Posted June 16, 2022 by MonsterBox
-Adjusted texture sizes of all content to help reduce 258 error.
-Added watermark to game build.
-Updated lighting.
-Added shadow control to setting.
-Added texture control to setting.
-Adjusted camera turning audio.
-Added Turbo mode to gameplay tab.
-Added No lights mode to Gameplay tab.
-Niles meta game will no longer overlap Misty’s.
-Plushie will not glitch out on Sammy meta game.
-Break the Moai Statues Legs. -Removed Dahlia
-Monster girls on Misty cam game will end in death now.
-Black screen no loading on Car arcade game fixed.
-Improve the Ai to be more aggressive over time during runs.
-Ai will now gain even MORE power as the night goes by.
-Misty meta game will now not reset closed door positions.
-Removed Canine-like dildos from Cassidy’s locker. -Pause menu now pauses
-Heat not rising exploit fixed
-Removed Controller experimental support controls
-Misty’s Cam visual overhaul
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Now then, onto the elephant in the room 258, and its cousin, the blank (white/black) screen issue.
Specifically for update 0.42 we focused on adjusting textures and such to combat this issue, unfortunately it didn't work out for everyone. I have done my own investigations on this issue.
First of all, this issue is directly a GPU related issue. This is also an issue not related to just In-Heat, several other games have unfortunately been hit with this issue. It is also rather difficult to bugfix this issue when nobody on the team experiences this issue ( I tested the game on every system we had, not a SINGLE 258 error).
This issue is a core Unreal Engine issue, caused by some sort of texture or shader setting that is incompatible with certain GPUs (Largely but not limited to laptops).
What does this mean for In-Heat?
Well with version 0.33 working, we can trace down the issue to a couple of things. For example we added in a very cool looking map that uses Unreal Verified Cool effects and shaders, which could lead to this issue. Also Niles Minigame is rather interesting, and could possibly trigger this issue.
Our course of action will be this. Turn every single one of these options off. One by one we will turn them back on. If this does not solve the issue, we will need to go back to build 0.33 and build from there. Rebuilding Misty, the map, and the metagames. Making several testing builds for those who are apart of the discord and have this issue. This will push development back on the new level and character, so please bare with us while we deal with the silliness of Unreal Engine. (Thank god Heartstruck is in Unity)