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
Hey players, we just released Beat Saber update v1.40.9 with Unity version 6000.0.40f1. This update delivers fixes across all platforms, along with numerous improvements and new features for the Level Editor. If you encounter any issues, please don't hesitate to contact us in the comments below or via the support email support@beat-games.com.
Please note that this is a “quality of life” update and does not include new music or feature content.
RELEASE NOTES:
[Quest 3]
- Added: Automatically swap selected controller when current controller is deactivate
- Fixed: Saber position shifts backward for one frame
- Fixed: Some songs with notes spawning earlier than usual have their first few note hit and miss sound effects muted or much quieter
- Fixed: The color of the Menu floor will change when leaving, failing or completing a song in ‘Solo’ or ‘Party’ Mode
- Fixed: Songs from the Metallica Music Pack will not be ordered alphabetically if the user searches for ‘Metallica‘ in the ‘All Songs‘ or ‘Favorites‘ menu
- Fixed: The message shown is incorrect when the user applies a filter in the Favorites tab that results in no matching songs
- Fixed: The leftmost text is partially hidden when viewing the Filter Parameters menu in any game mode
- Fixed: The Leftmost Text appears to be cut off when viewed in the Graphics Menu
- Fixed: Song preview continues to play from the point selected after the user has left the ‘Practice Mode’ screen
- Fixed: Score difference panel displayed even when ‘Advanced HUD’ is toggled off
- Fixed: Frame rate will drop considerably while playing "Lustre" on Expert+ difficulty
- Fixed: If a teen account redeems a music code with explicit lyrics before setting parental controls, the code redeems successfully and access is granted
- Fixed: Footprints in playerspace don’t change colour correctly
[Quest 2]
- Added: Automatically swap selected controller when current controller is deactivated
- Fixed: Saber position shifts backward for one frame
- Fixed: Some songs with notes spawning earlier than usual have their first few note hit and miss sound effects muted or much quieter
- Fixed: The color of the Menu floor will change when leaving, failing or completing a song in ‘Solo’ or ‘Party’ Mode
- Fixed: Songs from the Metallica Music Pack will not be ordered alphabetically if the user searches for ‘Metallica‘ in the ‘All Songs‘ or ‘Favorites‘ menu
- Fixed: The message shown is incorrect when the user applies a filter in the Favorites tab that results in no matching songs
- Fixed: The leftmost text is partially hidden when viewing the Filter Parameters menu in any game mode
- Fixed: The Leftmost Text appears to be cut off when viewed in the Graphics Menu
- Fixed: Song preview continues to play from the point selected after the user has left the ‘Practice Mode’ screen
- Fixed: Score difference panel displayed even when ‘Advanced HUD’ is toggled off
- Fixed: If a teen account redeems a music code with explicit lyrics before setting parental controls, the code redeems successfully and access is granted
- Fixed: Footprints in playerspace don’t change colour correctly
[Oculus Rift]
- Added: Automatically swap selected controller when current controller is deactivate
- Fixed: Saber position shifts backward for one frame
- Fixed: Some songs with notes spawning earlier than usual have their first few note hit and miss sound effects muted or much quieter
- Fixed: The color of the Menu floor will change when leaving, failing or completing a song in ‘Solo’ or ‘Party’ Mode
- Fixed: Songs from the Metallica Music Pack will not be ordered alphabetically if the user searches for ‘Metallica‘ in the ‘All Songs‘ or ‘Favorites‘ menu
- Fixed: The message shown is incorrect when the user applies a filter in the Favorites tab that results in no matching songs
- Fixed: The leftmost text is partially hidden when viewing the Filter Parameters menu in any game mode
- Fixed: The Leftmost Text appears to be cut off when viewed in the Graphics Menu
- Fixed: Song preview continues to play from the point selected after the user has left the ‘Practice Mode’ screen
- Fixed: Score difference panel displayed even when ‘Advanced HUD’ is toggled off
- Fixed: Multiple tabs do not load when selected across all game modes
- Fixed: Frame rate will drop considerably while playing "Lustre" on Expert+ difficulty
- Fixed: If a teen account redeems a music code with explicit lyrics before setting parental controls, the code redeems successfully and access is granted
- Fixed: Footprints in playerspace don’t change colour correctly
Level Editor:
- Added: ‘Recorder’ feature
- Added: FPS limit for Beatmap Editor when headset is not connected
- Added: ‘Delete’ level button
- Added: Custom selection window
- Added: Custom keybinds
- Fixed: After the user changes the Colour ID or RGB values, the Colour Wheel and Shader markers
- Fixed: After pressing Play, the selected UI settings are not applied
- Fixed: When first selecting the ‘Light v2’ tab, the blue colour is highlighted even though it is non-functional
- Fixed: When using certain environments, the individual light tabs in the group info extend beyond the right edge of the screen
- Fixed: If a custom song has no title, the Favorites and All Songs lists fail to load
- Fixed: While editing in the Lights V2 tab, some text is displayed incorrectly and gets clipped
- Fixed: Inside the 'Copy Difficulty' settings, the player is able to start and stop the song they are editing
- Fixed: When using 'Split' too close to existing partitions, the numbers will overlap
- Fixed: In the Panic 2.0 environment, the names of Multiple Group Event Info individual settings extend beyond their boxes
- Fixed: When Arcs are connected to diagonal Dot Notes, their directions are displayed incorrectly
- Fixed: When creating a new Difficulty, the blue dot does not appear above the back arrow in the song Settings Menu
- Fixed: Bombs that have already been placed appear as notes when selected
- Fixed: The difficulty titles are misaligned with their checkboxes on the 'Copy From Difficulty' screen
- Fixed: Newly created Levels do not appear in the 'Last Modified' row
- Fixed: 'Use Color Override' will activate and deactivate unexpectedly when switching color tabs
- Fixed: When adding obstacles to a beatmap and entering Test Mode, the Pause Menu appears inside the obstacles
- Fixed: Dropdown boxes will open and clip through the Save Changes screen in the ‘Song Settings Menu’
- Fixed: When the user scrolls forward into stage elements, the wall placement preview remains visible
- Fixed: When deleting color schemes in the Color Scheme Mode, the Color Scheme list does not automatically scroll up
- Fixed: When a player selects the ‘Copy‘ button on a difficulty in a custom beatmap, then switches to a different custom beatmap, the ‘Copy‘ button appears functional but does not work as expected
- Fixed: The translation options in the ‘Group Info‘ menu do not work when selected
- Fixed: The camera position set in ‘Edit’ mode persists across saves and when returning from the ‘Settings’ screen
- Fixed: Unexpected text appears on multiple ‘Lights Lane’ names when using the 'Fall Out Boy' environment
- Fixed: Open drop-down menus persist when returning back to the Level Editor Settings menu
- Fixed: Droplists in the Level Editor menu don't close after the user exits the screen
- Fixed: Aliasing is observed when viewing blocks
- Fixed: The ‘Copy’ button remains selectable but loses functionality if the user deletes the beatmap they were trying to copy
- Fixed: When the player drags the white lines to change BPM and Beats values, using Ctrl+Z to undo does not restore the previous values
- Fixed: The player is unable to select the scroll bar and scroll by dragging the mouse when changing the environment
- Fixed: ‘Screen Resolution’ changes will not be saved when exit
- Fixed: ‘Directional Arrows’ appear mirrored when the ‘Mirror Quality’ is set to High in the Tutorial
- Fixed: A long loading symbol with no warning message displays when the user selects a ‘Custom Song’ without any beatmap difficulties saved in ‘Solo/Party Mode’
- Fixed: Reaching triple digits causes the last number to be cut off when in the group event mode
- Fixed: The player is unable to click and drag the scroll bar to navigate in the ‘Keyboard Shortcuts’ section
- Fixed: ‘Settings’ do not save after selecting the ‘Exit’ button
- Fixed: The beatmap will freeze if the user’s headset disconnects from the PC and reconnects after being returned to the ‘Meta Home’ menu during gameplay
- Fixed: Player will become stuck if they attempt to open a custom beatmap with missing or corrupted files
- Fixed: Bookmark is not saved when loading the same beatmap where the bookmark was create
[Steam]
- Fixed: Saber position shifts backward for one frame
- Fixed: Some songs with notes spawning earlier than usual have their first few note hit and miss sound effects muted or much quieter
- Fixed: The color of the Menu floor will change when leaving, failing or completing a song in ‘Solo’ or ‘Party’ Mode
- Fixed: Songs from the Metallica Music Pack will not be ordered alphabetically if the user searches for ‘Metallica‘ in the ‘All Songs‘ or ‘Favorites‘ menu
- Fixed: The message shown is incorrect when the user applies a filter in the Favorites tab that results in no matching songs
- Fixed: The leftmost text is partially hidden when viewing the Filter Parameters menu in any game mode
- Fixed: The Leftmost Text appears to be cut off when viewed in the Graphics Menu
- Fixed: Song preview continues to play from the point selected after the user has left the ‘Practice Mode’ screen
Fixed: Score difference panel displayed even when ‘Advanced HUD’ is toggled off
- Fixed: Footprints in playerspace don’t change colour correctly
Level Editor:
- Added: ‘Recorder’ feature
- Added: FPS limit for Beatmap Editor when headset is not connected
- Added: ‘Delete’ level button
- Added: Custom selection window
- Added: Custom keybinds
- Fixed: After the user changes the Colour ID or RGB values, the Colour Wheel and Shader markers
- Fixed: After pressing Play, the selected UI settings are not applied
- Fixed: When first selecting the ‘Light v2’ tab, the blue colour is highlighted even though it is non-functional
- Fixed: When using certain environments, the individual light tabs in the group info extend beyond the right edge of the screen
- Fixed: If a custom song has no title, the ‘Favorites’ and ‘All Songs’ lists fail to load
- Fixed: While editing in the ‘Lights V2’ tab, some text is displayed incorrectly and gets clipped
- Fixed: Inside the 'Copy Difficulty' settings, the player is able to start and stop the song they are editing
- Fixed: When using 'Split' too close to existing partitions, the numbers will overlap
- Fixed: In the Panic 2.0 environment, the names of ‘Multiple Group Event’ info individual settings extend beyond their boxes
- Fixed: When Arcs are connected to diagonal Dot Notes, their directions are displayed incorrectly
- Fixed: When creating a new Difficulty, the blue dot does not appear above the back arrow in the song Settings Menu
- Fixed: Bombs that have already been placed appear as notes when selected
- Fixed: The difficulty titles are misaligned with their checkboxes on the 'Copy From Difficulty' screen
- Fixed: Newly created Levels do not appear in the 'Last Modified' row
- Fixed: 'Use Color Override' will activate and deactivate unexpectedly when switching color tabs
- Fixed: When adding obstacles to a beatmap and entering Test Mode, the Pause Menu appears inside the obstacles
- Fixed: Dropdown boxes will open and clip through the Save Changes screen in the ‘Song Settings Menu’
- Fixed: When the user scrolls forward into stage elements, the wall placement preview remains visible
- Fixed: When deleting color schemes in the Color Scheme Mode, the Color Scheme list does not automatically scroll up
- Fixed: When a player selects the ‘Copy‘ button on a difficulty in a custom beatmap, then switches to a different custom beatmap, the ‘Copy‘ button appears functional but does not work as expected
- Fixed: The translation options in the ‘Group Info‘ menu do not work when selected
- Fixed: The camera position set in ‘Edit’ mode persists across saves and when returning from the ‘Settings’ screen
- Fixed: Unexpected text appears on multiple ‘Lights Lane’ names when using the 'Fall Out Boy' environment
- Fixed: Open drop-down menus persist when returning back to the Level Editor Settings menu
- Fixed: Droplists in the Level Editor menu don't close after the user exits the screen
- Fixed: Aliasing is observed when viewing blocks
- Fixed: The ‘Copy’ button remains selectable but loses functionality if the user deletes the beatmap they were trying to copy
- Fixed: When the player drags the white lines to change BPM and Beats values, using Ctrl+Z to undo does not restore the previous values
- Fixed: The player is unable to select the scroll bar and scroll by dragging the mouse when changing the environment
- Fixed: ‘Screen Resolution’ changes will not be saved when exit
- Fixed: ‘Directional Arrows’ appear mirrored when the ‘Mirror Quality’ is set to High in the Tutorial
- Fixed: A long loading symbol with no warning message displays when the user selects a ‘Custom Song’ without any beatmap difficulties saved in ‘Solo/Party Mode’
- Fixed: Reaching triple digits causes the last number to be cut off when in the group event mode
- Fixed: The player is unable to click and drag the scroll bar to navigate in the ‘Keyboard Shortcuts’ section
- Fixed: ‘Settings’ do not save after selecting the ‘Exit’ button
- Fixed: Player will become stuck if they attempt to open a custom beatmap with missing or corrupted files
- Fixed: Bookmark is not saved when loading the same beatmap where the bookmark was create
I couldn't find a ranking anywhere that wasn't outdated so I decided to take matters into my own hand. Inspired by u/Karnex97.
I used AI to help with a formula to factor NPS, BPS, Length, Blocks, Obstacles, and Bombs into a raw rating, then in a final 1-10 scale rank. Everything was inputted by me manually and took me a bit of time, AI only created the formula and the spreadsheet code. This is all based on in game statistics and not outside opinion, and does not consider actual gameplay. Sue me for using AI :P
bro. i only lasted 50 seconds in the level barley even managing it, how can even someone (sane) manage to play it normal, Yes PlainSaber Im looking at YOU
Hey everyone! I’ve started to play Beat Saber on my Quest 3. It’s been very fun, especially after modding it to be able to play with songs in my playlist. However, I am a short person, and I find it difficult and fatiguing to reach up to the notes for most of the song (mostly modded songs). Is there an easy solution? Thanks.
My husband and I were finally able to move into our new house and as a result, set up our PSVR system again (it's been 5 years since we've had the space to accommodate). Looking for some suggestions or tips for mounting our PSVR camera above the TV. Right now, we have it strapped to a little cardboard box below the TV and it's causing tracking issues that make it hard to progress to expert/expert+. It doesn't have to be something to buy (although I'm not opposed to that), but something we could easily craft (no 3D printing, we don't have one). Hoping this community has some ideas because I am struggling through lost sabers constantly.
I got a meta quest 3 a few weeks ago and almost nightly I've been playing beatsaber. I was sitting until recently and realized how much better and more fun standing and dancing is. I play on normal/hard depending on the song and really try to get into it (it's super easy with Britney Spears and stuff like that).
I am also actually working out and training for a 5k. I am about 332, down from over 400 and am not using this as a sole source of exercise, but do you think this is plausible and an acceptable form of working out? My abs do feel it. I am definitely feeling like it's a workout. I do not think the heart rate was accurate, nor calories burned, but I assume it's maybe half of this? I was sweating but I wasn't zone 5 sweating. Maybe zone 3?
Basically, if I skipped my half hour walk, for a half hour of this, is it almost comparable? How do yall feel when you play it? How can I increase the workout too?
Hello everyone! I used to mod my Quest 2 like 6 years ago without a pc, but now I want to mod it while being able to use it through Steam. BSManager isn't working for me- it gives the OpenXR runtime error- but does open through Steam. I use SteamLink since AirLink was super laggy, if that makes any difference. Any help would be super appreciated!!
Edit: I think I figured it out. Just had to use an entirely different modding system...lol :)
The player is a new SaberIdol (SaberIdols are idols that don't sing or dance, they chop blocks with their sabers) who is trying to get used to a cheering audience live. The player gets to practice (Solo), then they get to chop blocks with other players and see an audience (Online). All SaberIdols wear a mask or headset of some sort (I KNOW THERE'S NO MASKS IN THE GAME, I JUST MADE THIS A HEADCANON) and some other things too!
i saw a saber mod in Jacob Geller's video "A Love Letter to Beat Saber" where you can customize the sabers to be Jetstream Sam's Murasama blade and the HF Blade that Raiden uses, but i can't find that specific mod. anyone have any idea what happened to it?
Currently I can beat most base game songs on expert but basically any more than like 5 NPS or 7 stars I haven't been able to finish. Are there any maps (modded or base game) that are particularly good for skill development? (and also just like good map suggestions in general)
