September 5, 2018

1.11 Released!

Lots of exciting features in this release! New hair sim system, custom unity asset atom to enable amazing community creations, new scene packager, and online scene browser!

Please note to get 1.11, you must use new installer and updater. Running existing VaM_Updater.exe will not get you the update. Here is the link:

Direct Download 

(edit - added additional direct full download options for those that have trouble):

Mega 

Direct 

Release notes:

  • Alpha Feature: New hair sim system. Still to come: performance improvements, in game styling, support for more hair types (pigtails, etc.)

  • Feature: Scene packager. New Save Package button in main menu. Puts everything scene references & scene into single .vac file

  • Feature: Online scene browser and downloader. Directly open scene json and vac files just by clicking on links in browser.

  • Feature: Users can now set default new scene by changing contents of Saves/scene/default.json

  • Feature: Control of Unity ambient light color. Mostly useful for Map Loader or CustomUnityAsset atoms where loaded Unity assets don’t respond to VaM global illumination system

  • Feature: CustomUnityAsset atom. Load Unity scenes or prefabs directly into VaM. Inspired by popular community created Map Loader mod

  • Tweak: VaM_Updater.exe was made more robust with multiple retries on failed file downloads and better exception handling

  • Tweak: VaM_Updater.exe now has a Launch Desktop button.

  • Tweak: Added auto colliders to male chest region for more accurate collision

  • Tweak: Added no hair option for male

  • Bug fix: WebBrowser/Panels in play mode were not functional

  • Bug fix: fixed seams on 5 female skins in genital area 

Comments (49)

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Evadave · October 2, 2018

#Hannah Twerk there will be a new version release in two or three days :) Watch this space.

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Austin Fiedler · October 2, 2018

after clicking start, i get the message "Key file issue. Please check that key.json is in the root install folder", and i cant get any further. and i checked, key.json is in the root folder

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KKBOX · September 19, 2018

My 2 vive Thumbpad buttom are useless in this game,only the mouse can be use?How can I fixed?

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PixelPorts · September 11, 2018

the installer apparently has a virus according to windows defender and chrome.

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MeshedVR · September 12, 2018

False positive, but you can use the direct download zip if you want to bypass the installer.

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Miranda Cooper · September 11, 2018

Okay this is weirding me out a fair amount... so whenever I select the long hair under the sim hair V2 and then look around (move my head), the Rift starts to have some weird motion blur... ish (maybe) kind of effect... it's hard to explain, basically there's an instance of the visuals lagging behind a more prominant, current version of the visuals. I can only think that it's interlacing...? Anyways, even if I switch back to the old style hair or (this is where it really creeps me) if I exit the game completely... whenever I turn my head I get he nauseating "Interlacing". Note that when in game, even with the long hair, I can move around the model, rotate with the thumb sticks, etc, and not cause interlacing... but if I move or rotate my head it causes it.

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Daniel · September 10, 2018

man, this download is taking forever. However its only making me more anticipated to see whats new!

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Lee Morrison · September 8, 2018

My update keeps failing.

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Shenk · September 6, 2018

Hey Mister Mesher, I cant see the Creator Content , it must be a problem wirth the pledge, I just changed the paidment method today, canceled the old card suscription and made a new one on the crreator pledge , but i cant see the keys, its weird.

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Dman · September 5, 2018

Thank You!

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Dman · September 5, 2018

new download link please!

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MeshedVR · September 5, 2018

Original link changed to something more secure (might help), but I also added 2 direct download options.

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Miranda Cooper · September 5, 2018

Hi, I can't figure out how to add a unity asset. When I add one in scene it's just a placeholder, there is no model. When I go to edit the atom, no edit tab pops up.

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Super Mac · September 5, 2018

Same here i love unity and would love to get it in the game

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Rad11 · September 5, 2018

it says key.json file missing in install directory but its there can not run game

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Rad11 · September 5, 2018

fixed it by starting a fresh install then copying the new key.json and overrighting the old one

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James Smith · September 5, 2018

Shouldn't this update be labeled 2.0 version ? Also the updater is taking a while, should I have put the updater in the same new folder as this version, or is it smart enough to know where the latest version is on my hard drive ?

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MeshedVR · September 5, 2018

When you run VaM_Installer.exe you could choose existing VaM install folder, and it will try to update that version to 1.11 with a smaller download (~2GB). If you choose a different folder, it is doing a clean install and downloading everything (~8GB).

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Rob · September 5, 2018

My router wont let me download it :/ Warning! The website contains malware. Visiting this site may harm your computer :Detailed informations: Sites used by malicious programs, including sites used to host upgrades or store stolen information. Device URL: cdn.virtamate.com

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MeshedVR · September 5, 2018

Try this one. I'm working on getting SSL with my domain sorted out which will probably help this issue. <a href="https://vam-j9n8934bpwmz.stackpathdns.com/1.11/VaM_Installer.exe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://vam-j9n8934bpwmz.stackpathdns.com/1.11/VaM_Installer.exe</a>

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Noble · September 5, 2018

Fyi... windows defender was not happy with the new installer... and Avast kind of deleted it without much hesitation... downloaded again... disabled avast... worked fine.

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MeshedVR · September 5, 2018

All - I'll add a traditional zip download option as soon as it finishes uploading. I'll also be working on improving the updater more.

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Rich Vargberg · September 5, 2018

The new Updater giving an unhanded exception error (from the log- [P.A.T.C.H. - 9/5/2018 3:34:38 PM] The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.) Installing in a new dir seams to allow the updater to then work ok

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BY · September 5, 2018

i have a regular stutter every 7 seconds or so in the new build

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BY · September 5, 2018

nm it was something with my gpu

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WickedT2 · September 5, 2018

my router is blocking the download link, says malicious site reported, is there another link for download?

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AzureWolfPhotography AWP · September 5, 2018

if you have used maploader in the past you will need to install this version to a new folder then copy over your save data (for example "Saves" and "Imports")

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BecauseReasons · September 5, 2018

Getting an unhandled exception when trying to run updater after installer on existing path.

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Tokyolite · September 5, 2018

I've added the link as an exception but the page is now not loading for me :(

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pye · September 5, 2018

Strange , the link is dead for me.

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AzureWolfPhotography AWP · September 5, 2018

so i see some certain people complaining about the installer being a virus. fair enough dont download it then? but now i see people "pulling funding" because a fdew things on virus total says its bad. lemme tell ya a story here, MOST game downloaders will come up on virus total with a few bad things because they download from the internet. its what we call false positives, ive just downloaded it and not had any problems with it nor did anything flag as suspicious (using my own tools and bitdefender/malwayebytes in parallel sync so they dont counteract eachother) If you are scared for your pc realise something a sec here, if meshed were to go around and infect everyone and charge them for it then pretty sure pateron wouldnt be happy. The link is not dead nor is it a virus. now you should know about false positives based on age alone, unless you lot arent over18 which would explain the worry over getting a "porn virus" ive just installed to a new folder (cus maploader caused it to have problems) so if anyone wants what it downloaded let me know.

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MeshedVR · September 5, 2018

I'm going to post a zip here shortly for those having trouble and not wanting to stress with AV failures that are false positives. In earlier reply I provided links to the products I'm using. I have source code for the PATCH one and have reviewed it completely. No malicious code in that one. I can speak for NSIS but it is a well known project.

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Charley Green · September 5, 2018

Meshed VR are you the guy who made the girl in the red dress for Neo in the Matrix?

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SmithSwag7 · September 5, 2018

Can't Download file... The Vam Intsaller download halfway and stops!!

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MeshedVR · September 5, 2018

Can you send me contents of logs/patch.log? It might give me a clue what the issue is so I can improve the updater.

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rp1902 · September 5, 2018

If Malwarebytes and Eset sees it clean you are safe. Also there are 10 out of 68 that detected and several of them I won't even trust to have them protect anything. Each company builds their own virus signatures database and believe it or not some of them really fail on doing that properly. Just my 2 cents on the matter.

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Travis Dean · September 5, 2018

I mean, dude if you don't trust him w/ an installer exe, I fail to see how you could possibly trust him enough to run the actual game. Neither require admin.

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Funky Munky · September 5, 2018

link is broken for me. it says can't reach this page

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mikedsig · September 5, 2018

whenever I run the installer I get stopped saying that it could not open the config file for writing.. any ideas?

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MeshedVR · September 5, 2018

You possibly tried to install to admin-protected directory. Can you send me contents of logs/patch.log in a PM?

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JR69420 · September 5, 2018

"Added no hair option for male" Johnny Sins in-game confirmed?

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Anonymous · September 5, 2018

Holy crap Meshed. You outdid yourself. Simulated hair was the last piece of the puzzle. Even on a 1070 I can get near-photoreal hair if the lighting is right. It makes it so much more alive. Amazing work.

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MeshedVR · September 5, 2018

To be transparent I'm using 2 things. The installer.exe linked here uses this: <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/</a> It unpacks VaM_Updater.exe which uses this 3rd party package: <a href="https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/p-a-t-c-h-ultimate-patching-system-41417" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/p-a-t-c-h-ultimate-patching-system-41417</a> I have heavily modified PATCH already but it is still buggy. I think AV is flagging VaM_Installer.exe though. I can provide a separate download for VaM_Updater.exe and avoid the NSIS stuff.

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eclypse · September 5, 2018

After 2 failed update attempts (first one the updater vanished) I was able to force the update and all is well! WOW THAT HAIR! :)

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Anonymous010 · September 5, 2018

When I try to overwrite my 1.10 install with 1.11, the version number and date in the new updater don't match...it looks like I'm installing a patch to 1.10 rather than 1.11. Also, after putting in the creator key for 1.11, it says "Key Accepted", but then there are no Creator/Entertainer options in the game's main menu, and when I hit Start, it says there's a key file issue and to make sure key.json is in the root directory (it is). Did I do something wrong somewhere? Nevermind - the launcher's repair option fixed it.

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Anonymous · September 5, 2018

I download it, point it towards my VaM directory, and it says it patched the updater, run the updater, "an unhandled error occurred" every time :{

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MeshedVR · September 5, 2018

Try installing to a new directory. The patcher portion of this program seems finicky.

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DevDan · September 5, 2018

Incredible. Thanks. So only scene browser is just launching scenes from web links? Or is there an actual "browser (app/website) of registered, categorized scenes"? Online Scene & Model Marketplace (even if just for free scenes) for community content would be incredibly useful, especially now that you aren't releasing your own new scenes. Something like that would be *incredibly* useful vs. going through hundreds of threads in Reddit and trying to find download links, latest versions, downloading, extracting, organizing, etc. I've downloaded many dozens of packs from Reddit but just trying to figure out what is what and where to put it is so overwhelming I haven't even tried out a single one.

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DJ · September 5, 2018

I have no freaking idea how you get so much done in a month! Good job!