Heat 0.4.9.2 Milestone - Better Posing, Character Posession (Patreon)

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2023-04-28 17:31:55

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This month we've improving a feature that has needed some work. Custom posing should now be more intuitive and much more powerful. We've added some much requested features like finger posing, and now you can freely pose any fixed pose!

We've also added the ability to possess any character at any time! This works similar to the old duo possess system, except now you can control their hands. This is particularly useful if you want to pose a character topping the player. Now make the pose, get the action started, and possess the bottom!

To highlight these new features, we've added a new Emmy/Garret duo meant specifically for possession, animated by someone you may know, Twitchy! This is a long animation with multiple stages that can be advanced separately, that should look pretty good from their perspective when possessing them :3c.

We've significantly updated the mod tools. The tools can found in the mods channel on Discord.

Check out the full changes below and please provide feedback in Discord! Thank you everyone for your continued support of Heat! Your support allows this game to exist!

DOWNLOAD LINK HERE
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How to run Heat(Remember you need SteamVR to run the game in VR, and 7zip(recommended) or WinRAR to unpack it.)

Frequently Asked Questions

New Patrons: Patreon is really slow at the beginning of the month and may take a few hours to acknowledge you're a patron for the authentication.

Controls: Oculus/Index:

B: Menu
A: Radial Menu
Thumbstick press: Kiss/Lick
Left Joystick: Move
Right Joystick: Rotate/Teleport
Trigger whilst holding toy: Shoot

Vive:

I've completely run out of buttons on this thing so you may need to customize the controls in the SteamVR overlay. If you have any suggestion on how best to bind everything, let me know on Discord please.

That weird button close to the pad: Menu
Grip: Shoot w/ toys
Bottom of touchpad: Kiss/Lick
Left Touchpad: Move
Sides of Right Touchpad: Rotate
Top of Touchpad whilst holding toy: Radial Menu

WMR

WMR controls change depending on the model, and some actions may be unbound entirely. You can see/edit your bindings by going to the settings in the SteamVR overlay and adjust the bindings and add any missing actions there.

For 2D:

ESC: Close/move menu
WASD: Move
P/L: Switch between VR mode and 2D mode
Q/E or Ctrl/Space: Move up and Down
TAB: Open Radial Menu
N: Extend tongue/kiss
M whilst holding toy: Shoot
Click: Grab something when the cursor lights up green
R/F, Z/X, T/G: Rotate item in hand
Mouse Wheel: Move object away or towards the camera
Mouse: Rub something when the hand moves in Debug Keys:
I: Make character erect
C: Make character climax

Changelog

Changelog 0.4.9.2

Improve new Garret/Emmy anim animations
Dick state will now be saved when loading a saved pose
Allow loading older poses with the new system, might be a little off though
Fix verifyintegrity FOR REAL THIS TIME (I hope)
Fix broken Atlas audio
Make it easier to grab sliders in the radial menu
Increase size of finger posing menu as well
When ending possession, put player back where they were
Fix grabbing some parts of Marina
Fix Emmy/Garret look at toggle in new pose
Radial menu will now deactivate when possessing
Auto advance scenes in the new duo can now be toggled off
Fix three characters int the Sauna
Fix look logic after grabbing head
Fix Garret's ghost dick in his new duo pose
Ghost hands for Marina will no longer have collision
Fix Hera toe animations
Disable autothrust when posing
Fix things breaking if people spam the pose buttons (don't do that)
Fix nipple sucking breaking sometimes
Fix their heads spazzing out sometimes
Possibly fix ghost penetration
Improve Riley/Garret boop response
Fix cases when the character is thrusting or sucking and gets possessed
Improve Astera's head grab rotation limits
Fix grabbing hips with 2 hands and then it breaking
Fix loading thumb poses
Fix derpy Atlas eyes when kissing

Changelog 0.4.9.1

You can now possess any character at any time, including custom poses. Give this a shot to make bottoming easier
Add toe posing
Using different hands to pose the head will no longer assassinate characters by breaking their necks
Fix being sent to the shadow realm when exiting possession in 2d mode
Improve transitions of the new Emmy/Garret duo and add more stages
Cleanup old rig stuff and refactor some head state things
Fix some RGB issues with Astera during her boop
Improve responsiveness of grabbing character's head
A few fixes for future mod package
Fix Astera floating in bedroom

Changelog 0.4.9.0

Re-do a lot of the character posing system to behave a lot better
Possessing characters in duo poses will now give you control of the character hands
Added a new duo Garret/Emmy animation that's multi-stage, meant specifically for possession. Advance to the next state through the UI
Character shoulders can now be grabbed and rotated
Add a tail collision toggle in custom posing menu
Add finger posing controls to the radial menu
Grabbing character's heads will now allow you to pose their upper body. Grab their heads and pull them in for a kiss :3c
Add ghost hands to show where characters can be grabbed to be posed
Added twist to character's arms and legs so their wrists and arms should turn smoother when rotating their wrist
Loading poses will check if they're in the right location now
Allowed every pose to be poseable
Add Alternative atlas textures to fullbody player
Improve radial menu item placement
Add atlas masturbating pose
Fix missing inflation anims
Big refactor for the character's internal head controllers since the system was a huge kludge before
Add ghost hands as a non fullbody hand option
Remove Astera texture compression for better text clarity
Fix your finger growing back if garret bites your bit finger again

Known Issues

Laser might not register with UI sometimes, possible fixes are: Game restart, by setting the game window to focus by clicking on it, or by alt-tabbing (let me know if this still happens, I may have fixed it)
Browser doesn't launch when hitting authenticate, or refuses to connect: Try running in admin mode or setting a different browser to default temporarily

Common Solutions to Game Issues

These are common solutions to many problems, ranging from the tongue not spawning to the game not launching in VR, or the game not authenticating. Try these out first if you're having issues, they work surprisingly often. If they don't work, message me and I'll be glad to help.

All issues (try these first):

Right click on verifyintegrity.ps1 and select 'Run with PowerShell' to validate your files. If this fails, redownload the game. The download got corrupted.
Make sure the game isn't installed within any folders that have winky faces or other unusual characters in them
Restart the game and your computer

Auth issues:

If you have a localhost error in your browser, press the auth trouble button below the authenticate button and follow the directions exactly.
Check "use alternate port" below the authenticate button
Run the game as admin
Make sure an antivirus isn't messing with Heat
Make sure game is let through firewall
Set a different browser to default temporarily
Disable adblocker temporarily
Disable any security that could prevent your computer from opening a socket and accepting a connection temporarily

VR issues:

Adding the game as a non-steam game then running from within SteamVR (if not working in VR)
Press P to switch to 2D mode and L to switch to VR mode on your keyboard
If your hands don't work, reset SteamVR bindings for the game. If you can't do this, launch the game from the .exe, not from the Steam shortcut
If you're using Oculus and the game doesn't launch in VR, launch SteamVR and sit in it for about 30 seconds then run the game from within SteamVR
Reinstall/validate SteamVR and Oculus software
Update video drivers
Clicking on the game window with your mouse when the game is open then putting on your VR headset (if the UI laser doesn't work)