Rec Room UPDATE - the “Winter Wonderland” edition

Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland is coming to Rec Room! Play some paintball and throw some snowballs in the winterized Clearcut paintball map this winter season, and keep an eye out for a lot of upcoming events! And since 'tis the season for giving, and getting, the Friendotron gets an upgrade that allows you to send free gifts to up to two people per day, including yourself!

New Buggies in Town

  • Added the Trusty Pickup Truck drivable vehicle for when you have some work that needs to get done.
  • Added the Classic Coupe drivable vehicle when you need to arrive in style.
  • Added the incredible Wolf Ride drivable vehicle when you want to show you're serious.
  • Improved collisions between vehicles and just about everything you can run into.
  • Vehicles will now do damage to enemies and players in combat
  • Vehicles are now impacted by weapons and grenades - explosions now will apply force to vehicles!
  • Fixed some issues where grabbing the vehicle bumper to reposition it didn't work as expected.
  • Various improvements on shooting experience while inside a moving vehicle.
  • Vehicle passengers will have comfort mode enabled when using the "Vehicle Only" comfort mode setting.
  • We fixed a bug where exiting a seat while looking at a close-up wall can make you go through the wall.

Interaction Volume Gadget

  • Introducing the new Interaction Volume Gadget! Put this box around an object and give it an interaction prompt like "Use", "Open", or "Obtain answer to life, the universe, and everything". When players get close to it or point their hands at it, they'll get that interaction prompt and you can respond to the interaction however you want using CV2 Chips!

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

  • Seats can no longer be targeted through walls and other obstructions. The same applies to the new Interaction Volumes.
  • Added a new button to upload photos from the share camera privately.
  • Meetup codes can now take players to the subroom they're set in.
  • Manipulating with grid snap-on should now line up with other objects in the same orientation.
  • Quitting games as they are starting will no longer break audio.
  • Fixed a bug that was allowing room chat bubbles to grow to a ridiculous size.
  • You can no longer transform/scale objects that are a child of a transformable gadget, such as a Clamp Gizmo. No more giant point lights or buggies, they’ll be missed.
  • Lights now use floats rather than ints. If you have a room currently using the int chips it will still work. The chips have been removed from the palette but still function in rooms that already have them.
  • Cooldown on the Circuits V2 Toggle Button V2 has been reduced. Shooting these with weapons will now be more responsive.
  • A "Can Modify with Circuits" checkbox has been added to shapes. You now need to check this checkbox to use Set Position or Respawn on the shape. It has no additional ink cost. This addresses an issue where some objects, or parts of objects, don't get correctly moved on some platforms.
  • Fixed VR teleport cooldown to start counting at the start of teleportation instead of at the end. This brings the teleport locomotion speed close to what it was before the Stunt Runner update.
  • CV2 Buttons and CV2 Seats will now be detected by Trigger Volumes.
  • Tab characters no longer take hundreds of pixels on default value ports.
  • Respawn node now returns true/false correctly.
  • Dice V2 chip now works properly for all faces.
  • Rotating objects in trigger volume does not trigger events.
  • Players can now teleport while an impulse is being applied with a chip.
  • You can now send Circuits V2 Vector3s and Quaternions with events.
  • Breaking objects inside of a Trigger Volume V2 now triggers an exit event.
  • The picture-in-picture local player display no longer renders CV2 wires.
  • Rotator Get Rotation Speed result no longer depends on the orientation of Rotator V2.

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 PATCH - the “Rec Rally” edition

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

  • Redecorate your Dorm with dorm skins! You can now quickly access them directly from your dorm mirror, and they will automatically spawn right where you want them.
  • We've simplified outfit creation! Instead of taking your own picture of an outfit we create the image for you, turning the save button into a simple one-click action.
  • Your rooms no longer need to be in beta mode to use room consumables and currencies.
  • Add two new nodes to Circuits V2: List Get First Index (returns the first index of an item in a list if that list contains it and otherwise returns -1) and List Get All Indices (returns a list of all indices of an item in a list if that list contains it and otherwise an empty list)
  • The Circuits V2 Raycast chip is coming out (of beta)
  • On Touch you can now tap directly on another player to open their profile to easily add them as a friend, party up, cheer, report, etc.
  • Fingers can be prevented from drawing while using Apple Pencil by enabling "Only Draw With Apple Pencil" in the iPad settings app.
  • Fixed Touch gestures on drawing surfaces sometimes drawing brush strokes.
  • Various environment-focused Maker Pen props now cause ranged weapons to not be able to fire while they're clipping inside these props.
  • Fixed sound effects on vehicles for when tires are slipping sideways.
  • Entering a Rec Room Seat in PSVR will now preserve your real-world facing offset from your PSVR camera. This means that adjusting yourself to have the correct facing in a seat in-game will make you face your PSVR camera properly in real life.
  • Limits added to the VR seated mode height offset to prevent clipping into the ground or temporarily getting too tall.
  • Fixed a bug where closing Room Chat when sitting in a seat using the Esc key on the keyboard unseats you.
  • Fixes SSAO for scenarios where the streaming camera is enabled along with a second camera or VR.
  • Aligning shapes on Grid Snap via Move and Scale works a lot better now.
  • Added detail to error when trying to gift an item from RecCenter storefront while under level 15.
  • Fix scrolling with pagination buttons on in-game UI.

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 PATCH - the “Rec Rally” edition

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

  • Never miss a notification! Now notifications will show (unobtrusively) when you are in your watch as well, so you don't miss that invite, message, or friend request. Watch notifications are also less obtrusive on Screens.
  • You can now add anchors to inventions created in your Dorm. Anchors allow inventions to be spawned in the exact location you created them, making it easier for players to get that sweet dorm setup. This is great for Dorm Skin inventions, nautical-themed or otherwise!
  • You can now access the invention details page via the palette, and spawn inventions directly from that page.
  • Trigger handle is now out of beta! We’re loving the fishing rods, grappling hooks, remote controls, and other awesome stuff you’re creating!
  • More fixes to vehicle suspension simulation and configuration. Still nauseating to teleporters, but now more realistically nauseating!
  • Fixed issue where vehicles would have different physics behaviors when being spawned in different orientations or when changing its mass while oriented in different ways. As much fun as bending the rules of time and space was, it’s probably a more predictable and better experience this way.
  • Fixed a bug where deleting a Rec Rally buggy that you are sitting in can make you stuck in a weird animation state and prevent you from interacting with anything else. Thank you for helping us find all the weird edge cases!
  • Screens players will only party up if their hands are in the fist pose due to selecting "party up" from the gesture menu. No more partying during boxing matches!

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 PATCH - the “Rec Rally” edition

Earnings Distributions

Creators can now set custom Earnings Distribution for Room Keys, Currencies, and Consumables. Just head over to the 'Earnings' tab in Room Settings to toggle between default and custom.

Existing and new rooms default to the previous system where earnings are distributed equally between the creator and all of the co-owners. Turn the toggle off, and you can specify what percentage of earnings you want to go to each creator/co-owner.

Want to credit co-owners but not share the earnings? Set them to 0%. Did someone put in a ton of extra work building the room? Show your appreciation by giving them a larger slice of the pie. The possibilities are endless!

CV2 Networking Updates

  • Circuits V2 RPC limit is now cleared every frame instead of every 5 frames. This should allow sending ~5x as many RPCs!
  • Network heat limits are now configurable from our servers and we are planning to roll out increases to network heat in the coming weeks.
    • Subrooms with max player limits of 1-12 will allow significantly more heat.
    • Subrooms with max player limits of 13-24 will allow slightly more heat.
    • Subrooms with a max player limit above 25 will be unchanged.

Avatar Refresh

As a note, we’re updating some of our older avatar items so they’ll look a bit more up to date! These changes range from updating the textures and materials to be more representative of their real-world textiles (like metal buttons that look metal instead of like cloth!) to model/shape updates to be more in-style with our more recent avatar creations.Stay tuned for those changes to slowly roll out these next few updates.

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

  • We’re experimenting with showing some “similar rooms” in the watch when looking at the page for a room.
  • Added a "owned items" toggle to the avatar customization screen. This will filter down to items that you already own.
  • CV2 event names in configuration dropdowns should now appear in alphabetical order, instead of “who knows!” order.
  • Fixed a spawn point on Spillway which would spawn you without a gun.
  • Fixed an issue with the "Adjust" button not displaying on item cards when doing search in Avatar Customization.
  • Fixed a bug where VR teleport players in Seated mode could get stuck in or under a seat when they exited one.
  • Get Local Player Leaderboard Stat Node has been renamed to Get Local Player Leaderboard Stat
  • Resolved issues with multiplayer undo of chip position.
  • The Circuits V2 Vector (different from Vector3) type is now called Vector Gadget.
  • Circuits V2 Raycast now has an output port for surface normal.
  • Circuits V2 Player Add Role and Player Remove Role require significantly less CPU heat.
  • New Circuits V2 chips in beta: Add Tag, Get First Player with Role, Get First Tag, Get Object with Tag, Remove Tag, Trigger Handle Get Primary Action Held. New variants of tag chips work with individual tags but use less CPU heat.
  • The Circuits V2 Get New Line chip is out of beta.
  • Fixed a typo in the List Any True CV2 chip description.
  • Added social media sharing to rec.net! Share your in-game photos to social media.
  • New users will be able to add Rec Room friends from their platform friends or contacts list during the account creation process. Start your Rec Room experience off right by playing with your friends from your very first log-in!
  • We reduced instances of teleporting into bad collision situations.
  • Circuits V2 seats will no longer have "Locomotion Collision Enabled" toggle in their configuration menu. Instead, there is a new "Seat Collision Enabled" toggle that allows turning on and off seat collision as a whole under the Seat section of the configuration menu. Circuits V2 seats that are previously saved with locomotion collision disabled will by default have this seat collision disabled as well.
  • Fixed issues with vehicle suspension simulation that would cause wonky behaviors when configuring wheel suspension lengths or vehicle mass.
  • Trigger Handle always aims at the reticle on Screens, even while running and jumping.
  • Fixed an issue where new animation frames would not show up for other creators.
  • VR player hands are now restricted to a reasonable distance from the player.
  • VR "Aim-Flying" (where you hold the jump/teleport button and point your hand where you want to go) no longer slowly accelerates. The power to control your acceleration is back in your hands!
  • Walking VR players who are using the "Legacy Flying" option can once again press the jump button to stop flying.
  • We've tossed out all the dried-up markers that didn't work well on sticky notes and got some fresh ones.
  • Players can now interact with physical maker pen shapes on non-PC platforms.
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn't configure the Gibbet enemy in a Spawner.
  • Fixed a bug where sometimes tubes would change size as you save the room if created while self-scaling. No more sudden small spaghetti strings!
  • Some fantastic PC settings now have Ambient Occlusion enabled. The Stream camera is supported, but sadly VR is not supported.
  • We’ve stopped sending "I started a chat" messages from players. Now we only send a system message when first starting a chat. We also fixed a bug that was sending "I started a chat" messages when opening an existing chat.
  • Fixed an issue when it was not possible to edit an announcement message after it was created or opened to edit at least once.
  • Fixed an issue when adding an invalid room tag that prevented players from adding any other tags until that invalid tag was removed.
  • Fixed an issue with RR+ item menus stacking improperly in the Merch Booth.
  • Fixed an issue when duplicates of the same invention appeared in the "Used Inventions" list of a room’s details if the invention was used more than once in subrooms.
  • Fixed an issue with tooltips not being reset correctly when navigating the menu in the cafe in Rec Center. Also fixed a typo in the motion turn setting tooltip - it’s the little things, folks.
  • Fixed a line wrapping issue in the radial gesture menu and adjusted line spacing and text positioning slightly to improve the balance of space around two lined text in that 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.

Rec Room PATCH - the “Rec Rally” edition

Cross-platform self-scaling + updates to flying!

Updated flying controls for VR Walk and Screens

  • Double jump to toggle flying on/off
  • Fly up/down by holding jump/crouch
  • VR Walk can now fly with the thumbstick (as well as aim-walk button)
  • VR Walk can choose "Legacy Flying" in settings for the charged ring flying on either hand

Advanced flying controls for Creators

  • Fly any time you want while holding the Maker Pen, no need to set up roles
  • Zoom in for small precise details, or zoom out to move around quickly
  • Zoom has a new indicator to show your current scale and height
  • Orbit to view your work from all angles
  • Toggle Creator Flying in the Maker Pen palette settings
  • To Zoom & Orbit, use both shoulder buttons + sticks (gamepad), Alt + mouse/scroll (keyboard), two finger gesture (touch), or both grip buttons (VR). Also shown in the Help menu.
  • These features are all new for Screen players, so let us know what you think!

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

  • On Oculus, Room Destinations now work.
  • Improved walking/sprinting on touch.
  • Updated the notification for when a player joins a room.
  • CV2 seats with their default cushion mesh disabled will now show a green box highlight when you hover over them.
  • Selecting an event from the clubs page now brings you to the new event details page.
  • We fixed Xbox friend import! You can have friends again!
  • The Ground Vehicle Set Wheel Friction Multiplier CV2 chip now properly sets the Wheel Friction Multiplier of the Ground Vehicle. Amazing, we know.
  • Fixed a bug where scrubbing an animation could disconnect other players. Scrub your animations, not your friends!
  • Fixed a bug where tubes would twist when manipulating points, they should be more solid now!
  • Fixed a bug where holding or using some items such as Health/Shield potions or Rum Jug while seated in a Rec Rally buggy could make the buggy go crazy.
  • Fixed Rec Rally Boost Pickups occasionally being invisible in UGC rooms, while it was fitting for spooky month, it certainly wasn’t something we wanted to keep!
  • Fixed a bug where certain Invisible Collision volumes would make the player crouch despite disabling "Collides with Player" - No more banging your head on something invisible!
  • Fixed a bug that caused drawings to become lighter each time they were uploaded, they now keep their tan.
  • Fixed a bug where melee weapons could impulse vehicles and make them fly, no more super strength on vehicles.
  • Fixed some helmets that weren't properly hiding your hairstyle when you put them on.

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 PATCH - the “Rec Rally” edition

Circuits V2 Updates

  • The GetPartyOfPlayer chip that returns the party of a player was added to the beta!
  • No more randomly lingering wires after you saved your room. So long, unintended space noodles!
  • Also in beta, you can now use the Add Currency chip as often as you want! Currency may not be awarded instantly, however. Smash that money button!

Trigger Handle in Beta!

The Trigger Handle is a new way of getting input in Rec Room! While you're holding the Trigger Handle, pressing the button you'd use to shoot a paintball gun on your platform will output a CV2 signal. Make sure to turn on the beta flag in your room so you can find it in the palette! Inside the Trigger Handle object board gives you access to four events: Primary Action Pressed, Primary Action Released, On Pickup, On Release. Think of all the cool non-violent stuff you can make with it… flashlights, PEZ dispensers, squeaky toys, airhorns…

The config menu supports turning off the sound you hear when you pull the trigger.

CV2 Leaderboard Chips

Additionally, we have added CV2 compatible Leaderboard Get/Set Stat chips!

CV2 Variable Home Values

Have you ever wanted to set a CV2 variable's value via the config menu instead of manually setting it via circuits? The wait has come to an end! You can now set the value in the config menu of the following variable types: Int, String, Float, Bool

Setting the value in the config menu will also be the value that the variable resets to on room reset and when you load in!

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

  • We now exclude Maker Pen from trigger volume detection. I’m sure this has broken some gameplay out there for someone, and we’re sorry.
  • Buggy wheels will no longer go inside other vehicles or objects while in motion, and vehicles will now avoid going inside other objects while being moved. Please keep your buggy wheels inside the buggy at all times!
  • Sometimes Rec Rally Buggies wouldn't behave nicely at the race start. We gave them a nice little talking to, and they've now agreed to behave.
  • Fixed an issue where swinging a melee weapon while sitting inside a Rec Rally buggy can make the buggy go crazy. We didn’t realize how much you all wanted buggy fights!
  • Tools should no longer get stuck in the environment when held by the player.
  • Fixed a bug preventing link buttons from being cloned. Just in time for Rec Con… next year!

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 PATCH - the “Rec Rally” edition

Bit of a smaller one this week - the team is wheely tired from releasing Rec Rally.

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

  • The “Cloud Data” settings tab mysteriously disappeared. We tracked it down, and put it back in the Room Settings tab bar.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented NavMesh from baking in rooms based on certain maps (including Park and Clearcut).
  • Fixed a bug in ^RecRally which would result in lingering vehicle sounds if somebody left the room during the game start countdown. No more ghost cars!
  • Made it so you can’t grab other players’ vehicles during ^RecRally games.
  • Made it so you can’t grab vehicles while in a seat.
  • The wheels on the buggy go round and round, but will no longer go inside other vehicles or objects.
  • Players will now be locked in their seats during the starting countdown in ^RecRally.

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 “Rec Rally” edition

Okay Racers, start your engines! Today we're excited to introduce Rec Rally! Rec Rally is the six-player off-road rally race where you boost, bump, and powerslide your way to the finish line! For the first time ever in Rec Room, jump into the driver's seat and put the pedal to the metal as you cruise around an all-new environment showcasing the beautiful sights of Rec Room's dusty southwestern countryside. Hop in, buckle up, and welcome to Pioneer Peak! (You can finally stop asking for Go Karts in every AMA!!!)

In addition to a brand new course to race around with your friends, we're also releasing our Rally Buggy into the Maker Pen Palette as a Beta feature. The Rally Buggy works great right out of the box no matter what platform you're playing on, and it comes with all kinds of tunable, Circuits-integrated features for you to experiment with and create your own unique driving experiences! We expect it to be “buggy” so we wanted to play it safe and include the Beta flag because we expect more work will be needed to make it extra awesome.

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The Rally buggy holds up to three players at once. Everyone in the Buggy, including the driver, can pick up, throw, and use tools, just like you can everywhere else in Rec Room. So you and your friends can count on using the buggy for so much more than just racing games!

The Rally Buggy is yours to dress up, customize, and overclock to your heart's content. We can't wait to see and experience your creativity in new and exciting ways! If you want to build a race track of your own, checkout and clone the new race track template room.

FYI: VR players will have the ability to switch between two distinct driving modes in the Rally Buggy. Check it out in the gameplay settings and use whatever you’re most comfortable with!

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

  • VR players can now select room tags to search without having their watch detach automatically.
  • Added “Interact Labels” for VR players. These helpful bits of UI explain how various objects work. For example, when reaching for the steering wheel of the new Rally Buggy you will see a “Drive” label appear. You can always disable these labels in the Settings Menu under Gameplay by un-checking the “Show Interact Labels” checkbox.
  • The "View/Leave Comments" button makes its glorious return! Now you can once again tell a room creator "i like ur room."
  • Circuits V2 Beta Releases: Bit AND, Bit OR, Bit XOR, Bit NOT, Bit NAND, Bit Shift Left, Bit Shift Right, Bit Pop Count (number of ones), Bit Leading Zeros, Bit Trailing Zeros, Bit Rotate Left, Bit Rotate Right, and Quaternion has been added to port configs.
  • Fixed issue where chips with white ports wouldn't work consistently like Add Velocity or To String.
  • Fullbody costume performance has been improved.
  • Fixed a bug where sometimes the "Use" text on the consumable buttons in the backpack would disappear. Non-consumable consumables are just no fun.

Beta Changes

New Circuits V2 chips: Show Local Subtitle, Clear Current Subtitle, Raycast

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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 PATCH - the “Bento Box” edition

Event Instances and Details UI

Event pages have a whole new look! You can still do everything with an event that you could do before (RSVP, invite friends, and manage settings) but the detailed look matches more closely to our rooms pages. Creating and browsing events is still the same format as before.

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

  • Thanks for having the patience to grow a beard, players can now select hair patterns for their beards and mustaches!
  • We moved featured inventions into their own carousel to give visibility to a wider variety of inventions throughout the store. A carousel invention on the invention carousel? Talk about a paradox!
  • Some text elements in Cloud Data Settings were not the right colors. They will now stay on theme with the rest of the UI instead of turning white due to the lack of sunlight.
  • Unpublished rooms will now be displayed as "Private Room" in the friends list instead of exposing the room name, no need to name your secret project ^CoachPizza87 anymore!
  • Fixed a bug with the "scale creation with self scale" option which only allowed you to make really tiny shapes when you self-scaled down and were using a small grid size. Thanks for the heads-up!
  • Removed the "New by Top Creators" section from the Play menu.
  • The “Player is Subscribed to Room Owner” chip is now deprecated. Existing chips now show red text and will always output true.

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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 PATCH - the “Bento Box” edition

Introducing Friend-O-Tron

Surprise your friends with free stuff!

  • The Friend-O-Tron is a special new vending machine located in the Rec Center. Once per day, you can use the Friend-O-Tron to send one of your friends a free gift box with a random prize inside! Of course, you can also receive gifts from your friends too, so go make some more friends, and see how many boxes you get each day!
  • Limit one box per player as well as per device per day. This means that two different players can't send gifts from the same device on the same day. You also can't send to the same player two days in a row, so spread the love!

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

  • Some users will start getting an updated chat UI. We'd love to hear what you think! It has some new features like favoriting chats and searching for threads. We'll be tuning and building out the new UI as we enable it for more players.
  • Added the option to report players for harassment against teleporting locomotion.
  • Fixed the dark, scorched-looking terrain in the Rec Royale map. Ranger Roy fixed the sprinkler system!
  • Fixed a bug where beta features were sometimes incorrectly disabled when editing room settings. They were “beta” after all :P
  • Circuits V2 Cloud Variables are now out of beta!

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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 PATCH - the “Bento Box” edition

A small batch of feature improvements and bug fixes this week - hope you enjoy!

## General Improvements and Bug Fixes

- Added ‘smile’ to the emote wheel and expresso menu. No more frowns in your group photos, unless you’re into that kind of thing.

- Fixed club settings to redirect to the club details page after saving changes. No longer do you need to scroll back through your 72 unique clubs to find the one you were working on! 

- Maker Pen Tubes/Ribbons now have 3 analog options: Off, Brushstroke, and Raw. Leave it on Brushstroke for more predictable results in your tubes, or Raw to be as accurate as your trigger! 

- Saving changes made with the maker pen recolor tool now behaves as expected. (Wow, they fixed it... color me surprised.)

- CV2 Gadgets should no longer be missing their tethers to Control Panels. Now your gadgets will look even more spaghetti-like.

- Fixed a bug where friend introductions sometimes showed up blank.

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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 PATCH - the “Bento Box” edition

Bit of a small update this time around!

## General Improvements and Bug Fixes

- Players on mobile with auto-fire enabled can also automatically reload now! Pew pew pew!

- Sushi is no longer upside down in the store...we talked to it and it won’t try doing flips anymore.

- Fixed screen players in PVP games getting partially stuck in aim down sights mode if they get K.O.ed while reloading when using aim down sights.

- Fixed an issue where player icons were incorrectly stretched when viewing messages in VR. 

- Fixed an issue with the Reset pin on the Animation Gizmo not always working properly.

- New CircuitsV2 SetPosition chip in beta: sets the position and rotation of a player or object.

- New CircuitsV2 Respawn chip in beta: respawns a player or object.

- Removed a CircuitsV2 error log when a variable was being automatically renamed.

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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 “Bento Box” edition

## Sushi!

Grab your closest fish eating friends and mow down a box of some premium Rec Room Sushi! Nibble on [crunchy hand rolls](https://imgur.com/a/FkFfzX3), feast on delightful nigiri, or just chuck them at [your friend’s face](https://imgur.com/a/O5zymgc)! Either way, it’s sushi time! 

- Each box of sushi contains 9 pieces - various shrimp, tuna, and salmon nigiri, as well as 6 crunchy hand rolls.  

- Each nigiri has one tasty bite.

- Each hand roll has 2 crunchy bites.

## General Improvements and Bug Fixes

- Coming soon! Room currencies will be out of beta so all creators can add currencies to their rooms!

- Get your tokens faster than ever!  When you buy tokens from the store, they're added to your balance immediately instead of being sent in a gift box. Now instead of confusing players that don’t open their boxes, we’ll confuse players that are looking for their boxes!

- More rooms that were experiencing infinite load times should now load correctly. No need to be scared of the dark on certain platforms. (Though, the Forbidden One might still visit from time to time…)

- Fixed a scenario where players could attach an object to their hand without actually holding it. No more magic shows, sorry!

- Fixed an issue where players sometimes couldn’t see the stage in \^3DCharades if they already sat down before the game started.

- Charged melee attacks (on screen mode) no longer move your character when seated. Hmm, idea for the next RRO… office chair fights?!

- Fixed animation popping when creating a new avatar - that was distracting! 

- Fixed font issue on signs for player-made rooms in \^Orientation. Don’t worry, we didn’t make it Comic Sans.

- Fixed an issue where rooms were sometimes displaying the wrong capacity. This should make it easier to find a room that your group will fit into!

- Circuits V2 ‘Player Subscribes to Room Owner’ chip now includes a delay of a few minutes before it will perform the subscription check. 

- Circuits V2 ‘Get Player By Account Name’ chip now returns an Invalid Player if there is no player in the room with the given account or display name, rather than throwing an error. In other words, we now give you a specific error, instead of a generic error!

## Beta Changes

- Resetting and deleting cloud variables now forces a save.

- Creating a subroom no longer deletes or resets cloud variables.

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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 “Take Me Home” edition

## New Home Screen

- We have a new home screen and navigation. We now have a navigation bar at the bottom for frequent-use-features that you can access regardless of where you are in the UI. The home screen itself features a new layout that includes snippets of cool rooms and items for you to check out!

- Orange Color Scheme Everywhere - We switched color scheme of the UI from the dark purple to orange scheme like the login screen

## General Improvements and Bug Fixes

- Unlocked the Pride hoodies for all players. Now everyone can show their pride in style! (_You_ get a pride hoodie! And _you_ get a pride hoodie!)

- We’ve made it possible to turn off syncing for Text V2, Pointlight V2 and Spotlight V2. When syncing is disabled, Circuits can be used to set the local properties of the object, and each player will see their own value. This can be used for showing secret information ("You're the imposter!") or effects (turning on night vision lights) to a specific player.

- Fixed an issue where CV2 list variables were defaulting to being invalid. They now start as empty lists.

- The quick chat buttons for room chat can now be physically pressed if you’re in VR. (And who doesn’t like pressing buttons?)

- Fixed a bug where picking up and dropping a pool cue using both hands in VR would break it.

- Fixed an issue where using the arrows to browse the play menu would skip some items.

- Fixed iOS notification preferences not saving correctly. (Sorry if we pinged you when you told us not to!)

- Fixed a periodic frame rate spike for PS4 players. (One down... many to go.)

- Fixed an issue with date formatting if your device is set to use some non-Gregorian calendars.

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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 “Electric Sheep” edition

## We’re live on Android!

Some of you have already noticed this, but Rec Room is now available on Android everywhere! [Download](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AgainstGravity.RecRoom) on the Play Store to start playing Rec Room on your Android phone or tablet! Device not supported? We'll be routinely supporting new devices with future updates. Also with this update, we now support notifications (friend invites, event reminders, etc.), just like on iOS!

## Self-Scaling Improvements

We’ve made an (long-overdue) update to self-scaling! This should tackle a bunch of Quality-of-Life issues:

- Laser pointers now scale properly as you do.

- Menus and tooltips follow your size.

- Shape and tube previews follow your size - this means you can draw huge tubes if you scale yourself up. (You can turn this off in your palette settings, if it’s not what you want.)

- Grid size updates with your scale (can be turned off under settings)

- Off-hand interactions works at any scale

## (Not-Self!) Scaling Improvements

We've touched up the Scale tool a little bit! Non-uniform scaling (using the colored scale handles on shapes, trigger volumes, invisible collision, etc.) should now behave more intuitively in world-space mode, taking into account the rotation of the object, and anchoring it in a reasonable spot. [Check it out!](https://imgur.com/a/bFrdogQ) We’ve also fixed two little bugs along the way:

- Fixed a bug where shapes would sometimes fly away when being scaled in world-space. There's no escaping the scaling now!

- Fixed a rare bug where spheres would shrink unexpectedly when being scaled in world-space. Pretty sure this one's been there for years and nobody noticed... Whoops!

## [Maker Pen Touch Controls](https://imgur.com/a/M5lUkMF)

The Maker Pen now has touch controls for every tool that work by tapping objects directly on screen. Whether you are selecting, moving, recoloring, configuring, deleting, or even spawning props... there's a tap for that! Some tools/elements support dragging interaction such as Move, Rotate, Scale, and we added Manipulate and Wire to that list as well.

Related to touch, there's one more thing - iPad, Apple Pencil, and the Maker Pen combine to form a creation power-tool, and we think you're going to love it. The Pencil can run all Maker Pen tools anywhere on screen, and with pressure sensitivity too! This works especially well when creating tubes and also pairs well with surface snap. Pencil 2 supports the double-tap shortcut to switch to the last used tool.

## General Improvements and Bug Fixes

- We’ve updated our texture projection logic in order to remove stretching artifacts on shapes with extreme scales. Enjoy a clean look on your scaled creations! Your old creations are unchanged, and the old style can still be used by configuring a shape to not use 'Dynamic Projection.'

- Fixed some flickering when changing pages in the store.

- Fixed an issue where PSVR players would see random, bright colors in the player's peripheral vision (especially noticeable in Rec Royale). 

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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 PATCH - the “The Dye is Cast” edition

Don’t forget to check out the new beta CV2 feature, Cloud Variables, at the bottom of the patch notes!

## Wishlists

We’ve added wishlists! See a cool item in the store but don’t have the tokens to grab it right now? Wishlist it! [You can access your wishlist from your profile page.](https://imgur.com/a/uxrKb15) Wishlists are publicly visible, so you can check out what your friends are wishing for, and make their day with the perfect gift!

## General Improvements and Bug Fixes

- Other peoples’ torsos will now look normal when walking on glass, scaled up, or scaled down objects, instead of flying all over the place.

- Fixed a bug in Spillway where players who ended up under the floor (either on purpose or by accident) wouldn’t always respawn.

- Fixed the Costume Equip chip sometimes not working. It will now always work perfectly with no bugs ever. We promise.

- Fixed an issue where gift packages had stopped appearing for some players. They got mis-routed in the mail system, but should all be out for delivery now!

- Fixed some bugs where settings appeared wrong after logging out and back in.

- Fixed the blocky text on the Room Details screen when closing and reopening the Watch Menu.

- Fixed a bug where, in VR, you were required to hold down the slide button to keep sliding if you were also sprinting.

- Fixed a bug where, when using VR in seated mode, having auto-sprint enabled would pull you out of a crouch after sliding. Now it will wait for you to un-crouch yourself.

## Beta Changes

At last, here it is! What you’ve all been waiting for!

- Cloud Variable option is now available for variables.

- Use the config tool on a variable chip to enable cloud variable mode.

- Each player has their own unique copy of each cloud variable.

- Cloud variable data will be reloaded if you leave a room and come back.

- Cloud variables with the same names in different subrooms of the same room have the same data.

- The following types can be cloud variables: int, float, bool, string, Vector3, Quaternion

- New CV2 Chips: Bit AND, Bit OR, Bit XOR, Bit NOT, Bit NAND, Bit Shift Left, Bit Shift Right, Bit Pop Count, Bit Leading Zeros, Bit Trailing Zeros, Bit Rotate Left, Bit Rotate Right

### Bugs Fixed

- Some instances of incorrect wires being displayed have been fixed.

- Saving a room now always fixes incorrect wires.

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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 “The Dye is Cast” edition

In our never-ending quest to increase a player's ability to express themselves through their avatars, we have added the ability to apply some super cool dye patterns to your hair!

Ombre, layered, stripe, and highlight patterns are now available for all of our hairstyles. Whether your style is natural and subtle or wild and wacky, pick your favorite and show your friends!

[To start using Hair Dye Patterns:](https://imgur.com/a/kCgjiYj)

  1. Select the hairstyle you wish to use, then click on the “Color” button.

  2. Choose a pattern, there are 4 pattern options.

  3. After selecting a pattern, you can change the color of just the pattern, or both the pattern and base hair color.

## General Improvements and Bug Fixes

- Added a Code of Conduct poster to the Maker Pen under Decor. Use this to remind your players of Rec Room's rules, but don't worry about it costing you ink, as the first instance in every room is free.

- Players will no longer be able to initiate a vote kick against opponents during a match in Paintball, Laser Tag or Dodgeball.

- No more random event invites interrupting your gameplay. Only those that you have RSVP'ed to will pop up when they start. Those you marked as a maybe will alert you via your watch, but they will not open.

- Circuits V2 Chips are now included in the "Show Gadgets to Everyone" setting! You no longer need to give players maker pen permissions to show them your CV2 circuits and wiring. However, while the "Show Gadgets to Everyone" setting is enabled, CV2 chips will now cost the same amount of ink as CV1 chips. Don't worry though, CV2 chips still won't cost ink if you don't have this setting enabled as they were before this update.

- We have additionally done some work so that there is only a certain number of CV2 chips fully visible at any point to improve performance. We also turn off the text on chips when you're at an unreadable distance.

- Fixed an issue with CV2 sync fields not synchronizing.

- Fixed an issue that caused some CV2 rooms to not load at all.

- Fixed an issue that caused some Spawner Gadgets to appear unconfigured.

- Fixed an issue with lighting changes as you moved the UGC palette menu.

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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 “Cosplay” edition

## Full-Body Costumes!

Get ready to give your costumes a leg up...

For the first time ever you can create and wear costumes with [fully-articulated arms, legs, and bodies!](https://imgur.com/a/UKOh4tH)

Full-Body Costumes come packed with full-body animations that give life to every move you make. Walking, jumping, teleporting, even moving around in room-scale VR - it's all there!

You can get started creating a rad new animated costume today by spawning and editing a [Full Body Costume Dummy](https://imgur.com/a/oZqduiQ) from your Maker Pen Palette.

- It’s found in the Gadgets category under the CV2 Gadgets filter in the Maker Pen Palette.

- It works just like the classic Costume Dummy. Use your Maker Pen to edit a body part and start creating!

- There are now 17 editable body parts, up from 3 in the classic costume dummy!

- You can use Circuits V2 to equip/unequip a costume, and see who is currently wearing it.

- [Configurable Poses!](https://imgur.com/a/FnVuBjG) Use the Configure tool of your Maker Pen and select from the Poses dropdown. We've found these useful for getting into hard to reach spaces while creating and fun when displaying your finished costume.

- It supports hiding outfit items - use the Configure tool of your Maker Pen to select Hide Outfit Items.

If you prefer classic costumes, worry not! The regular Costume Dummy is still available, and unchanged, in your Maker Pen Palette.

...but that's not all. We've got a very special feature for VR players!

## VR Seated Mode

Ever get tired of standing all the time? Maybe you play sitting down but wish you didn't have to look shorter than everyone else in the room? Wish no longer!

Seated Mode automatically adjusts your in-game height so that it doesn't matter whether you're sitting on the couch, lying on the floor, or standing up - you'll still appear standing to everyone else!

Seated Mode is a more flexible and comfortable way to play Rec Room. Your height will only be adjusted when it looks to have meaningfully changed - like when you stand up after sitting down. This means that, with Seated Mode enabled, you can still dance around in VR to your heart's content!

However, because crouching or crawling can be physically hard to do while sitting in a chair, Seated Mode adds a new VR “crouch” button. Just press it once to start crouching and press it again to stand back up. Hold the crouch button to go prone!

Crouch uses the same button mapping as sliding. For example:
- Oculus - use the right thumbstick click

 - PlayStation - press the Circle button

If you’re in VR, you can toggle Seated Mode on and off in Settings > Gameplay in your watch.

## Quick Room Chat

Introducing the new [Quick Chat menu!](https://imgur.com/a/RfXdy4L) Need to send messages to nearby players in a hurry? We’ve got you covered!

When you expand your Room Chat window, you'll see a new button called "Quick Chat"! Press it to open a short menu of response types, and easy one-click messages like "Yes" or "No". With a few quick button presses you can plan a game, coordinate room travels, or even make a new friend! Don't let the lack of a mic get you down!

Got something else you wish you could say in a hurry? Let us know!

## General Improvements and Bug Fixes

- Jumping is now more realistic than ever for you motion animation connoisseurs. Look for freshly-tuned head motions and less slide animation jitter.

- Owners and co-owners should have an easier time seeing that they won't be charged for key/currency purchases in their own rooms.

- We fixed some conflicts behind the scenes that were causing low volume issues on iOS.

- Added the “Enter Code” button back to the Events, Clubs and Play menus of the Watch Men., Invite to your heart’s content!

- Fixed an issue on iOS where speaker volume was low.

## Circuits V2 Updates

### General Changes

  - Reroute chip added. Use it to organize your wires

  - Chips can now be recolored with the maker pen

  - The CV2 Chip Limit was increased to 3000

### New Chips

  - `Reroute`

  - `Get Local Camera Rotation`

  - `Get Rotation`

  - `Player Left Hand Rotation`

  - `Player Right Hand Rotation`

  - `Variable (List<Quaternion>)`

  - `Variable (Quaternion)`

  - `Quaternion Create Angle Axis`

  - `Quaternion Create Euler Angles`

  - `Quaternion Create From To`

  - `Quaternion Create Look`

  - `Quaternion Create`

  - `Quaternion Dot`

  - `Quaternion Euler Angles`

  - `Quaternion Get Angle Axis`

  - `Quaternion Inverse`

  - `Quaternion Normalize`

  - `Quaternion Rotate Towards`

  - `Quaternion Slerp`

  - `Quaternion Split`

  - `Rotate Vector`


### Bug Fixes

  - Decoration objects trigger TV1 on pickup

  - List variables are now reset to empty lists

  - Piston distance can no longer be set to NaN or Infinity.

  - Palette search performance has been improved.

  - CV2 wires no longer linger after saving.

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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 PATCH - the "Take a Seat" edition

## General Improvements and Bug Fixes

- Are you feeling lucky? This update introduces the ✨ Magic Door ✨ which you can find in both the Rec Center and the play menu. Entering the magic door will bring you to a fun random room to explore! Try it out!

- We adjusted the outlines on the KO sprites to make them look nicer. No witty comment here. They just look nicer.

- Spectators in charades can move again. (Turns out, this has been broken since 2017! See!? We fix legacy bugs sometimes!)

- You can’t use the feedback tool to block dodgeballs any more. Now you’ll just have to rely on catch-outs. _sigh_


As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!


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 PATCH - the "Take a Seat" edition

Bit of a small update this week! (We’ve got [some other things in the works...](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AgainstGravity.RecRoom))

## General Improvements and Bug Fixes

- We've improved the way the Maker Pen Configure menu is positioned. No more sneaking up behind you or acting like it's trying to hide something. Now the Configure menu can either travel with you as you move around (similar to other menus), or you can pin it in the world so it will stay put while you work. And to reposition the menu, you no longer have to headbutt it! You can now move it around wherever you want by clicking and dragging the top bar with your hand laser. There are also controls to resize and lock rotation. [Check it out!](https://imgur.com/a/aONabQF)

- We are increasing the maximum number of keys per room from 25 to 100! Now you can sell that custom sword in _every available colour_.

- We’ve made some improvements to room chat! (You know, that chat window on the inside of your wrist in VR, or… on the screen… on screens.) We now have some new sound effects, animated speech bubbles, indications when other players are typing, and it is auto-focused when you open it on screen mode.

- We added clearer messaging when trying to place inventions in rooms where you don’t have permission. It will still annoy you, but at least you’ll know _why_.

- We fixed a bug where, if you equipped an outfit from a gift box, you wouldn’t be wearing it the next time you logged in. We just liked your old outfit better!

- We fixed an issue where spawning inventions using old materials would result in them having a super small texture size.

- Quest users couldn’t see lights on Maker Pen shapes, we fixed the light bulbs on that platform and they can now see lights on shapes again!

As always, thanks for playing Rec Room!

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…