Watch Menu

About[]

The Watch Menu is the main UI interface in Rec Room. It serves as the primary way to navigate through rooms, spawn consumables, change settings and use social features in Rec Room. To learn how to access the menu check the Controls Category.

Watch Menu - Main Screen — The watch 'Home' Screen

You can navigate the watch menu by pressing the on-screen buttons.

A larger version of the menu is available for VR players through an option in settings. On a VR (Virtual Reality) Headset, you can lock the menu in place by pressing the 'drop' button.

The watch face also functions as an analog timepiece for your current timezone. If you’re having trouble reading your watch face, enable “Tap Watch to Open Menu” in the 'Experience' tab of the settings menu.

Over the past few years, the watch menu has gone through major redesigns. We have now reached a point where most of the menus use a consistent UI style - and such this article will mention features that can only be accessed using the new (current) UI system.

Profile[]

The 'Profile' Tab On Yourself

The profile menu can be accessed through multiple means. This includes:

Clicking on your profile picture in the bottom left of the right navigation bar.
Opening the profile menu from a players in-game avatar.
Clicking on somebodies profile from the 'People' tab.

Profileother — The 'Profile' Tab On Another User

The profile menu is split into 3 tabs: 'Profile', 'Portfolio' and 'Progress'. [image needed of 'Portfolio' Tab] To avoid confusion, we will be referring to the 'Profile' tab as the 'About' tab in this section.

The 'Profile' Tab upon Scrolling Down

About Tab:[]

The about tab displays the player's avatar, profile picture, level, active cheer badge, username and display name, Level, and number of subscribers (relevant on rec.net). The player's description - along with wishlist - is visible upon scrolling down. On your own profile, you can press the 'Saved Outfits' button to change your own outfit.

Portfolio Tab:[]

The portfolio tab allows you to see a players featured creation, including custom avatar items, photos and rooms.

The Progression tab allows you to see your level progression, along with how far you are to reaching the daily XP cap.

Extras:[]

The "Block List" button shows a list of players that you have blocked and allows you to unblock them
The "Use Code" button allows you to join a meetup code, along with supporting a creator in the Video Partner Program
The 'Import Friends' button allows you to import friends from the platform you are on (as long as they have a Rec Room account)
The button below your cheer badge allows you to quickly change your online status.

Profile Settings[]

The about page contains a 'Profile Settings' button. This allows you to change your Profile Picture, Display Name, Username, About Me, Pronouns, Pride Flag, and toggle recent activity to friends. You can also change your email, phone number, and password from here.

Settings[]

The settings menu is accessible from the right of the bottom navigation bar.

Controls Tab[]

This tab shows basic and detailed overview of the controls for the platform that you are currently playing on (see also Basic Controls and Screen Mode).

Experience Tab[]

The 'Personal Space' slider creates an invisible barrier (wall) which prevents other players from getting too close to you, while the 'Ignore Bubble' slider defines the area around you which players can enter, but you cannot see them. You can choose if these apply to friends.

The 'Appear Online To' allows you to change who can see if you are online to. This can be set to 'All', 'Friends', 'Favorites' [Favorite Friends] and 'No One'. You can also choose to notify friends when you come online.

Underneath that lies the 'Bean Avatar Settings'. These help configure the new "Bean Bodies", and (as of October 2024) allows you to switch back to the classic bean.

Screenshot 2023-10-17 013531 — Visuals Tab

Along with that, you can also change your language, and who you can Receive DMs [direct messages] from, and be added to group chats by.

Visuals Tab[]

The visuals tab gives you options to adjust the graphics quality, configure UI options and enable VSync (PC).

Audio Tab[]

The Microphone settings allow you to change your voice pitch, Microphone Mode and advanced microphone settings. Underneath that you can adjust your volumes for specific elements of the game, voices you can hear and pop up game volume.

Misc Tab[]

If you are on some platforms (screen-mode or VR), you can enable the 'Streaming Cam'. This allows you to access the stream mixer.

The Backup Frequency slider specifies how often your Custom Rooms are automatically locally backed up while you edit them. An automatic backup is useful in case you lose network connection or your computer crashes.

The Help Page button opens Rec Room's Help Center in your default browser.

Additionally, PSVR players have an option to play in a "PS4 Locked Server", which is restricted to only PSVR players. Note that with this option checked, you will only play with other people who have this option checked, so you cannot play with someone who doesn’t have this option checked if you do.

Lastly, you can choose to match-make yourself with 'Non-Junior Players'.

Stream Mixer[]

20171214231557 1 — Camera Views tab of Stream Mixer

Settings stream settings — Settings tab of Stream Mixer

The Stream Mixer (only available on certain platforms) changes how the game is displayed on a second display or the mirror window when using a VR headset. To use the Stream Mixer, slide the Streaming Cam slider to On and tap the Stream Mixer button.

In the "Camera Views" tab, you can switch through the options for cameras. There is a a follow camera, a frontal face camera, a teleport-only cam, and a first-person (POV) camera for your own avatar. To choose which view to show on an external screen, tap the button with the view you would like. (The arrow buttons are currently not functional.) The "Use" button for the handheld camera spawns a camera that you can grab and shows the video stream from the position of this camera.

How_To_Rec_Room_-_Streamer_Cam — How To Rec Room - Streamer Cam

YouTube tutorial by Rec Room Inc.

In the "Settings" tab, you can specify the frame rate, field of view (including and experimental 360 panorama), the position of the virtual microphone ("Hear From"), and whether to include a green screen at a specified distance to the camera, which is useful to record your avatar with a green background that can be replaced with other video footage. There is also a tiny button in the top-right corner of the mirror window that allows you to change the camera view and the settings.

Streamer_Cam_Update! — Streamer Cam Update!

YouTube tutorial by Rec Room Inc.

The Streamer Cam sends a view to your screen. To capture your screen, you then need to use video capture software like the Xbox Game Bar on Windows 10, Open Broadcaster Software, or NVIDIA ShadowPlay. On PS4, use PlayStation Share. On Oculus Quest, use the built-in recording feature.

Play[]

The 'Play' menu allows you browse and play public rooms. You can search rooms via the magnifying glass icon.

Image 2022-06-04 175222914 — The Play Menu

The play menu consists of many tabs, a few useful ones have been listed below:[]

'Highlight': Rooms of different categories. Contains the personalized 'Recommended For You' carousel.
'Shuffle': Contains randomly selected rooms.
'Rec Room Original': Rooms created by the Rec Room team.
'Favorites': Shows rooms you have favorited.
'Hot': Most popular rooms.
'New': Newly created rooms.

Tapping a room's thumbnail brings you to the room information page.

Events[]

The Events Menu consists of 3 tabs:[]

The "All Events" tab allows you to browse events. Tapping on any "i" button opens the event details.
The "My Events" tab lists all the events that you are interested in or plan to attend. Tapping on any "i" button opens the event details.
The "Create Event" tab allows you to create new events.

The events menu allows you to browse current and future events, and create them.

The key tabs of the events page are:[]

'Highlights': Shows a feed of current and future events.
'My Events': Shows you the events you have created along with the ones you have RSVP-ed to with either 'Interested' or 'Going'.

The 'My Events' tab allows you to create an event, which takes you to the 'Create Event' page. On this page you can customize information about your event and publish it to the events tab.

Event Details[]

The event details menu allows you to view details on an event. It is similarly structured to the room info page.

It shows the date of the event, its title, creator along with the room its taking place in. Below, you are given options to RSVP to the event if its not yet taking place. If the event is currently happening, you are given the option to join.

Create[]

The Create Menu allows you to create a new Custom Room and access the custom rooms that you already have created. The menu shows your already-created rooms and a button to create a new room.

The create a new room screen shows a list of room templates that you can select from, once selected you can name the room and start creating.

Room Info[]

The room info menu consists of multiple tabs, allowing you to view information about a room.

Rec Royale[]

Exclusive to Rec Royale. It shows your Rec Royale level, number of acorns in the current reward tier, current reward tier, and available rewards in reward tiers. It also lets you upgrade to the Elite Reward tier for 1000 tokens.

Details[]

The details tab provides information about the selected room. This includes:[]

The room name.
The room creator.
The room's capacity.
The room's tags.
The rooms visits, cheers and favorites.
The room's description.
Public photos taken in the room.

This room creator — Details (You Own the Room).

You can also choose to cheer, favorite make a copy of the current room (if available). If you own the room you also get options to customize the rooms settings.

Room Inventory[]

The room inventory tab shows how the keys you have bought in a room. If the room is utilizing certain features from Rooms 2.0 it may show your unlocked in game items.

Scoreboard[]

The scoreboard allows you to view the current room's scoreboard, if there is one currently present.

Room Settings[]

The room settings menu allows you to configure certain parts of a room.

Main Tab[]

The main tab of the room settings menu allows you to configure basic settings about a room, including name, description, banner image and three tags.

Subrooms[]

The subrooms tab allows you to view and manage subrooms. Including modifing their individual settings, which allows you to configure the subroom's name, mood (environment lighting) and capacity. You can also set a room as the 'home', which is the players spawn in by default.

Role UI — Permissions overview (formerly known as room roles)

Permissions[]

The permissions tab opens an overview of the various built-in permissions (formerly known as "room roles"). The permissions are 'Creator', 'Co-Owner', 'Contributor', 'Host', 'Everyone', and the (non-editable) 'Defaults'. You can assign permissions to any of your friends by tapping the people button next to the specific permissions. The "Only show my permissions" checkbox shows your permissions. If your current permissions specify different values for the same setting, the top-most permissions take precedence.

Clicking on the gear button next to specific permissions shows the relevant settings in three tabs. The bottom-most default permissions specify all settings. If permissions further up in the list (towards the top of the page) do not override a setting with a new value, the setting is determined by your top-most permissions that specify a value.

The Creative tab includes: Can View Gadgets?, Can Use Maker Pen?, Can Use Delete All Button?, Can Save Inventions?
The Social tab includes: Vote Kick, Can Invite?, Can Talk?, Disable Mic Auto Mute?
The Misc tab includes: Can Use Share Camera?, Can Print Photos?, Can Revive Self?, Auto Assigned Game Roles, Can Start Games?, Can End Games Early?, Can Change Game Mode?

Players who "Can Revive Self?", "Can Start Games?" and "Can End Games Early?" will have corresponding buttons in their Game Options.

The auto-assigned game roles in the Misc tab allow you to assign specific (game) Roles (by name; ignore the "#") to players with specific permissions as soon as they enter an instance of a room. For example, you could add a (game) role that allows flying and auto-assign it to the "host" permissions such that all hosts can fly.

Roles[]

The "Roles" button opens a list of all roles of the room (formerly known as "game roles"). Roles define the capabilities of a player in a room based on the current state of the player in a room (e.g. being eliminated because of no health). Roles can change based on events such as the game start or with the Role Mapper chip. The standard game roles are: "Eliminated", "In-Game", everyone else in the room, and the (non-editable) "Defaults". Properties of roles are defined with the Role chip. The "Show only my roles" checkbox shows all of your current roles. If your current roles specify different values for the same setting, the top-most role takes precedence.

Clicking on the gear icon next to a role shows the specific settings of the corresponding Role chip in the Palette. (To access it, you might have to grab a maker pen that spawns in front of you.) The bottom-most default role specifies all settings. If a role further up in the list (towards the top of the page) does not override a setting with a new value, the setting is determined by your top-most role that specifies a value.

Meetup Tab[]

How_To_Rec_Room_-_Meetups! — How To Rec Room - Meetups!

YouTube tutorial by Rec Room Inc.

The Meetup tab allows you to create a Meetup Code and Meetup Link that you can send to other players to easily meet in a private room. On most platforms, invited players have to enter the Meetup Code in the Play Menu; on iOS, invited players can just click on the link.

People Menu[]

(Outdated)

The four tabs of the people menu allow you to show the list of other players in the same room, players you have befriended, players you have been in a room with recently and people you have subscribed to. You can also search for other players by their name. With the blue "+" button, you can invite a player to your room.

Profile screen for another player

By tapping the profile image of another player, you can open up their profile screen, where you can:

Creator_Portfolios_and_Announcements — Creator Portfolios and Announcements

YouTube tutorial by Rec Room Inc.

(Un)Favorite (favorites appear first in your friends list)
(Un)Subscribe
(Un)Block
(Un)Mute
Report (including initiating a votekick)
Message (only to friends and non-juniors)
(Un)Friend
Ban from your rooms
Cheer
Gift
Invite to your room
Go to the room where the other player is (requesting an invite if it is a private room).

Messages Menu[]

Watch Menu - Notifications — Notifications tab

The Notifications tab lists your most recent notifications that may require your attention, such as friend requests, friends coming online, invitations to rooms, requests for an invitation to your room, votes to kick/report other players in your room, or errors that Rec Room may experience.

Watch Menu - Notifications (Messages) — Messages tab

The Chats tab shows a list of ongoing chats with other players with the most recent message in each chat. You can see the other messages of each chat with its "Open" button. The "New Chat" button allows you to start a new chat.

Watch Menu - Notifications (Announcements) — Announcements Tab

The Announcements tab displays any official announcements or news from the Rec Room team, like a new item being released or if a new feature is added to the game.

Challenges Menu[]

Challenges Daily — Daily challenges and rewards

The challenges menu contains a players daily and weekly Challenges. Once all daily challenges are completed, the game will let the player choose 1 out of 3 randomized items to keep/collect. Hovering over the challenge text provides more detailed information about the challenge.

Daily challenges used to give tokens for every challenge complete and when every challenge got completed.

20170608164146 1 — Weekly challenges and reward

Players earn a Cosmetic Item (usually an Item Skin) for completing three out of five weekly Challenges. Hovering over the challenge text provides more detailed information about the challenge.

Backpack Menu[]

The "Backpack" button allows you to access your Camera, the Maker Pen, the Feedback Tool your Item Skins, and any Consumables that you currently possess. Tap the "Use" or "Equip" button to use any of the items. For tools, tap the "Favorite" button to choose one tool that you can grab from behind your shoulder (like the map in Rec Royale) whenever you are allowed to use it.

How_to_use_the_feedback_tool! — How to use the feedback tool!

YouTube tutorial by Rec Room Inc.

Clubs Menu[]

Rec_Room_UPDATE_-_Clubs_-_how_to_join,_create,_and_manage_a_club — Rec Room UPDATE - Clubs - how to join, create, and manage a club

YouTube tutorial by Rec Room Inc.

Club_Events_Update_(host_or_attend_huge_club_events!) — Club Events Update (host or attend huge club events!)

YouTube tutorial from Rec Room Inc.

The Clubs menu allows you to find groups of people who have the same interests/topics/reasons as you. There are multiple categories of clubs to choose from, such as casual, competitive, creative and fan clubs with many more being made.

You can create up to five different clubs as well as join a seemingly infinite amount of clubs. All clubs are subject to the Code of Conduct and failure to meet code standards may result in a club being removed.

There are four roles in every club, Owner, Co-Owner, Moderator and Member. The Owner role can edit the Club name, picture, club category and description of the club as well as the tags and Club House if there is one set. They can also send announcements and events to all members within the club as well as have ban permissions. Co-Owners and Moderators can have different permissions set by the Owner, such as editing all club details, inviting and managing join requests, editing permission details, managing club ban list and creating club announcements and events.

All club announcements and events can be viewed in the notification section of the message button as well as the “Actions” section of the club.

Other than just making clubs, you can also make clubhouses for them. For this, you'll need a room. You can create a room by going to your watch menu and clicking the "Create" button. After you finish making your room, you can go back and make the clubhouse for the club (Clubhouse rooms don't have to be published). To set the clubhouse of the room, go to the page of your club. After that, scroll down and click the "Club Settings" button. Scroll down once again, and you will find the "Set Clubhouse" button. Click it, and a list of your rooms will popup. Find the room you would like to be the clubhouse for your club, click it, now your clubhouse has been set. Just one more thing - scroll all the way to the bottom of the club setting page, and click the "Save" button. Now your clubhouse has been created!

This section is still a rough draft; there is more information to be added soon.

Store Menu[]

The "Store" button allows you to buy Cosmetic Items and Consumables for tokens similarly to the Merch Booth. The store front page includes buttons to featured categories and items as well as the general "Enter Store" button, which does not choose any specific category of items.

The "Inventions" tab allows you to browse and obtain Inventions that you can spawn in your own Custom Rooms with help of the Palette. You can filter inventions by popular tags (Art, Character, Costume, Decor, Gadget, Environment, Weapon, Sound), show only your inventions, only recently published inventions, only inventions that allow editing, only inventions that allow republishing, and only inventions of specific Maker Pen Ink Costs.

The "Clothing" tab allows you to browse Cosmetic Items. Note that some Cosmetic Items require you to reach a specific Level to purchase them. Also note that not all Cosmetic Items in the game are available in the store (for example, Quest rewards and rewards for weekly Challenges are not). You can filter the list of items to show only purchasable items, items that you already own, and items that are still locked because you haven't reached the required Level. You can also filter by type of item (Hats, Hair, Accessories, Shirts, Gloves), and by number of stars.

The "Consumables" tab includes Consumables and "unique" boxes. A "unique" box contains a random Cosmetic Item (of a specific number of stars) that you don't own yet. You can filter the list of items to show only purchasable items, items that you already own, and items that are still locked because you haven't reached the required Level. You can also filter by type of item (film, potions, food, unique box, hair dyes, others), and by number of stars.

The "RR+ Items" tab includes items which are exclusive to and only purchasable by players who have purchased a subscription to Rec Room Plus. You can not gift any of these items to other players.

How_To_Rec_Room_-_How_to_Earn_Tokens! — How To Rec Room - How to Earn Tokens!

YouTube tutorial by Rec Room Inc.

The "Get Tokens" button allows you to buy tokens for real money via your platform's store (Steam Store, Oculus Store, etc.). Note that tokens that you buy on PlayStation can't be used on other platforms, and tokens from other platforms can't be used on PlayStation.

See the description of Packages for other ways to obtain tokens.

Former Menu Names[]

Setup Tab[]

"Setup Tab" was renamed to Settings Tab.

Game Settings[]

"Game Settings" was renamed to Game Options.