garrett_3d said:

ANGELREAPER1972 said:

• M4: A 4-6-2 tender steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in 1951 

A pretty remarkable achievement considering Robert Stephenson had been dead for 92 years.

was a copy paste from the google search

something I did back in my geminis and Genesis 3 days, was to search for attractive female faces, and try to recreate   what  like.

nowadays I'm just lazy, and mix the heads like 30%,40% 30% of different heads. Then I used morphing dials to adjust to my liking.

only difference to what dials  would use on the model you posted I might add more of a nasolabial fold, and a bit more curve to the jaw

oh, and you can never have enough morphing dials 

Blender poorly supports importing FBXs from other applications. If you DO want to manipulcate with FBX format, you need to use an add-on Better Fbx Importer & Exporter. Search and get it on superhive.

Alternatively, suggest you use diffeomorphic add-on: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/689606/diffeomorphic-add-ons-version-5-1-0-released#latest

Hello,

I'm looking for this specific pose for Daz Studio 6—it's a popular pose in adult content. I can't seem to find it when I search for terms like "yoga," "contortionist," or anything similar... Could it be a custom-made pose?

Thank =)

TJohn said:

My Brother is home, we are both doing well.

...good news to hear.

LeatherGryphon said:

On Big Pianos:  Back in the 90s I was in Denver once and stayed at a chain hotel (Marriott, I think) across the street from the Brown Palace Hotel (fancy old place) but was connected to the Brown Palace via a street overpass on about the 3rd floor.  I went down the hallway from my room, walked over the street into the Brown Palace, found the main stairway down and there at the middle landing was a lady playing a full sized concert harp.  Cool!  Then I spied the 9-foot Baldwin piano on the main floor in the grand lobby.  When the lady was done with her performance.  I got brave and went to the piano and played a bit of my best, just to be able to say "been there, done that".  And as usual during that period of my life, I was dressed in full leather.

One time, again about 30 years ago, during autumn, in Virginia outside of Washington, DC there was a piano store that had moved several of their upright pianos outside into the parking lot (I guess it was a sale of some sort), the weather had quickly turned cold, and it had started gently snowing, but I sat down and played for about 15 minutes and when I ran out of material I looked around and had gathered a crowd around me.  Cool!  I hope the pianos got moved back inside quickly.  Again I was dressed in full leather, playing piano, in the snow.  Delicious memories.

 ...would have loved to have seen that.both times.

When i lived in Seattle one of the regional banks (now long gone through several acquisitions) had their headquarters located in downtown that had a two level open atrium at street level,  In the ground level here was this loverly 1930s 9' Steinway available for people to play on.  On off days I would wander in and if nobody else was [laying (sometimes  "banging" on its keyboard) I would sit down and play a short mini recital of maybe tow or three works   The first time I did so three was applause and when I looked up there were people standing at the railings on the second level.

I sort of became a "semi-regular" there

One afternoon when I walked in I found that the Steinway was removed and in its place, a Bösendorfer 290 Imperial (the one I mentioned in the above post that had 97 keys).  I was hesitant at first to sit down as this was the "Rolls Royce" of pianos that, at the time, almost cost as much as a small house.  People would walk by look at but not sit down to play, likely figuring it was there for display only .  Finally I got the nerve to sit down (half expecting someone to come up and shoo me away) and began to play.  I was amazed that didn't happen and was allowed to carry on.  For one of the pieces, Debussy's "La cathédrale engloutie! (The Sunken Cathedral) I moved my left hand down an octave at  several points in the quieter portions and the effect was almost spine tingling, I could actually feel those low strings vibrating through the keys.

That piano turned out to be a "loaner" while the Steinway was being refurbished (given some the abuse it often received). Yeah the experience of playing on the Imperial spoiled me, but having the old Steinway return was like welcoming an "old friend" (who was healthy again) back.

Non-complaint:  Trip down memory lane:  I'm back from the BBQ at the town picnic.  Had a great time despite the $45 for three dinners, but it goes to the firemen.  Friend then drove us around the back roads of the county to a roadside veggie stand where I bought three ears of corn, just as it was coming in from the field as we arrived.  We continued on deeper into Amish country near Cherry Creek and drove past a big Amish barn that had apparently burned last night.  A group of Amish men were picking through the still smouldering ashes.  We ended up at a little Amish shop that sold candies.  I'd already gotten two pieces of pie from the town picnic and didn't need any more sugar in my diet, but I did buy a small bag of her sugar-free chocolate/nut candies.  Actually pretty good.  We continued on driving down little barely paved roads and finally ended up an on unpaved path that lead past an old fishing camp on the Conewango Creek.  I remembered the camp from my childhood in the mid-50s when my father used to visit his friend's cabin there.  I remember being out on the small creek in a boat with my dad and his friend while they fished for muskellunge , some of the most miserable times of my young life.  I never liked fishing, the fish were big and scary with huge teeth, and the mosquitos back then were horrendous.  But all in all, today was a good day.

DGEbel said:

Not sure why, but the forum is not displaying my screenshots that I attach.

Are you attaching or pasting? You can't paste screenshots into the forum. It looks like you can. But they won't be saved. Upload screenshots as attachments.

I also had no idea how to get the Afterdark newsletter, but I posted a request on the forum, which directed me to customer service, who added my address to the list, and now I'm receiving it.
I also don't think there's any problem posting the link, since the freebie is open to everyone with an account.
I confirm that you need to log in to access the gift.

On this subject:  Coincidentally, yesterday afternoon, I heard eight consecutive loud shots from "up the hill" outside my kitchen window.  I went out on the porch to see where exactly the sound was coming from and there was another round of five or six.  Then I noticed a police car parked at the town park and the officer was walking across the road but paid no attention to the shots, and was just here on another matter and went in to a house on the street and left a few minutes later.  I think the shots were someone up in the woods test firing their rifle or using up old ammunition, getting ready for hunting season in a few weeks.  This happens every year either behind me up-the-hill, or across the street, down-in-the-swamp.

On Big Pianos:  Back in the 90s I was in Denver once and stayed at a chain hotel (Marriott, I think) across the street from the Brown Palace Hotel (fancy old place) but was connected to the Brown Palace via a street overpass on about the 3rd floor.  I went down the hallway from my room, walked over the street into the Brown Palace, found the main stairway down and there at the middle landing was a lady playing a full sized concert harp.  Cool!  Then I spied the 9-foot Baldwin piano on the main floor in the grand lobby.  When the lady was done with her performance.  I got brave and went to the piano and played a bit of my best, just to be able to say "been there, done that".  And as usual during that period of my life, I was dressed in full leather.

One time, again about 30 years ago, during autumn, in Virginia outside of Washington, DC there was a piano store that had moved several of their upright pianos outside into the parking lot (I guess it was a sale of some sort), the weather had quickly turned cold, and it had started gently snowing, but I sat down and played for about 15 minutes and when I ran out of material I looked around and had gathered a crowd around me.  Cool!  I hope the pianos got moved back inside quickly.  Again I was dressed in full leather, playing piano, in the snow.  Delicious memories.

Speaking of bucket list goals:  One of my cousins was up from Florida visiting me in the Washington DC area.  She is a choral singer and has been round the world to various concerts with her group.  I took her on a drive around the DC/Virginia area and stopped at Wolf Trap  in the middle of the afternoon.  The place was open for wandering but no performance was underway.  When we wandered into the stage area she ran to the stage, climbed the stairs and stood on the stage for a while, then came back down to me and said, "There, now I can truthfully say I've been on stage at Wolf Trap".

Speaking of Wolf Trap:  I attended a performance there once.  Opera "Mlada" by Rimsky-Korsakov.  Performed by the Bolshoi Theater Company.  Meh, interesting, but I would rather have gone to their other presentation of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin".  I'm not really an opera fan, so thank god for sur-titles.  The one song in Mlada that is memorable is "The Entry of the Nobles" (or Procession of the Nobles).  Wow all sorts of nostalgic memories being dug up.  The link to the entry of the Nobles is to the Cincinatti Pops version, and my ex. Max, confessed to me that he once dated Erich Kunzel.  Admitting that at the time he didn't know who he was, but that he had a big apartment in Cincinatti and a big piano.  If I ever write my book, there will be several chapters on the tales that Max told me of his experiences among the rich & famous.

Updates submitted this week:
I will update the forum when they go live, but please keep the QA queues in mind:

• Buildings and Skyscrapers Generator

• Light Manager

• Scene Optimizer

• Ultimate Pose Master for Genesis 3, 8 and 8.1

Updates tested and ready to be submitted:

• Face to Face AutoPose Arms for Genesis 3 to 8.1

• Face to Face AutoPose Arms for Genesis 9

• Face to Face AutoPose Legs

• Hands Controls for Genesis 9

Currently being tested:

• Face to Face and Virtual Origins

As I leave for my family vacation this weekend, I just hope my computer survives the journey so I can continue working on the remaining updates while I am away!
Yes, apparently a PA vacation consists of re-testing, packaging and submitting updates. Completely normal.

Rantanrave said:

crosswind said:

Duplicate formula issue usually comes from two main reasons: 1) two or more modifiers have the very same url (i.e. "id", not modifer "name"); 2) two or more very same formulas saved in one DSF file (usually comes from ERC Freeze for times or wrongly modify DSF manually... )

The log shows that the issue you have comes from 2) ... since more likely you converted the figure from G3F to G8F with XTransfer which might've created two same formulas in the DSF file.

If you already had the DSF file deleted : E:/Daz Main Install/Daz/data/DAZ 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/XTransfer/P3DOZI/Avery/XT_Avery Head.dsf from all the XTransfer data folders in all your Daz Libraries, the issue should be gone.

So, search XT_Avery Head.dsf in the data folders of all your Daz Libraries (check if there're same formulas within the DSF by using Notepad++ if you can find the files...), delete the duplicate formula or delete all XT_Avery Head.dsf files.

Edit: If the issue still stubbornly persists, try: in Preferences, Clear DSON Cache Files, and test again.

The issue is fixed.

I tried both suggestions in your post, without luck, sadly. Then I did some searching and stumbled across the answer in this thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/322166/how-to-remove-unwanted-morphs

"JoWa" gave the solution: Enable Edit mode and deleting the morph from within Daz itself. I did so, deleting all the assosiated morphs and closing down Daz. Then I navigated to the XTransfer folder, where the files were still present for some reason, so I deleted them as well (again). Then I booted up Daz, ported the morphs again with XTransfer and *bingo*, worked like a charm.

Thanks to those who assisted me here, I really appreciate it.

That was great you had the issue fixed!

But for the record, the action of deleting morph properties with Edit Mode in Parameters pane just deletes the properties in DUF file per se rather than the culprit DSF files in data folder.

Besides, duplicate formula issue only comes from existing DSF files rather than the properties in a Scene file (DUF).  So still, deleting the culprit DSFs in all linked Daz Libraries, or correcting modifier's ID or removing the problematic formulas in DSF(s)... is the only KEY. 

crosswind said:

Duplicate formula issue usually comes from two main reasons: 1) two or more modifiers have the very same url (i.e. "id", not modifer "name"); 2) two or more very same formulas saved in one DSF file (usually comes from ERC Freeze for times or wrongly modify DSF manually... )

The log shows that the issue you have comes from 2) ... since more likely you converted the figure from G3F to G8F with XTransfer which might've created two same formulas in the DSF file.

If you already had the DSF file deleted : E:/Daz Main Install/Daz/data/DAZ 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/XTransfer/P3DOZI/Avery/XT_Avery Head.dsf from all the XTransfer data folders in all your Daz Libraries, the issue should be gone.

So, search XT_Avery Head.dsf in the data folders of all your Daz Libraries (check if there're same formulas within the DSF by using Notepad++ if you can find the files...), delete the duplicate formula or delete all XT_Avery Head.dsf files.

Edit: If the issue still stubbornly persists, try: in Preferences, Clear DSON Cache Files, and test again.

The issue is fixed.

I tried both suggestions in your post, without luck, sadly. Then I did some searching and stumbled across the answer in this thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/322166/how-to-remove-unwanted-morphs

"JoWa" gave the solution: Enable Edit mode and deleting the morph from within Daz itself. I did so, deleting all the assosiated morphs and closing down Daz. Then I navigated to the XTransfer folder, where the files were still present for some reason, so I deleted them as well (again). Then I booted up Daz, ported the morphs again with XTransfer and *bingo*, worked like a charm.

Thanks to those who assisted me here, I really appreciate it.

felis said:

In DIM if you go to Advanced Settings > Installation you can define a new path set it as 'content path shortcut'.

In Daz Studio if you go to Edit > Preferences > Content > Content Directory Manager you can add, edit and remove libraries.

Not sure why, but the forum is not displaying my screenshots that I attach.

Anyway, DIM had only the Public doc folder, but Studio had the Daz Connect going to the Onedrive. I didn't want to touch the Daz Connect link but apparently I should have deleted that one too.

I'll have to reinstall all of that I guess. Risky just moving it over.

Thanks for the double-check!

I have bought it 

 This is the first time I would have liked the forum to have a "crying with laughter" emoji.

Gordig said:

Richard Haseltine said:

when people submit products to daz theya re required to state that they own the rights (much like kpr's comment on commisioners and the artists they hire) so saying "This is from X" is accusing them of misrepresenting the product, and we do not allow accusations in general.

A PA might earnestly believe they own the rights to their product, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're correct. If a PA creates a morph that is their own original work but is based on an existing person or character, where does that lie? They legitimately created the morph themself, and would own the right to their creation, but whether they actually have the right to distribute it is a little trickier.

Right, this gets back to my original post. Making accusations against a PA for copying an existing IP may not be allowed in the forum, but the copying is absolutely being done and it's often not even that subtle. I just went looking in the store for a dress (which I own) that was released with Kaede 9, and now I can't find it. It was an obvious replica of an outfit from a game, but one that was likely very popular for cosplay and fanart. If it is gone, why couldn't it have remained with the no-commercial usage clause?

 DAZ should consider allowing customers the option to provide images that prove that a product is a reasonable copy of an existing item, and if it is, all that needs to be done is for a little note to be added to the product that says "Inspired by popular media". Doesn't mean it isn't good, doesn't necessarily mean you can't use it in commercial renders, it just means that if you do use it, someone may recognize it even if you don't.

I am honestly sick and tired of all that franchise related content. The Poser/DAZ marketplaces get overflooded with Fairy-Fantasy and Tolkin-ish content items for almost 30 years now.
NudeVickyInATemplewithASword or PixieOnAMushroomInTheMiddleOfAForrest, or everything, that looks like Lord Of The rings

And I'm honestly sick of pirate and cyberpunk stuff, but it sells and I would not deny anyone else the opportunity to buy what they like. 90% of what I've bought here since the day this store opened has been fantasy stuff and I'm basically one of the founders of the whole 3D NVIATWAS thing. Let them sell what sells.

Padone said:

Hair conversion is approximated for dforce hair, especially if you use the principled option for materials as the principled shader is limited compared to iray. You can try to use the BSDF option for materials instead, which will convert better to Hair BSDF, then you can tweak there.

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/shader_nodes/shader/hair.html

Non-dforce hair, aka transmapped or ribbon or geometry hair, are converted the same as iray, always if you use BSDF materials. So approximation is limited to dforce or SBH. Be aware that there is some confusion in terminology, as some PAs use dforce to mean dforce applied to geometry hair, so the only way to know is to read carefully the description and look at the preview images, or ask in the forum before purchase if in doubt.

https://github.com/Diffeomorphic/import_daz/wiki/Material_Methods

It is also possible to avoid the hassle and use native blender hairs instead, that is probably the best choice also considering most daz hairs are extremely heavy.

https://superhivemarket.com/products/global-hair

Ok, sorry bout a late reply and thank you for your feedback on this. I will probably go for a native Blender hair as I'm not familiar with the technicalities of this stuff.

Cam Fox said:

I got so excited to discover this thread, and groaned out loud when I saw the last talk of publishing models was back in 2024.

Yeah, this forum has an amazing number of necro-threads that pop up.  (No problem with that, per se, but when people ressurect them by posting, it sure would be nice if the first new post would make it clear.)  The sad thing here is that the artist is clearly quite talented and yet nothing has ever shown up in either this store or any of the others... well, at least under that name or the True ELement Games name they briefly had a Patreon and YouTube presence under... and we're all left with the puzzle of why it hasn't happened.   My personal guess, and I have to stress that it's really just a wild ass guess, is that the artist does specifically mentions using a lot of older tech like G8, LOOK AT MY HAIR, etc., and that, combined with the already niche market of being Anthro/furry, may have limited sales potential from DAZ's point of view...    

It's pretty calm downunder but Europe mainly Spain and France are copping it bad as well as Canada.

So sad to see.

In other news Hivewire forum closes for good today 31st.

Duplicate formula issue usually comes from two main reasons: 1) two or more modifiers have the very same url (i.e. "id", not modifer "name"); 2) two or more very same formulas saved in one DSF file (usually comes from ERC Freeze for times or wrongly modify DSF manually... )

The log shows that the issue you have comes from 2) ... since more likely you converted the figure from G3F to G8F with XTransfer which might've created two same formulas in the DSF file.

If you already had the DSF file deleted : E:/Daz Main Install/Daz/data/DAZ 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/XTransfer/P3DOZI/Avery/XT_Avery Head.dsf from all the XTransfer data folders in all your Daz Libraries, the issue should be gone.

So, search XT_Avery Head.dsf in the data folders of all your Daz Libraries (check if there're same formulas within the DSF by using Notepad++ if you can find the files...), delete the duplicate formula or delete all XT_Avery Head.dsf files.

Edit: If the issue still stubbornly persists, try: in Preferences, Clear DSON Cache Files, and test again.