# Rec Room Rec Room UPDATE - the "Bye Bye Bear!" Edition

- Product: Rec Room (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rec-room)
- Vendor: Rec Room
- Date: 2025-05-15
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/471710/view/576008769870233608
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rec-room/releases/2025-05-15-rec-room-update-the-bye-bye-bear-edition

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- **removed** — Removed EAC files
- **changed** — Moved the Reset button from the Maker Pen settings to the room details page
- **added** — Added ability to spawn free Rooms 2 inventions without downloading them directly from the palette
- **added** — Added Global Explosion Hit Player CV2 event
- **added** — Added Hit Player port to Global Projectile Hit Player
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug where you could attempt to save updates to invalid inventions
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where on Screens the interaction distance is abnormally short when flying in third person mode
- **added** — On Screens, when holding an object while flying in third person mode, you can now use the jump and crouch buttons to ascend/descend
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where voice lines are not properly displayed on other players when you hear them talking
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where Show Voice Lines toggle in Settings menu isn't applied properly
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where on Screens switching between 1st and 3rd person while waving or reaching out your hands makes the hand jitter afterwards
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug where the control points for tubes and ribbons would sometimes stick around after you were done editing them
- **added** — Added a visual for a tutorial step that was missing in the dorm
- **added** — Added a config button to mobile maker pen
- **changed** — In Create mode, the beta mobile maker pen now pre-populates the contextual toolbar with the current room's inventions
- **changed** — In Classic maker pen mode, added a new carousel in the Inventions tab showing current room's inventions
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where just-in-time tutorials stop working after switching accounts
- **changed** — Changed the app store icons back to normal
- **fixed** — Fixed 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** — Fixed a bug where deleting materials that are generated from an FBX can cause a Studio cloud build failure

##### TLDR

- Rec 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 2

- From 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.

##### Circuits

- Added "Global Explosion Hit Player" CV2 event
- Added a "Hit Player" port to "Global Projectile Hit Player" so you don't have to extract it from the Collision Data

##### General Improvements & Bug Fixes

- Removed 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 dorm
- Added 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 Studio

- Fixed 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.

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