Try running DS as admin, see if that helps, if you are able to on your OS. There was something about live DB getting stuck, and running DS as admin and updating gave it a kick in the ass.

Don't try running DS as admin - it won't let you anyway, but it's not in geenral a good idea as it is likely to lead to issues with file/folder permissions.

So far, I am not really impressed. I loaded up like 5 scenes I recently rendered, they were all prettymuch black. Seems the lights don't transfer over or something. Like iray, outdoor renders are super fast and easy, but indoor stuff is a royal pain in the ass. Gonna look for some video tutorials, see if it gets better lol.

 

The only way to fully resolve it would be to create custom morphs for the Luxe Lashes to match match the base morph - otherwise DS projects the chnaged shape of the base into the lash mesh, but obviously it doesn't know how they should change. Actually, it would eb a pain but if each lash is modelled you could possibly set each as its own Rigidity Group, with a reference polygon set to the base where it meets the skin, but I don't know if there's an coded or practical limit to the number of Rigidity Groups a model can have.

Hi, 

I created Single Dial Morph that controls the whole figure, one to control just the body and one to control just the head. If you have to dial out the body or head part and you do it in the wrong order bits stops working say the head or body until you reload. 

Is there a way to get it working again without having to reload the file?

Thanks. 

A Paladin's Work Is Never Done

I did this in record time for me--2 days from concept to render. Not much of a story here, just a standard fantasy game trope--the Paladin laying on hands to heal a fellow warrior after they are done smiting (presumably) evil opponents. Sir Thomas and Lyssana have found a peaceful mountain overlook to rest and recover after their victory over a band of brigands.

The backdrop photo is an overlook at Petit Jean Mountain in Arkansas which I took when we went to see the eclipse.

Only postwork is signature

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Sir Thomas
*G2M Bodysuit https://www.wilmapsdigitalcreations.co.uk/view_product.php?id=437
*G2M Medeval Set https://www.wilmapsdigitalcreations.co.uk/view_product.php?id=258
*Sword & Sheath https://www.sharecg.com/v/34332/related/11/Poser/Elfwine-Special
*Toulouse Hair G8F (G8 Starter Essentials) https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-8-starter-essentials & Dire Works long morph https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/sometimes-they-come-back-long-morph-for-toulouse-hair-for-g8f/83745

Lyssana
*Estal Hair (Stephanie 6 Starter Bundle) https://www.daz3d.com/stephanie-6-starter-bundle
*Mage Armor for G2F https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/genesis-2-female---mage-armor/73297
*Polearm https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/2-polearms/64492

*Rocks/ground (Hope Islands) https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/hope-islands---ground-rocks-and-3-backdrops-/41952

PAID
*Centaur 7F https://www.daz3d.com/centaur-7-for-genesis-3-female-s
*Chainmail (Metal Abounds Iray Shaders) https://www.daz3d.com/metal-abounds-iray-shaders

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2D Backdrop--Petit Jean (Arkansas) State Park - photo by me 8/2017
G2M

Doesn't require the morph packs either which is a plus for me.

As you can see I tried to install the seriel number, it won't take it. I'm using Daz 4.12.86.pro Windows 64 bit.

yeah... I really don't get why no PA is doing some feet hd morphs... would be probably a cash cow ...

Look in the art gallery and check out the renders. Its not going to be worth it if the extra level of detail doesn't really show in the render or if the characters are wearing shoes. Could we use more higher detailed morphs for feet & hands? Sure! Are there enough users here that would need/want them? I can't say that I've noticed an overwhelming demand for them.

It's one of those things where there is an overwhelming demand....from the same two or three people.

I wouldn't be so sure. If I post a pic that focuses a bit on bare feet it can get 2 or 3 times as many views and faves as other pics. Don't underestimate the foot fans out there! I'm not saying it would be a best seller, but BJ already has an established fan base that enjoys what his characters bring to the table. So of all the people who could make a hand-feet morph pack, one from BJ would probably have the best chance of selling well.

But what I would really like to see is a blauejaunte boy! I know guys don't always sell great, but I think a BJ boy would be a big hit. The Daz ladies would not be able to resist him! And neither would a lot a men.

Agree, a Male character would be very nice. I've read bluejaunte comment on this a while back that they weren't sure if its economically feasible and they have to consider what sells. Understandable, and I woke up this morning to see that Nadya tops the best selling character lists right now, so glad that she's doing well here.

In the meanwhile without an official BJ Male character, you can try to use the BJ maps on G8M as well. We discussed this in another thread - Bj maps are quite versatile, they do not only look good on their original characters they were designed for. I've had some good results with BJ maps on Male characters. I only use the skin maps, combine them with other eye maps and a set of eyebrows designed for males, and a morph for G8M. It works surprisingly well.

https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts/

Clothes

mcjg3croptop A slightly skimpy top for Genesis 3 but Okay for Genesis 8

Music Audio Visual

mcjfiddle A Beautiful Violin and Bow!

Furniture Architecture

mcj9tracktapedrive A 1960's looking ( NASA ) tape drive ( fridge-sized )	mcjnasachair A 1960's console like in NASA's Apollo mission control	mcjnasamissioncontrolconsole A 1960's style NASA Apollo mission control Console
mcjplaneseatandwall Airplane / Jet Seat and window	mcjthetunnel Time Tunnel like in that TV Series	mcjtwowoodenchairs simple moderately low-poly wooden chairs

 

Script

mcjnn DS3 DS4 Neural Net Training and Use A.I. for Your Actors	mcjdenoise DS3 DS4 Intel's Free Denoising Cuts iRay Render Time	mcjexportfigureanimtoblender DS3 DS4 Export Figure Animations to Blender (after fbx export)
mcjfacecapclient DS3 DS4 Apply C4D FBX FaceCap Faceshift to Genesis	mcjhipbasedfollow Animate the hip position of a figure, so something tracks something else	mcjlut DS3 DS4 Re-colorize your renders, use the many Look Up Tables ).LUT) found online
mcjpushpullfacet DS3 DS4 Solve small poke-through issues by push/pulling individual facets	mcjreplacethesebythis DS3 DS4 Most useful to replace Instances of an object by copies of that object	mcjsqueeze DS3 DS4 create constricting morphs, ex: tight sock on a thigh/calf
mcjteleblender4temprelease DS3 DS4 transfer static scenes to Blender 2.8+	mcjteleblenderfbx DS3 DS4 transfer rigged figures and props to Blender 2.8+	mcjtonetotone DS3 DS4 re-colorize a render so that the skin tone matches a reference photo
mcjunanimatewholescene DS3 DS4 Remove keyframes from everything in a scene

 

 

As an example, this is G8F; a morph transferred from G3 (Mia); textures from V4 (Paloma); Freebie dress and Leggings (G8 iirc); the hair is dforce for G8.

Pretty neat that all that can be done! 

 

I think first pass will be to get my initial poser files working and get daz to recognize my library tree.  In the past I've preferred to maually install files so I know  where they are and what is going on. It takes longer, but when there is a problem I have a better feel for things to diagnose a problem. Besides, if my machine is offline I tranSfer manually anyway.

Right now my Poser Game Developer is still working, but if/when it comes up with an upgrade or die ultimatum, I think i'm out.  I'm just getting a first feel on what it will take to keep my (now rather extensive? expensive?) library of 3D models useful.  It is a HUGE relief that DAZ studio will keep on working, like the EverReady Bunny, when my Poser Game Developer eventually decides to self terminate.

If you add your Poser Runtimes as Poser content directories in DS preferences then it should appear in the "poser formats" section of the "content library" tab (not the "Smart Content" tab, that requires metadata).

yeah... I really don't get why no PA is doing some feet hd morphs... would be probably a cash cow ...

Look in the art gallery and check out the renders. Its not going to be worth it if the extra level of detail doesn't really show in the render or if the characters are wearing shoes. Could we use more higher detailed morphs for feet & hands? Sure! Are there enough users here that would need/want them? I can't say that I've noticed an overwhelming demand for them.

It's one of those things where there is an overwhelming demand....from the same two or three people.

I wouldn't be so sure. If I post a pic that focuses a bit on bare feet it can get 2 or 3 times as many views and faves as other pics. Don't underestimate the foot fans out there! I'm not saying it would be a best seller, but BJ already has an established fan base that enjoys what his characters bring to the table. So of all the people who could make a hand-feet morph pack, one from BJ would probably have the best chance of selling well.

But what I would really like to see is a blauejaunte boy! I know guys don't always sell great, but I think a BJ boy would be a big hit. The Daz ladies would not be able to resist him! And neither would a lot a men.

: )    I bought the chimpanzee by AM that I've been wanting but resisting since I didn't really need it and it was a bit expensive for a novelty, but it looks sooo good... so, with the sale(s), I finally broke!  Cuz, hey, monkees make everything better!  Also thought I shouldn't pass up chance to get Daz Face transfer unlimited at a very good price while I could.   
  ~Gen

"it won't seem to pick up all the morphs to tranfer"

We found the issue..Busy testing it...The problem was that XGen wasn't saving a full path that includes author and product, it just had an author folder. Hense why it could select some morphs. So ye older morphs seemed to work, but new ones no..Don't know if its studio related..But we made a fix so it works on new GenX ones...

I am glad you found a solution, but my issue isn't with Xtransfer, it is with GenX now that doesn't seem to be working to transfer from G2 to G3 and I am not sure if it is an issue with GenX or user input that is in error but when I am transferring a character morph from Gen 2 and then try it on Gen3 it may only have worked on the head or body but not both even tho I am doing create single morph.  

my issue is now to get GenX working properly again ... I dont know why it suddenly wont work

I had a chance to use this for the first time today, and so far the results look good, although I have not used it too much so far.

Regarding the GenX issues, my observation was that whilst the morphs created by GenX were transferred, the base shapes were not, and rather bizzarely these base morphs were placed in the Genesis 3 morph section instead (which explains why some people experienced issues with the source figure). The problem with GenX morphs is that they are just a delta of the base morph, not a full body morph by themselves, which is something I have always found to be a pain with GenX. If it is not too difficult then maybe a worthwhile enhancement of this app would be to combine GenX morphs with their base.

My advice to anyone thinking of returning this would be to hang on, you have 30 days after all. There are two very competent PAs working on sorting out the issues, and as can be seen in this thread, there are now plenty of testers to look for potential problems.

I prefer if the base morph is controlled seperate actually. You can get some unique results by dialing in the base shape at lower percentages combined with other genx morphs. If combined that option is removed. In a nutshell all you have to do is select the base once, transfer that and then all genx morphs will work on it as they should, granted you dial it up first. It's not too much of an effort to just dial up the base before using genx morphs. Yes GenX should have done this for you where base morph auto dials with genx morphs, but that is not something we can overwrite. This script can only emulate what is linked together, and not designed to create new ones.

Will this transfer morphs from G8M to G8F?  If not, is there something else that does?

It does not, and the only thing I know of that can is Singular Blues free script, which is discussed in this thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/176271/morphs-from-g3-to-g8

The free script is not as easy to use as this product, and from my initial observations does not do as good a job on more extreme morphs, but it is the only thing that gives you a direct transfer from G8M to G8F and vice versa. 

I had a chance to use this for the first time today, and so far the results look good, although I have not used it too much so far.

Regarding the GenX issues, my observation was that whilst the morphs created by GenX were transferred, the base shapes were not, and rather bizzarely these base shapes were placed in the Genesis 3 morph section instead (which explains why some people experienced issues with the source figure). The problem with GenX morphs is that they are just a delta of the base shape, not a full body morph by themselves, which is something I have always found to be a pain with GenX. If it is not too difficult then maybe a worthwhile enhancement of this app would be to combine GenX morphs with their base.

My advice to anyone thinking of returning this would be to hang on, you have 30 days after all. There are two very competent PAs working on sorting out the issues, and as can be seen in this thread, there are now plenty of testers to look for potential problems.

I'm on 4.12 and nothing like that shows up on the list for me. All plugs are green and the only place for serial numbers are under aniMate 2 and Face Transfer.

OK before anyone asks yes the female is a bit different with the backpack straps.

I really didn't want to do the female and the straps on the male was a huge pain in the butt.

Plus every female morph totally destroys the chest plate so it took forever to do them.

But I guess it's better than not doing it !

“Universe Explorer for Genesis 8 Females” is the latest space suit for Midnight_stories. It has the feel of the next generator astronauts who are heading out to Mars and the outer solar system. This pack includes Full body suit, Gloves, Boots, Helmet, Cap and Backpack. Plus 9 material presets and 10 body shapes. Also a premade subset with limits on it so you can apply standard poses to it. Gloves have an expand morph to get that spacesuit look. Be on the lookout for the matching Genesis 8 Males version and the Universal Habitat. Great for all your space exploration scene.

 

Yes the concept is to model to, and make the clothing on the unmorphed basic Genesis figure. After the clothing is made and saved, then load a fresh copy of the clothing to the basic Genesis 8 shape. Make sure "fit to" is applied. THEN morph the Genesis 8 figure. The clothing item should follow along taking the shape of the morphed figure. For extreme shapes additional morphs may be required, or hide certain body parts, whatever works.

 

Will this transfer morphs from G8M to G8F?  If not, is there something else that does?