Heat 1.1.7.1 Test Build - Garret Shark skin, memory optimizations, QoL (Patreon)

With the rampocalypse still under way, we've significantly reduced the amount of RAM the game takes by loading the characters on demand instead of keeping them in memory. We've also added a new shark skin for Garret! Our 3d artist, Wiah, has been wanting to do something like this for some time. As for the crow character, they're currently undergoing design revisions so we can get them as beautiful as possible :)

Currently loading a character for the first time takes quite a while. We're investigating the cause. To get to the new Garret skin make sure to choose his humanoid version and then check the skin menu. We'll make this automatically select his humanoid version in a unified skin menu next build.

See the latest milestone post for instructions if you're new

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Changelog 1.7.1

Fix some crashes involving the new memory management code

Fix issue with modding when accessory switcher has no materials assigned

Refactor the way scenes handle accessory saving

Fix bathroom scene displaying the wrong menu windows

Load duos asynchronously as well

Change the way scenes cache character variants

Preload mods into memory as well

Hopefully fix desktop player falling through the world

Add a keybind to allow desktop players to teleport

Fix localization fallbacks in controls when a line hasn't been translated yet

Changelog 1.7.0

Character and skin memory management. Characters don't load in and take up memory until requested

Character persistence. Characters will save skins and accessories and load in with them next time

Adds Garret shark variant

Adds a vertical move speed slider that decouples movement speed on the Y axis from the XZ axis

Adds a turn speed slider for player rotation speed while using a controller or keyboard key

Adds an animation speed slider to the radial menu for animated POI's

Adds new VR binding options for climax and move preview rotation

Adds a global timer so hip thrusts will thrust in sync when characters have matching pleasure levels

Buttplug change that should prevent possible freezes every five seconds

Fix possible null reference on grab release causing hands to get stuck

Fix hand as waist with playerbody causing hips to be slightly offset

Fix VR crouch height so hips are no longer in the floor when crouched

Fix preview offset when using the character move tool

Fix radial selections to remove mouth from presenting bed POI's

Fix errors when detached synth hands attempt to finger

Fix the vore scene uvula physics

Replace blood with sparks when a synth's finger is bit

Removes dick aim logic from duo poses that don't control the dick

Remove vore scene requirement for world traveler achievement