Improved Invites, Custom Messages, and VRC+ Photo Invites!
Back in December, we introduced VRChat Plus to the community — a way to support the continued development of VRChat while getting a few features in thanks. Today, we’re adding a new feature to that list!
However, let’s talk first about what everyone gets — invite messaging!
Invite messaging is a new feature where you can send a message along when you invite your friend to your instance, when you request an invite from your friend, or when responding to to an invite or request from someone else!
Sending an invitation to the party? Send along a “let’s get this started!” message to get them moving! Asking to be let in? Scribble a little “may i come in please and thank you” on the back of your request.
You get 12 messages for each of the four message types, for a total of 48 saved messages! Edit them before you send, save the ones you want to use often, and enjoy a slightly-less-awkward way to decline an invite request.
What was that about VRChat Plus?
Oh, right, yeah! Words not enough? How about a picture?
If you’ve got VRChat Plus, you can send a photo with your message!
Friends need a bit of a motivator to come to the dance floor? Send them a selfie with the DJ! Found an amazing new place to chill? Ship off an aesthetic preview. Busy making an avatar, and your friend’s inviting you to hang? Let them know you’ve still got meshes to merge. Get creative!
If you don’t have VRChat Plus, you can pick it up while using the Steam version of VRChat — just click on the “VRC+” button in the top-left of your main menu, or the banner on the top of your quick menu.
Invite messaging is the latest new feature in VRChat, and the first new release since VRChat Plus launch to have a new Plus-exclusive feature! We’re not done, though — more features are on the way for everyone. We’ll let you know about them as they come out.
This feature is out now with the release of VRChat 2020.1.2. Check out the full release notes.
If you’d like to preview new features before they go live, check out our Open Beta on our Discord server! Head on down to the #open-beta-info channel to learn how to sign up for notifications.
As always, thank you, and we’ll see you in VRChat!
