I've been trying the other clones I have. One gets M4 clothing items onto Genesis 8 and does, in my judgment, a great job: https://www.daz3d.com/sy-victoria-4-and-michael-4-clones-for-genesis-8

Another one will allow Genesis 3 characters to wear clothes from earlier figures, such as Kids 4, Victoria 3, David 3, Michael 3, Michael 4, etc. It really allows quite a few clothing items to be transferred to Genesis 3: https://www.daz3d.com/wear-them-all-autofit-clones-expansion-for-genesis-3-male-s-and-genesis-3-female-s

Now, I just wish there would be a clone to bring Genesis 2 clothing onto Genesis 8 characters.

And here is Victoria 8.1 HD at SubD Level 4, running at ~1440p @ 30fps, 33.4 million triangles.  It took a few minutes just for Daz Studio to export the HD fbx file, which was 250 MB.  I tried to reach SubD Level 5, but it looked like Daz FBX export process crashed after 15+ minutes.  I'll try again later when I can let it run as long as it needs.

Edit: sorry, the last two posts just had the default 2048 resolution textures, so visual quality was misleading.  Here's a new post with textures set to 4096.

SubDivision Test Screenshots of Victoria 8.1 HD at Subdivision Level 3 (editor view and game view).  Unity 2019 HDRP is drawing 8.3 million triangles at ~1440p@60fps (in Game mode of Unity Editor).

FYI, Victoria 8.1 HD morphs require Subdivision Level 5 before they are applied, so this is technically still Victoria 8.1 and not 8.1 HD.

Slightly off-topic: It would be very cool to see how well the true SubD Level 5+ Victoria 8.1HD can perform using the advertised power of Unreal Engine 5.

For hair, the most efficient method is usually to load the hair without fitting it, scale/morph/position it manually so it fits when the figure is in defaut position, then parent it to the head. You might have to adjust it a bit once the figure is posed, but that way you keep all custom bones and morphs of the hair.

This product can be used to convert V3 clothes to Genesis 3: https://www.daz3d.com/wear-them-all-autofit-clones-expansion-for-genesis-3-male-s-and-genesis-3-female-s

And this one to convert them to Genesis 8: https://www.daz3d.com/sy-victoria-3-and-michael-3-clones-for-genesis-8

For textures, there's this product which allows you to use V3 textures on Genesis 3: https://www.daz3d.com/legacy-uvs-for-genesis-3-special-edition-victoria-3

AFAIK there's no equivalent for Genesis 8.

This is the skin and morph of Victoria 8.1

I tried loading up a couple of stock G8F characters and pairing them with "Hair and Glasses." Mixed results. Here's Gilia, Kala, and Victoria.

Kainjy said:

Una domanda..

Quante figure originali ci sono per DAZ (niente character derivati da morph) oltre ai vari Genesis (G1, G2M, G2F, G3M, G3F, G8M, G8F, G8.1M e G8.1F) ?

Al momento ho trovato per i maschi:

• David 3
• Michael 3 & 4 (dal 5 in poi sono morph per i Genesis).
• Hiro 3 (dal 4 in poi sono solo morph per altre figure)
• The Freak 3 (dal 4 sono solo morph per altre figure)
• Incantoo (è un personaggio stile giocattolo di legno sullo store)

Per le femmine:

• Aiko 3 (la 4 è un morph per V4)
• Vitoria 3 & 4 (dalla 5 è un morph per G1, G2...)

Conoscete qualche altra figura per cui ci siano asset (vestiti, capelli, ecc..) ?

The Girl

Star

Stacey

La Roo

Mavka

Animali (DAZ Dog/Dragon e i centauri ) non contano. Inoltre so che Poser ora ne ha creati di nuovi (l'Homme e la Femme) staccandosi dai Genesis e dai Michael/Victoria.

Voglio vedere se riesco a dare una refreshata a qualche vecchio asset interessante.

 

EDIT: Navigando ho trovato i seguenti:

• Posette 
• Millennium Woman (sarebbe Victoria 1)
• Stephanie
• Millenium Girls / Boys / Kids / Baby

Ma di tutti trovo solo link morti al sito DAZ.. qualcuno ce li ha ?

Sono tutte figure molto vecchie e non le vendono più.

C'è una serie di altre figure toon in vendita, te le riporto più tardi

Victoria 3 is Generation 3.  Victoria 7 is Genesis 3.

Una domanda..

Quante figure originali ci sono per DAZ (niente character derivati da morph) oltre ai vari Genesis (G1, G2M, G2F, G3M, G3F, G8M, G8F, G8.1M e G8.1F) ?

Al momento ho trovato per i maschi:

• David 3
• Michael 3 & 4 (dal 5 in poi sono morph per i Genesis).
• Hiro 3 (dal 4 in poi sono solo morph per altre figure)
• The Freak 3 (dal 4 sono solo morph per altre figure)
• Incantoo (è un personaggio stile giocattolo di legno sullo store)

Per le femmine:

• Aiko 3 (la 4 è un morph per V4)
• Vitoria 3 & 4 (dalla 5 è un morph per G1, G2...)

Conoscete qualche altra figura per cui ci siano asset (vestiti, capelli, ecc..) ?

Animali (DAZ Dog/Dragon e i centauri ) non contano. Inoltre so che Poser ora ne ha creati di nuovi (l'Homme e la Femme) staccandosi dai Genesis e dai Michael/Victoria.

Voglio vedere se riesco a dare una refreshata a qualche vecchio asset interessante.

EDIT: Navigando ho trovato i seguenti:

• Posette 
• Millennium Woman (sarebbe Victoria 1)
• Stephanie
• Millenium Girls / Boys / Kids / Baby

Ma di tutti trovo solo link morti al sito DAZ.. qualcuno ce li ha ?

FSMCDesigns said:

Crazy people using old figures, LOL

It's funny, I started with Victoria 3 and then V4 and on and on to GF8.1. I was HEAVILY invested into V4, so getting on the genesis bandwagon took some doing, but once I did and transferred my fav V4 characters over there was no looking back. I was real big on using my older V4 skins on G3 and G8, but after doing so for a bit, and even using some converters, like anagenssis I realized how bad they looked in iray compared to the higher quality, newer iray skins, so i gave up on that idea.

I have to say like you when I first started with DS it was V3 then V4  etc etc ,I really like Genesis 8 ,not planning on moving on to Genesis 8.1 ,because from what I've seen ,8.1 could have been added to 8 and still been able to use all the same stuff as 8 ,but so could the changes that turned 3 into 8 .iRay is all well and good if you are going for realism ,but I'm not ,I still am trying to make 3DL  do what I want ,I still like some of the characters from the older generations and if I can move them up I will ,that way they'll have the lower poly count  but still be what I want .Also to be honest there seems to be fewer freebie creators and some people can't afford to keep moving up and ignoring their older content ....... that being said I have put this and SickleYield's on my wishlist

FSMCDesigns said:

Crazy people using old figures, LOL

It's funny, I started with Victoria 3 and then V4 and on and on to GF8.1. I was HEAVILY invested into V4, so getting on the genesis bandwagon took some doing, but once I did and transferred my fav V4 characters over there was no looking back. I was real big on using my older V4 skins on G3 and G8, but after doing so for a bit, and even using some converters, like anagenssis I realized how bad they looked in iray compared to the higher quality, newer iray skins, so i gave up on that idea.

Yep. I agree. Much as it pains me to have to re-invest in new generations, eventually I do. Not immediately - I usually wait until the products start appearing at good discounts. I have only just made the move from G3M to G8M but I switched to G8F long ago and don't use any previous generations.

If the next generation comes out with a body mesh that behaves like real flesh, I will start over again. I mean physics, collision, folds and creases. I just hope that I don't have to start over with the wardrobe too.

Crazy people using old figures, LOL

It's funny, I started with Victoria 3 and then V4 and on and on to GF8.1. I was HEAVILY invested into V4, so getting on the genesis bandwagon took some doing, but once I did and transferred my fav V4 characters over there was no looking back. I was real big on using my older V4 skins on G3 and G8, but after doing so for a bit, and even using some converters, like anagenssis I realized how bad they looked in iray compared to the higher quality, newer iray skins, so i gave up on that idea.

Looks like a Victoria 8.1 with another skin (1st picture), maybe some Victoria 7 for Victoria 8 head dialed in.

When you uninstall a product, the metadata is not really deleted from the database, it is just deactivated since the product is not installed. If you had made custom categories, for example, they would be empty when you uninstalled the product, but would be restored as it was if you re-installed it later. To completely clear the metadata from the system, with the product uninstalled, go to the Products view in Content Library.

Under Products - T, go to the bottom of the list and you should find an entry for "Tara 2 HD for Victoria 7 & Victoria 8" as a greyed-out User folder icon with no thumbnail that says "Install Tara 2 HD for Victoria 7 & Victoria 8". 

Right-click on it (in the list) and select Delete. Wait a moment and the list will refresh and kick you back to the top level. This will clear any remaining metadata associated with that product. Try installing again and see if it works properly.

Refreshing metadata from DIM or with Content DB Maintenance should do the same thing, but, clean slate, and all that.

it happen to me too, but luckily is because a product that I installed. it was "ball joint doll to genesis 8". so I uninstalled it and also reinstall michael and victoria 8 essential starter.

Yeah, after downloading & installing the approx. 1.2 Gb product through DIM and firing up Daz 4.10 to test it, I find that it doesn't appear anywhere in Smart Content. Nothing. How long has this product been out now? https://www.daz3d.com/tara-2-hd-for-victoria-7-victoria-8

When I go to the Content Library tab and check in "Products", it appears grayed out. I check in C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\My Daz 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\KayleyssAD\Characters\Genesis8Female and the "Tara2" folder is there and has all of the textures there(afaik).

I load up Genesis 8 female base out of curiosity and click on the Shaping tab and Tara 2 morph dials for the head and body are there & work. Nevertheless, NONE of the material presets are available, nor the horns, etc. So what's going on here?

Just a FYI, in case this could be part of the issue, I do have Tara 8 already installed prior to installing Tara 2. I also rechecked DIM to make sure there wasn't an update that I had missed for the product.

@RCTSpanky That Idol Outfit for A3 looks great on Sakura 8... nice job!  I love the clone products too, as they help a lot with using the older outfits.

Here's the Sickleyield (SY) clone product links for those who are interested:

https://www.daz3d.com/sy-aiko-3-and-hiro-3-clones-for-genesis-8
https://www.daz3d.com/sy-victoria-3-and-michael-3-clones-for-genesis-8
https://www.daz3d.com/sy-victoria-4-and-michael-4-clones-for-genesis-8
https://www.daz3d.com/sy-genesis-8-clones-for-genesis-3

So yeah, I tried searching on Bing (because I have the MS Rewards extension on Chrome) for this and it came up with something completely different, as usual.  What I mean by product is stuff that can go in the content library with DSON User Files and DAZ Scripts and PNGs and morphs and positioning and all the other good stuff.  For example, a body prop like body hair.  I want to make my own customized content.  If I were making let's say chest hair and wanted it in the proper position on the chest instead of on the ground like a regular OBJ Import is like or different textures and material presets so I don't have to manually change everything every time I use it on a new figure.  Or custom characters with textures and morphs like a Michael 8 or Victoria 8.

I started using DAZ Studio when Michael and Victoria 4 had already taken the reins. But Generation 3 was still present for a long time. Especially for Aiko 3 there were (and still are) a large number of great imaginative outfits. And now, thanks to a script, you should be able to put them on the Genesis 8 figures without any problems?

I was skeptical at first if it really works that Genesis 8 characters can wear Aiko and Hiro 3's old clothes. But the script was on sale when it was released and I bought it.

One of my favorite outfits for Aiko 3 was the "Idol" freebie set. That was going to be my test candidate.

So I loaded Sakura 8 and dressed her in the Idol outfit, starting with the panties, stockings, blouse and dress and ending with the cap. And WOW!!! The result is more than convincing. Everything fits without problems. The pose I created only after I put on Sakura. and no distortions, no poke-trough ... perfect.

I just want to say 'Thank you' to Sickleyield for her "Aiko 3 and Hiro 3 Clones for Genesis 8".  The Michael and Victoria 3 Clones are on my wishlist (waiting for another sale) and I hope for David, the Freak and Stephanie 3 Clones too.

There's these as well: 

• https://www.daz3d.com/asl-animations-for-genesis-81-female-and-victoria-81 
• https://www.daz3d.com/the-good-student-poses-sign-language-and-expressions-for-genesis-8-female 
• https://www.daz3d.com/z-sign-language-alphabet-for-genesis-81-female-and-victoria-81