Lucid Lust

• Added HDRI Sky option in the Advanced Effects category
• Added this new setting as a toggle option (turned off, this should prevent sunlight rendering with low-end GPUs)
• Renamed some toggle options to make space (e.g., Screen Space Reflection -> SSR)
• Re-added the “Delete Old Save Data” button for people still having deprecated data

EVERY CHARACTER
Animation System

• Revamped how manual animation/pose layering works
• Made the openness of the eyes better (now working independently from everything else)
• Added the manual openness of the mouth

Hair System

• Fixed hair clipping during fast head movements by implementing frame-interpolated root transform correction
• Added head-collision priority for more consistent strand movement limits
• Hair physics is simulated at 30Hz while visual updates now occur every frame
• Capped hair physics to 2 iterations per frame for full accuracy above 15 FPS and lighter CPU use at lower framerates

Haircut Category

• Now every character style will share the same haircuts
• Added 30 new Haircuts (for a total of 60)
• Fixed the Big Locks haircut’s spiky strands
• Revamped Dutch Braids & Night Queen (now set as fully working haircuts)
• Reworked: French Bob (geometry)
• Reworked: Long Fluffy & Thick Bob (physics)
• Reworked: Galactic Princess, Korean Bob, and Layered Curls (geometry + physics)
• Fully replaced Low Pigtails (previous version was too bad to be reworked)
• Reworked the material part of the piercing system to allow an infinite number of materials
• Added 69 new piercing materials (for a total of 103)

Other

• Improved the Eyes Depth detail system

LUCID GIRL

• Added all missing UI icons for options (Navels, skin details, pilosity)
• Forced no clothes in the character card menu (as for the male)

Breast Category

• Breast physics is now simulated at 60Hz regardless of the framerate for better and predictable visual effects

LUCID MAN

• Implemented the bone retargeting system for the eyes to be synced with their real positions, letting them be animated
• Added the other light styles to the man creator (by pressing L, as seen in the girl creator)
• Improved the SSS skin map (values were way too low)

Haircut Category

• Improved hair skinning data handling + added runtime shaping
• Made hair length follow character size
• Added a Hair Length slider (to customize the true 3D strand length)
• Added a Hair Diameter slider (to customize strands’ thickness)
• Added Tip Offset toggle + slider (to customize the tip diameter)
• Added 3 sliders to move the haircut position

Head Category

• Added 50 piercing zones

Eyes Category

• Fixed the iris size of the right eye not saving properly
• Fixed eyes veins not saving/loading properly

Ears Category

• Added 52 piercing zones

Nose Category

• Added 21 piercing zones

Mouth Category

• Added 38 piercing zones

Pectorals Window

• Added 10 piercing zones
• Fixed the nipples not properly saving and/or loading

Skin Category

• Added 36 body details
• Added 19 face details

Genitalia Category

• Added penis physics simulation
• Added procedural transition between penis states
• Externalized the transition speed logic for future scenario possibilities

Scenario Creator

• Added full Lucid Male instantiation with IK and FK components
• Added 18 animated poses (including 11 sexual ones)
• Fixed the Luxury Bed not being selectable once spawned
• Fixed some 3D UI elements having a shadow

Bug Fixes & QoL

• Fixed the dynamic eye retargeting not working properly since v0.5.4
• Added a dynamic fix for the genitals position depending on surrounding bones rotations
• Improved PNG metadata handling to prevent infinite loading on macOS
• Enhanced file access handling, stream management, and closing sequence for better macOS compatibility
• Added automatic retry logic for file deletion operations on macOS
• Fixed mods folder not working for both macOS and Linux versions

Other

• Created a website (https://www.lucidlust.net) to share cards made in the game
• Restricted card sharing to those created with the latest version (so v0.5.6 or newer for now)
• Wrote a fully fleshed-out End-User License Agreement (EULA)
• Implemented an EULA acceptance prompt on first launch