Bought Melody 2...now, how do I use it?
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I can't seem to find any pose controls for the head...Is it not possibe to give the cat head new expressions? If not, I think I might have just thrown some cash away.... I already have the G2F creature creator cat faces. I just bought this one on a lark, thinking she might be fun to do some toon type stuff.
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Since she uses V4, try clicking on the head. Generation 4 figures had head controls separately.
There may also be a pose file to inject expressions.
If you have V4 expressions you can try using those on her as well.
But Melody 2 isn't a morph, is only a conformng item. Just select Melody head, and yiu must find morph there.
Melody is for Aiko3, not V4 (as Micah is for Hiro).
True, but Melody 2 is a conforming head for Victoria 4.
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Melody 2 says it is for V4 on the store page
Sorry, didn't realize it was Melody 2.
Thanks all...But, there don't appear to be any pose controls. Has anyone used this particular model?
I can get the head loaded onto V4, but it is a geograft type prop, rather than a head morph. If you move V4 without parenting the head, she'll pop out of it like she is wearing a mascot suit. So, it doesn't actually use V4 expressions as far as I can tell. This surprised me...I thought it was a morph rather than a separate item. Maybe it isn't meant to use expressions?
It is not. It is a completely different set of geometry. As such, only Melody2 expressions, morphs, etc. will work on it.
-MJ
Also, are you loading V4 and then clicking Melody2? If so, that is incorrect. You should only be loading Melody2. There is no need to load V4 and then "add" Melody. Clicking only Melody2 will load the V4 body with the Melody2 head. Thats why when you move "V4" it seems to be "popping out of Melody"; you actually loaded 2 figures thinking you only loaded 1.
-MJ
Thanks, I'll give it a try!
Hmmm...I can't seem to find a full character preset for Melody 2. I only see the Melody Head add / rem and the fit to V4...no 1 click. Any idea where it would show?
I don't have Melody 2 loaded, so can't see for sure, but Melody 2 will not have expression controls like the Genesis characters. However, I'd guess that you select the head then find the expression morphs under the shaping or parameters tabs, or maybe in one of the subcategories of those.
Look in Scene Tab. You will find an object parented to the Melody head called "mel head" - select it, then you can find the morphs including expressions under Parameters.
PS It works with Genesis 1 as seen here.
What you found is it. I confused Melody and Melody2. Melody is a 1-click solution where clicking her loads the Melody head and the A3 body. The Gen4 stuff (Melody2), i guess works a little differently.
However, when posing her after loading her, she shouldnt be "stepping out" of her body. That sounds more like 2 figures somehow got loaded.
-MJ
Np. Got it working... I do have to reparent the head after loading...The tail as well. Once that's done, it all stays together. The expressions for the head are all under parameters instead of posing.
Seems to work now...Thanks all!
Remember that Melody 2 is a lot older than the system in D|S that allows certain parameters to appear in the tabs for posing, shaping, etc. You won't get anything in these older items appearing in the places you'd expect for the much newer Genesis figures.