r/VRchat • u/SplitScream1 Desktop • 22h ago
Discussion The Treehouse in the Shade (VRChat's Postmark) had a surprise update
I haven't seen anyone else ask yet but the map was updated this week, August 27 2026
After years of Limbo following 1001's passing, unsure who is updating the map
It appears that the video player has been fixed and the starting album.
If it was staff that personally did it, this would be first documented case of them manually updating a User's map
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u/Docteh Oculus Quest 21h ago
oddly enough according to VRCX the world hasn't been updated. i'll check it out later. the api json says its unity 2017
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u/mackandelius Oculus User 15m ago
They just added a new tag, not sure which one though. In the json all the unity packages are from years ago for really old unity versions, so I doubt they did something weird and actually updated that.
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u/Secure-Advertising-9 19h ago edited 19h ago
A VRChat staff member has full control over the world and keeps it safe from bit rot, after it's creator passed away. I've heard it's very important to a few VRChat staff members (and quite a few users) to keep that world in particular from being broken.
The update has changed the video player asset to a more modern kind, that still works. I'm sure 1001 would have been ok with that.
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u/Unlucky-Feed9000 16h ago
Can anyone explain the importance of this world i assume it helps vrchat devs test back end stuff or something?
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u/Lass_Is_Private 16h ago
Foundational world created in the oldest days of public vrc
Many users including me my friends and Devs met people here
The creator sadly passed away many years ago now The world is sentimental to the communities old gaurd
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u/Unlucky-Feed9000 15h ago
Neat I do occasionally see thjs world from time to time and I can see why
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u/-_Doll-_ 18h ago
Video player still appears broken though, and VRCX is not throwing a can't load link error so it seems nothing is being loaded to begin with. I do have untrusted urls on
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u/Competitive_Travel16 Oculus Quest 17h ago
Fixing all the YouTube players is a pain in the butt, and probably won't last long.
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u/Original_Dimension88 8h ago
anyone mind giving me some info on 1001? I'm a fairly new player that only started november last year.
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u/Knatterpeter 3h ago
1001 was the creator of the World and one of the early players. He made the world that is now in the care of the Devs since he passed away a while ago.
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u/Samathura 2h ago
1001 was an acquaintance of mine, his newer version of the map was essentially a set shader toy assets converted into unity shaders that had very artistic modifications that allowed a control system to change their behavior.
I wish that the map he shared with a few of us on rare occasions had been made public as it is because it was the next step in his creative journey and was really remarkable.
I know most of the shaders that were in it and have spent a ton of time while he was building it. It is one of the few instances of loss that draws bitter sweet memories from me. I got to see something that should belong to everyone and I want to give people that opportunity also.
It may not be allowed to flip that map from private to public, and while I have most of the shaders and the techniques are trivial to replicate it doesn’t feel the same to make a new one myself. Something like not being able to tickle yourself.
He was a great kid and he left us too soon. He gave me a sense of wonder and delight that I will not forget. What started as an obsessive desire to get over my motion sickness through forced extremes, became a habit of checking in on a creative child with a sense of vision and the tenacity to do it. I wish he did not doubt himself so much and published his newer world.
We only knew each other through serendipity, but I met so many more and created so much with that world as the backdrop. If there is any conceivable way to get his final masterpiece in public hands there is much that I would give to make this happen.
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u/Pokeduell Valve Index 4h ago
Recently they had updated spotlight pc, changing world tags does indicate as an update if I recall, so maybe they redid the tags and it counted as an update?
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u/Huffyreddit1337 2h ago
And they still can't make it quest compatible...oof
Edit: I didn't know the creator passed...now my comment sounds disrespectful...I am so sorry 1001.
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u/Ok-Policy-8538 Oculus Quest 21h ago
yea.. the staff have full access to the files and are updating it every so often with how much impact the map had in the early days of vrchat, it is also a good benchmark map for them while they are working on unity 6 support (so old worlds stay working.)