Heat 0.4.9.2 Milestone - Better Posing, Character Posession (Patreon)

This month we've improving a feature that has needed some work. Custom posing should now be more intuitive and much more powerful. We've added some much requested features like finger posing, and now you can freely pose any fixed pose!

We've also added the ability to possess any character at any time! This works similar to the old duo possess system, except now you can control their hands. This is particularly useful if you want to pose a character topping the player. Now make the pose, get the action started, and possess the bottom!

To highlight these new features, we've added a new Emmy/Garret duo meant specifically for possession, animated by someone you may know, Twitchy! This is a long animation with multiple stages that can be advanced separately, that should look pretty good from their perspective when possessing them :3c.

We've significantly updated the mod tools. The tools can found in the mods channel on Discord.

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 HEREMirror

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.

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, Z/X, T/G: 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

Changelog

Changelog 0.4.9.2

Improve new Garret/Emmy anim animations

Dick state will now be saved when loading a saved pose

Allow loading older poses with the new system, might be a little off though

Fix verifyintegrity FOR REAL THIS TIME (I hope)

Fix broken Atlas audio

Make it easier to grab sliders in the radial menu

Increase size of finger posing menu as well

When ending possession, put player back where they were

Fix grabbing some parts of Marina

Fix Emmy/Garret look at toggle in new pose

Radial menu will now deactivate when possessing

Auto advance scenes in the new duo can now be toggled off

Fix three characters int the Sauna

Fix look logic after grabbing head

Fix Garret's ghost dick in his new duo pose

Ghost hands for Marina will no longer have collision

Fix Hera toe animations

Disable autothrust when posing

Fix things breaking if people spam the pose buttons (don't do that)

Fix nipple sucking breaking sometimes

Fix their heads spazzing out sometimes

Possibly fix ghost penetration

Improve Riley/Garret boop response

Fix cases when the character is thrusting or sucking and gets possessed

Improve Astera's head grab rotation limits

Fix grabbing hips with 2 hands and then it breaking

Fix loading thumb poses

Fix derpy Atlas eyes when kissing

Changelog 0.4.9.1

You can now possess any character at any time, including custom poses. Give this a shot to make bottoming easier

Add toe posing

Using different hands to pose the head will no longer assassinate characters by breaking their necks

Fix being sent to the shadow realm when exiting possession in 2d mode

Improve transitions of the new Emmy/Garret duo and add more stages

Cleanup old rig stuff and refactor some head state things

Fix some RGB issues with Astera during her boop

Improve responsiveness of grabbing character's head

A few fixes for future mod package

Fix Astera floating in bedroom

Changelog 0.4.9.0

Re-do a lot of the character posing system to behave a lot better

Possessing characters in duo poses will now give you control of the character hands

Added a new duo Garret/Emmy animation that's multi-stage, meant specifically for possession. Advance to the next state through the UI

Character shoulders can now be grabbed and rotated

Add a tail collision toggle in custom posing menu

Add finger posing controls to the radial menu

Grabbing character's heads will now allow you to pose their upper body. Grab their heads and pull them in for a kiss :3c

Add ghost hands to show where characters can be grabbed to be posed

Added twist to character's arms and legs so their wrists and arms should turn smoother when rotating their wrist

Loading poses will check if they're in the right location now

Allowed every pose to be poseable

Add Alternative atlas textures to fullbody player

Improve radial menu item placement

Add atlas masturbating pose

Fix missing inflation anims

Big refactor for the character's internal head controllers since the system was a huge kludge before

Add ghost hands as a non fullbody hand option

Remove Astera texture compression for better text clarity

Fix your finger growing back if garret bites your bit finger again

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:

If you have a localhost error in your browser, press the auth trouble button below the authenticate button and follow the directions exactly.

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)

Press P to switch to 2D mode and L to switch to VR mode on your keyboard

If your hands don't work, reset SteamVR bindings for the game. If you can't do this, launch the game from the .exe, not from the Steam shortcut

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)