Heat 0.3.8.2 Milestone - Watersports, Tail/Head Posing, Chars in bathroom, Optimizations

Every time I start a feature I think "Gee this won't be so hard".

Every time I'm wrong. This time it was it was waterports. The fluid engine sucked too much to use for watersports so we had to figure out our own system, and it turned out quite difficult.

We've also added tail posing, for the first few bones of the tail anyways. Once you let go of the tail it'll stay in that position, so it should be much easier to raise out of the way. You can also grab and position their heads now. Use the radial option to reset their heads to normal.

The optimizations this time are physics optimizations for Atlas, Emmy, Hera, and Riley.  They should load considerably faster now and have a lower impact when covered in fluids. The rest of the characters will come soon!

This month was a tough one for me (Edef). Despite my best efforts I ended up coming down with covid and was out of action for a while. I'm through it now though, and just it time because I'm leaving for a vacation soon. It will be my first vacation in like... 3 or 4 years. I think it's a bad idea given the state of covid in the world but my friends wanted to go. I'll be gone a couple weeks but development will continue with the rest of the team as normal.

Look forward to the new locker room location coming next month!

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 

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. Patreon is not updating a handful of user's pages and is failing to auth even after a long time. If you can't auth, try relogging into Patreon. If it still doesn't work, go into your Patreon profile and change any setting, such as your Patreon name or pledge privacy setting to force Patreon to update your profile. The auth should work after that. If it doesn't message me on Discord or Patreon.

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 and Z/X: 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

The 2D interactions are still experimental and limited, but hopefully still enjoyable :)

Changelog 0.3.8.2

• fix grabbing characters throwing you into the ceiling
• fix Riley's dick transcending to a higher plane of existence on pose change
• make attaching things to waist no longer have a ghost, since you can grab toys from multiple angles. Outline colour will change when an attachment is valid
• add character radial menu to bathroom
• give all UI text a slight black stroke
• add 100% quick scale button to player scale options
• prevent boops when scaled down
• add character despawn button to bathroom
• fix licks on erect dongs
• hide keep erect button when Riley is caged
• improve walking on characters when tiny
• fix characters pressing bathroom buttons and breaking them
• improve riley and aurora sucking angles
• reduce volume of lick sounds

Changelog 0.3.8.1

• added main cast to glory hole room so you can pose them with the dicks
• add pee sounds
• made pee start/stop realistically and made it unique for each character
• glory hole characters can pee now
• fixed a bunch of issues with player scaling. Walking on characters should be more consistent now
• fixed hydration level slider in some cases
• fix dildo sucking
• you can now grab all of their heads (and horns) to pose their head
• increase max bladder capacity and show the value
• girls pee after climax now
• fix some poses where girl pee came out of clit
• fix peeing into characters
• make flaccid dicks firm up a bit when peeing
• make keep erect/floppy work on animated poses
• fix hip recoil when atlas penetrates
• make mouth open a per-character option
• fix laser scale on left hand when player scaled
• fix duo radial menu breakage
• fix another case of spawning more than 2 characters
• fix stepping onto bench in bathroom

Changelog 0.3.8.0

• watersports with it's various options added to kinks menu
• fix cum appearance that got broken ages ago
• tails will stiffen at the base now when grabbed and let go
• radial menu should scale with player now
• makers will only paint when held now
• change default hand pose a bit
• fix marina dick colliders
• fix penetrable on glory hole dicks
• add keep erect button to radial. Don't leave it on for more than 4 hours or they'll have to call their doctor
• optimize Emmy, Atlas, Hera, and Riley colliders
• Atlas' keep floppy will still allow him to cum now
• fix issue where character physics wouldn't generate properly
• add climax button to radial
• add mouth open toggle to radial
• add colliders to toilet lid in glory holes
• improve radial spacing menu with many items

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:

• 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)
• 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)