Rec Room UPDATE - the “Fun with Functions!” edition

Circuits

  • 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!

Rooms 2.0

  • 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.

General Improvements & Bug Fixes

  • 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.

Rec Room Studio

  • 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.)

Experiments

  • 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.