outrider42 said:

melissastjames said:

outrider42 said:

That the price is better than it was during 2020 doesn't mean it is a fair price, but it is your choice. I have tried to grab a EVGA 3090 numerous times with Hotstock's app and have yet to succeed.

BTW, for piece of mind I highly recommend adding one of the extended warranties they offer on the card. Compared to the price, the extra warranties are nothing. Last time I checked, it was $30 for an extra 2 years (so 5 full years) or $60 for an extra 7 (for a full 10, yes 10 years). The warranty covers pretty much everything, and you can even sell your card and transfer the warranty to the buyer. This means you can ask a whole lot more for your card compared to others because not many 2nd hand cards are going to offer a warranty. They also cover the the length of the warranty, too. If they replace the GPU, the replacement is also under warranty, no matter how many times you may need a replacement for the duration of your warranty period. EVGA also offers a higher tier warranty package that will express ship a replacement to you before they even receive your defective one, which is really good for people who have jobs that depend on their PCs and cannot afford to be down for long. If that describes you, then you should look into this extra warranty, too.

I don't want to sound like some shill for EVGA, but it really doesn't get better than that. As someone in the repair business this is one of the most generous warranties around, especially for the asking price. I also personally dealt with EVGA myself, when my 1080ti died thanks to a storm surge. I bought that 1080ti used off ebay, and had no issue whatsoever getting the RMA setup, so I can prove from my own experience that yes they absolutely do honor 2nd hand purchases or 3rd or 4th for that matter. The tech I spoke to was awesome, and I was pretty impressed with how everything was done. After dealing with all these other tech companies for over a decade this was just...refreshing, and the experience fully converted me to EVGA. I had heard good things about their customer service, but actually experiencing it was eye opening.

I already ordered it and I didn't see an option for a separate warranty, unless that's something I buy directly from EVGA before registering. If not, I guess I'll just have to live with their standard warranty...it's not like I really use cards longer than a few years anyway. The 1080TI I have now is the oldest card I've ever kept. 

I just don't think the price is going to come down this year. Or even next year. Or like. Ever. So I figured it was time to just do it. My system has been running for 4 years next month and it's time for something new given that scenes I could render a year ago in Daz, I can't anymore because of how each time a new version comes out, the performance gets worse. I'd also like to be able to game at 4k again, and CyberPunk 2077 told me that was a pipe dream unless I got a big daddy card. I just got tired of waiting. I can't sit and watch notifications 24/7 to jump on fresh inventory and I refuse to sit there and listen to some YouTube channel when I'd rather be listening to Spotify. So I paid a premium...thankfully not as much of a premium as I would have paid only a couple months ago.  

Yes, you go to EVGA and buy the extended warranty direct from them. I believe you get the option when you register the card. The 3090 is a huge upgrade, so you may not need another for a while.  Who knows how the market will be after another 2-4 years. Will we ever be able to buy GPUs again? I really don't know, I am feeling pretty negative about the market like you, as crypto is not ever going away. The warranty hedges the bets so in case you are stuck with the card for longer than you wish to be, you will not have to sweat out that extra time worried about if your $2700 card will make it.

Also, because the 3090 uses 100 more Watts, I have great concerns about its longevity. Heat is a serious enemy, and even with the best cooling solutions they will generate a lot of it over the years. GDDR6X is new and unproven itself, with 24 1gb chips all around the thing. Any one of these could have a failure, giving you all these extra points of failure compared to other GPUs that only have a few chips of memory.

The faster RMA option also works for the general warranty period as well, so this option may be of interest even if you don't get an extended warranty.

Good point. I'll definitely be buying the extended warranty when I register it. EVGA's RMA process is why I stick with them. My 980TI bricked a couple months out of warranty when we tried installing it in my husband's system after I got the 1080TI setup and they were nice enough to RMA it. Sadly, the replacement card failed in my husband's system, which leads me to believe that there is something up with his system overall...which is why he's still using a 970 (it's a micro-atx which I HATE because it's too goddam small to do anything with, but it has more than enough power so I have no clue but I have a hard time believing they'd send a replacement brick. Never again will I let him install a computer into a $%@# shoebox, lol.) 

melissastjames said:

outrider42 said:

That the price is better than it was during 2020 doesn't mean it is a fair price, but it is your choice. I have tried to grab a EVGA 3090 numerous times with Hotstock's app and have yet to succeed.

BTW, for piece of mind I highly recommend adding one of the extended warranties they offer on the card. Compared to the price, the extra warranties are nothing. Last time I checked, it was $30 for an extra 2 years (so 5 full years) or $60 for an extra 7 (for a full 10, yes 10 years). The warranty covers pretty much everything, and you can even sell your card and transfer the warranty to the buyer. This means you can ask a whole lot more for your card compared to others because not many 2nd hand cards are going to offer a warranty. They also cover the the length of the warranty, too. If they replace the GPU, the replacement is also under warranty, no matter how many times you may need a replacement for the duration of your warranty period. EVGA also offers a higher tier warranty package that will express ship a replacement to you before they even receive your defective one, which is really good for people who have jobs that depend on their PCs and cannot afford to be down for long. If that describes you, then you should look into this extra warranty, too.

I don't want to sound like some shill for EVGA, but it really doesn't get better than that. As someone in the repair business this is one of the most generous warranties around, especially for the asking price. I also personally dealt with EVGA myself, when my 1080ti died thanks to a storm surge. I bought that 1080ti used off ebay, and had no issue whatsoever getting the RMA setup, so I can prove from my own experience that yes they absolutely do honor 2nd hand purchases or 3rd or 4th for that matter. The tech I spoke to was awesome, and I was pretty impressed with how everything was done. After dealing with all these other tech companies for over a decade this was just...refreshing, and the experience fully converted me to EVGA. I had heard good things about their customer service, but actually experiencing it was eye opening.

I already ordered it and I didn't see an option for a separate warranty, unless that's something I buy directly from EVGA before registering. If not, I guess I'll just have to live with their standard warranty...it's not like I really use cards longer than a few years anyway. The 1080TI I have now is the oldest card I've ever kept. 

I just don't think the price is going to come down this year. Or even next year. Or like. Ever. So I figured it was time to just do it. My system has been running for 4 years next month and it's time for something new given that scenes I could render a year ago in Daz, I can't anymore because of how each time a new version comes out, the performance gets worse. I'd also like to be able to game at 4k again, and CyberPunk 2077 told me that was a pipe dream unless I got a big daddy card. I just got tired of waiting. I can't sit and watch notifications 24/7 to jump on fresh inventory and I refuse to sit there and listen to some YouTube channel when I'd rather be listening to Spotify. So I paid a premium...thankfully not as much of a premium as I would have paid only a couple months ago.  

Yes, you go to EVGA and buy the extended warranty direct from them. I believe you get the option when you register the card. The 3090 is a huge upgrade, so you may not need another for a while.  Who knows how the market will be after another 2-4 years. Will we ever be able to buy GPUs again? I really don't know, I am feeling pretty negative about the market like you, as crypto is not ever going away. The warranty hedges the bets so in case you are stuck with the card for longer than you wish to be, you will not have to sweat out that extra time worried about if your $2700 card will make it.

Also, because the 3090 uses 100 more Watts, I have great concerns about its longevity. Heat is a serious enemy, and even with the best cooling solutions they will generate a lot of it over the years. GDDR6X is new and unproven itself, with 24 1gb chips all around the thing. Any one of these could have a failure, giving you all these extra points of failure compared to other GPUs that only have a few chips of memory.

The faster RMA option also works for the general warranty period as well, so this option may be of interest even if you don't get an extended warranty.

If you're referring to the upper arm and the lat colliding when the arm is brought close to the torso you need to be concerned with three parameters:

 

• Shoulder Bend into the body
• Collar Bend into the body
• Shoulder Front/Back behind the body

That's where I usually get the mesh collisions. Granted, if the guy in the attached picture is who you're trying to fix, I don't think you need anything too extreme. It also looks like you're getting that collision from the shoulder front/back going backwards.

My recommendation would be to zero the pose, draw the shoulder bend in for both arms, export to zbrush, use symmetry (you might as well fix both arms at the same time). Hide all the polys except for around the armpit area and then use smooth at about 5-10 to just smooth the mesh you see poking through the arm so it's not colliding as badly. Export the obj twice, once for the left arm and once for the right.  

** Before you export the body, dial out any hd morphs, that can cause issues when bringing back in. Also make sure you don't have any morphs favorited, this will be important when bringing back into daz **

Then import that morph back into daz with reverse deformations using the below:

I would import the left arm morph first, that will of course trigger the right lat to smooth out too. So change to geometry editor mode with vertex selection. Then in edit mode in the parameters, favorite the left arm morph and then right click the left arm moph and choose "select morph vertices". Then will highlight all the verices the morph impacts. Switch the selection tool to lasso and then select the right side vertices and then right click and choose "Morph editing -> Clear Selected Deltas from favorite". This will remove the right side morphed vertices. You can unfavorite the morph at this time.

Then with the left arm morph still turn on, morph load the right side morph with reverse deformations. This will give you a symmetrical set of jcm's.

As far as rigging the jcm parameters, I would do a set of three "1st Stage" controllers for the morphs as:

• .34 max value for the shoulder bend being drawn all the way into the body
• .33 max for the collar bend being drawn all the way into the body
• .33 max value for the shoulder front/back going all the way

That should give you a pretty robust coverage without having to make separate jcm's for the individual joint bends.

 

marble said:

melissastjames said:

outrider42 said:

That the price is better than it was during 2020 doesn't mean it is a fair price, but it is your choice. I have tried to grab a EVGA 3090 numerous times with Hotstock's app and have yet to succeed.

BTW, for piece of mind I highly recommend adding one of the extended warranties they offer on the card. Compared to the price, the extra warranties are nothing. Last time I checked, it was $30 for an extra 2 years (so 5 full years) or $60 for an extra 7 (for a full 10, yes 10 years). The warranty covers pretty much everything, and you can even sell your card and transfer the warranty to the buyer. This means you can ask a whole lot more for your card compared to others because not many 2nd hand cards are going to offer a warranty. They also cover the the length of the warranty, too. If they replace the GPU, the replacement is also under warranty, no matter how many times you may need a replacement for the duration of your warranty period. EVGA also offers a higher tier warranty package that will express ship a replacement to you before they even receive your defective one, which is really good for people who have jobs that depend on their PCs and cannot afford to be down for long. If that describes you, then you should look into this extra warranty, too.

I don't want to sound like some shill for EVGA, but it really doesn't get better than that. As someone in the repair business this is one of the most generous warranties around, especially for the asking price. I also personally dealt with EVGA myself, when my 1080ti died thanks to a storm surge. I bought that 1080ti used off ebay, and had no issue whatsoever getting the RMA setup, so I can prove from my own experience that yes they absolutely do honor 2nd hand purchases or 3rd or 4th for that matter. The tech I spoke to was awesome, and I was pretty impressed with how everything was done. After dealing with all these other tech companies for over a decade this was just...refreshing, and the experience fully converted me to EVGA. I had heard good things about their customer service, but actually experiencing it was eye opening.

I already ordered it and I didn't see an option for a separate warranty, unless that's something I buy directly from EVGA before registering. If not, I guess I'll just have to live with their standard warranty...it's not like I really use cards longer than a few years anyway. The 1080TI I have now is the oldest card I've ever kept. 

I just don't think the price is going to come down this year. Or even next year. Or like. Ever. So I figured it was time to just do it. My system has been running for 4 years next month and it's time for something new given that scenes I could render a year ago in Daz, I can't anymore because of how each time a new version comes out, the performance gets worse. I'd also like to be able to game at 4k again, and CyberPunk 2077 told me that was a pipe dream unless I got a big daddy card. I just got tired of waiting. I can't sit and watch notifications 24/7 to jump on fresh inventory and I refuse to sit there and listen to some YouTube channel when I'd rather be listening to Spotify. So I paid a premium...thankfully not as much of a premium as I would have paid only a couple months ago.  

 

Oh, by the way, in addition to the upgrade parts I listed above, I also bought a very fast NVME drive (the Aorus MB has two M.2 slots). Have you thought about drives? I put my DAZ Library on that NVME drive.

Yes, as I use 2 M.2 drives in my current build, I will do the same with the new one. The OS will go on a 500GB and I'll get a 1 or 2TB drive for games. (I'm not sure what I'll do with my current M.2 drives as I'm not going to break down my system while I wait for the builder to assemble the new one, so they're just going to end up doing nothing. I'd also rather get brand new M.2 drives as the two I have have been up for 4 years now and once they're in and the GPU is in, the last thing I want to do is have to dig them out, lol. That's the one giant glaring drawback of M.2 drives.) Daz is currently installed on a dedicated 2TB 2.5" drive and I'm almost out of room there, but that'll move over. The new case I'm looking at allows for 2 3.5" drives and 3 2.5" drives, so I'll probably give Daz a 2nd 2TB 2.5" drive at some point. I already have 2 solid 3.5" storage drives (3TB WD Black and 4TB WD Black) that I'll just move over. I have a small 500GB 2.5" that has been running for (gods) at least 6 years now that I'll move over...it's dedicated to my Skyrim install, lol.  

melissastjames said:

outrider42 said:

That the price is better than it was during 2020 doesn't mean it is a fair price, but it is your choice. I have tried to grab a EVGA 3090 numerous times with Hotstock's app and have yet to succeed.

BTW, for piece of mind I highly recommend adding one of the extended warranties they offer on the card. Compared to the price, the extra warranties are nothing. Last time I checked, it was $30 for an extra 2 years (so 5 full years) or $60 for an extra 7 (for a full 10, yes 10 years). The warranty covers pretty much everything, and you can even sell your card and transfer the warranty to the buyer. This means you can ask a whole lot more for your card compared to others because not many 2nd hand cards are going to offer a warranty. They also cover the the length of the warranty, too. If they replace the GPU, the replacement is also under warranty, no matter how many times you may need a replacement for the duration of your warranty period. EVGA also offers a higher tier warranty package that will express ship a replacement to you before they even receive your defective one, which is really good for people who have jobs that depend on their PCs and cannot afford to be down for long. If that describes you, then you should look into this extra warranty, too.

I don't want to sound like some shill for EVGA, but it really doesn't get better than that. As someone in the repair business this is one of the most generous warranties around, especially for the asking price. I also personally dealt with EVGA myself, when my 1080ti died thanks to a storm surge. I bought that 1080ti used off ebay, and had no issue whatsoever getting the RMA setup, so I can prove from my own experience that yes they absolutely do honor 2nd hand purchases or 3rd or 4th for that matter. The tech I spoke to was awesome, and I was pretty impressed with how everything was done. After dealing with all these other tech companies for over a decade this was just...refreshing, and the experience fully converted me to EVGA. I had heard good things about their customer service, but actually experiencing it was eye opening.

I already ordered it and I didn't see an option for a separate warranty, unless that's something I buy directly from EVGA before registering. If not, I guess I'll just have to live with their standard warranty...it's not like I really use cards longer than a few years anyway. The 1080TI I have now is the oldest card I've ever kept. 

I just don't think the price is going to come down this year. Or even next year. Or like. Ever. So I figured it was time to just do it. My system has been running for 4 years next month and it's time for something new given that scenes I could render a year ago in Daz, I can't anymore because of how each time a new version comes out, the performance gets worse. I'd also like to be able to game at 4k again, and CyberPunk 2077 told me that was a pipe dream unless I got a big daddy card. I just got tired of waiting. I can't sit and watch notifications 24/7 to jump on fresh inventory and I refuse to sit there and listen to some YouTube channel when I'd rather be listening to Spotify. So I paid a premium...thankfully not as much of a premium as I would have paid only a couple months ago.  

 

Oh, by the way, in addition to the upgrade parts I listed above, I also bought a very fast NVME drive (the Aorus MB has two M.2 slots). Have you thought about drives? I put my DAZ Library on that NVME drive.

outrider42 said:

That the price is better than it was during 2020 doesn't mean it is a fair price, but it is your choice. I have tried to grab a EVGA 3090 numerous times with Hotstock's app and have yet to succeed.

BTW, for piece of mind I highly recommend adding one of the extended warranties they offer on the card. Compared to the price, the extra warranties are nothing. Last time I checked, it was $30 for an extra 2 years (so 5 full years) or $60 for an extra 7 (for a full 10, yes 10 years). The warranty covers pretty much everything, and you can even sell your card and transfer the warranty to the buyer. This means you can ask a whole lot more for your card compared to others because not many 2nd hand cards are going to offer a warranty. They also cover the the length of the warranty, too. If they replace the GPU, the replacement is also under warranty, no matter how many times you may need a replacement for the duration of your warranty period. EVGA also offers a higher tier warranty package that will express ship a replacement to you before they even receive your defective one, which is really good for people who have jobs that depend on their PCs and cannot afford to be down for long. If that describes you, then you should look into this extra warranty, too.

I don't want to sound like some shill for EVGA, but it really doesn't get better than that. As someone in the repair business this is one of the most generous warranties around, especially for the asking price. I also personally dealt with EVGA myself, when my 1080ti died thanks to a storm surge. I bought that 1080ti used off ebay, and had no issue whatsoever getting the RMA setup, so I can prove from my own experience that yes they absolutely do honor 2nd hand purchases or 3rd or 4th for that matter. The tech I spoke to was awesome, and I was pretty impressed with how everything was done. After dealing with all these other tech companies for over a decade this was just...refreshing, and the experience fully converted me to EVGA. I had heard good things about their customer service, but actually experiencing it was eye opening.

I already ordered it and I didn't see an option for a separate warranty, unless that's something I buy directly from EVGA before registering. If not, I guess I'll just have to live with their standard warranty...it's not like I really use cards longer than a few years anyway. The 1080TI I have now is the oldest card I've ever kept. 

I just don't think the price is going to come down this year. Or even next year. Or like. Ever. So I figured it was time to just do it. My system has been running for 4 years next month and it's time for something new given that scenes I could render a year ago in Daz, I can't anymore because of how each time a new version comes out, the performance gets worse. I'd also like to be able to game at 4k again, and CyberPunk 2077 told me that was a pipe dream unless I got a big daddy card. I just got tired of waiting. I can't sit and watch notifications 24/7 to jump on fresh inventory and I refuse to sit there and listen to some YouTube channel when I'd rather be listening to Spotify. So I paid a premium...thankfully not as much of a premium as I would have paid only a couple months ago.  

That the price is better than it was during 2020 doesn't mean it is a fair price, but it is your choice. I have tried to grab a EVGA 3090 numerous times with Hotstock's app and have yet to succeed.

BTW, for piece of mind I highly recommend adding one of the extended warranties they offer on the card. Compared to the price, the extra warranties are nothing. Last time I checked, it was $30 for an extra 2 years (so 5 full years) or $60 for an extra 7 (for a full 10, yes 10 years). The warranty covers pretty much everything, and you can even sell your card and transfer the warranty to the buyer. This means you can ask a whole lot more for your card compared to others because not many 2nd hand cards are going to offer a warranty. They also cover the the length of the warranty, too. If they replace the GPU, the replacement is also under warranty, no matter how many times you may need a replacement for the duration of your warranty period. EVGA also offers a higher tier warranty package that will express ship a replacement to you before they even receive your defective one, which is really good for people who have jobs that depend on their PCs and cannot afford to be down for long. If that describes you, then you should look into this extra warranty, too.

I don't want to sound like some shill for EVGA, but it really doesn't get better than that. As someone in the repair business this is one of the most generous warranties around, especially for the asking price. I also personally dealt with EVGA myself, when my 1080ti died thanks to a storm surge. I bought that 1080ti used off ebay, and had no issue whatsoever getting the RMA setup, so I can prove from my own experience that yes they absolutely do honor 2nd hand purchases or 3rd or 4th for that matter. The tech I spoke to was awesome, and I was pretty impressed with how everything was done. After dealing with all these other tech companies for over a decade this was just...refreshing, and the experience fully converted me to EVGA. I had heard good things about their customer service, but actually experiencing it was eye opening.

MeneerWolfman said:

melissastjames said:

 

I subdivided the mesh as I didn't think I could use dynamic subdivision without altering the base mesh and having Daz go NOPE when trying to load the morph.  

No, afraid it's the opposite. Dynamic subdivision just fakes subdivision without touching the actual mesh at all. It's not a 100% equivalent to subdividing in Daz, but it's very close and makes it much easier when making jcm's. Redo your steps and then use dynamic subdivision on the imported to Zbrush model and then just export when done, you don't need to turn off dyanmic subdivision when exporting from Zbrush since the base mesh was never changed.

Ok thanks! I'll give that a shot tomorrow and report back. Do you have any tips on making that shoulder/armpit look better? I'm really not that experienced at all with ZBrush after having made only simple morphs with it. (He's leaning back against a bartop with his forearm propping himself up if that helps with how the movement should look.)(Actually, I just included a quick test render just to see the pose...ignore her as I wasn't done fidgiting with her hair and expression yet, lol.)

melissastjames said:

 

I subdivided the mesh as I didn't think I could use dynamic subdivision without altering the base mesh and having Daz go NOPE when trying to load the morph.  

No, afraid it's the opposite. Dynamic subdivision just fakes subdivision without touching the actual mesh at all. It's not a 100% equivalent to subdividing in Daz, but it's very close and makes it much easier when making jcm's. Redo your steps and then use dynamic subdivision on the imported to Zbrush model and then just export when done, you don't need to turn off dyanmic subdivision when exporting from Zbrush since the base mesh was never changed.

MeneerWolfman said:

Did you actually subdivide the mesh in Zbrush or use Dynamic Subdivision?

I was always under the impression that subdividing the mesh and then restoring it back to base was asking for issues. 

I always just dynamic subdivision for making jcm's with something cleaner than the importated base 0 resolution.

I subdivided the mesh as I didn't think I could use dynamic subdivision without altering the base mesh and having Daz go NOPE when trying to load the morph.  

I'm trying to make a simple soft body morph in ZBrush...this one being something I can't do with Mesh Grabber because it involves needing to isolate and freeze/mask part of the mesh. Anyways, I can import the morph via Morph Loader Pro (GoZ was acting up)...but when I import the morph, the figure does weird stuff. I don't know whow to describe it...it shrinks? When I export to obj, I export it at base and subd 0, and then make my modifications in ZBrush. I export from ZBrush and then grab the morph file in Morph Loader Pro and change Reverse Deformations to 'Yes". When I slide the morph in, it doesn't look right. It's changing more than just the small parts that I modified. It's subtle, but definitely changing.

I've attached a screenshot. All I'm trying to do is fix his armit/shoulder area and I worked on that while masking and hiding polygroups, etc so I wouldn't mess with anything else. But you can see from the comparison that his overall body definition is smoothed out (belly button, abs, lips you can really see it), he's actually a bit smaller, and there's a really funky bump on his collarbone. Does anybody have any idea what I'm doing wrong? 

Steps - 

• SubD 0 and Base Resolution
• Navel HD dialed out
• Export to .obj with Daz preset
• Import to ZBrush
• Set up poly groups based on UV mapping
• Subdivide to 4
• Mask appropriately and morph topology
• Subdivisions to base
• Export to .obj
• Import to Daz via Morph Loader Pro - make sure to change Reverse Deformations to 'Yes"
• Turn Navel HD and SubD back on
• Slide Morph to 100%

So what am I doing wrong? This has happened to me before with other scenes and meshes, both with and without GoZ...so I'd love to know what I'm doing incorrectly. Thanks!

IAmJasonWeise said:

@jeff_someone, the Unreal bridge does transfer JCM's and applies tham as a Post Process graph on the skeleton.

Posing in UE4 is still a pain as far as I am concerned though with the new Control Rig is becoming much better. I believe the bridge can/does create a Control Rig as well.

Thanks for the reply...I'll have to play around more in U4 because I can't even find where the Control Rig is :) 

IAmJasonWeise said:

@jeff_someone, the Unreal bridge does transfer JCM's and applies tham as a Post Process graph on the skeleton.

Posing in UE4 is still a pain as far as I am concerned though with the new Control Rig is becoming much better. I believe the bridge can/does create a Control Rig as well.

Thanks for the reply...I'll have to play around more in U4 because I can't even find where the Control Rig is :) 

@jeff_someone, the Unreal bridge does transfer JCM's and applies tham as a Post Process graph on the skeleton.

Posing in UE4 is still a pain as far as I am concerned though with the new Control Rig is becoming much better. I believe the bridge can/does create a Control Rig as well.

see the files list:

- no dedicated lashes morph
- separate head and body plus hd moprhs
- morphs are great
- textures have flaws

Does the Daz to Unreal Bridge transfer a G8 character to UE4 along with JCMs and the result imported into UE4 with a skeleton that allows me to pose the character from within UE?  I ask because I've downloaded the bridge, transferred a character over, but see no method to access its skeleton and pose the character.  Obviously i'm clueless about using UE, but willing to learn, but before I do, can someone let me know if there is a doable and if so, is there a tutorial anywhere?  i.e., all the other bridges transfer the figure over with a corresponding skeleton that is weighted and ready to pose.  

Any help is appreciated.

 

With a pose transfer script that pretty accurately mimics the source figure, I think it could give a close fit and make the shape morph more useful. The script could be run after posing G8F, and the V4 internal bits posed to match by the script. If the internal organs have a rigging identical to V4, then I imagine the G8F to V4 pose transfer script I wrote (https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/86893/g8f-to-v4a4-pose-transfer) would be applicable. If the internal organs don't have the complete rig, then I could tweak the script to accommodate the fact some parts of the rig may be missing.

someone who has this, can you check if the lashes morph are part of the morph? are the head and body morph separate? is the lashes separate? because they seem to deform and go well below the eyelid, which isnt a problem if you can dial it out and use a better lashes morph that doesn't distort the lashes. It's a really cute character- none of the promos show a clear full body with textures so can't comment on seams or not, but the shape looks really well done and the smile gorgeous. I only noticed the weird lashes well below where normal lashes go and that at least is super fixable. 

 

Additionally, greater polygonal resolution in each would be wonderful.

... those organs are already quite a lot of polygons, if I remember correctly.

richardandtracy said:

Failing a complete re-modelling, a series of morphs to make the models fit correctly into the G8 body envelope so they could be fitted by the user to G8 would be useful, like a wearable preset.

As someone who's actually done a thorough G8 conversion for them, the problem is more about the rigging than the morph, because the rigging needs to be re-done, but isn't redistributable, unlike morphs.

(And I will also say that it's one of those things that seems way more useful than it is. I was really keen to get them, but now I can't think of much to do with them).

"Are you coming to the show?"

It's not a western without a 1880's inspired burlesque show. (And hey, see that corset? It's an honest-to-goodness freebie now!)

Doesn't count: Genesis figures, standard Genesis 8 Male texture with no morph), Genesis 2 Male Newport pants (comes with Daz Studio), standard Daz Studio shaders (on mirror)

Background and props:

• The Bathroom: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/the-bathroom-free-d5e5035dda434b8d9beaa7271f1c85fc (poster downloaded off Google and photoshopped into the texture)
• Baroque standing mirror: https://mooncraftrp.com/index.php/2020/08/21/free-3d-baroque-standing-mirror/

On Genesis 8 Female:

• Keri for Genesis 8: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/88482/keri-for-genesis-8
• Pretty Look for Genesis 8 Females: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/83823
• dForce_French Twist Hair for Genesis 8 Females: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/81937/dforce-french-twist-hair-for-genesis-8-females
• Fandangle Earrings for Genesis 2 Female: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/88254/fandangle-earrings-for-genesis-2-female
• Genesis 8 Choker: https://www.most-digital-creations.com/g8f_choker.htm
• perlk's Laced Corset for Genesis 8 Females: https://www.deviantart.com/perlk/art/Free-Laced-Corset-for-Genesis-8-Females-885638422
• Military Uniform for Genesis 8 Females: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/80428 (skirt)
• Iray Chiffon Shaders (for skirt above): https://mooncraftrp.com/index.php/2020/05/02/free-sheer-chiffon-iray-shader-set/
• Feather: https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/animals/bird/feather-014af18f-6a19-407a-911c-b6f85bbed1a6
• Classy Hat: https://sharecg.com/v/86794/view/21/DAZ-Studio/Classy-Hat
• Pose: https://www.deviantart.com/edheldil3d/art/Freebie-ED-s-Bends-V8-Poses-Part-2-799687169

On Genesis 8 Male:

• Leather cowboy hat: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/84654
• Ghastly's Space Cowboy - Genesis 1: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/75087/ghastlys-space-cowboy-genesis-1-fixed (shirt and gun holster)
• Ruger .357 Cal Blackhawk revolver: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ruger-357-cal-blackhawk-11ebd196b7b44c02a8dc89ae129b1860
• Pose (significantly modified, used for hands and positioning): https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/77781/30-mirrored-poses-for-genesis-8-male
• Everyday Hair Style for Genesis 8 Male: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/80194/everyday-hair-style-for-genesis-8-males

Paid: Banker for Genesis 8, shirt shaders (can't remember where I got these)