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Help Loading Older Generation Character - Resolved

Worlds_EdgeWorlds_Edge Posts: 2,153
edited June 2017 in The Commons

As a recent user of Daz Studio, I have primarily been loading Gen 3 characters.  Today I tried to load Ly Harleigh but I got an oddly shaped character (no breasts/flat breasts, face wasn't exactly right).  I did apply the character's shaping options and tried the regular shaping sliders and nothing helped.  I also got this error message:  some assets needed to load the file were missing/victoria 4.  I do have the Victoria 4.2 base.

I don't know if I'm missing a needed product, or I'm using the wrong process for loading an older character.  I think it may be the latter, and note that I also tried loading genesis and victoria first, then applying this character.  

Thanks for any help or insights you might have.

Post edited by Worlds_Edge on

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  • FishtalesFishtales Posts: 6,212

    It says you also need these to make it work.

    https://www.daz3d.com/v4-and-m4-shapes-for-genesis

  • Worlds_EdgeWorlds_Edge Posts: 2,153

    Ohhhh!  I have no idea how I missed that.  I feel like an idiot, lol  Thank you for your speedy assistance @fishtales  I'll get that product now!

  • SixDsSixDs Posts: 2,384
    edited June 2017

    Actually, you do not need to have the V4 and M4 Shapes for Genesis in order to use Harleigh. You only need them if you wish to use the character with the Genesis figure. The character should work just fine on V4 without them. You may notice some small differences with the character when comparing the Genesis and V4 versions, however, which is normal.

    The loading process for the character differs somewhat depending upon whether you are using V4 or Genesis. Since Genesis is designed specifically for use in DAZ Studio (although Poser use is possible), the Harleigh character for use with Genesis can be found under DAZ Studio Formats, and can be loaded either with a new instance of Genesis, or applied to a preloaded instance - your choice. Provided you have the shapes Fishtales mentioned, all should be good.

    If wishing to use the character with V4, that is a little different. Since V4 is a Poser Format figure (designed to work natively in both DAZ Studio and Poser), you must load a copy of Victoria 4 into your scene first. With V4 selected in your scene, you must locate the Harleigh character under Poser Formats, and you will see two inject files under Morphs - one for the head and one for the body. Clicking these in turn should apply the character shape to V4. Then you must apply the character's textures, with options selected from under the Poser and DS category. Its a little more complicated than a one click solution, but the good news is you can save it all as a character preset and reuse it later with V4 just as you can with Genesis.

    For comparison, here are a couple of 3Delight renders to show what you should expect, with V4 on the left, Genesis on the right. (click the thumbnails for a larger version).

    I also added a render (third one) showing what happens with Genesis without the V4 shapes for Genesis (I have them, so I dialed the V4 shape to zero for comparison). The character is clearly much different in this case, and there are some obvious problems with the breasts.

    HarleighV4.jpg
    800 x 1127 - 566K
    HarleighGenesis.jpg
    800 x 1106 - 575K
    HarleighGenesis2.jpg
    800 x 1186 - 614K
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  • Worlds_EdgeWorlds_Edge Posts: 2,153

    Thanks @SixDs  I went the easy route, but kept the instructions for Victoria for future.  Everything is working now :)

  • Griffin AvidGriffin Avid Posts: 3,815

    I have no interest in this thread, but damn the level of help is dang impressive. I love seeing that.

    It's so reassuring and restores my faith in humanity. lol

  • SixDsSixDs Posts: 2,384

    You're assuming I'm human, avxp.

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