Quick n' dirty primer on dynamics?

JQP

I've never touched dynamic anything in DS. But I'm wondering if it might be the only way to get blankets, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, etc., to sit right on a variety of terrain (characters are roughing it). If so, can anyone point me at a good primer, maybe even one that's sorta-kinda suited to the specific task? Obviously I can search the web for something and probably find a variety to choose from, but it can't hurt to get a person's opinion first. People are still much smarter than search engines. Er, I think we are, anyway. For now. ={o

3Diva

Good luck. :D I'm curious about this topic too. I've never been able to figure out how to use dynamic clothing. To be fair I've only tried a few times and it was with dynamic clothes freebies (which I don't even know if they were created to be used in Daz or were made for Poser only). 

nicstt

There's a limited selection available for it, and there is rearely any released. What there is goes on sale.

I own all except two items I think; I rarely use these days, and use the product from rendo; it takes work, but it is brilliant. There's a thread btw there.

Take the default scene on the left; I used dynamics to change the bed cover; it's a college dorm, it was way too neat - more to do there yet. Out of the box, the plugin from here can't do that - I seriously wish Daz would do something about that.

Diomede

The program available at Rendo works great, but does have a learning curve.  Note - the program and the plugin are distinct.  The connection to Studio (or Poser or Carrara) is the plugin.  The plugin exchanges the files between Studio and the dynamics program.  The dynamics program is separate.  For example, send a conforming tunic that you want converted to cloth and the Genesis to be collided with it (including shape, pose, and animation changes) from Studio to the dynamics program, execute and manipulate the drape, and send back to Studio. There are plugins to do the exchange for Poser, Carrara, and Studio.  I use it for Carrara.  It is better than Poser's cloth room and similar because there are so many ways to adjust the drape in mid calculation, and can correct if a mesh is not absolutely contiguous.  See the blanket example above.  Also, it can easily convert conforming clothes to dynamic, and use clohes you model yourself. 

 

For me, it has really made more of Daz's store content valuable because the content is more interchangeable.  For example, a dress made for V7 can be used on an existing character I made for V4 or V5 or V6 and the result is better than a conforming figure from the transfer utility.  Furthermore, even though I can't load V7 in Carrara and preserve all of the rigging (have to go through collada and that loses some funcitonality), I can still use V7's clothing on V6 because the clothing loads and the plugin can send to the dynamics program and back. 

 

Panzer Emerald

VWD isn't available for Mac yet, isn't it? :(