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  • jakibluejakiblue Posts: 7,281

    I was going to say that's not working for me at all (and yes i have the bonus buyer banner). 

    However, I realized it ONLY WORKS IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM IN THE CART.

    Ok that sucks big time. If I want some of traveler's nature stuff that are rdna, daz original, pc items to go from $2.99 down to 0.21cents, I have to do checkouts separately. And considering I am charged by my bank for EVERY foreign currency purchase I do, it will end up costing me more. Absolutely not worth it for me at all. 

    Wonderland said:

    Heads up: all RDNA PC items are showing full price when you go to FINAL checkout. You have to click edit cart, then the price will go back down and stay down through checkout. $2.99 items are 21 cents and $1.99 items are 14 cents! 

     

  • NathNath Posts: 3,049
    jakiblue said:

    I was going to say that's not working for me at all (and yes i have the bonus buyer banner). 

    However, I realized it ONLY WORKS IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM IN THE CART.

    Ok that sucks big time. If I want some of traveler's nature stuff that are rdna, daz original, pc items to go from $2.99 down to 0.21cents, I have to do checkouts separately. And considering I am charged by my bank for EVERY foreign currency purchase I do, it will end up costing me more. Absolutely not worth it for me at all. 

    Wonderland said:

    Heads up: all RDNA PC items are showing full price when you go to FINAL checkout. You have to click edit cart, then the price will go back down and stay down through checkout. $2.99 items are 21 cents and $1.99 items are 14 cents! 

     

    Buy a gift card first. That's what I did.

  • RenomistaRenomista Posts: 921
    Nath said:
    jakiblue said:

    I was going to say that's not working for me at all (and yes i have the bonus buyer banner). 

    However, I realized it ONLY WORKS IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM IN THE CART.

    Ok that sucks big time. If I want some of traveler's nature stuff that are rdna, daz original, pc items to go from $2.99 down to 0.21cents, I have to do checkouts separately. And considering I am charged by my bank for EVERY foreign currency purchase I do, it will end up costing me more. Absolutely not worth it for me at all. 

    Wonderland said:

    Heads up: all RDNA PC items are showing full price when you go to FINAL checkout. You have to click edit cart, then the price will go back down and stay down through checkout. $2.99 items are 21 cents and $1.99 items are 14 cents! 

     

    Buy a gift card first. That's what I did.

    And you get 10% off on top

  • mtl1mtl1 Posts: 1,508
    edited March 2017
    Llynara said:

    I am still experimenting and learning as I go. There are a surprising amount of fitting morphs in the clothing, but you have to look for them in the sub menus of the outfits. Most of them are extra bones. Some things just fit weird. Or only on one thigh or shoulder when they should go on two. I have no idea how diferent the material zones are. So I've got a barbarian outfit on a G3M and he only has one thigh band and one shoulder paldron. I turned them both off and got this (attached.) The textures are a mess but the outfit itself it pretty neat. It's Northar for M3.

    I also tried fitting Dark Mage to a Genesis and then a V7 and had trouble with posing, but only on one piece of the costume. Unforunately, it's the coolest piece! Rough draft attached below.

    Someone mentioned that you can fit V3 stuff to V4, that there's some kind of clone or something. I haven't tried that method yet. 

    Yeah, the V3/A3 clones for Genesis are pretty awful -- massive chest and crotch distortions -- so maybe I'll see if that V3 for V4 thing exists...

    edit: Huh. I loaded a V3 sweater and it actually fit onto V4 fairly well. Must be similar body shapes. However, I couldn't fit it onto G3F afterwards -- there's a little offset that occurs that's typical of V3 conversions without the clone.

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  • deathbycanondeathbycanon Posts: 1,227
    Brugan said:

    Still waiting (hoping) for insane G3 pro-pack sales sad

     

    (hint-hint)

    I have so many of those in my wish list I'ld have to ake a loan out!!! laugh

  • LlynaraLlynara Posts: 4,772
    edited March 2017
    Charlie Judge said:
    Llynara said:

    I am still experimenting and learning as I go. There are a surprising amount of fitting morphs in the clothing, but you have to look for them in the sub menus of the outfits. Most of them are extra bones. Some things just fit weird. Or only on one thigh or shoulder when they should go on two. I have no idea how diferent the material zones are. So I've got a barbarian outfit on a G3M and he only has one thigh band and one shoulder paldron. I turned them both off and got this (attached.) The textures are a mess but the outfit itself it pretty neat. It's Northar for M3.

    I also tried fitting Dark Mage to a Genesis and then a V7 and had trouble with posing, but only on one piece of the costume. Unforunately, it's the coolest piece! Rough draft attached below.

    Someone mentioned that you can fit V3 stuff to V4, that there's some kind of clone or something. I haven't tried that method yet. 

    Have  you tried Cross Dresser from EvilInnocence yet? For $10 you can get a V4 license that lets you fit clothing from all supported figures (including V3) to V4 and for another $10 you can get a M4 license. I bought the all license bundle last December when it was on sale for $25 but I haven't tried it yet

    Oh, man I wish I'd seen that deal! I would love to get the all license bundle. Especially as I keep picking up older characters cheaply. I did get a cross dress license free with the purchase of the Ninja Sprites (they are adorable.) Thought about getting the V4 license and using that as a gateway for the other character clothing.

    @donovancolbert Thanks for the info on using Cross Dresser. Eventually I will take a crack at it.

    Oh, and here's another V3. This is Azrea, and she comes with her elfish sister, Sylph. They aren't RDNA but are pretty cheap with the March Madness discounts. 

    Azreal.jpg
    2044 x 2379 - 2M
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  • deathbycanondeathbycanon Posts: 1,227
    donovancolbert said:


    ​I just realized I picked up the Ultra Aging morphs but they're Poser morphs. *sigh*... I always forget to check at least one item that turns out to be Poser content in these sales.

    oh crud, that one got me too, and I was being sooo careful! It was my last purchase and the clock was going on 1 - I was in a bit of a hurry lol 

  • OverdrawnOverdrawn Posts: 592
    deathbycanon said:
    donovancolbert said:


    ​I just realized I picked up the Ultra Aging morphs but they're Poser morphs. *sigh*... I always forget to check at least one item that turns out to be Poser content in these sales.

    oh crud, that one got me too, and I was being sooo careful! It was my last purchase and the clock was going on 1 - I was in a bit of a hurry lol 

    You can return stuff that doesn't work, fwiw. I've bought Poser stuff accidentally before and returned then once I realized. Best customer support anywhere. :)

  • HavosHavos Posts: 5,699

    There is no V3 clone for V4. However there is a different V4 CR2 file called "V4.2 to V3", which is basically a V4 head on a V3 body. This is what you should use to put V3 clothing onto V4. Of course you could only use V3 clothing on her in this case, you can not use a mix of V3 and V4 clothing, like with a true clone which we have on the Genesis figures.

  • LlynaraLlynara Posts: 4,772

    Thanks for the info, Havos! I hadn't paid much attention till now, and that includes whether some V4 hairs and clothing fit the V3s. Quite a few do, but I don't remember which ones. Will have to go back through some of my stuff and look. 

    And wings! There are more wings today and all kinds of discounts. My bank account is in danger!

  • NathNath Posts: 3,049

    I looked at today's wings and realised I already have a perfectly good set of wings I hardly ever use - so it was easy to pass and get just the exact items I wanted, even with the extra discount.

  • WandWWandW Posts: 2,907
    donovancolbert said:



    ​I just realized I picked up the Ultra Aging morphs but they're Poser morphs. *sigh*... I always forget to check at least one item that turns out to be Poser content in these sales.

    If you have a copy of DS 3, where is a scriptto load .pmd morphs:

    http://www.4shared.com/dir/4851309/fc76215/DS_Plugins.html#dir=E03-3f7D

     

    I'm not sure why they don't work in 4.x, as it writes a .pmd file if you export from Studio as a Poser figure, and will read .pmd morphs from a .cr2.  If I load G2 Sydney, which has .pmd morphs, into DS 4.9 she loads with her morphs, so one  should be able to add lines to the .cr2 to load them in Studio;  there would be a

    morphBinaryFile :path:to:file:Morph.pmd

    line added directly above the two

    figureResFile :Runtime:Geometries:DAZPeople:blMilWom_v4b.obj

    lines in the Vicky 4 .cr2 for each .pmd. (no bracket nor indent)...

  • lx_2807502lx_2807502 Posts: 2,996

    Did other people get the usual daily email today? They seem not to have bothered with me.

  • WandWWandW Posts: 2,907
    lx said:

    Did other people get the usual daily email today? They seem not to have bothered with me.

    I didn't either...

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,208

    No daily email here either.

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,628
    lx said:

    Did other people get the usual daily email today? They seem not to have bothered with me.

    Nope, no daily email for me either. No Bijou, no free Pro bundle orange banner, now no DAZ email -- I" m beginning to feel a bit left out. crying

  • donovancolbertdonovancolbert Posts: 1,421
    edited March 2017

    @Overdrawn I'll have to find the order and open a ticket. Thanks for the advice! 
    @WandW Getting into modifying the code in the files to direct paths to lost content or to hack poser content into DAZ Studio is something that still escapes me. I finally figured out UVs and I guess one day doing this will probably click for me and open up a whole new world of possibilities. Often it seems that stumbling across the right content that has a good demo or documentation on how to do something I want or need to do is my "aha moment," on learning stuff like this. 

    When I bought the V4 Aging Morphs, my plan was to use GenX to transfer them to G1, G2 and G3 and see how they worked there. 


     

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  • firewardenfirewarden Posts: 1,488
    edited March 2017

    I didn't get a daily email either. But my daughter, who has never bought anything, got the daily email. But she didn't get an orange banner either.

    Post edited by firewarden on
  • firewardenfirewarden Posts: 1,488
    Charlie Judge said:
    Llynara said:

    I am still experimenting and learning as I go. There are a surprising amount of fitting morphs in the clothing, but you have to look for them in the sub menus of the outfits. Most of them are extra bones. Some things just fit weird. Or only on one thigh or shoulder when they should go on two. I have no idea how diferent the material zones are. So I've got a barbarian outfit on a G3M and he only has one thigh band and one shoulder paldron. I turned them both off and got this (attached.) The textures are a mess but the outfit itself it pretty neat. It's Northar for M3.

    I also tried fitting Dark Mage to a Genesis and then a V7 and had trouble with posing, but only on one piece of the costume. Unforunately, it's the coolest piece! Rough draft attached below.

    Someone mentioned that you can fit V3 stuff to V4, that there's some kind of clone or something. I haven't tried that method yet. 

    Have  you tried Cross Dresser from EvilInnocence yet? For $10 you can get a V4 license that lets you fit clothing from all supported figures (including V3) to V4 and for another $10 you can get a M4 license. I bought the all license bundle last December when it was on sale for $25 but I haven't tried it yet

    Where do you get Cross Dresser? I'm not finding it.

  • WandWWandW Posts: 2,907
    firewarden said:

    Where do you get Cross Dresser? I'm not finding it.

    http://www.evilinnocence.com/shop/store/shop-by-category/crossdresser.html

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,628
    firewarden said:
    Charlie Judge said:
    Llynara said:

    I am still experimenting and learning as I go. There are a surprising amount of fitting morphs in the clothing, but you have to look for them in the sub menus of the outfits. Most of them are extra bones. Some things just fit weird. Or only on one thigh or shoulder when they should go on two. I have no idea how diferent the material zones are. So I've got a barbarian outfit on a G3M and he only has one thigh band and one shoulder paldron. I turned them both off and got this (attached.) The textures are a mess but the outfit itself it pretty neat. It's Northar for M3.

    I also tried fitting Dark Mage to a Genesis and then a V7 and had trouble with posing, but only on one piece of the costume. Unforunately, it's the coolest piece! Rough draft attached below.

    Someone mentioned that you can fit V3 stuff to V4, that there's some kind of clone or something. I haven't tried that method yet. 

    Have  you tried Cross Dresser from EvilInnocence yet? For $10 you can get a V4 license that lets you fit clothing from all supported figures (including V3) to V4 and for another $10 you can get a M4 license. I bought the all license bundle last December when it was on sale for $25 but I haven't tried it yet

    Where do you get Cross Dresser? I'm not finding it.

    At EvilInnocence website: http://www.evilinnocence.com/ The program is free and most figure licenses are $10 each; BUT keep in mind the licenses generally go on 75% off sale for Black Friday/Cyber Monday

  • donovancolbertdonovancolbert Posts: 1,421
    donovancolbert said:

     

    There has been a lot of discussion on if we should post things in this forum about the sales and stacking that DAZ might "fix". I just want to say - unless I had read this forum and seen people mentioning the stacking Utilities sale and the RDNA trick yesterday, I would have seen this sale as dismal and wouldn't have bought much at all. Instead, I blew through an $80 gift card, bought a $20 gift card yesterday and blew through half of it, and then added another $50 gift card. 

    If you ask me - it benefits everyone when people share this kind of thing. DAZ gets more revenue, the PAs get sales they wouldn't get otherwise. Someone like myself will just hold on to their money if the sales are not really compelling, but I'll buy stuff that is deeply discounted that I'd never buy any other way. RDNA Traveller's Naturals bundles for $2.99? Not unless I absolutely need that particular package for a scene. But for $0.24? I'll buy them ALL just in case I ever need them in the future. 

    So, if I hadn't been tipped off to these sales and how to work them here in the forum... I would have spent a good $100 less on this sale, so far. 

    The way the RDNA sale worked yesterday, I swear it was *designed* to lead you to buy a gift card so that you would see that with the 10% off, buying a gift card first then buying the content is like getting extra free money. After doing several $.024 purchases against my PayPal account - I realized that the way to do it was to buy a gift card. Buying the gift card made me realize, "I just saved another $2 on $20 of purchases, so it is like I'm getting the first $2 of super cheap purchases for free. Why haven't I been doing this all along?" 

    Which is a cheap way for DAZ to kind of lead people who hesitate into buying gift cards, which is like getting paid in advance for them. I purchased a $20 gift card, and used $10 of it which only cost me $8. That means there was another $10 of money in their accounts on credit for me that they wouldn't have seen otherwise... I just get to spend it at a later date. 

    They HAD to see all the people doing transactions like that - and if they didn't fix it, it was intentional. 

    So anyhow... I think when you discover deep discount stacking or some other trick to make a sale even better than advertised, it should be shared. 

  • WandWWandW Posts: 2,907
    edited March 2017
    donovancolbert said:

    When I bought the V4 Aging Morphs, my plan was to use GenX to transfer them to G1, G2 and G3 and see how they worked there. 
     

    It's a shame one can't get older versions of Studio; it's free after all!  You would just load V4 , inject the morphs and save it back to the Library and you can then load it in Studio 4.  I have Poser so I add them there.

    I should add that the script works in Studio 2.3 as well; the number at the end of the file corresponds ot the Studio version number it works with..

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  • donovancolbertdonovancolbert Posts: 1,421

    I'd actually been considering getting a Premier membership at that OTHER site and spending some time over there with their content because this sale was not as exciting as previous sales and I've got most of what I really wanted over here. I ended up putting the money I would have put into that into gift cards here... so people letting me know about ways to maximize the sales over here really encouraged customer loyalty to the DAZ store. 

  • donovancolbertdonovancolbert Posts: 1,421

    It would be nice if DAZ would make unsupported archive copies of previous versions of DAZ available. To be honest - knowing that isn't the case makes me hesitant to upgrade from the version I am on to the latest version - in case a feature I like goes away or is changed in some way.  

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,628
    WandW said:
    donovancolbert said:

    When I bought the V4 Aging Morphs, my plan was to use GenX to transfer them to G1, G2 and G3 and see how they worked there. 
     

    It's a shame one can't get older versions of Studio; it's free after all!  You would just load V4 , inject the morphs and save it back to the Library and you can then load it in Studio 4.  I have Poser so I add them there.

    I should add that the script works in Studio 2.3 as well; the number at the end of the file corresponds ot the Studio version number it works with..

    I have DS 3; but I have had a lot of trouble with malware when using 4Shared. Is the script available anywhere else?

  • sueyasueya Posts: 865
    Charlie Judge said:
    lx said:

    Did other people get the usual daily email today? They seem not to have bothered with me.

    Nope, no daily email for me either. No Bijou, no free Pro bundle orange banner, now no DAZ email -- I" m beginning to feel a bit left out. crying

    No ,I didn't get the daily email either. I can't see the orange banner but I guess I probably haven't spent enough to deserve it!

    Anyway I have found a few items with an SKU under 16000 to keep the MM banner active for a few more days. I assume it stays with any purchase or is it just new releases?

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,628
    sueya said:
    Charlie Judge said:
    lx said:

    Did other people get the usual daily email today? They seem not to have bothered with me.

    Nope, no daily email for me either. No Bijou, no free Pro bundle orange banner, now no DAZ email -- I" m beginning to feel a bit left out. crying

    No ,I didn't get the daily email either. I can't see the orange banner but I guess I probably haven't spent enough to deserve it!

    Anyway I have found a few items with an SKU under 16000 to keep the MM banner active for a few more days. I assume it stays with any purchase or is it just new releases?

    It works with the purchase of any item that isn't free

  • donovancolbertdonovancolbert Posts: 1,421
    edited March 2017

    Everyone is talking about an orange banner. I haven't seen one yet this sale. But I don't see any post saying what the orange banner says? Is it this "Just for you," coupon? 

    Post edited by donovancolbert on
  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,628
    donovancolbert said:

    Everyone is talking about an orange banner. I haven't seen one yet this sale. But I don't see any post saying what the orange banner says? Is it this "Just for you," coupon? 

    I didn't get it; but it is discussed here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/153881/pro-bundle-for-free-mistake#latest

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