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Marlin is up for an adventure!

Hey everybody, Blacky here!

After kicking off the couple/partner project with Alice and James, and continuing it with Ilinir and Fraenir for the upcoming release, I realized I wanted to take this idea even further. That led me to Casey, who’s been a bit lonely since his launch.

That changes now! Meet Marlin, Casey’s boyfriend!

Marlin, the donkey, joins Casey to form our first official male couple. We hope you enjoy them and create some incredible adventures with this dynamic duo!

Fraenir is coming home!

Hello everyone, Dogson and Blacky here!

We proudly present the guy who makes Ilinir very happy (and perhaps a few others too?).

With combined effort, we’ve managed to recreate our dragon powerhouse, Fraenir, for FurryVNE while reimagining him in the process.

There are still a few finishing touches to add, like custom expressions, but he’s finally ready to step into the spotlight. We hope you enjoy him as much as we do!

New Dragon Templates - Showcase

Hey everyone, Blacky here!

Since the upcoming release is dedicated to our dragon couple, Ilinir and Fraenir, I decided to take the opportunity to update our blank dragon templates.

Here’s a quick WIP of them!

¡Video tutoriales con subtítulos en español!

¡Grandes noticias! Ahora puedes disfrutar de nuestros video tutoriales con subtítulos en español. Aprende y sigue nuestras guías paso a paso en tu idioma sin perderte ningún detalle.

📚 Activa los subtítulos y mejora tu experiencia de aprendizaje hoy mismo. ¡Estamos aquí para apoyarte!

https://yl2-cloud.appspot.com/tutorials/1

Special thanks to "Don.S" for providing these subtitles!

Ilinir is coming home!

She’s been on the road for way too long, but finally, our well-known dragoness Ilinir is on her way!

We hope you give her a warm welcome once she arrives. Special thanks to Spyro_Dragon for giving us a head start with her base model!

-Blacky

FurryVNE Build 2024-11-09

Hi all,

New build for you!

See the release notes for full list of changes.

Release notes

>>> CLICK HERE TO READ THE RELEASE NOTES <<<

>>> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD <<< (for patrons)

Download instructions

The app comes in a self-extracting archive. You can either run the exe to let it extract itself, or extract it with 7-zip if that makes you feel better.

Windows doesn't seem to like unknown EXEs, so it may block you from running the self-extractor. To unblock it, simply follow these instructions:

All the best.

- FurryVNE Team

Introducing the Official Interactions Tutorials!

Hey there, I’m Fiasco! You may recognize me from the Discord community, where I’ve been creating video guides and answering questions for the last few months.

When the FurryVNE Team asked me to work on a series of short, fun tutorials to explain the ins and outs of Interactions, I was eager to accept because they’re such a fascinating subject. On one hand, Interactions are the most accessible and intuitive way I’ve seen to create rich, dynamic real-time animations; on the other hand, it’s possible to add as much detail and complexity to them as you can imagine.

These tutorials start out by giving you a taste of how creative you can get using only surface-level techniques. By the end, though, we’ll be discussing advanced topics that will let you push your animations to the next level and beyond.

Best of all, these tutorials will be integrated into the FurryVNE welcome and help menus in the near future, so answers will always be just a couple of clicks away!

Whether you’re a brand new user or an experienced creator looking to learn some new tricks, I think there will be a lot for you to discover in these videos. I really hope you enjoy them!

Tutorial Links

Tutorial 1: Introduction & Camera Controls

Tutorial 2: Setting the Scene

Tutorial 3: Posing your Character

Tutorial 4: Couplings & Other Objects

Tutorial 5: Drivers & Timelines

Meet Alice.

Work in progress, character is still subject to change. 

Hey everyone, Blacky here! After introducing James, I figured he needs a partner by his side, so in the upcoming build, I’ll be adding not only a deer but also a doe. Here is Alice!

We hope you enjoy having an 'official' couple in the cloud and look forward to seeing what you’ll create with them.

Meet James!

Work in progress, character is still subject to change.

Hey everyone, Blacky here! Since the next build is dedicated to all the deer out there and our roster is missing some male additions, I decided to take this opportunity to introduce FurryVNE’s gentleman. Here's James!

We hope you enjoy him—he’ll be available for the upcoming build.

New Environment - Creation Station (sneak peek)

Our environment designer, Pegashis, has been working on this new map for the character creators among us, giving them the option to measure their characters directly while working on them. The measure bar features both metric units (on the left) and imperial units (on the right).

But that's not all!

The map will be accessible in both character creator and interaction mode, replacing the blank arena map and offering much more than just a measurement system.

The second half of the map includes an office and workstation, along with a cozy combination of a bedroom with a comfy sofa and a kitchen area! Without further explanation, check out the screenshots to get a better idea of what’s coming.

We hope you will enjoy it and it will help not only the character creators but will also inspire our animators to new scenes and setups.

Deer templates rework/Introducing deer head 2

Hey everyone, Blacky here with the latest deer templates, featuring the brand-new deer head that Dogson is currently putting the final touches on for the upcoming release! We hope you enjoy these two!

Comment from Dogson- This head has been long worked on on small hours whenever I had time as I quickly became very disappointed on our current deer head as I felt that while it captured a lot of aspects of how a real deer looks like, it doesn't lend it self well to cute characters and it's sort of been a thorn on my side since then.

I put it out for internal testing a couple of months ago and now I think it has mature after testing and input from both Blacky and Fiasco that this head will do it's job well in giving us cute cervine characters.

All The Best
- Blacky & Dogson

Akari Update and New Level.

Hey everybody, Blacky here! 

Our beloved Kitsune Akari is about to make her return!

I did some texture, garment and physics updates on her and for the upcoming release she stands ready to boss you around the new environment Pegashis is currently preparing for you.

 I hope you enjoy our latest work. Feel free to leave us some comments and stay tuned for more!

All the best.

-Blacky

Can I ask you something?

What is more important to you?

FurryVNE Build 2024-10-05

Hi all,

New build for you!

See the release notes for full list of changes.

Release notes

>>> CLICK HERE TO READ THE RELEASE NOTES <<<

>>> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD <<< (for patrons)

Download instructions

The app comes in a self-extracting archive. You can either run the exe to let it extract itself, or extract it with 7-zip if that makes you feel better.

Windows doesn't seem to like unknown EXEs, so it may block you from running the self-extractor. To unblock it, simply follow these instructions:

All the best.

- FurryVNE Team

Senn-Rei rework and new garment tech

Hey everyone, Blacky here!

I’ve been working on the most dangerous woman in our roster, and I’m very excited to show her to you all! By utilizing our latest improvement to the garment binding system, I was able to create a very special suit for her, I guess you will enjoy her!

Odes has improved garments, making it possible to cut holes directly into your garment without needing to use workarounds like separating the garment into multiple pieces making you sacrifice performance and resources on your characters.

With the new binding tech, you can keep your garment in one piece and use shape keys without losing performance, whether the suit is closed or open.

To make it happen, create shape keys and only scale down the desired areas of your garment till they are no longer visible (you can do that quickly by pressing "S" and then "0" after selecting what you want to scale down).

Be sure to separate the UVs of those areas from the rest of the garment's UV structure by placing them elsewhere on your UV map—that’s it!

Senn-Rei will be joining in the next release, which is coming soon, so feel free to give her a try!

Introducing Blacky.

Hey everyone, Blacky here! 

Yes, you read that right—I’ve officially joined the development crew! Some of you might have already noticed, but I'll be supporting the project by handling your bug reports here and on Discord, engaging with you in the in-app suggestion section, and assisting Dogson with improving and creating new templates and official characters for FurryVNE!

I'm very exited to be here and will give it my all to improve this project for you. So, without further delay, here’s a quick recap for those who missed our already updated characters for the cloud: roll the footage!

All The best
- Blacky

FurryVNE Build 2024-09-12

Hi all,

New build for you!

Bug fixes from last build. See the release notes!

Pardon the amount of releases as of late. We want to get the app to a really good state before moving on to the next stage of development.

Release notes

>>> CLICK HERE TO READ THE RELEASE NOTES <<<

>>> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD <<< (for patrons)

Download instructions

The app comes in a self-extracting archive. You can either run the exe to let it extract itself, or extract it with 7-zip if that makes you feel better.

Windows doesn't seem to like unknown EXEs, so it may block you from running the self-extractor. To unblock it, simply follow these instructions:

All the best.

- FurryVNE Team

Female Athletic 2 Body Type

This is Work in Progress - Mesh is still subject to change

Hey, Dogson here with a WIP of the upcoming body type bt_f_athletic2

I have yet to decide how well toned her muscles shall be, as I think I don't want them to be smack bam in your face with clear carved out muscle groups as if so it might just well be a female muscular 2 instead. I still want to make it so you can clearly see that there's power under those limbs and glutes.

Hope you all like it so far!

All the best.
 - Dogson.

FurryVNE Build 2024-09-11

Hi all,

New build for you!

Bug fixes from last build. See the release notes!

Release notes

>>> CLICK HERE TO READ THE RELEASE NOTES <<<

>>> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD <<< (for patrons)

Download instructions

The app comes in a self-extracting archive. You can either run the exe to let it extract itself, or extract it with 7-zip if that makes you feel better.

Windows doesn't seem to like unknown EXEs, so it may block you from running the self-extractor. To unblock it, simply follow these instructions:

All the best.

- FurryVNE Team

FurryVNE Build 2024-09-05

Hi all,

New build for you!

We've spent this last month polishing the product, greatly speeding up character/interaction loading, and many general Quality of Life improvements. Also new content and many bug fixes! See the release notes for full list of changes.

Release notes

>>> CLICK HERE TO READ THE RELEASE NOTES <<<

>>> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD <<< (for patrons)

Download instructions

The app comes in a self-extracting archive. You can either run the exe to let it extract itself, or extract it with 7-zip if that makes you feel better.

Windows doesn't seem to like unknown EXEs, so it may block you from running the self-extractor. To unblock it, simply follow these instructions:

All the best.

- FurryVNE Team

BBM2 WIP Update

The neck area of BBM2 was bugging me for a long time and after a couple of tries I think it's finaly nailed as the old version with a underdeveloped neck and shoulder area made them look sort of like a pinhead. I think the final design should be nailed now.

Also I think we've found the perfect body for the Male Bear Template.

All the best.
- Dogson

BBM2 WiP

Hello All! Here's a quick little WIP drop of the next Body Type - a big beefy shape for your big guys.
As always - Work in progress, mesh is still subject to change.

 Best regards
- Dogson

Some thoughts on the release!

So the last release introduced cloud for interactions. This has been a long time in the making. I'm generally happy with the rollout - browsing, loading and uploading interactions has never been this easy and works just the way we want it to! We've also made many improvements and stability enhancements.

But, that being said, we have still identified areas in need of improvement:

1. Load times

This is taking far too long atm, really breaking the mood. I want to see if there's anything we can do to reduce the load times, leaving no rock unturned.

2. Memory Leak Fixes

Another significant issue that has been observed is the occurrence of memory leaks. These leaks cause the application to eventually crash after loading multiple interactions consecutively. This issue will be addressed to ensure the application remains stable, even after extensive use.

3. User Interface Improvements

Several adjustments to the user interface are planned to create a more streamlined and user-friendly experience:

Nodes Display: Nodes should not display by default, as this can clutter the workspace and overwhelm users who do not need them immediately.

Right-Side Menu: The right-side menu should also be hidden by default, allowing users who just want to play the interaction do so without unnecessary distractions.

Auto-Play Interactions: Interactions should automatically begin playing by default to reduce unnecessary steps.

4. Scene wonkyness

There's some wonkyness when switching scenes or steps. We wanna see if there's any way we can make that work better.

5. Reliable Property Editing

There's another issue I haven't personally encountered but that I'm aware of: when you edit a property, it might not always apply as expected because a timeline later in the stack of timelines could be overriding it, giving the impression that the slider isn't even working. Imagine for example the user configuring inflation size, but the change seemingly doesn't take. Very confusing and annoying!

To resolve this, I'm considering implementing a hidden, global, "overriding" timeline that would always be applied last, ensuring that any properties modified by the user retain their assigned values.

Note! This would be for the "consuming" animation playback mode. I.e. not for editing interactions - only for making adjustments on top of a playing interaction from cloud.

6. Introduction of a "Quick" Menu

Later down the line, I want to further improve usability by introducing a "quick" menu. So essentially right clicking an item directly in the scene (no nodes or outliner) will allow users to quickly adjust properties directly. For example:

Visibility Toggle: Users could right-click a garment to quickly toggle its visibility.

Breast Size Adjustment: Right-clicking a character could bring up a floating properties window, allowing users to adjust the breast size directly without navigating through multiple menus.

Unfortunately, reading the screen the way I want to in order to get pixel perfect clicks and fetching the related object would require quite a lot of changes that aren't really feasible until we migrate to URP. Or rather, there's no point in doing it for the current system if we're gonna have to replace it down the line anyway. So I hope we can introduce it sometime around the planned URP migration.

Conclusion

We have identified several key things we want to improve with the product. As always, we are committed to continuously improving the product and will keep working hard to enhance the user experience and address any issues that arise.

All the best.

- odes

FurryVNE Build 2024-08-15

Hi all,

New build for you!

This one brings the much anticipated cloud component for interactions!

Release notes

>>> CLICK HERE TO READ THE RELEASE NOTES <<<

>>> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD <<< (for patrons)

Download instructions

The app comes in a self-extracting archive. You can either run the exe to let it extract itself, or extract it with 7-zip if that makes you feel better.

Windows doesn't seem to like unknown EXEs, so it may block you from running the self-extractor. To unblock it, simply follow these instructions:

All the best.

- FurryVNE Team

Soft bodies bug fixed

Hi all!

Wanted to share this because this was a pretty serious bug.

So apparently soft bodies have been completely effed for a while in regards to interactions with hands, and I only noticed this the other day. This is fixed for the next release (which will also introduce cloud for interactions). As you can see from the pictures (comparing new to old), there's a vast difference how soft bodies behave!

All the best.

- odes

Cloud progress

Hi all!

Small update.

Cloud for interactions is progressing. I'm essentially 99% done with everything that needs to be implemented. Still need to do tons of testing though. But as far as features are concerned, everything is more or less implemented.

I've also improved character exports for the next build. Textures now use BC7 compression instead of DXT5, which provides significantly better quality at no cost of memory.

All the best.

- odes

Example interactions

Example interactions for the latest build:

https://storage.googleapis.com/furryvne-downloads/07.07.24-Interaction-Examples.rar

Previous entry:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/example-97742602

This is likely the last time we'll have to do this. Next major release will have cloud for interactions! 🥳

UPDATE 2024-07-16:

Apparently one of the interactions didn't work (Rockerroom) due to incorrect characters. This has been fixed in the updated package!

Notifying via email.

FurryVNE Build 2024-07-07

Hi all,

New build for you.

Noticed an issue with not all temp files being removed during character export. This has now been fixed.

This is likely the last build before cloud interactions goes live.

Release notes

>>> CLICK HERE TO READ THE RELEASE NOTES <<<

>>> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD <<< (for patrons)

Download instructions

The app comes in a self-extracting archive. You can either run the exe to let it extract itself, or extract it with 7-zip if that makes you feel better.

Windows doesn't seem to like unknown EXEs, so it may block you from running the self-extractor. To unblock it, simply follow these instructions:

All the best.

- FurryVNE Team

FurryVNE Build 2024-07-05

Hi all,

New build for you.

New body type and character as well as a new (additional) music track for Celestial environment! Also bugfixes and general changes.

This is likely the last build before cloud interactions goes live.

Release notes

>>> CLICK HERE TO READ THE RELEASE NOTES <<<

>>> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD <<< (for patrons)

Download instructions

The app comes in a self-extracting archive. You can either run the exe to let it extract itself, or extract it with 7-zip if that makes you feel better.

Windows doesn't seem to like unknown EXEs, so it may block you from running the self-extractor. To unblock it, simply follow these instructions:

All the best.

- FurryVNE Team

Example interactions + News

Hi all,

New examples package for you:

https://storage.googleapis.com/furryvne-downloads/19.06.24-Example-Interactions.rar

Previous entry:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/97742602

Other news

Still working on the cloud component for interactions. The cloud component is divided into 34 tasks. We're now done with 29 of them (85%).

Do note that additional testing will be required once everything is implemented, and unexpected problems may arise.