Summary

Brand new hair system that let you make wavy hair almost anywhere

Existing saves are still compatible!

Tan lines! (experimental)

New position: Spooning

Bug fixes and improvements

[UPDATE] - Fix an issue with hair on Nvidia cards and NPCs falling through floors

[UPDATE 2]

Fix the twin tails not loading properly

Fix the super long pony tail clipping through the character's neck in some positions

Fix the NPCs getting stuck on the walls & shelves in the library

New hair system

Hair in that game has always been a pain. In the worst case, there are three hair types (straight, wavy and locs) and three possible lengths, for a total of nine 3D models for each hair style.

Which is a lot of models to do, while still being too restrictive for the player.

The new system aims to solve both issues:

The new UI is very similar to how the body shape UI works.There's a 'Shape' area where you can quickly preview some presets, and a lot of hidden sliders control the individual parameters (that you can access under the advanced tab).

Your old saves will work with the new version! No manual work required!

You also get to pick how the hair strands look like in the 'Tips' section (and more shapes can be easily added later).

Color the roots and the tips with a different color to get a nice gradient, or use the link button on the right to keep them the same!

For now, I've only ported most of the existing hair to the new system, but more hair styles will be added during the next updates.

Tan system

This is still experimental, but it's ready enough to be released.

Pick a skin color, a tan color and add some patterns!

Each tan line matches the existing clothes, with the same options. You can mix and match them as you want, and the available options will automatically grow as I add more clothing.

The UI is still rough, so I'm waiting for your feedback!

Bug fixes & improvements

There should be less micro freezes during the game

Improved performance when shadows are enabled

You no longer need to press the 'Apply' button in the preset panel

Instead, changes are applied automatically, and there's a new 'Revert changes' button instead

Fix the audio volume not being saved

The character randomizer should give more varied results

Fix the strap on clipping through the body

Fix the missing colliders on the hideout fridge

Fix the behavior of the category buttons in the character editor

Thank you all so much for your patience!

Sorry this update took so long, if I knew I would have split it in two instead. The release schedule should return to normal next time!Game dev involves a lot of invisible work and it's not always easy to guess how hard or how long things will be. But that new hair system makes it a lot easier for me to add more content, so I'm waiting for your suggestions!I'll make another post in a few days to explain the next steps and gather your feedback!

In the meantime, go play the game!This update changes a lot of things internally so let me know if there are any issues!

Cheers!