This update introduces *Rec Room Plus*, an optional paid membership program for Rec Room players. Rec Room Plus Membership costs $7.99/month, and includes:
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* You get 6000 tokens (r6000) monthly - a $10 USD value, delivered in installments of r1500 per week
* One four-star box per week
* 10% discount in Rec Room stores that accept tokens
* Exclusive access to the RR+ section of the item store
To become a member:
* Click the Rec Room Plus button from any token store.
* Click the Info button if you want to read more about how it works. For example, due to platform restrictions, you'll need to log in each week to claim your tokens and boxes.
* Click the buy button and confirm, and you're a Rec Room Plus member!
Please note:
Rec Room Plus members must log in each week to claim your token and box rewards (due to platform restrictions, we can only check your membership status when you are logged in).
Rec Room Plus membership and benefits are cross-platform except:
* Oculus platforms do not yet support memberships (but you can sign up on another platform, then keep playing on Oculus)
* If you sign up for RR+ on PlayStation®, you must claim your tokens on PlayStation®.
* If you sign up for RR+ on any other platform, you can't claim your tokens on PlayStation®.
Please visit https://recroom.com/recroomplus for detailed information.
We hope you'll check it out and decide to join the plus club!
This update also introduces *cross-platform inventories*! Items are no longer locked to specific platforms. Many thanks to our platform partners for working with us to make this possible!
This update also includes lots of new emotes in the shortcut menu (and Expresso menu in VR) 😉😬😳😅🤢 and matching emojis in Room Chat.... these are allowing us to express our feelings about the headlines:
At first we were kind of:
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Then we were:
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Recently we were:
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And now we're at full:
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BTW, we in no way mean to make light of the coronavirus situation. We're feeling it here in Seattle, and our hearts are with everyone who is sacrificing to mitigate and minimize the impact of this disease. We want to give a special shout out to nurses, the best people. Stay safe out there, everyone, and WASH YOUR HANDS WITH SOAP!
OK... awkward segue back to ship notes:
* There is also a new AFK animation 😴
* iOS now supports AR facial expressions! When taking a selfie or dancing, use the TrueDepth camera (on the iPhone X and newer) to control your character's face. Improved AR tracking in both contexts.
Access the facial expressions via Expresso (VR), the Shortcut Menu (iOS and now...)
We've added/updated the *Shortcut Menu* for Screens and iOS players!
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Shortcut menu features include:
* Swift access to room chat, tool menus, your camera, the maker pen, and more
* Quickly toggle your Mic Mute setting at any time, or use the shortcut menu for Push To Talk
* Maker Pen: Common Maker Pen actions like Move, Rotate, Scale, Clone, Undo, and more are readily available at your fingertips. And for iOS players, you now have even more Maker Pen shortcuts than before! We hope this makes creating awesome content even easier.
* Emotes: Whether you want to laugh at a funny joke, or shed a tear over a sad story, we've got a variety of facial expressions available.
* Gestures: Need to point at something? Want to quickly high five your teammates after a close victory? It's all here.
* Inventory: Much like the old inventory menu, screens players can access their holstered items on this page.
Accessing the Shortcut Menu replaces the old inventory radial menu on screens:
* Controller: Press and hold Triangle (PS4) or Y (Xbox controller)
* Keyboard: Press and hold the Tilde key
On iOS, the shortcut menu is always available along the top of the screen. The shortcut menu bar at the top has gotten a fresh coat of paint, and now supports paging to different sets of shortcuts!
Screens players will notice that we've removed the "quick comms" shortcuts (d-pad on controller, 1-4 on keyboard). We hope the Shortcut Menu is an even easier way to access those actions. And we've got plans coming for those buttons we've freed up!
Are there any other actions you wish you had shortcuts for? Let us know!
But wait... there's more...
For creators:
* We added 40 new props and 3 new materials to the palette for you to use in your rooms, *including the Whip from CBM!* Yes you can finally stop asking @gribbly about it!
* There are new *Creator Feedback Buttons* in the Maker Pen Palette
* The buttons are equivalent to tapping "Subscribe" or "Cheer" in the watch, but they are physical buttons you can integrate into your room design. Note that the first placement of the buttons doesn't cost ink (subsequent placements do)
* Find them in Maker Pen Palette > Props > Dynamic
* Buttons are now set to "Environment" by default (so they won't drop to the ground when you spawn them)
* Doors and holotar are also "Environment" by default now.
Players can now send each other *friend links in iOS*. Clicking one of these links on iOS will automatically launch Rec Room, add each other as friends, and bring you to the same room so you can start playing together right away.
There's a new *Referral* tab in the Profile page of the watch. You should *only use this page when we announce a referral event is going on!* Then you can refer players to Rec Room using your @username and earn rewards. Look out for the first event in the in game announcements or on our social channels: recroom.com/community
Plus bug fixes/tweaks:
* Players on Oculus platforms can use their grip trigger to grab bowstrings again
* Fixed a bunch of objects that didn't have proper hover highlight feedback.
* Tweaked object previews in the Maker Pen Palette to give a better view of the object.
* Fixed a bug causing the Sun Light to cost less ink than it is supposed to. It will cost slightly more now.
* Fixed some visual bugs in the Sunset Cinema map.
* Opened a path on the Red side of the Sunset Cinema map from the Cinema area to behind the screen (matches the blue side now).
* Made it easier to get into the diner through the windows in the Sunset Cinema map.
* Fixed the grenade visual not matching the damage radius. Changes should reflect the proper damage radius game-wide.
* Fixed bug where one hand would twitch when you closed the other hand
Please see here for convenient links to controls, tutorials, comfort options, etc.: https://recroom.com/community
As always, we love to hear your feedback, so please don't hesitate to let us know what you think!