I don't own either the converter from Genesis 8 to 9 or the converter from V4 to G8F. I only own the converter from G3F to G8F, so I can't try to reproduce the error you are having with your two converter products. Maybe someone else can. 
Here is the commercial thread for the converter from V4 to G8.

Some of your links in the message above do not work. It is because of a gotcha in the Daz forum. If you paste in a URL and do not hit Enter afterwards, the forum tacks on a semicolon at the end of the URL (which is coded as %C2%A0 at the end of the URL). You can avoid that problem by hitting Enter or by using the link icon to paste the URL in as a link in your pasted URL text.

You are not allowed to post links to products in other stores, unless someone specifically asks for it, according to my understanding. If RiverSoft Art needs the product to reproduce your problem, and he asks for it, I believe that you would then be allowed to link it.

Oops, sorry.

It's Daz Studio 4.24.0.3 (64-bit). 

I tried https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-sunny-days-2-for-genesis-8-females ; and https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-riviera-chic-for-genesis-8-and-81-females, each piece separately, on Genesis 8 to 9  https://www.daz3d.com/rssy-clothing-converter-from-genesis-8-to-genesis-9 ;

and  something from the other store (I'm not allowed to post the link, right?) on Victoria 4 to Genesis 8 Female. https://www.daz3d.com/rssy-clothing-converter-from-victoria-4-to-genesis-8-female

Is there a commercial thread for the 4 to 8? I couldn't find it.

Thanks for the guidance.

joanna said:

Elor and Matt_Castle all of your images look so great! (And it reminds me I should render something to contribute here as well.)

Thank you :)

And adding to rigged laptops discussion, this pose and props set seems to have a fully rigged one: https://www.daz3d.com/z-modern-gadgets-props-and-poses-for-genesis-8 and it's in the outlet at the moment.

KindredArts is also sharing a free rigged laptop:

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/744776/the-kindredarts-free-resource-repo

I have a new render, Vigil, for 'Llola Lane’s RENDER A MONTH Challenge 2025':

A light breeze was blowing around Victoria while she kept vigil for the coming battle.

Was it faith, was it a strange meteorological event, Lacey could not say, but she kept a vigil of her own, from the shadows, ready to dispose of any fool trying to take advantage of her beloved vigil.

Like rogues and paladins, light and shadow make strange bedfellows, but as her grandpa always said, to praise the work her grandma did in the shadow, allowing him to shine, ‘It is the shadows that give strength and depth to the figures in a painting’.

The newly used items are:

• The Legend for Genesis 3 and 8 Female(s)
• Rocky Area
• In the Circle for Genesis 9, 8, and 8.1 Females

Counting the hammer (not purchased from Daz), it's a #4News challenge 

Llola Lane said:

I wanna have tea with them all Elor... half a lump o'sugar and some cream please ;)  Well done!  Thanks for sharing.

Thank you and sorry, but I don't think I have openable 3D cream 

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The themes I have chosed for this month are 'Look-up' and 'Lighting' and my render is Vigil:

A light breeze was blowing around Victoria while she kept vigil for the coming battle.

Was it faith, was it a strange meteorological event, Lacey could not say, but she kept a vigil of her own, from the shadows, ready to dispose of any fool trying to take advantage of her beloved vigil.

Like rogues and paladins, light and shadow make strange bedfellows, but as her grandpa always said, to praise the work her grandma did in the shadow, allowing him to shine, ‘It is the shadows that give strength and depth to the figures in a painting’.

Items used should all be linked in the gallery.

Daz Originals Makeup System products - as well as though from Victoria 9 onwards that had a different naming convention - aren't working for me in Studio 4.24. I double click to apply and nothing. Interestingly, they work fine in Daz 2025 alpha.

Anyone else either having this issue, in which case it's probably a Studio 4.24 bug, or know what might've gone wrong in my install so I can troubleshoot/fix it?

Michael 4 and Victoria 4 are still a big thing among the Poser community.
DAZ's figures have advanced by a lot during the past fourteen years. The real breakthrough (imo) came with Genesis 3. Michael and Victoria are now character morphs of Genesis base figures.
The latest iteration is Genesis 9, which of course has optional Michael and Victoria morphs.

Which can be done with a GeoGraft or a morph. 

While Daz allowed the use of RTE files up to Victoria 4 it isn't an automatically permissible thing and as far as I know it isn't allowed for Genesis #.

Gordig said:

Leana said:

background said:

I like Audrey although I would have preferred a G8F version, or G9 and G8 versions ( some vendors do that, why not all? ). 

Beside the fact that producing items for 2 bases figures takes a lot more work but doesn't necessarily generate enough extra sales to make it worth it, the chances of Daz introducing a new G8 core figure are very, very low...  

I recall them introducing one new G8 core character since the release of G9, but it was under pretty extraordinary circumstances. I don't remember any of the details, though.

Probably something between that weird early release of the half-finished Victoria 9 and when the full version was released.  AFAICR, the last G8 (G8.1 actually) core figure was Crow, who came out about a week before the full VIctoria bundle dropped. 

Hi,

after a long absence (buying a new computer, having to send it in for repairs shortly after) I finally got around to install DAZ on it (the main reason for buying the new machine).

Running 4.24. I cant seem to install the Generation 4 figures? Michael 4 Base / Victoria 4.2 Base do not show up in the Product list or the in Studio Install list. When I install them over DIM they still don't show up in the product list nor in My Content (nor My Library). What am I missing?

In my smart content is missing about 95% of the content I had before.

I have a single figure in my figures, Summer. Nothing else.

I get the same pose set for my Genesis 9, Genesis 8 female figure and Victoria 3, everything else is missing.

Everything worked fine last October. Then when I tried to do a Christmas render in November and December that was when the missing poses happened.  

I’ve tried various things and nothing changed including hitting the filter by content box on and off, uninstalling DAZ and resetting the database.

I’m beyond my breaking point on this problem. I have thousands of dollars of content and can’t use it.

Victoria 9.

There is no image attached, but https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-9-hd?

I have manually transferred Albany to G9. Her face is similar to Victoria 9, including the eyes (just need to be a bit more "relaxed") and nose (need to be a bit more pinched and turned upwards a bit). But, Albany has those rounded cheekbones which completely differentiates her face from V9's face.

If Chanel G8F can come back as Kim G9, then Albany should come back too under another name.

Richard Haseltine said:

Memory would be tight, certainly, and the GPU probably wouldn't be useful. Unfortunately PBRSkin requires at least DS 4.15.x.x

No worries.  I have literally thousands of characters and items to play with from victoria 4 to G8.  I doubt I will get bored anytime soon.  Appreciate it!

You do not need the Premiere software. The free version is totally capable of making great stuff.

What you would benefit a lot from is getting some poses and getting some specific textures. Some specific examples would be muscle textures. For example, for G9
- https://www.daz3d.com/masculine-muscle-maps-for-genesis-9 ;
- https://www.daz3d.com/feminine-muscle-maps-for-genesis-9. ;
Probably it is a good idea to get the Muscles Genesis version 8&3, because you can find more poses, and sometimes with a great discount n_n
- https://www.daz3d.com/muscle-maps-for-genesis-3-and-8-female
- https://www.daz3d.com/muscle-maps-for-genesis-3-and-8-male
There are also some Morphs. Look for one that has sliders so you can adjust the intensity. This would be useful to define shapes, with skin on top :)

Also, you could get a skeleton. There is one for Victoria 4 and Michael 4. That is something that nothing else can do drawing by viewing the muscles themselves and seeing the bones.

And if you want to adjust the poses, the Power Pose panel is your best friend.
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But even using the free version and some free assets you can get, I would say that, besides posing, the most important thing would be lighting and framing. Try first 1 light setups.

I wanted a. Book called What to expect when your MC is expecting.  MC as in main character.

I found this book which is the closest thing I can find especially for free.

I'm getting back into writing.  I'm writing an urban fantasy Christmas book that takes place Christmas season of 2004.  A newly wed vampire finds out she is expecting.  I haven't written much other than it is Black Friday in 2004.  they live in a town called Raleigh.  Wait? Is Raleigh a town or city?  She is about to go to Victoria's Secret and get her bra fitting.  I need a reason for that.

Padone said:

Also SBH was introduced after G8, so you can assume everything before is not. As well hair curves and the omnihair shader were introduced after G9. For example Victoria 8 is code 43673, so a hair product before that code can't be SBH, that of course doesn't mean everything after is SBH as PAs are not forced to adopt the new hairs.

Now that I'm reading this, I realize that none of these digital products have a release date. This is surprising and somewhat confusing, especially since many (most) were created before the official DAZ version. They are only labeled as "Compatible Software: Daz Studio 4.24" (Victoria 4.2), while I would expect compatibility with more DAZ versions. - So: Thanks for the tip with the product code.

Oh.... but actually I meant : Are there any so-called "third-party creators and vendors" in this Daz3D store.  The vendors selling products in this store should be all registered Published Artists, so to me they're native. Usually we call those who sell products in other stores as "3rd-party vendors". Make sense ?

Oh, yes.  The daz store is partly a brokerage so that Sickleyield, for example is a 3rd-party creator and sells other products in FlippedNormal, 3dshards, and other stores. Pretty much all the software like Filterforge which you can buy in this store is made by software manufactors who would amused and puzzled if described as part of Daz3d or "native".  Filterforge is sold in a lot of places. Daz3d is a creator in its own right with products such as Daz Studio, those core characters such as Victoria 9, assets commisioned by Daz3d such as the the matching products that go into a core character's bundle.  Thus if you made a pirate core character with a bundle, you might commission pirate themed products like hair, clothes, and weapons, along with textures, and maybe a special edition character for the Premier members. In general, the PA's here are sort of free agents i.e. 3rd party vendors who sell their specific wares here exclusively for a period but can leave if they want to and remove their products.  They aren't "native" or more specifically not traditional Daz3d employees who might have their own lockers at the headquarters.  This whole metadat crunch happened because a bunch of vendors of another store who you might perceive as being "native" left at the same time and came here to become "native" i.e. and expected 3rd party vendor or PA but they never needed metadata because the store was geared more towards Poser users and there was no time to make metadata for the new products.

nemesis10 said:

"Are there any so-called "third-party creators and vendors"?

Yes, for example, Sickleyield has products in various 3d stores and isn't a Daz3d employee but sells a portion of her products through the store as opposed to whoever created Victoria 9 which either was made completely in house or a PA was commisioned by DAZ3d to create the product specifically for the DAZ3d and cannot ever show up at Renderhub or Renderosity.  The category has gotten blurry but the "core" characters always have Daz3d as the creator. Some vendors have multiple generations of the same character but they are considered the "artist name" Trixie 3.0 for example rather a core character like Michael or Victoria.

Oh.... but actually I meant : Are there any so-called "third-party creators and vendors" in this Daz3D store.  The vendors selling products in this store should be all registered Published Artists, so to me they're native. Usually we call those who sell products in other stores as "3rd-party vendors". Make sense ?

"Are there any so-called "third-party creators and vendors"?

Yes, for example, Sickleyield has products in various 3d stores and isn't a Daz3d employee but sells a portion of her products through the store as opposed to whoever created Victoria 9 which either was made completely in house or a PA was commisioned by DAZ3d to create the product specifically for the DAZ3d and cannot ever show up at Renderhub or Renderosity.  The category has gotten blurry but the "core" characters always have Daz3d as the creator. Some vendors have multiple generations of the same character but they are considered the "artist name" Trixie 3.0 for example rather a core character like Michael or Victoria.