HF Patch for EC v1.8 (mods up to 2025/10/07)

An unofficial patch for EmotionCreators that installs the latest fan-made English translations and essential mods. It also fixes many common issues with the game. It will allow you to load all character cards and scenes and give you countless content creation and gameplay improvements.

Read the full HF Patch manual to learn more about what it is, what it does, how to use it, and how to solve common issues.

HF Patch does not contain the full game, paid expansions or any other pirated content. You have to buy the game separately.

The base game (Emotion Creators), and by extension this patch are not suitable for minors. If you are under 18 years old you can not use this patch. The base game and this patch contain only characters of age 18 or higher. The creator of this patch is not responsible for creations of its users and prohibits any unlawful use of this software.

Downloads

This download contains the entire HF Patch and can be used offline. You can use qBittorrent or a similar torrent client to open the magnet link. Old patch versions are available in direct download links.

• magnet:?xt=urn:btih:9BB2D3B93AACBEC808D90A142A873768215AE3D3

• Direct download links

Light patch (Small size, only use if you regularly update with KKManager)

• Direct download links

Read before installing

• Before installing check this installation guide and FAQ.

• If you have problems with installing the patch, check the solutions to common issues and the rest of the readme.

• If you need any further help check the wiki first, and if that doesn't help then ask in the #help channel of the Koikatsu Discord server. The #help channel is the fastest way to get help, you can even search it for your issue to see if someone already answered it. There are also chat and card sharing channels on the server!

• To keep the download size reasonable, some rarely used and very old content mods or studio mods might not be included. If you have trouble loading characters or scenes, you can download the missing mods by clicking on the Update button in the game's launcher.

• You can see the source code here and information about included plugins here.

Changelog

This changelog is only for the current version of HF Patch. To see changes made in previous versions of the patch, check the releases page on GitHub.

Patcher changes

• Updated banner and info page

• Do not clean sideloader modpacks by default in light patches

Mods added

• HeightBarX v4.0 (Shows a height measure bar in the character maker)

• LoveMachine v4.0.0 (Adds support for buttplug.io compatible strokers and vibrators)

• IMGUI_HiDPI_Patcher v0.0.4.0 (Increases text size in plugin windows (!Known to cause issues with some plugins!))

Mods updated

• BepInEx v5.4.23.2 -> v5.4.23.4 (Plugin framework)

• Configuration Manager v18.3 -> v18.4.1 (Can change plugin settings. Press F1 to open, not visible inside HMD)

• BepInEx.SplashScreen v2.2.1 -> v3.0.0.0 (A loading screen on game startup with information about patchers and plugins being currently loaded)

• KKManager v1.4.1 -> v1.5.1.0 (Manage and update mods, browse cards)

• BepisPlugins v20 -> v21.1.1 (Core plugins needed for most things)

• Modding API v1.41 -> v1.43 (Modding API needed by many plugins)

• Uncensor Selector v3.12.1 -> v3.12.3 (NEEDS Koikatsu Overlay Mods!)

• Material Editor v3.9.2.2 -> v3.13.5 (Advanced material controls for maker and studio)

• ECABMX (BonemodX) v5.2.2 -> v5.3 (More sliders in maker)

• Skin Overlay Mod v6.1.5 -> v7.0.3 (Custom body, clothes and eye textures)

• IllusionFixes v21.6 -> v22.0.4 (Fixes to many of the game's bugs and limitations)

• Maker Browser Folders v3.2.3 -> v3.3 (Folder support in chara/scene select screens)

• Pushup v1.4 -> v1.5.2 (Clothes affect breast shape)

• Character Replacer v1.6.2 -> v1.7 (Replace default characters in maker)

• Item Blacklist v3 -> v3.0.1 (Right click in maker lists to hide items)

• Clothing State Menu v4 -> v5.2 (Separate control of clothing in maker)

• Autosave v1.1.1 -> v2.0 (Autosave for chara maker)

• Accessory Clothes v1.0.2 -> v1.0.3 (Accessory Clothes for Emotion Creators)

• FPS Counter v3.1 -> v3.3.1 (FPS display and simple plugin profiler)

• RuntimeUnityEditor v5.4.1 -> v6.1.1 (Trainer and debugger)

• Custom intro voices v29 -> v32.0 (Parasocial for AI vtubers)