What changed in Rec Room in 2017

Introduced the Code of Conduct earlier and taught social gestures.

Introduced the Code of Conduct earlier and taught social gestures.

Players can save up to six outfits in slots for instant recall.

Resolved an issue where an extra player could join a session.

Resolved an issue where an extra player could join a session.

Hosts can restrict invitations to custom rooms to only other hosts.

Updated teleport visuals to be more minimal and team color in Paintball and Laser Tag.

Enhanced performance of the card deck in The Lounge.

You can now save up to six outfits in slots and recall them instantly.

Added new hairstyles including long wavy, short wavy, man bun, man ponytail, and dreadlocks.

Added long wavy, short wavy, man bun, man ponytail, and dreadlocks hairstyles.

Access properties of sandbox items, freeze items in place, and delete sandbox items.

Themed doors and additional toys added to the Rec Center.

Updated teleport visuals to be more minimal and team color-coded in Paintball and Laser Tag.

Added the ability to freeze items and delete sandbox items with the maker pen.

Hosts can restrict invitations to custom rooms to only other hosts.

Introduction of new items like mocktail glasses, a mini-fridge, and a programmable door.

You can now choose to save and recall any custom room you create, including objects, drawings, and photos.

Players can now save and recall custom rooms, including object placements and creations.

Includes mocktail glasses, a mini-fridge, a D20 dice set, and a programmable door.

Each door is themed with more toys to play with.

Enhanced performance of the card deck in The Lounge.

Resolved a bug causing friends list to show incorrect online status and activity.

Resolved a bug causing friends list to show outdated information, such as friends appearing offline or in the wrong activity.

Fixed issue where some objects were not correctly synced (e.g., whiteboard erasers).

Fixed bug where if a player left/crashed while holding a gun, remaining players could not progress to next room.

Fixed bug where if a player left/crashed while holding a gun, remaining players could not progress to next room.

Fixed issue where some objects were not correctly synced (e.g., whiteboard erasers).

Fixed an issue that was causing some objects to send too much network data.

Fixed an issue that was causing some objects to send too much network data.

Guns could spawn without reloaders.

Gun grips can become detached from guns.

Gun grips can become detached from guns.

Boss could fail to spawn.

Couldn't pick up cards.

Couldn't return flag.

Guns could spawn without reloaders.

Loot wasn't being awarded correctly.

Couldn't return flag.

Couldn't pick up cards.

Loot wasn't being awarded correctly.

Boss could fail to spawn.

Resolved a crash bug that could occur when leaving The Lounge.

Addressed a major issue with networking that was making Quest close to unplayable for some players.

Resolved a crash bug that could occur when leaving The Lounge.

Fixed a performance issue with AI that was specific to The Rise of JumboTron.

Fixed a performance issue with AI that was specific to The Rise of JumboTron.

Addressed a major issue with networking that was making Quest close to unplayable for some players.

Decreased the volume of the PA system by 25%

Fixed a quest bug where enemies could get stuck in a weird state and game does not progress

The Lounge - disabled poker chips temporarily (to help with perf)

Optimized deck of cards to improve framerate

Whiteboards now auto-corrects orientation and height

Fixed a bug where gift packages could show wrong box

The Lounge - Rolling whiteboards no longer clean themselves up

The Lounge - Decreased the volume of the PA system by 25%

Fixed a bug where gift packages could show wrong box!

Disabled poker chips temporarily to help with performance

Fixed a quest bug where enemies could get stuck in a weird state and game does not progress

The Lounge - optimized deck of cards to improve framerate

The Lounge - Whiteboards now auto-corrects orientation and height

Players are prompted to become members to enter The Lounge as guests.

Players can draw on sticky notes and attach them to surfaces or other players.

Players can now have up to 15 friends in The Lounge.

Players can see the rarity and source of their gift packages.

Increased awareness of The Lounge with a dedicated entrance.

Whiteboards can now be repositioned within The Lounge.

Players can draw on sticky notes and attach them to anything.

The intro tutorial has been revamped for clearer feature introduction.

The layout of the 3D Charades game has been improved.

The layout for 3D Charades has been improved.

Players can now use #roomcodes to quickly join or create rooms in Rec Room.

Players can now grab and position whiteboards anywhere in The Lounge.

Players can use a microphone to be heard throughout The Lounge.

A microphone is available on stage to communicate throughout The Lounge.

Players can now restart the tutorial to show friends.

Players can control color and line thickness with the new 3D Charades pen.

Players can see the rarity and source of their gift packages.

Players can now restart the tutorial from the Dorm Room.

The tutorial has been reworked to introduce features more clearly.

Players can now have up to 15 friends in The Lounge.

Players can now share a #roomcode to quickly join each other in Rec Room.

Players can control color and line thickness with the new pen.

Fixed a bug with the collision between paintballs and people's torsos.

Fixed a bug with the collision between paintballs and people's torsos.

Resolved an issue that affected joining in progress for Charades.

Resolved an issue that affected joining in progress for Charades.

Resolved an issue causing difficulty for some players to load into the locker room.

Resolved an issue causing difficulty for some players when loading into the locker room.

Resolved a bug that was preventing players from joining existing dodgeball games.

Resolved a bug that was preventing players from joining existing dodgeball games.

Alleviated performance problems for users with large numbers of friends, impacting CPU usage and rendering performance.

Alleviated performance problems for users with large numbers of friends, impacting CPU usage and rendering performance.

Resolved an issue where some users experienced a hang on launch due to server communication problems.

Resolved a hang (100% CPU) that some users experienced on launch due to client-server communication issues.

Minor update addressing server instability issues experienced over the weekend.

Minor update addressing server instability issues.

Fixed issue where new paintball 'burst gun' could disappear at a distance.

Fixed an issue where the new paintball 'burst gun' could disappear at a distance.

Resolved an issue where some players in a group could end up in a 'black world'.

Resolved an issue where some players in a group could end up in a 'black world'.

Fixed an issue that caused Quest enemies to spawn incorrectly in some cases.

Fixed an issue that caused Quest enemies to spawn incorrectly in some cases.

Added the ability to dynamically reroute network traffic to servers in a different region to improve resiliency against outages.

Added the ability to dynamically reroute network traffic to servers in a different region to improve resiliency during outages.

Resolved an issue where the flag could go flying off in a weird way in Paintball CTF mode.

Resolved an issue where the flag could go flying off in a weird way in Paintball CTF mode.

Players should no longer see Out of Bounds when standing on valid objects in Paintball.

Players should no longer see Out of Bounds when standing on valid objects in Paintball.

Players can now shoot arrows as fast as they can nock and pull them, without enabling a machine gun exploit.

Fixed an issue where cooldown for Paintball Shotgun could be incorrectly calculated if out of bounds.

Players can now shoot arrows as fast as they can nock and pull them, but no machine gun exploit allowed.

Fixed an issue where cooldown could be incorrectly calculated if players were out of bounds.

Resolved an internal issue with the messaging system that incorrectly showed players as offline when they were online.

Resolved an issue with the messaging system that incorrectly showed players as offline when they were online.

Reporting button removed temporarily, but accrued reporting data will be kept.

Addressed the performance issue affecting many players since the last update.

Speech lines feature is temporarily unavailable due to the rollback.

Speech lines feature has been temporarily removed due to the rollback.

The notice on boot is temporarily removed, not a policy change.

Some improvements made to the vote-to-kick behavior.

Reporting button is temporarily removed, but accrued reporting data will be kept.

Rolled back to the most recent version before the performance issue, temporarily losing some features.

Addressed the performance issue affecting players since the last update.

The notice on boot has been removed temporarily, not a policy change.

Rolled back to the most recent version before the performance issue, temporarily losing some features.

Some improvements made to the vote-to-kick behavior.

Reduced the power of paintball shotguns based on player feedback.

Adjusted the power of paintball shotguns based on player feedback.

Special 'Class of 2016' item for members who joined before midnight Dec 31st 2016

Special 'Class of 2016' item for members who joined before midnight Dec 31st 2016

Longer detentions for vote-kicked players, especially those with many vote kicks

Increased detention duration for players who have received multiple vote kicks