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Daz isn't very concerned with details like that on the older items. For example, many pre-Genesis items don't list DS as compatible software, only Poser. However, many of the promos are watermarked "Daz Studio render" & What's Included lists Daz materials.
I think this is the version for V4, I tried Lily Nymph on Genesis and it activates the autofit window where you can choose the source figure. It still fits well on Genesis. The other beweekly freebies are also good.
The current freebie is the V4 version yes.
The Genesis version is here: https://www.daz3d.com/lily-nymph-for-genesis
I got the hair, some poses (I have Bone Minions) & Lily Nymph V4. I have the RSSY Gen4>G3 and get good results that will autofit to G8-9.
I think the answer is no. People on other threads keep saying use https://www.daz3d.com/legacy-set-converter .
It's my thoughts too.
I find myself being a bit unhappy as a customer that warnings are not added to state that its use is limited. The 'Compatible Software' line in the store should have something like 'DS4.24 not DS6.25.2025'. I know DS6.25 isn't yet at full release, but such obsolescence is not going to be 'at some distant time', it's planned in the near future, and from the software name - this year.
Who here keeps purchased items for decades? I am most definitely not the only one, and needing conversion software to use it in the future WILL affect, and HAS already affected, my purchasing behaviour. At the moment, in the absence of such information, I can only logically regard ALL G1 and G2 as at risk of incompatibility, and without additional information I won't touch them with the proverbial barge pole. V3 & V4 are OK due to the Poser compatibility already proven with DS2025, G1&G2 is suspect, G3 onwards = safe.
Regards,
Richard.
Why is G1 and G2 an issue? The only character specific items that use .DAZ format I have seen are the dynamic optitex stuff, and they are easy to avoid as only one PA made them. The only other products that used .DAZ are a small number of prop and environment products, and those products will often come with a poser version that can be used in DS 2025.
Ok. My assessment is not scientific, though I've a ton of older content. The bulk of my .daz items are lights. I can live without them - Not sure I used them much to begin with. If they're not iray lights, pretty sure I can't use them in DS2025, anyway. There are also some props - containers, buildings, and environment stuff. I have a pack of V4 dynamic clothing items. As indicated, a lot of the .daz stuff has a PS alternative. I'm probably going to start swapping the ps version for the .daz version. I'll also think about whether I actually still need some of that stuff.
After the initial surprise of seeing so many .daz items in my file search, I started looking at what's there. I'm not especially fussed about it. None of the items I found are G1 or G2. I'm not too worried about picking up older content with .daz files. I do find it odd that Daz decided to keep the PS formats and drop their own .daz format, but whatever. It's the way of things!
IIRC the plan was to have DS2025 listed as a separate software in the store once it's released.
.daz format has long been problematic as it's binary and tied to the DS version it was saved in. Some old .daz files already don't load properly in more recent DS versions. A lot of Daz Originals (and especially Daz+ items) have already been updated to .duf in past years.
http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/install_manager/referenceguide/interface/filter_field/advanced_filtering if you use the file:: scope then you could filter in DIM for packages that contain .daz files. Anything labelled Legacy will likely have an updated version using .duf, so the question would be whether the other hits also had updates. In fact the file exaples do have one that will look for the old formats (not just .daz but also the .dso, .dsd, and .dsv files):
file::rx::ci::^.+\.d(az|s(o|d|v))$Cool! And good to know.
My eyes just crossed.
I'm going to come back to this when I've had more coffee.
(I used to hand-code html 20 years ago, darnit... you'd think reading technical documentation wouldn't make my brain bluescreen on me.)
In fairness, the formula looks like a regular expression, and those will melt most anyone's brain! HTML is still mostly a tagging scheme, though the recommended structure and the tags themselves continue to evolve over time.
I'm be about to show my ignorance here. The file can be searched for in DIM: that's after you've bought it, yes? If so, clever solution as it is, how does it help a buying decision on the 'before' side of handing over money? I'm not one who will ever try a refund, because I try to get adequate information before handing money over, and I don't want to put customer service under any more load than they are currently. That means information before sale, not after sale and the humiliating action of begging for a correction of a mistake that I didn't have enough information to see before making it. Regards, Richard.
Thanks for that. I tried it on my installed files, and it threw up a handful of products that are still using these old formats. I thought I had purged my runtime of this old stuff, but it seems I missed a few.I had a few AprilYSH hairs that used .DAZ formats, so it appears I was wrong in thinking character specific files did not use them. However I still believe this to be pretty rare (and Poser HR2 files are available for those products anyway).
I found 2 products (Curator Aquarum and Moroccan Pottery) still containing the old dso files, even though they had been converted to duf, and had the proper dsf files under data. I am guessing those old formats were retained in the product so that people could still open scene files using the old format (though that will not be possible in DS 2025).
Default Resources also contains a few old format files, I guess also to allow old scene files to open.
If it has a readme, at http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/read_me/index/#####/start (replace the #s with the SKU) then it should have a file list linked that will tell you what is included.
wow, pleasantly surprised with this bi-week's freebies! lotsa male stuff, quite recent products, BRAVO daz, keep up the good work.. eeh freebies!
I agree it's a good assortment of recent stuff, even for G8. Unfortunately there are also textures of objects that I don't have, but I'm keeping them in case in the future the objects of those textures also arrive, as has already happened.
I would say, it's only an OK assortment. I skipped a couple items and hid the textures because I don't have the base items. Other recent assortments have been more entertaining, though I think the vase collection, pose sets, and gothic hair should be useful. The zombie dumper add-on might be useful for kitbashing, though I don't have the base item.
i'm a bit confused.. but haven't been around much so i issed a lot of news.
i got 2 mails or even 3 today about the outlet - someone even mentioned a possible coupon for 3$ - but when i click on the outlet links, i land on the generic daz info page. is the outlet a daz+/premier or whatever member feature?
also from the sales page, a free HDRI offered, doesn't get free in my cart tho - also a member offer since it's apparently member fiesta month?
The Outlet Store is here: https://www.daz3d.com/outlet
(It has a big banner on the main page of the shop, on the right of the main sale banner).
The Free HDRI is free only if you're buying the other HDRI released today, as written on the top of the sale page:
https://www.daz3d.com/summer-member-sale
Go here for the Outlet. It's available in the banner on the shop front page.
The G8 & roughly half the G3 period items are $3.99 each (or 5 for $18) unless you're a Daz+ or Premier member, when they're $1.99
The remainder are $1.99 (or 5 for $8) unless you're a Daz+ or Premier member, when they're $1. (or is it $0.99c?)
Don't try to buy more than 5 items at a time if aiming for the $8/$18 discount. You can have more than 1 $8/$18 discount per day. Try to avoid mixing $1.99 and $3.99 items as they break the $8/$18 discounts. The $3 discount coupon works on the 5 item discount as well as single item purchases.
Free HDRI seems to be a DAZ+/Premier member item only.
That's pretty much it.
Regards,
Richard.
ok, thanks Elor + richardandtracy for the detailed info ^^ very kind ^^
Even as a DAZ+/Premier member the "Free" HDRI requires the purchase of another HDRI first, so it is not free for anyone.
The new biweekly freebies are out, Free 3D Models and Content | Daz 3D.
A good assortment, with clothes for each generation (genesis, genesis2 and genesis3), I think they can also be used well on g8 and g9.
Thanks Daz!:)
this time, not so happy with the biweeklies.. apart from Ekko for Elijah 7/G3M, an amazing figure that i already had anyway, and the lights that i also already had, i just picked the yoga poses and the bench just because they're free and i don't wanna go empty. the rest is as almost always a huge bunch of female stuff, dresses and skimpy stuff and/or their textures. ah yeah, one toony male garb too.
last time it was great tho, showing it's possible.. should keep so imho ~ why going back to bad habits