PURE ONYX Inner Circle Test Release - January 7, 2021!

First post of the new year guys!

I feel very optimistic that we will accomplish some great work this year.  Our team, support, resources, and pipeline are all on point, and I want to thank all of our Inner Circle patrons that have been a pillar for keeping our projects going!

We're starting the year out with what I think is one of our strongest PO releases in a while, and we intend to add further refinement and improvements to the new H animations for the $5 tier release in a couple of weeks.  Please check out the changelog below!

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Changelog

• W and S keys are currently the default camera zoom keys on keyboard.  Shift will trigger Onyx's dash.  This was an experiment and we'll probably change it back in a couple weeks.
• Added two H scenes for Street Lord Wraxe.  They are currently performed randomly (one "lift" scene and one standing-from-behind scene)
• Added an H grab skill for Street Lord Wraxe
• Improved Onyx's skin shader / materials
• Added first iteration of abdomen bulge to Onyx's rig
• Added Options screen to main menu and pause menu
• Added volume options
• Added keyboard and controller remapping options
• Added localization/language setting, and Polish as a new language
• Added game resolution settings to Options
• Added new pause/shop menu design + first iteration of UI animations
• Pause menu now properly shows Onyx's major location, with matching background artwork.
• Fixed H scene liquid color (no more glowing jelly)
• Made a major fix to the liquid system that prevented liquid models on Onyx from appearing on new animations
• Split post-H scene liquid meshes so that strands between Onyx's legs don't clip/distort poorly on extreme poses/animations
• Can no longer cheese Splicer Thugs by making them think they can hit Onyx when they can't.
• Issue skipping H scene segments from certain loop cycles fixed.
• Characters no longer freeze during H scene fadeouts.

H System Framework Improvements

• Enemies can now have multiple H scenes
• Support for multi-teaming added (our first double-team scene may be as early as February)
• Struggle animations are now scenes, meaning they can have multiple animations / progression just like H scenes.
• Added support for multi-teaming struggle scenes.
• Onyx can now have multiple active H rigs.  This means we can use an old rig where necessary to maintain compatibility for existing scenes.
• Updated the post-H scene liquid system to allow for optional meshes per animation (such as the above-mentioned strands between Onyx's legs).

Known Issues

Am reposting relevant known issues from last month, since many still exist (Mr. Kittyhawk was only available a couple weeks this month D: ).

• UPDATE: Wraxe's new H scenes don't add liquid to Onyx.  Expect a patched version in a couple days with that and a few of these other bugs knocked out.
• Liquid strands between Onyx's legs may not hide properly during one of Wraxe's H scenes, causing some ugly stretching.  Expect a fix ASAP in the patched version.
• The intro to one of Wraxe's H scenes appears choppy (it's not performance related, don't worry). This will be fixed in the $5 tier release in a couple of weeks.
• Liquid won't show on Onyx during the Thug's H scenes.  This will be fixed in next month's release.
• The liquid spurt FX on one of the Thug's H scene finishers isn't playing currently.
• Enemies can appear floating above the shop characters after an H scene, but should fix themselves quickly.
• Street Lord Wraxe's second H scene (the standing-from-behind scene) should actually only occur when Onyx is on the ground -- we just haven't had time to add this mechanic yet.
• There are some SFX/FX missing from the new H scenes, as well as a few visual glitches that will be added/fixed in the $5 tier release in a couple of weeks.
• Spamming attack/jump while Onyx is knocked down can sometimes produce a glitchy animation just before she gets back up, which can affect her next combo.
• Street Lord Wraxe's hitbox is not good, especially during his attack animations (Onyx's hits will usually miss when it looks like they should land).  He's the first enemy to move a lot from his origin during animations, and this separates him from his collider.
• Street Lord Wraxe may become stuck while walking.  He can be knocked out of it however.
• Due to Wraxe's large size, Runts bumping into him may push him upwards since they can get underneath his collider.
• It's possible to bug out an H scene by spamming jump just as Onyx is grabbed.  It will skip the H scene entirely and Onyx will be stuck in T pose until she's hit.
• Infinite jabs are way overpowered against bosses right now.  Jab spam will be changed to a standing combo soon-ish (among other combat improvements).
• Splicer Runts and Thugs may float if Onyx knocks them back a lot while they are defending or de-aggro'd.  They may also airwalk when knocked down.
• Charger doesn't move out of the way when he's a bystander during an H scene.  He just kinda goes to sleep right in the middle of it all x_x.  And Street Lord Wraxe sometimes blocks the view of the H scene with his big fat wraxe.

As mentioned above, we'll be working on some additional improvements/fixes for the release later this month when we make this available to all tiers.  We still need to polish up some of the animations for the new Splicer Boss H scenes, add missing and additional sound effects, add minor transitions, and I'd like to finally fix the glitchy red "eyeshine" cue that enemies should give before launching an H attack.

Let us know if you find any issues not listed!