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Show off your dForce: Genesis 8 Starter essentials just got over 3 Dozen free animations

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  • RuphussRuphuss Posts: 2,631

    thanks for the animations

    they look familiar as V4 Gofigure transfers

    found only 8 under starter essentials

    where are the other to be found ?

    as you say more than 36

  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019
    edited November 2017

    In your content directory, check Animation->Animate (see image at the last post of the previous page), it's there in various subfolders.

    EDIT: Here are the folders that have the G8 animation blocks (blue mark):

    foldersnew.JPG
    908 x 621 - 87K
    Post edited by BeeMKay on
  • ArtisanSArtisanS Posts: 209

    And in the Timeline under Animate Lite.....

    Greets, ArtisanS

     

  • RuphussRuphuss Posts: 2,631

    i have looked exactly there but not that much new animations

  • Pack58Pack58 Posts: 750

    Did you update G8 Starter Essentials?

  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643

    I count 39 animation files that include g8f in the file name. I downloaded it Tuesday evening.

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    edited November 2017

    Well I would not actually call them new aniblocks pre say. (sigh) after looking them over they look like they are really the same old motions aniblocks as offerd for the other older generations i didn't see any new walk cycles or dance moves nothing new just the same ol same ol.   They look like they were updated work with genesis 8.   I was like Hot Dog new motions files.  . Bummer

    Post edited by Ivy on
  • LlynaraLlynara Posts: 4,772

    Thank you!

  • wolf359wolf359 Posts: 3,931
    Ivy said:

    Well I would not actually call them new aniblocks pre say. (sigh) after looking them over they look like they are really the same old motions aniblocks as offerd for the other older generations i didn't see any new walk cycles or dance moves nothing new just the same ol same ol.   They look like they were updated work with genesis 8.   I was like Hot Dog new motions files.  . Bummer

    Well since most Daz studio users have not used any of the older aniblock these will likely be "new"
     for them. I am curious to see an actual walk cycle across a floor with a dress/gown at shin length 
    with self collission     with Dforce...any takers ??

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    wolf359 said:
    Ivy said:

    Well I would not actually call them new aniblocks pre say. (sigh) after looking them over they look like they are really the same old motions aniblocks as offerd for the other older generations i didn't see any new walk cycles or dance moves nothing new just the same ol same ol.   They look like they were updated work with genesis 8.   I was like Hot Dog new motions files.  . Bummer

    Well since most Daz studio users have not used any of the older aniblock these will likely be "new"
     for them. I am curious to see an actual walk cycle across a floor with a dress/gown at shin length 
    with self collission     with Dforce...any takers ??

    you won;t be seeing anything g8 or dforce from me for a while.  though I did just get carrara at 80% off I almost fainted when I seen the discount in my wishlist and was only $29 bucks. that was a offer i couldn;t refuse..lol Now I just have to figure out how carrara works ...Ha!

  • DaWaterRatDaWaterRat Posts: 2,885
    wolf359 said:
    Ivy said:

    Well I would not actually call them new aniblocks pre say. (sigh) after looking them over they look like they are really the same old motions aniblocks as offerd for the other older generations i didn't see any new walk cycles or dance moves nothing new just the same ol same ol.   They look like they were updated work with genesis 8.   I was like Hot Dog new motions files.  . Bummer

    Well since most Daz studio users have not used any of the older aniblock these will likely be "new"
     for them. I am curious to see an actual walk cycle across a floor with a dress/gown at shin length 
    with self collission     with Dforce...any takers ??

    Well, I just tried it using the default dForce outfit from the starter essentials.

    It's been too long since I did any animating, I guess, because while everything loaded fine, the animation didn't run when I ran the simulation.  I could scrub through the walk just fine in either Animate or the Timeline, but G8 didn't move when I ran the simulation.

  • wolf359wolf359 Posts: 3,931
    Ivy said:
    wolf359 said:
    Ivy said:

     

    you won;t be seeing anything g8 or dforce from me for a while.  though I did just get carrara at 80% off I almost fainted when I seen the discount in my wishlist and was only $29 bucks. that was a offer i couldn;t refuse..lol Now I just have to figure out how carrara works ...Ha!

     

    Congrats !!!!laugh
    Cararra Supports G1-2 natively I am told .
    You now have access to a much more
    realistic environment ,than DS, for your Character animation renders .
    looking forward to seeing what you produce with your new tool.

     

  • ammon_fde0d92863ammon_fde0d92863 Posts: 119
    DaWaterRat said:
    wolf359 said:
    Ivy said:

    Well I would not actually call them new aniblocks pre say. (sigh) after looking them over they look like they are really the same old motions aniblocks as offerd for the other older generations i didn't see any new walk cycles or dance moves nothing new just the same ol same ol.   They look like they were updated work with genesis 8.   I was like Hot Dog new motions files.  . Bummer

    Well since most Daz studio users have not used any of the older aniblock these will likely be "new"
     for them. I am curious to see an actual walk cycle across a floor with a dress/gown at shin length 
    with self collission     with Dforce...any takers ??

    Well, I just tried it using the default dForce outfit from the starter essentials.

    It's been too long since I did any animating, I guess, because while everything loaded fine, the animation didn't run when I ran the simulation.  I could scrub through the walk just fine in either Animate or the Timeline, but G8 didn't move when I ran the simulation.

    aniMate2 takes over the timeline.  You probably want to right click in the aniMate2 area and choose Bake to DS Keyframes before you simulate.

  • DaWaterRatDaWaterRat Posts: 2,885
    ammon_fde0d92863 said:
    DaWaterRat said:
    wolf359 said:
    Ivy said:

    Well I would not actually call them new aniblocks pre say. (sigh) after looking them over they look like they are really the same old motions aniblocks as offerd for the other older generations i didn't see any new walk cycles or dance moves nothing new just the same ol same ol.   They look like they were updated work with genesis 8.   I was like Hot Dog new motions files.  . Bummer

    Well since most Daz studio users have not used any of the older aniblock these will likely be "new"
     for them. I am curious to see an actual walk cycle across a floor with a dress/gown at shin length 
    with self collission     with Dforce...any takers ??

    Well, I just tried it using the default dForce outfit from the starter essentials.

    It's been too long since I did any animating, I guess, because while everything loaded fine, the animation didn't run when I ran the simulation.  I could scrub through the walk just fine in either Animate or the Timeline, but G8 didn't move when I ran the simulation.

    aniMate2 takes over the timeline.  You probably want to right click in the aniMate2 area and choose Bake to DS Keyframes before you simulate.

    Thanks.  I knew I needed to do that, I just couldn't remember how.

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    wolf359 said:
    Ivy said:
    wolf359 said:
    Ivy said:

     

    you won;t be seeing anything g8 or dforce from me for a while.  though I did just get carrara at 80% off I almost fainted when I seen the discount in my wishlist and was only $29 bucks. that was a offer i couldn;t refuse..lol Now I just have to figure out how carrara works ...Ha!

     

    Congrats !!!!laugh
    Cararra Supports G1-2 natively I am told .
    You now have access to a much more
    realistic environment ,than DS, for your Character animation renders .
    looking forward to seeing what you produce with your new tool.

     

    Thanks I guess.lol  I'm going through and getting the plugins while they are on sale too. there are nice effects, and I need to learn the physics engine details. but i have had cararra wish listed for a while so it was a nice surprise to see it on sale

  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500
    RainbowArtist said:
    marble said:

    Any chance these animations will work with G3F? I have no G8 characters at all.

    The short answer is no.

    From my quick test, the G8F aniblocks don't behave the same when applied to a G3F. There is a strange scaling down and up effect on a G3F figure. and even stranger sliding flying effect when you try a Genesis 1 or V4 figure. Obviously due to the different bone structures.

    Maybe an animation coverter will help.

    It would have been nicer if  the G8F aniblocks had been delivered in their own folder rather than thrown in with the older incompatible ones.  Altho I guess users can do that for themselves to make for an easier workflow.

    Edited to fix quote

    As you say - they are now mixed in with all the older ones and there is no way of knowing which are G8 and which are previous generations.

  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643
    edited November 2017

    marble, g8f is plainly included in the file name of each one. I had no problems picking them out.

    Post edited by Kevin Sanderson on
  • namffuaknamffuak Posts: 4,409

    Can I get a pointer to a step-by-step on this? I've never looked at aniblocks before.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,973
    namffuak said:

    Can I get a pointer to a step-by-step on this? I've never looked at aniblocks before.

    Yes please! Is there a quick tutorial on how to do an animation with dForce? I've never done an animation before either, and then doing it with dForce is doubly new. lol

  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643

    This will get you started and there are more DAZ tutorials on aniMate in that channel.

  • namffuaknamffuak Posts: 4,409

    Thanks!

  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643
    edited November 2017

    And this one showing dforce with pose to pose animation: with a comment at the end with a tip for using aniMate.

    Post edited by Kevin Sanderson on
  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,973
    Kevin Sanderson said:

    And this one showing dforce with pose to pose animation: with a comment at the end with a tip for using aniMate.

     

    Nice! I'll check them out later when I get my sound working again. lol I might have to dig out my old ipad and watch it on there. 

    Thank you for the links to the videos. I'm sure that's going to help a lot! :)

  • y3kmany3kman Posts: 825

    Any tips on how to make dforce animate better? I tried following the advice of increasing the subframes but I'm not happy with the results. I get better animation if I do a frame-by-frame render (convert image series to movie). Doing it by individual frames allow the simulation to run better and let me enable smoothing/collision checks. Here's a really short clip of my failed test.

  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500
    Kevin Sanderson said:

    marble, g8f is plainly included in the file name of each one. I had no problems picking them out.

    Ooops - so it is. I had the panel too narrow which meant the whole filename was not displayed. Sorry.

  • andrushuk1andrushuk1 Posts: 342

    cool, thanks all,  you's do a great job as always.

  • Aave NainenAave Nainen Posts: 1,108
    y3kman said:

    Any tips on how to make dforce animate better? I tried following the advice of increasing the subframes but I'm not happy with the results. I get better animation if I do a frame-by-frame render (convert image series to movie). Doing it by individual frames allow the simulation to run better and let me enable smoothing/collision checks. Here's a really short clip of my failed test.

    Did you run the simulation with the hair on the figure?  If so try running the simulation again with the hair hidden in scene tab, once sim is finished you can make the hair visible again for rendering.

  • mikekmikek Posts: 195

    I have updated the essentials pack but the aniblocks I have look all like they are more or less broken so my guess is they are all for the older character. How do I know if the files are for g8 or not?

  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643
    edited November 2017

    Look for g8f in each file name.

    Post edited by Kevin Sanderson on
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,079
    Aave Nainen said:
    y3kman said:

    Any tips on how to make dforce animate better? I tried following the advice of increasing the subframes but I'm not happy with the results. I get better animation if I do a frame-by-frame render (convert image series to movie). Doing it by individual frames allow the simulation to run better and let me enable smoothing/collision checks. Here's a really short clip of my failed test.

    Did you run the simulation with the hair on the figure?  If so try running the simulation again with the hair hidden in scene tab, once sim is finished you can make the hair visible again for rendering.

    Or select the hair and set Visible in Simulation to Off - that way you don't have to keep showing and hiding it.

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