room sees the same value for that property!'Enable Pivot Select' and 'Disable Pivot Selection' options will now affect 'MakerPen drag select'.New objects spawned will no longer be grabbable by default.Now the Unsaved Animation controller animating in a loop will continue when another player joins the room.Replicated objects will no longer pop to the origin when reset.Fixed an issue where a Replicator created through Cloning or Invention wouldn't properly replicate its circuits.Fixed an issue where deleting objects in Advanced Creation Mode would create problems with the hierarchy menu.Fixed an issue where you couldn't recolor certain shapes.Rec Room StudioWe've expanded RRS access to 50% of eligible creators! Click HERE to see if you got access. We plan to get access out to all users very soon.Improved Inspector performance when Studio Functions are super lengthy.Changing the target of a Studio Function instruction will now preserve the method and ...Rec Room PATCH - the "First of the Year" EditionJan 22, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRAdded more configurable objects to RRStudioVisual bug fixes and efficiency updatesSeasons are changing, RIP winter app icon :,(Rooms 2Added text filter when choosing the Object to Pool for a Replicator.You are now able to save updates to Rooms 2 inventions. While you have a Maker Pen selection, use the "Save Invention Update" command in the quick action menu to add a new version to an existing invention. Use the "Version" dropdown on the Invention Details page to pick which version you want to spawn. You'll be able to save up to 50 versions of each invention.Rec Room StudioThe following objects are now configurable in RRStudio!Audio Sampler, Rotator Gizmo, Piston Gizmo, Respawn Point V1, Respawn Point V2, SFX, Holotar Projector V1Object Tags are now configurable in RRStudio!General Improvements & Bug FixesMade a small change to make the room search experience quicker.Notification cards now make more efficient use of space.Restricted the usage of beacons and their visibility when in drawing and anchored studio canvas mode.Fixed a bug where hair and beard previews weren't updating correctly.Fixed a bug where costumes appeared with no pants/shoes. Sorry, Donald Duck impersonators!Fixed a bug with PSVR comfort mode rendering errors.Fixed a bug that would unintentionally change your body type while creating a new account.Fixed some edge cases where third person mode could not interact with certain objects reliably.Reduced hitching when pushing updated Player Definition BoardsUpgraded scrolling in the Maker Pen palette by improving page buttons, making it easier and faster to browse and find exactly what you needFixed a bug where beacons occasionally will not show up if directly joining a partied friend's room.The event creation page will now validate your event's date and time as you set it. RIP, "Longest event ever!!!1!" events.Bye bye wintery app icon, my Shayla :,(ExperimentsWe are going to launch an experiment to disable the "Use Classic Bean" option for some players again. We've put a lot more work into updating the animations and feel of the new beans to closely match the classic beans, and we want this round of feedback before disabling it for all players in a future update. 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/ Rec Room UPDATE - the “First of the Year” EditionJan 14, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTLDR Inventory Items, Room Offers, and Rewards are now part of Inventions! SO MANY updates, fixes, and customization for ranged weapons. Object Properties have been added in beta! We added “In-Room Voice Privacy Settings” for who you hear AND who hears you! More updates and fixes for FBA and upgraded bean avatars. You may have seen some of these notes in our patches - and that’s intentional! Since some platforms only get major updates, we want to make sure they know what’s new too. Avatars We updated our hat placement logic a bit. Hats will now rotate and offset better– unfortunately, this may have moved your hats around, Sorry! Bean avatars can now try on pants and shoes in the watch store without switching to full body first. You’ll now slide in the direction you’re moving, instead of being based on your input. Your upgraded bean avatar found its balance and now stands up straight! The upgraded bean also got some small updates to animations while moving around. Fixed an issue where left and right hands picked things up differently - now it’s the same! Fixed a bug where you couldn’t scale upgraded bean avatars' facial features all the way up or down. Fixed a bug where the bottom half of a specific eye type could begin clipping through part of your mouth. Yucka. Rooms 2 Inventory Items, Room Offers, and Rewards now function as part of Inventions! Any new inventions that are saved in a room with chips that reference a specific Inventory Item, Room Offer, or Reward will bake that information into the Invention. When the Invention is spawned in a Room that does not have that content, it will create a new respective piece of content in that Room! Fixed an issue where frozen props inside a container could prevent you from using the Move, Rotate, Scale, Manipulate, or Delete tools on it. You can now delete frozen objects using the advanced creation mode hierarchy! Updated the invention palette tab to use carousels. Made resetting objects work as expected. Resetting objects now resets their children, if they have any. Resetting objects now resets any properties applied by circuits. Resetting objects now resets any tags changed by circuits. Fixed a bug where some objects imported from Rooms 1 inventions would lose their object boards. (This won't fix objects that this already happened to, unfortunately - you'll need to re-spawn the invention to get a new, not-broken copy.) Fixed a bug where using the Connect tool to re-parent to an object which was already selected could break the Circuits hierarchy. Changed invention previews so they are no longer physical. "Toggle Button Set Is Pressed" chips are now working! Fixed a bug where the active Sun Direction component would be ignored when you join a room. MakerPen Clone operation will work now if the pivot is selected. Fixed the error message when cloning and copying pivot. Added the Showcase Poster. Replicator Replicators will now assign authority of the object that they spawn to the player who used the Rep...Rec Room PATCH - the "Last of the Year" EditionDec 9, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsTLDRSome avatar body updates, bug fixes, and a small movement update... plus toes!We added beacons so you can now ping locations and communicate even quicker.Winter Wonderland is here! Celebrate the holiday season with us in \^WinterWonderland.This is our last update of the year! Thanks for being part of our community, this has been an amazing year and it's all because of you. Happy holidays and we'll be right back here with updates in a few weeks!AvatarsImprovements to existing culling groups and new avatar body models: futureproofing for new culling groups, improved hand deformation for bean avatars, and even toes for full body avatars!Bean avatars can now try on pants and shoes in the watch store!Your new bean avatar found its balance and now stands up straight!The new bean also got some small updates to animations while moving around.You'll now slide in the direction you're moving, instead of being based on your input.Fixed a bug where the bottom half of a specific eye type could begin clipping through part of your mouth. Yucka.Rooms 2Fixed an issue where frozen props inside a container could prevent you from using the Move, Rotate, Scale, Manipulate, or Delete tools on itYou can now delete frozen objects using the advanced creation mode hierarchy!General Improvements & Bug FixesVR players' beacon game is on point! No, literally - next time you're in a party or on a team in an RRO, point and press your controller's main trigger. You'll drop a beacon at the location the laser beam touches!Added quick chat for everyone!Changed the mobile app icon to something a little more chill.Added a new volume slider to the Audio settings page that controls the volume of Party Voice Calls separately from other Room voices.You will now open straight to party chat if you open chat and are in a party. Makes sense, right?Added better visibility for rooms that require a version update.The reaction wheel is now even snappier!Fixed a bug where the "Join Room" button could be disabled if you canceled inviting friends to join a room with you.Fixed a bug that prevented players from talking in Party Voice Call during loading screens.Fixed a bug where unowned items are unlocked when entering the portfolio of another player who wears those items.Fixed a bug where players with a large number of owned Avatar Items could not access said owned items.Fixed "nada, no rooms found" overlapping room search results when browsing by category.Fixed a bug that was causing the title screen to skip over the 'new account' page.Updated UI Elements in the Influencer Support Code flow. Also fixed a typo.Fixed an issue where players would crash when browsing carousels in the store.Updated meetup code UI.Now players with all room roles have access to view the Permissions tab in room settings!Removed the cause of StackOverflow when multi-selecting with a dropdown in RRStudio.Rec Room StudioYou can now configure mood chips!Experiments On Screens, we have released an experiment which improves ...

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