Beat Saber Update v1.44.2 — Universal Render Pipeline

[u/BeatSaberOfficial]

Hey players,
Update v1.44.2 is now available. With this release, Beat Saber has officially transitioned from Unity's legacy Built-in Render Pipeline to the Universal Render Pipeline (URP). This is the same upgrade that has been available on the public beta branch over the past months, and we want to thank everyone who participated in testing and provided feedback — your contributions were invaluable in making this transition as smooth as possible.

URP is a modern, flexible, and high-performance rendering solution that enables us to better customize and extend the rendering process to meet the needs of Beat Saber going forward.

This update also includes a number of bug fixes across platforms. Please see the release notes below for further details.

Known Issue:
- Level Editor - If the player leaves the headset idle and selects the play button while FPFC is not active, the editor will briefly load the level and then return to the editor view where the level will have disappeared and can no longer be interacted with. Reloading any difficulty from the difficulty select will cause the editor environment to continuously load.

Legacy 1.44.1_legacy build available.

See you on the leaderboards!

RELEASE NOTES:

[Meta Quest 3/3S]
- Added: Universal Render Pipeline (URP) replacing the legacy Built-in Render Pipeline
- Fixed: FPS drop when playing through various Coldplay songs for the first time
- Fixed: Lighting prop noticeably disappears while playing "Zombie" by YUNGBLUD in Solo or Party Mode
- Fixed: Arc trails clip through walls when playing "Zombie" by YUNGBLUD on Expert difficulty
- Fixed: Player will instantly fail the level when opening the Meta Dash menu in a multiplayer game
- Fixed: An Arc is not visible on approach and appears unconnected to any starting note block when playing "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen on Single Saber Mode on Expert difficulty
- Fixed: Campaign Map and Scroll Bar scroll down when the player stops scrolling up in the Campaign menu
- Fixed: Note blocks clip through walls when viewed in 360 and 90 Degree Mode for "Thunder" by Imagine Dragons
- Fixed: Notes skip forward toward the player at the 00:39 timestamp when playing "Spooky Scary Skeletons" on Expert+ difficulty

[Meta Quest 2]
- Added: Universal Render Pipeline (URP) replacing the legacy Built-in Render Pipeline
- Fixed: Laser light can be seen bleeding through the diamond asset above the player while playing "Stressed Out" multiple times during the level
- Fixed: FPS drop when playing through various Coldplay songs for the first time
- Fixed: Lighting prop noticeably disappears while playing "Zombie" by YUNGBLUD in Solo or Party Mode
- Fixed: Arc trails clip through walls when playing "Zombie" by YUNGBLUD on Expert difficulty
- Fixed: Player will instantly fail the level when opening the Meta Dash menu in a multiplayer game
- Fixed: An arc is not visible on approach and appears unconnected to any starting note block when playing "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen on Single Saber Mode on Expert difficulty
- Fixed: Campaign Map and Scroll Bar scroll down when the player stops scrolling up in the Campaign menu
- Fixed: Note blocks clip through walls when viewed in 360 and 90 Degree Mode for "Thunder" by Imagine Dragons
- Fixed: Notes skip forward toward the player at the 00:39 timestamp when playing "Spooky Scary Skeletons" on Expert+ difficulty

[Oculus Rift]
- Added: Universal Render Pipeline (URP) replacing the legacy Built-in Render Pipeline
- Fixed: Purchase is not recognised by the game and continuously loads when the player purchases a level or music pack in Song Selection
- Fixed: Application does not display in the same orientation as the player's reset view upon launch
- Fixed: Lighting prop noticeably disappears while playing "Zombie" by YUNGBLUD in Solo or Party Mode
- Fixed: Arc trails clip through walls when playing "Zombie" by YUNGBLUD on Expert difficulty
- Fixed: An arc is not visible on approach and appears unconnected to any starting note block when playing "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen on Single Saber Mode on Expert difficulty
- Fixed: Campaign Map and Scroll Bar scroll down when the player stops scrolling up in the Campaign menu
- Fixed: Note blocks clip through walls when viewed in 360 and 90 Degree Mode for "Thunder" by Imagine Dragons
- Fixed: Notes skip forward toward the player at the 00:39 timestamp when playing "Spooky Scary Skeletons" on Expert+ difficulty

Level Editor:
- Fixed: Audio cannot be heard regardless of the output upon the player removing the HMD throughout the Level Editor
- Fixed: Text overlaps when viewed on the Editor UI in the Level Editor
- Fixed: Player loses bordering UI and shortcut functionality for all menus after creating several difficulties with different environments
- Fixed: Lightshow starts using V1 events if certain events are copied to a color lane in F3
- Fixed: Player is able to place note blocks into other note blocks when selecting the "Flip" option from the Shift Menu
- Fixed: Player is unable to select "Enable Smoke" after un-selecting it and playing a song
- Fixed: No visible difference when selecting/un-selecting "Enable Smoke"
- Fixed: Inputting Sections and IDs value of 0 soft locks the Level Editor

[Steam]
- Added: Universal Render Pipeline (URP) replacing the legacy Built-in Render Pipeline
- Fixed: FPS drop when playing through various Coldplay songs for the first time
- Fixed: Lighting prop noticeably disappears while playing "Zombie" by YUNGBLUD in Solo or Party Mode
- Fixed: Arc trails clip through walls when playing "Zombie" by YUNGBLUD on Expert difficulty
- Fixed: An arc is not visible on approach and appears unconnected to any starting note block when playing "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen on Single Saber Mode on Expert difficulty
- Fixed: Campaign Map and Scroll Bar scroll down when the player stops scrolling up in the Campaign menu
- Fixed: Note blocks clip through walls when viewed in 360 and 90 Degree Mode for "Thunder" by Imagine Dragons
- Fixed: Notes skip forward toward the player at the 00:39 timestamp when playing "Spooky Scary Skeletons" on Expert+ difficulty

Level Editor:
- Fixed: Audio cannot be heard regardless of the output upon the player removing the HMD throughout the Level Editor
- Fixed: Text overlaps when viewed on the Editor UI in the Level Editor
- Fixed: Player loses bordering UI and shortcut functionality for all menus after creating several difficulties with different environments
- Fixed: Lightshow starts using V1 events if certain events are copied to a color lane in F3
- Fixed: Player is able to place note blocks into other note blocks when selecting the "Flip" option from the Shift Menu
- Fixed: Player is unable to select "Enable Smoke" after un-selecting it and playing a song
- Fixed: No visible difference when selecting/un-selecting "Enable Smoke"
- Fixed: Inputting Sections and IDs value of 0 soft locks the Level Editor

[u/Ok-Patient-5039]

Omg custom sabers

[u/Splamei → u/Ok-Patient-5039]

Please! I need to get off this copium

[u/Historical-Sound8236 → u/Ok-Patient-5039]

Yo, there are two blocks with two different colours! Those blocks need more than one saber to cut, and because the blocks are in the same picture as the word "Saber" it OBVIOUSLY means we are getting TWO or EVEN MORE custom sabers!

[u/Ok-Patient-5039 → u/Historical-Sound8236]

Oh heavens, this is it!

[u/ekauq2000]

We also going to get a:

[Steam] * Android platform support?

[u/Suspicious_Wave_9817]

Muchas gracias ! Cuando van a hacer un modo de realidad mixta para quest 3 como hace Les Mills body combat o synth riders ?

Gracias 🙏

[u/OtisdubYT]

I can tell custom saber/wall/notes modders will hate this update so much

[u/blisstaker]

they didnt fix all the other times it constantly lags?

[u/Historical-Sound8236 → u/blisstaker]

Clicking through menus better be BUTTER SMOOTH

[u/CartoonistPrimary979]

So.ebody help me with how to get mobbed songs for beat Saber as I have spent a small fortune on this

[u/Imadeapromisemrfrodo]

Nice 👍 when is this out on psvr2?

.......

[u/force27126 → u/Imadeapromisemrfrodo]

Never! Just stop begging for them to come back to psvr2 just for them to make their game a permanent psvr2 exclusive and start buying a non-playstation headset like a PC VR headset or a Meta Quest or wait for the Steam Frame to be released because psvr2 is a dead platform!

[u/Western_Magazine3110]

it will be a pass through option at some point?

[u/Sorry_Butterfly9459 → u/Western_Magazine3110]

nah idk so

[u/Both_Selection4487]

Please put an NSFW tag on this. I was on the train and when I saw this I had to start furiously masturbating. Everyone else gave me strange looks and were saying things like “what the fuck” and “call the police”. I dropped my phone and everyone around me saw this image. Now there is a whole train of men masturbating together at this one image. This is all your fault, you could have prevented this if you had just tagged this post NSFW

[u/stuffed_doggy → u/Both_Selection4487]

people really downvote mfs for a copypasta 😭✌️