How to Master the Replicator in Rec Room: A Step-by-Step Circuit Tutorial

Hey everybody, it’s Under My Cap, and welcome back to another video. Today, I’m going to show you how to use the replicator inside Rec Room. As you can see behind me, I have these awesome vending machines. If I click on them, you’ll notice they spawn an item. These items are completely replicated; they are not actually real items. They’re just replicated. You can return the items, and I’ll show you how to do that as well. Now, let’s get straight into it. The first thing to note is that you need to enable beta tools inside your room. To do that, on your watch, go to the room settings, then click on Main Settings, and scroll all the way down. You will see a toggle called “Allow Creative Tools Beta Content.” Turn this on. Be aware that once you turn it on, you can’t turn it off, so proceed with caution. This is necessary to access the replicator. Awesome. Now, let’s go outside for this next part. Using your Maker Pen, pull it out and search for “replicator” to get started. Please ignore what’s happening behind me; that’s just the room I’m in. Navigate to the “Pallet” tab, then go to “Circuits,” and search for “replicator.” A replicator looks like a purple beam. Select it, and this is how you get the replicator. Cross off the selection on your Maker Pen; you’ll see a cool purple glowing object. That is the replicator. Whatever shapes you connect to it can be cloned inside the room. When you spawn a replicator, a chip also spawns with it. This is the main component that controls how the replicator works. If you click on this execution chip, you can spawn an object—meaning it clones whatever is on the plate into the world. You can also set a position where the replicated object will spawn, which defaults to 0000, and an orientation, which adjusts the object’s rotation. Additionally, you can assign objects to a specific player. This feature makes it so that only that player can interact with the object. The “Player” setting here is used to define which player the object is assigned to. Now, how do you put an item inside the replicator? In rooms created with Creative Tools, there’s a feature called “Containers.” Think of the replicator as a container. I’ve spawned in my own creation of a cat. Suppose you want to replicate this cat throughout the room. First, ensure the object is placed inside its own container. Next, open your Maker Pen and click on the wire tool, which is the Y button—it’s the second purple button next to configure. Click on the cat and drag it to the replicator. When you do this, the cat will snap to the replicator, indicating that it is now inside. To keep things simple, I’ll show you how to spawn a replicated cat in the same location. Use the object ID, which you get by grabbing the object with the identifier at the top, then drag it to the position input. This creates a “Get Position” chip, which fetches the current position of the replicator. You should also connect this to the orientation input. (Oops, I think I accidentally created a new chip—ignore that.) When you press “Spawn Next Object,” another cat will appear inside the original one, although it might glitch a little. I’ll show this again: when you spawn the object, a duplicate is created, and sometimes the placement can glitch, but generally, it works like cloning. Note that when you drop your Maker Pen, the item inside the replicator disappears from your view, which is why it appears the second cat. If you click “Spawn Next Object” again, more copies will be spawned into the room. Since they work inside containers, you can containerize your circuits within them, keeping them interactive and suitable for adding interaction volumes or other features. This is just a brief introduction to how to use the replicator. They can be used for many purposes, from creating objects to complex interactions. If you found this video helpful, please leave a like and subscribe. I look forward to seeing you in the next video.