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Gensis 8 hair fits to older figures

EJWorksEJWorks Posts: 483
in The Commons

I want to buy Ashley hair, but it's only listed as fitting Genesis 8 figures. It'll only be of any use to me if I can use it on Genesis 3, and bonus if genesis 2.

How hard is it to get G8 hair items to fit older figures?

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  • MegonNoelMegonNoel Posts: 381

    Instead of doing "fit to" just load the hair in the scene with the figure, position it, then parent it to the head of the figure. It's fairly easy to get the hang of and makes any DS hair work with any figure generation.  

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,161
    edited February 2018

    ...I often do that with hair form different generations, even if there is a fit clone because sometimes the weight mapping can cause issues with styling and movement morphs, particularly with pre-Genisis hair content and G3 (due to the second neck bone that was added as morphs for many older hairs are accessible only by selecting "neck").

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  • murgatroyd314murgatroyd314 Posts: 1,569

    Since G8 and G3 are essentially identical in the head and chest, there's a fairly simple trick to tell Studio that a hair for one is for the other, so you don't have to refit it at all. I don't remember off the top of my head exactly what the trick is - maybe someone can help?

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,161

    ...also have done that with G3 hair to G2.  I just selected the hair said it was G2F and it fit it perfectly preserving all the morphs. However, the morphs for most Genesis 2/3 hair content are not parented to the neck bone like most Gen3 and Gen4 hairs are, but the figure itself which is probably why it works.

  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 5,003
    edited February 2018
    Murgatroyd said:

    Since G8 and G3 are essentially identical in the head and chest, there's a fairly simple trick to tell Studio that a hair for one is for the other, so you don't have to refit it at all. I don't remember off the top of my head exactly what the trick is - maybe someone can help?

    You have to change the Scene Identification in the Scene menu hamburger menu. This is only likely to work between Genesis 3 and 8; it won't between 3/8 and or Genesis 2.

    More information here: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/232066/reyna-hair-for-genesis-3-female-question#latest

    Post edited by vwrangler on
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