Captain Hardcore v0.6 now available! Daz texture import, tattoos, makeup and new toys! (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

Download links for v0.6 are now live!

Galactic trader build: https://www.patreon.com/posts/captain-hardcore-40243970

Asstronaut build: https://www.patreon.com/posts/captain-hardcore-40246181

The main feature of this update is the texture importer. Up until now the game has been using the default gen 8 textures but it's now possible to import any Gen 3 or 8 texture set. There's a huge amount of these available on the Daz website so it'll now be possible to create much more varied characters! I've also included several new built in textures, make up and tattoo presets with more to come in later versions.

A lot of work went into the texture and decal system so unfortunately the new hair didn't quite make it into this build, but I will be focusing on that next as hair needs a lot more options. I'm also beginning to think about adding male characters in the months ahead, as well as improving and finishing existing game systems like the animation recording, posing and AI.

Some of the new toys I talked about in my previous update are included in this release, the strap-on harness is great fun and there's new double ended and penis shaped dildos. Asstronauts get to test out the new anal beads and also get a bonus version of the penis dildo with added balls! The previously Asstronaut only long bendy dildo is now unlocked for Galactic Traders as well.

Astral Body Patrons should have received their download links via email as usual.

Thank you so much to everyone for your support so far, you make all the hard work worth it and keep pushing me to make Captain Hardcore the best game possible! I couldn't do it without you guys. 👽

Update v0.6 release notes:

NEW: Import ANY Daz Genesis 3 or Genesis 8 textures, or your own custom textures!

• Supports .jpg, .png and .bmp format.
• Place them in the Texture Import folder and select them using the new in game file browser.
• There are slots for diffuse, specular, roughness, normal, bump and decals. Use the decal slot to add custom makeup and tattoos!
• Decal colour and alpha can be adjusted to customise makeup and tattoo appearance. When using a darker skin texture it's best to darken the decals slightly to help blend them with the skin.
• To create your own makeup or tattoos use the Daz Gen 8 UV templates. Use an image editor like Photoshop to place the decal where you want on the template and save as a transparent PNG file. A couple of examples have been included.
• When loading a character with imported textures the game will pause briefly as it converts the images to textures for use in the engine. A loading screen will be displayed for a few seconds. If any textures were missing or couldn't be loaded they will be highlighted in red.

NEW: Improved skin shader built to work with any imported textures.

NEW: 3 built in skin texture presets.

NEW: 7 built in makeup presets.

NEW: 9 built in tattoo presets.

NEW: Cinematic camera mode for desktop users with focus and Depth of field settings. Can be used to take cinematic looking screenshots or just for viewing the action.

NEW: Strap on harness (find it in the clothing accessories menu).

NEW: Realistic and bumpy dildos for use with the harness. Equip these in the clothing accessories menu.

NEW TOY: Realistic and bumpy double ended dildos.

NEW TOY: Realistic penis dildo.

NEW Bonus Asstronaut Item: Realistic penis dildo with balls.

NEW Experimental Asstronaut Item: Anal beads.

NEW: Two new built in scenes.

NEW: Three new character presets.

CHANGED: Long bendy dildo is renamed to "Double Dildo - Smooth" and no longer locked to Asstronaut tier.

NEW: Basic thrusting and BJ animations (6 variations of each).

IMPROVED: Clothing items are now sorted in alphabetical order.

IMPROVED: Eye moisture material.

IMPROVED: Optimised mouth physical animation performance.

FIXED: The Oculus stuttering issue should be fixed for everyone, nearly all users that tested 0.5.1 reported a dramatic improvement in performance.

FIXED: Issue with hair going black when shadows were set to Potato.

FIXED: Lip lower depth morph now working.

FIXED: Distortion/skinning issues with all panties around the groin area.

FIXED: Small issue with bunny ears material.

Notes:

• I don't expect this to be a problem for many users but it's possible to max out your GPU memory by loading too many textures. This will only happen if you import a lot of textures or your GPU does not have much memory to begin with. This can cause character and level textures to appear blurry. You can fix it by restarting the game and loading less textures into a scene at once. 4GB+ GPU memory is recommended to make use of this feature.
• While testing I noticed an issue with the new thrusting and BJ animations at the last minute - when the character is rotated the animations still play at the original rotation. This means rotating a character 90 degrees causes them to move their head or hip side to side instead of back and forth. I'll try and fix this in the next build.