you have 3 options once you purchase it,  you can either use DIM  Connect or install it manually.

You then load a Genesis 3 female character, negotiate to the character library and apply the charater morph to your genesis 3 female.

If you just want the shape or some of the shape or the extra morphs you will find them in either the Parameters or shaping tab under Star when you have the figure selected.

Thanks for the advice. The Shaping tab doesn't give me any options when I click on the model but the Parameters tab does. Do you know if that model has custom pre-made shapes and morphs like in the picture? and how do I add them on the model? I'm trying to give the model some anime shapes.

Some Notes on Making Genesis into a Native Poser Figure

 

One big difference between the way Genesis works and how we’re used to Poser figures working, is in the UV maps. Different full body morphs will often have there own custom UV map associated with them to limit texture stretching, which is a nice feature.

In theory, it might have been possible to implement in Poser by using geometry switching dials to reference different object files with their own UV maps. However, as I understand it, this only works in Poser’s Traditional skinning, while subdivision, essential these days and particularly for Genesis, requires Poser Unimesh. So that’s out. Pity.

In order to get the multiple UV mapped characters, load Genesis in Studio, set the UV option you want in the Surfaces tab, and then export a cr2. I’ve built a library of quite a few of these thanks to recent sales, so I needed to do 20.

Using using the File Optimiser script in Netherworks’ Creator’s Toybox (sold in two or three other stores, I believe), you will need to optimise these to make them run happily in Poser without Studio running in the background. As part of this process, you will be asked to copy a corresponding obj file for each cr2 (I had a folder prepared for all of these and gave them handy to remember names, such as Genesis_StephanieUVs.obj).

Having 20 obj files isn’t a problem, nor is having 20 cr2 files either – the problem is that we now have 20 pmd files, each packed with about 150mb of morph data, which is a lot of bloat. Delete all but one of the cr2 files and all but one of the pmd files. Name the remaining pmd Genesis.pmd and the cr2, Genesis.cr2 and open it in a text editor.

The cr2 files reference their associated obj and pmd files twice each. So, first find and change the pmd to read Genesis.pmd and save.

The next step is to open the cr2 in Poser and do a little bit of work on it there – the sort of work you don’t want to be repeating 20 times for each UV set.

It may be that you can skip this step entirely but I like to edit the dials into groups and an order that makes sense to me, so I can quickly find stuff.

You may also want to delete some morphs at this stage if you have the Fit Control product. Fit Control works by having a set of morphs in Genesis which are then transferred to the clothing item. You then set the morphs in the clothing to the desired effect without actually using them directly in the Genesis figure. This is a problem in Poser. When you conform a clothing item in Poser, you will usually have it set up to automatically follow the morphs in the figure it’s conformed to – which means that if you try to use the Fit Control morphs you should have already transferred to the item in readiness to make it Poser native, they won’t work.

There are two solutions. Uninstall the product before exporting your Genesis cr2 files or, after you’ve finished setting up the dials where you want them, Show Hidden Parameters and right click each of the fit control morphs in turn and delete them. Make sure that your Poser preferences are for external morph targets and then save figure.

Open the cr2 again in your text editor. Find the obj file references and change the name to the first obj in your folder and re-save the cr2 with an appropriate name, then change the reference to the next obj and rinse and repeat until you’ve got yourself as many cr2 files as you have obj files with unique UV maps, all referencing the same pmd file of morphs.

Your Poser native version of Genesis is now virtually complete but before going further, you need to deal with materials and poses. You will have a whole bunch of these as Poser Companion Files, which annoyingly – and needlessly – reference Studio is some way so that if you apply them to your converted figure, you’re going to get some unwelcome slowdown. Using the File Optimiser again, you can select the contents of whole folders to optimise in one go, divorcing them from Studio.

Genesis 2 works in just the same way.

I’ll post about clothing and hair another day.

you have 3 options once you purchase it,  you can either use DIM  Connect or install it manually.

You then load a Genesis 3 female character, negotiate to the character library and apply the charater morph to your genesis 3 female.

If you just want the shape or some of the shape or the extra morphs you will find them in either the Parameters or shaping tab under Star when you have the figure selected.

It is not, I think, recommended - though with soem things (e.g. ExP morph sets for the fourth geenation Daz figures) you don't have any choice but to mix the DIM and manual installs.

Connect (the "cloud" install) does still place the files on your drive - in \Data\cloud in the Connect diectory - rather than fetching them remotely on each use and it doesn't depend on a live connection.

you have 3 options once you purchase it,  you can either use DIM  Connect or install it manually.

You then load a Genesis 3 female character, negotiate to the character library and apply the charater morph to your genesis 3 female.

I have a problem with this window, I can't figure out how to close it so I can acces the library.

 

Dragkon for Genesis 8 Male

https://www.daz3d.com/dragkon-for-genesis-8-male

The Dragkon are fierce reptilian warriors. Their powerful wings allow them to swarm an enemy from above and escape before they even know what hit them. With scaled skin strong enough to with stand most blade attacks and colours that camouflage them into forests and rocks make them even more formidable.

The set comes complete with custom crafted High Definition Morphs, Geografted Wings and tail and have Highly detailed Textures for the utmost realism.

 

 

• Product Includes
  • One Dragkon Character Preset
  • One Dragkon Full Body HD Morph
  • One Dragkon Shaping Preset
  • Two Dragkon Full Body Material Presets
  • Four Eye Material Presets
  • One Geografted Wing Figure
  • One Geografted Tail Figure
  • Includes both Iray and 3Delight Material Presets

 

you have 3 options once you purchase it,  you can either use DIM  Connect or install it manually.

You then load a Genesis 3 female character, negotiate to the character library and apply the charater morph to your genesis 3 female.

Looks like Toulouse Hair, it comes free with Genesis 1, 2, 3, and 8 Female starter essentials, search your product library if you don't have it installed.  Dial the morph "Lower Neck Short" to 100% and "Side Bend More" to -100% to get it syled that way.

Looks as though it is a character morph of the base Star character (that in turn is based on G3F). Star for G3F is actually on sale in the store right now through Fastgrab for 70% off.

https://www.daz3d.com/star-2-0-for-genesis-3-female

Thanks!

Looks as though it is a character morph of the base Star character (that in turn is based on G3F). Star for G3F is actually on sale in the store right now through Fastgrab for 70% off.

https://www.daz3d.com/star-2-0-for-genesis-3-female

and Snoopy on his kennel. with added hide ear morph for his flying head gear and added a scarf.

Have fun .. with doing more weight painting on him

 

I once had apprehension about mining cards, but then you have to think logically. Not only are miners generally running mid tier (1060-1070), but they also down clock for max efficiency, so they are in fact not running so hot. And running 24/7 isn't really an issue because the card is not stopping and starting constantly. Its not heating and cooling frequently. Its being run at an even level. Gamers Nexus did a video where they tested a 1060 that one of the staff had used to mine almost all the time for 2 years. The card ran every benchmark with results that matched the card's spec as new. Temps also were inline with expectation. The card showed no signs of any degradation. Steve also covered that subject, and generally didn't have any reservation about buying a used card, even one that had been mining.

I haven't bought a new card since the start of the century, and I've had zero issues with this strategy. Actually, how many people have bought used GPUs that crapped out on them? I can't recall many people telling such a story. You are more likely to read people buying a new card that is dead on arrival. As long as you aren't buying from questionable sellers you should not see an issue. Pretty much every seller I bought from was selling to upgrade, and not a large volume seller. But they had sold a variety of items and had good ratings. And all 1080ti's are still within 3 year manufacturer warranty as long as the company allows warranties to transfer. Many do. Some people really just want to get rid of their card, and will under sell it to sell quickly.

I grabbed a 970 for $150 at a time when they were selling for $300 new (this was before the mining boom.) That was a pretty unbeatable price. And last month I got a 1080ti for just over $500. That's a darn good deal. It still has 2 years of warranty, so if something does happen I'm good. Its EVGA, and they are known for solid warranty support, and they do allow warranty transfers. Some sellers are actually being honest and disclosing they used a card for mining. Which, BTW, EVGA will even honor warranty claims on cards used for mining.

But if you are hardcore against used, I wont stop you. Its your choice after all.

I bought Sweet Feet for the G3F and applied it to this character. I don't know what happened but the toes got 7 kinds of messed up and look like hell. I don't blame the product, I've used it before and it works fine. I'm sure I did something but I don't know how to undo it. There isn't a Zero Pose in the product folder. I have selected the feet and then restore selected item and this picture is how it turned out. I spent a great deal of time tweaking this character from the head down so she represent the type of character I need. Does anyone know how I can reset the feet "back to factory settings" without losing the character?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Cross morph between these chars:
https://www.daz3d.com/george-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/good-guys-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/floyd-8
Hair:
https://www.daz3d.com/classic-side-part-hair-for-genesis-3-and-8
Throw in this too:
https://www.daz3d.com/facegen-artist-pro

 

There is an error in the script, which affects both the female and male versions of the product.  The transfer rigging-figure space step is not happening in the script (except for footwear).  Fixing this DRAMATICALLY improves gloves, bodysuits, anything on the extremities of the figures.  The reason why it's noticable for males compared to the females product is that G8 male has large shoulders and arms, placed higher up, than Genesis.  The shape difference with the arms/shoulders of G8 Female is substantially less.  We are doing some internal testing right now.  If it pans out, I will post the fix immediately as it looks like it is only one file and you would need the products to use it and then submit an official patch for Daz.  You will need to reconvert shirts with arms, gloves, and bodysuits.  I apologize for the error.

There is an error in the script, which affects both the female and male versions of the product.  The transfer rigging-figure space step is not happening in the script (except for footwear).  Fixing this DRAMATICALLY improves gloves, bodysuits, anything on the extremities of the figures.  The reason why it's noticable for males compared to the females product is that G8 male has large shoulders and arms, placed higher up, than Genesis.  The shape difference with the arms/shoulders of G8 Female is substantially less.  We are doing some internal testing right now.  If it pans out, I will post the fix immediately as it looks like it is only one file and you would need the products to use it and then submit an official patch for Daz.  You will need to reconvert shirts with arms, gloves, and bodysuits.  I apologize for the error.

I appreciate the many attempts to follow up and help, but at this point I'm just too lazy, it was starting to feel like actual work and I don't know even how to generate a log (I'm not that technical).  But I have several other computers that I don't use for this, so I just decided to use one of my Win7 laptops that has never been used for rendering, did a fresh install of Studio, Genesis1, Stephanie 5, as well as the character in question, installed X-morphs, and looks like it's working fine.  I'll just save out the morph from there and get it to my primary render workstation via thumbdrive.  :)

If I can transfer g8m to g9m then yes... If not then no.. I have too much invested in G8Males...  I seriously doubt there will be enough improvements to justify the expense... I may be wrong so time will tell

Got both on release day, and converted the Santa baby outfit, will try to transfer to my phone and upload them today, been spending too Much time transferring data off one of my failing hard drives I haven’t hardly been on studio or much of anything else aside from work and the hard drive, it seems to work great, I still cannot get shoes and boots to convert over well so need to work on those, they seem to go for but the legs are too far apart for the footwear :/

It should be working with the footwear.  The script and conformers push/pull the clothing items so that they fit where G8 is.

Complaint: Newsletter says "Get a free puppy!"  But nowhere is there any details.  Is it really free, or is it a bonus if you buy something?  Is it Puppy 8 or Mil Puppy (which I already have)?  Banner says "Details Here", but there is nothing on the page that leads to about the puppy.  Nothing!  

 

Dana

It's the Millenium Puppy, NOT a Gen8 morph and only free WITH purchase.. I wasn't happy when I saw that.

 

Yeah, disappointing.  As I said, I already have the Millenium Puppy...have for quite a while.  

Note to DAZ3D:  This is not free!  This is a Bonus!  Free means no money spent.  A bonus is...you also get this if you purchase something.

Dana