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Important Clarifications for Overall VaM2 Development Process We have seen many community comments about how VaM2 is missing major features like accurate skin collision, clothing, hair, etc. that VaM1 already includes. We wanted to address those comments to set everyone's expectations a little bette

Overview This release of the VaM2 Addon Kit is exclusive to our Patreon Creator tier backers. Please do not distribute. This Addon Kit is a Unity project that can be used to make addon content for VaM2. We use a development version of the Addon Kit ourselves to create all of the content you see in V

Highlights: Full VR support New modular UI and UX system with support for custom addons Major improvements to the included UI an UX Improved file browser and save system Performance improvements New addons: 13 new skins, 2 new alternate gender figures, 8 blend shape packs See our Trello board for mo

In our last post we mentioned the next post you would see from us should be the announcement for VaM2 Beta1.2 release. We worked hard this last month to try to meet that goal, but we are not quite to completion. We have decided to take another week for more polish, bug fixing, and to include additio

I'm going to keep this update very short as we are nearing the completion of VaM2 Beta1.2 as can be seen on our Trello board here: https://trello.com/b/KByJdWtA/vam2-public-roadmap The VR UI/UX item was just completed and was nearly the entire focus of this last month's work. Full integration of Uni

Overall Progress Update This month we completed 4 more items on the VaM2 Beta1.2 Release Trello list out of a total of 22 items targeted for the release. We added and completed an additional item (Save Scene Screenshot System) this month while working on the completion of the File Browser item. Thes

Improving Our Communication Today, we are starting a new process of doing monthly VaM2 development log posts to better communicate with our Patreon backers. Our original intent was to do regular beta releases of VaM2 every 2-3 months to avoid the need to do development log posts. The thought was to

https://trello.com/b/KByJdWtA/vam2-public-roadmap We keep this Trello board up to date for tracking VaM2 development progress. Making a dedicated pinned post for this so it is easy to find.

This is a followup to the post from the other day about the Unity security vulnerability. https://www.patreon.com/posts/unity-security-140363800 This 1.22.0.13 release removes the need for users to manually patch VaM as previously described in the above post. In addition to the Unity patch, we have

Unity has issued an alert for a security vulnerability that affects nearly all versions of Unity, including the ones used to build VaM1 and VaM2. They have provided a patching tool to address this issue, and this is the fastest way to protect yourself from the vulnerability they mention. You can rea

This minor release is mostly to fix bugs from Beta1.1, but it does also contain some new features and tweaks. Please see the Beta1.1 post for more general info on VaM2 here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/vam2-beta1-1-has-134352549 Highlights: 5 New Features 2 Tweaks 6 Bug Fixes Download: We haven't

This minor release fixes a number of issues with the Beta0.1 release of the VaM2 Addon Kit. This release is exclusive to our Patreon Creator tier backers. Please see our previous VaM2 Addon Kit Beta0.1 release post for more general info on the Addon Kit here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/vam2-addon

Highlights: Tons of new content: male figures, dozens of new Skin and Blend Shape addons Improved Blend Shape (morph) support: pose, expression, formula, eyelashes, & genitals Release of VaM2 Addon Kit Beta to Creator tier (see separate post) Note: This beta and the VaM2 Addon Kit release is mainly

This is the 1st release of the VaM2 Addon Kit, exclusive to our Patreon Creator tier backers. This Addon Kit is a Unity project that can be used to make addon content for VaM2. We use a development version of the Addon Kit ourselves to create all of the content you see in VaM2. This 1st release prov

There was an issue with regional localization that was preventing many users from loading the included scenes. This patch addresses that. Please get the new version here: Download

This the first in a long line of upcoming betas for the VaM2 project. We will have more details soon. We have already started updating the Trello board with some of this information on future plans, but more will be added this coming week after we recover from the release. Please check here often fo

Summary: If you use plugins in VaM, please update immediately to VaM 1.22.0.12 to get important security updates Background: We were alerted by community member SPQR of an additional security risk in the plugin system still present in our last release. We always appreciate when members of the commun

Summary: Please update immediately to VaM 1.22.0.10 to get important security updates Background: After the immediate-risk security patch last week, we did more extensive scans and checks of the code and discovered more vulnerabilities when using plugins. We will continue to patch VaM1 over time as

Summary: Please update immediately to VaM 1.22.0.8 to get important security updates Background: A community member who works on malware tools found some additional security risks in VaM. We always appreciate being notified when these security risks are found so we can promptly address them before m

Virt-a-Mate (VaM or VaM1 for short) is our first application, the very popular adult-oriented sandbox platform for creating interactive 3D experiences. VaM1 is now feature complete and is no longer receiving major updates, but continues to thrive with a very active community. Start with VaM1 for the

This patch is not critical, but still recommended (see notes below). To install this patch, run VaM_Updater.exe in your install folder and click the Update To 1.22.0.7 Button to update. Changes: User is now prompted when a plugin uses OpenURL to open a link in external browser. User can Allow, Deny,

Important Info! Please READ! Please update immediately to the 1.22.0.6 security patch. A security hole with the plugin system was reported to us earlier this week by community member @TBD. A huge thank you to them for bringing this to our attention privately so we could address it properly without a

Edit: this patch broke a lot of plugins so has been rolled back. We will hopefully release a replacement patch (1.22.0.5) today. If you already moved to 1.22.0.4 and are experiencing broken scenes, you can roll back to 1.22.0.3 by running VaM_Updater.exe, click Options, select 1.22.0.3 as Desired Ve

Hey everyone! We’re thrilled to announce that VaMMoan 2 (VAMM2) is now available! Community member hazmhox has truly outdone themselves for this one, and hazmhox has officially partnered with us this time around! VaM2 audio is still a ways away, so here is a sneak peek of some VaM2 content that is a

The VaM2 Addon Kit and Character Model System provides powerful tools to simplify and accelerate the time it takes to import and create character models in Unity for use in VaM2. Here are some of the highlights: Replaces 100s of steps that would normally take days or weeks of manual work with a shor

Here is the latest VaM2 progress report. A lot of time was spent on the reorganization and automation of the VaM2 Addon Kit to make it much easier to use. The VaM2 Addon Kit is the primary way to add new content to VaM2 and it is what we also use internally to create all the assets within VaM2, incl

Hi all- I’m here to give an update on VaM2 progress. VaM2 is the next generation of VaM. VaM2 and Hub improvements are all that we are working on these days. The original VaM is no longer being developed and is in the loving hands of the community for further improvements. Check out the Hub ( https:

This is a very minor patch to VaM to fix a couple bugs and make a couple of tweaks. Please see this post for the previous full 1.22 release details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/vam-1-22-79065136 To get this update run VaM_Updater.exe in your existing VaM install folder. If you are new to VaM, plea

We have released another minor patch to VaM to fix a few bugs reported on the Hub and elsewhere, and we also made a few tweaks. Please see this post for the previous full 1.22 release details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/vam-1-22-79065136 To get this update run VaM_Updater.exe in your existing VaM

We have released a minor patch to VaM to fix a few bugs that were reported in the 1.22.0.0 Release. Please see this post for the previous full 1.22 release details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/vam-1-22-79065136 To get this update run VaM_Updater.exe in your existing VaM install folder. If you are

We are excited to announce the latest release of VaM. Originally intended as a patch to 1.21 to address critical issues, we decided to expand the scope and incorporate some highly requested features along with some of our own additions. As a result, this release has grown to become a major update wi

This is a minor update to the last release (see https://www.patreon.com/posts/vam-1-21-77428912) to address bugs and make a few more tweaks. Release Notes Features: Added option to use default system microphone input for audio sources. Can be used to drive the LipSync plugin in a live manner. Added

Due to how long it is taking to develop VaM2 and given how popular VaM continues to be, we have decided to do another major release of VaM. This release contains a ton of improvements, including new features, content, tweaks, and bug fixes. Due to this being a major release, new keys are required. P

Please subscribe to get access. Thank you for your support! First see this post to download and install version 1.22 : https://www.patreon.com/posts/downloading-and-32794384 Enter this key by clicking the key icon on the startup screen once you are running Virt-a-Mate to unlock the "Creator" content

Please subscribe to get access. Thank you for your support! First see this post to download and install 1.22 : https://www.patreon.com/posts/downloading-and-32794384 Enter this key by clicking the key icon on the startup screen once running Virt-a-Mate to unlock the "Entertainer" content: E88243

Please subscribe to get access. Thank you for your support! First see this post to download and install version 1.22 : https://www.patreon.com/posts/downloading-and-32794384 Enter this key by clicking the key icon on the startup screen once running Virt-a-Mate to unlock the "Teaser" content: T56174

This release was primarily created in order to support the Steam release of Virt-A-Mate + vamX announced here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/virt-mate-1-x-on-75307423 Since we had to make changes to VaM, we decided to take this opportunity to also include some other minor features and tweaks, includ

Hi all- More details about what the video shows are further down in the post if you watched that before reading the post. VaM2 Progress Update We made a significant change in our VaM2 development work over the last few months which is why it has been a long time since the last progress update. For t

I know it has been a long time since the last post here. For this, I apologize. Please do join our Discord server for more mini updates and information from me, and I will do a better job posting to Patreon with more frequent progress updates. If you want more direct interaction, I usually post in t

We have posted a progress report over on the Hub. Please check it out if you are interested in following the development progress. https://hub.virtamate.com/threads/vam-february-2022-2-x-progress-report.18007/ As always, thank you to all backers for believing in us and helping us make VaM2 a reality

The first VaM2 alpha has been released! VaM2 is the next generation version of VaM. This first alpha is meant as an experimental tech demo to showcase most of what has been worked on for VaM2 to date. The UI and control scheme used in this alpha is just for this alpha and does not represent what wil

This video shows some of what has been worked on in the last couple of months. There is a lot more to report on beyond what is shown, so I'll be typing up a longer text-only progress update and get that out soon. I didn't want to delay any further, so the video is coming first this time. I apologize

I was trying to get the September progress update done before the end of September, but it is clear I'm not quite going to make it based on where I am currently at. The progress update will be out next week. September was very productive and we have made significant progress in multiple areas. The v

If you haven't read our previous VaM2 progress update, please read that 1st as it contains a lot of information that we don't want to re-post here. Most of this information is still relevant. Here is the link to the previous progress update: https://www.patreon.com/posts/vam-2-x-progress-51840802 We

It has been a long time since our last update. For this, we apologize. We will try very hard to work on better communication of progress going forward. Thank you for your patience! We have been very busy and we wanted to wait until we were at the point where user-facing progress could be effectively

1.20.77.9 is a very minor update to fix a couple of bugs reported on the Hub and also to implement a small tweak request from a plugin creator. We expect there will be few or no more 1.X updates going forward as all work has shifted to 2.X. Please keep this in mind when reporting 1.X issues or reque

This is a very small update to fix some plugins that stopped working with the latest security restrictions. This fix works by opening a small specific set of safe classes dll-type plugins need to work. A specific example that is fixed by this is the Realtime Lipsync plugin that can be found on the H

Yesterday's release had a couple of new bugs in it that are resolved here. We also added a couple more security restrictions to further round out plugin security. Release notes below. Getting This Release: If you already have VaM and would like to update to 1.20.77.7, simply launch VaM_Updater.exe,

Last week there was a post on the Reddit VAMScenes sub claiming hackers were going to target the VaM application (https://www.reddit.com/r/VAMscenes/comments/ldd8ze/warning/). While the threat did not seem to be very credible, we chose to be on the safe side and spent several days on further restric

This minor patch release includes a couple of tweaks and several fixes to bugs that were reported on the Hub this last week: https://hub.virtamate.com/forums/vam-bug-reports.9/ Please continue to use that area to report bugs as it is the easiest way for us to follow up and track. Thank you! Getting