Not being able to find stuff has been an issue since day one for many many years. I know how hard it can be for someone new.

Daz install manager is fine of course for putting things where they need to go. But again, new people don't know where things are installed.

What I did and learned from many people doing the same thing is. Creating your own runtimes saves you the hassle of trying to find something.

I have a runtime for all my characters. Aiko's, Victoria's, Genesis's. By adding a base directory. Yes, you see all the folders and learn how the structure goes.

By adding a poser runtime. Everything is nice and organized except for one thing.

If you downloaded an item, let's say from Sharecg. And it only comes in Daz format. You won't see it in the Poser runtime.

So, by adding the base directory. You can easily go to the folder where the item is, and load it up. Or, when one has enough experience in Daz. Create the Poser Companion files.

When it comes to buying from Daz. Let the install manager do its thing.

When it comes to buying or obtaining from somewhere else, or creating your own content. Then make your own runtimes for those. Keeping everything organized.

... oh, I forgot I was writhing on here lol. I started playing around with La Femme in Daz to see how she looks. Eh, not bad. She has her own shape and look.

Doesn't move of course. JCM controls.

Sorry if my mythod seems akward. But, it works.

Victoria 7 in a Carrara Chapel with a Sword.  (VIACCWAS) - LOL  

- Not just exported as an obj or something.  Misty's V7 character loaded in Carrara, outfit used the Daz Studio transfer utility to make conforming to G3F, then saved as blended.  The blended outfit was then loaded in Carrara.  In Carrara, the outfit was "fit to" the G3F.  The G3F morph dial for V7 was dialed up (can't remember how far).  The outfit automatically morphed with the change.  Selecting the G3F group, a purchased pose as double clicked and the V7 adopted the pose.  The outfit automatically followed.  

- G3M and G3F can be loaded in Carrara after Misty's identified typos are fixed.  Clothing can be converted to blended and automorph and autofollow.

- Offered merely as evidence that "working in Carrara" is on par with claims that G3F and G8F can be exported to other programs via FBX or what-have-you.  Not 100% match, but G3F/G8F clothing, hair, pose sets, and other content sold in the Daz store can be used by Carrara users for the cost of fixing some typos, which Misty has identified on behalf of the development team.

I have the SAV Dynasty hair, it's very pretty.  It may be built for Victoria 4, but I can fit the Victoria 4 version on any Genesis figure without using the "Fit to" feature.  I just simply parent it to the Genesis 1/2/3/8 figure's head.

I set the Sea plane (Plane2) at 0.9 Dynamic Strength and Density of 4500,I am using SKAmotion (Flat Foot Walk, no bounce). I just animated the sphere apart from G3 and the simulation worked (Sphere animated through out the timeline). 

try baking the AniBlock to the Timeline, if you mean https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-3-female-s-victoria-7-flat-foot-walk-aniblock , or test using a Timeline animation instead of an AniBlock.

Why is it that DAZ never considers that you might like to use an older character design with newer functionality? Or when they do, they do it poorly or make it near impossible to do?

What if I am doing a comic or animation and have been using the same character for years? What if I created her as and A3, or an A4?

Why is it that after spending $100s I still can't succeed?

All I want to do is use an old A4 design with the advantages of Genesis, and the new outfits etc. and so far the tutorials have let me down. I follow the steps, and something won't be there, or something won't work as advertised, or I have to spend another fortune on another bit Daz left out, and it still won't do it....
This is after two days of beating my head against this problem, so you maybe you might understand that it isn't just a rant. I would really like it if Daz and other suppliers actually updated things. If I could buy a G8 version of the character I would.
And why the heck was dance poses for Victoria and Michael (i.e. V1) considered worthy of including in Build A Bundle? Stuff that is that useless should be hidden under a legacy checkbox or something.

You can use the Face Transfer ability of Daz 4.12 to take the face off your old character and apply it to the latest generation. HeadShop was another way to do this. Simply load your old character, without hair, then take a screenshot, and import that into HeadShop. Apply that face to a G8, and then adjust the shape using sliders until you get the same figure.

If you made it once, you can make it again. I bleated about G2M for G8M, and it never happened with any kind of script, so I just painstakingly remade the character. It took almost a week of tweaking and changing to get it right, but now I have my favourite character as a G8. The materials were a bit harder, but I explainied it away in my story imagery with my character spending too much time in space; not enough sun! ;p

I mean I thought that idea was you applied Genesis 8 clothes to a Genesis 8 figure, and boom, it was suppose to work regardless of morphs or body adjustments.  This one isn't working great...the back of the thighs and nips and under boob not covered right by whatever part of the outfit.  There are adjustments to the outfit, but they don't seem to solve anything, just distort the outfit wrong.

I am using a shape that isn't supported it seems. Like if I switched the body shape strictly to somthing supported, like Victoria, would it work?  But disappointed I won't be able to use a shape I like mixed with others that I customized, if so.

Unfortunately, that is the nature of the beast. A PA can only support so many shapes because it's a time-consuming problem. However, some products can help with the issue. Before I get into that, though, have you checked what the outfit is colliding within the parameters tab? Most things load with collision set to the figure, but if you're adding something underneath, then you'll need to change the collision to that object.

If that still doesn't work, you can also try one of the following products, which will add further morphs to the clothing allowing you to adjust the problem areas:

• Fit Control for G8F
• Ultimate Clothing Fixer for G8F

I mean I thought that idea was you applied Genesis 8 clothes to a Genesis 8 figure, and boom, it was suppose to work regardless of morphs or body adjustments.  This one isn't working great...the back of the thighs and nips and under boob not covered right by whatever part of the outfit.  There are adjustments to the outfit, but they don't seem to solve anything, just distort the outfit wrong.

I am using a shape that isn't supported it seems. Like if I switched the body shape strictly to somthing supported, like Victoria, would it work?  But disappointed I won't be able to use a shape I like mixed with others that I customized, if so.

It's Bothersome Me again and I'm trying to convert some female characters over. So far, even with the new process, my results are nothing compared to what I was getting with the male converter. First I tried my custom character (1st attachment) and she came out...quite different. I figured it might be because she's -really- custom. Even so, she's nothing I would consider extreme. Next I tried Georgia for Victoria 7 (2nd attachment) and she was closer but still off by a bit...but the big thing are the eyes again. Even with the new process and checking off "hide eyes" I'm getting the wobbly irises. Granted, Georgia's didn't come out extremely bad. Not as bad as plain, old Ophelia 7 (third attachment). Ophelia converted over with the new process looks almost exactly like the Ophelia I tried converting months back with the original process. So much so that I thought something might have been up with the script and I uninstalled/reinstalled it to no avail. Is there something else I should try? The results posted were with the base script settings (the new method and hidden eyes). 

Original characters on the right, new characters on the left. These were all converted using the in-scene converter...I still can't get the preset converter to save right (I posted the log in the male converter thread for you to have). 

Make sure you DELETE the morphs before trying again.  It is best to delete from the File Explorer than checking overwrite morphs (much faster).  You may be seeing the same conversion.

After that, unfortunately, if you have tried both processes, I don't know what else I can do.

1. CHECKED Legacy, UNCHECKED Hide Eyes, and low tolerance
2. UNCHECKED Legacy, CHECKED Hide Eyes

 

Yeah, I already went in there and manually deleted all the morphs. Ophelia's conversion took about all of 30sec so I know it wasn't finding anything to overwrite in there. I'll keep trying. It's a shame...Theron (the male conversion you're helping me with) came out so so so perfect and he's a highly dialspun character...I wish I could get the girls to convert. 

Has anybody else tried to convert Ophelia where I can see the results? 

The best I have seen are ones like yours... everything is great except for the slight indentation in both eyes.

It's Bothersome Me again and I'm trying to convert some female characters over. So far, even with the new process, my results are nothing compared to what I was getting with the male converter. First I tried my custom character (1st attachment) and she came out...quite different. I figured it might be because she's -really- custom. Even so, she's nothing I would consider extreme. Next I tried Georgia for Victoria 7 (2nd attachment) and she was closer but still off by a bit...but the big thing are the eyes again. Even with the new process and checking off "hide eyes" I'm getting the wobbly irises. Granted, Georgia's didn't come out extremely bad. Not as bad as plain, old Ophelia 7 (third attachment). Ophelia converted over with the new process looks almost exactly like the Ophelia I tried converting months back with the original process. So much so that I thought something might have been up with the script and I uninstalled/reinstalled it to no avail. Is there something else I should try? The results posted were with the base script settings (the new method and hidden eyes). 

Original characters on the right, new characters on the left. These were all converted using the in-scene converter...I still can't get the preset converter to save right (I posted the log in the male converter thread for you to have). 

Make sure you DELETE the morphs before trying again.  It is best to delete from the File Explorer than checking overwrite morphs (much faster).  You may be seeing the same conversion.

After that, unfortunately, if you have tried both processes, I don't know what else I can do.

1. CHECKED Legacy, UNCHECKED Hide Eyes, and low tolerance
2. UNCHECKED Legacy, CHECKED Hide Eyes

 

Yeah, I already went in there and manually deleted all the morphs. Ophelia's conversion took about all of 30sec so I know it wasn't finding anything to overwrite in there. I'll keep trying. It's a shame...Theron (the male conversion you're helping me with) came out so so so perfect and he's a highly dialspun character...I wish I could get the girls to convert. 

Has anybody else tried to convert Ophelia where I can see the results? 

It's Bothersome Me again and I'm trying to convert some female characters over. So far, even with the new process, my results are nothing compared to what I was getting with the male converter. First I tried my custom character (1st attachment) and she came out...quite different. I figured it might be because she's -really- custom. Even so, she's nothing I would consider extreme. Next I tried Georgia for Victoria 7 (2nd attachment) and she was closer but still off by a bit...but the big thing are the eyes again. Even with the new process and checking off "hide eyes" I'm getting the wobbly irises. Granted, Georgia's didn't come out extremely bad. Not as bad as plain, old Ophelia 7 (third attachment). Ophelia converted over with the new process looks almost exactly like the Ophelia I tried converting months back with the original process. So much so that I thought something might have been up with the script and I uninstalled/reinstalled it to no avail. Is there something else I should try? The results posted were with the base script settings (the new method and hidden eyes). 

Original characters on the right, new characters on the left. These were all converted using the in-scene converter...I still can't get the preset converter to save right (I posted the log in the male converter thread for you to have). 

Make sure you DELETE the morphs before trying again.  It is best to delete from the File Explorer than checking overwrite morphs (much faster).  You may be seeing the same conversion.

After that, unfortunately, if you have tried both processes, I don't know what else I can do.

1. CHECKED Legacy, UNCHECKED Hide Eyes, and low tolerance
2. UNCHECKED Legacy, CHECKED Hide Eyes

Hiya.  So I am a infrequent user of 3D and Daz, so it's very possible the answer is obvious, but I run into this now and then. Certain outfits don't fit a Genesis 8 figure right...there is poke through or it just doens't cover the skin (it's under it). The lates problem is the amazing Mech Dancer outfit/armor/costume.  Here is a view that shows what I am talking about, where the black body suit doesn't cover her right OR the armor part doesnt work right in cover her bodsuited body.  What's the solution?  My figure is like a mix of shapes to Genesis 8, but mostly Victoria and I think it's Maebrie (sp).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pgnpatdnfv9mc4e/backviewCyberAngel101619.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/adwq1t717ri0g26/KahliMech101119a.png?dl=0

It's Bothersome Me again and I'm trying to convert some female characters over. So far, even with the new process, my results are nothing compared to what I was getting with the male converter. First I tried my custom character (1st attachment) and she came out...quite different. I figured it might be because she's -really- custom. Even so, she's nothing I would consider extreme. Next I tried Georgia for Victoria 7 (2nd attachment) and she was closer but still off by a bit...but the big thing are the eyes again. Even with the new process and checking off "hide eyes" I'm getting the wobbly irises. Granted, Georgia's didn't come out extremely bad. Not as bad as plain, old Ophelia 7 (third attachment). Ophelia converted over with the new process looks almost exactly like the Ophelia I tried converting months back with the original process. So much so that I thought something might have been up with the script and I uninstalled/reinstalled it to no avail. Is there something else I should try? The results posted were with the base script settings (the new method and hidden eyes). 

Original characters on the right, new characters on the left. These were all converted using the in-scene converter...I still can't get the preset converter to save right (I posted the log in the male converter thread for you to have). 

I tried to fit the jacket and shirt onto the Genesis 2 figure, and this is what it came out as.

This should not be the case.  I selected the jacket, double-clicked, selected it for Genesis 2 Female to wear, and then when prompted what figure is this originally designed for, I said Victoria 4, and then selected the outfit type, which is shirt, assuming shirt means any garment covering the upper body. The sleeves are not fitted properly, while everything else is.  I am wondering if I missed anything?

Why is it that DAZ never considers that you might like to use an older character design with newer functionality? Or when they do, they do it poorly or make it near impossible to do?

What if I am doing a comic or animation and have been using the same character for years? What if I created her as and A3, or an A4?

Why is it that after spending $100s I still can't succeed?

All I want to do is use an old A4 design with the advantages of Genesis, and the new outfits etc. and so far the tutorials have let me down. I follow the steps, and something won't be there, or something won't work as advertised, or I have to spend another fortune on another bit Daz left out, and it still won't do it....
This is after two days of beating my head against this problem, so you maybe you might understand that it isn't just a rant. I would really like it if Daz and other suppliers actually updated things. If I could buy a G8 version of the character I would.
And why the heck was dance poses for Victoria and Michael (i.e. V1) considered worthy of including in Build A Bundle? Stuff that is that useless should be hidden under a legacy checkbox or something.

Those are characters for Victoria 4.

It's possible to convert them if you are interested in using then on G3F or G8F but you'll need several tools for that, and quite a bit of work:

• You can use the textures on G3F or G8F if you have Cayman Studios' Legacy UVs V4 product (the G3F version is at Rendo, the G8F one in the store here).
• For the morphs you could convert them to G3F if you have GenX2 and its G2 and G3 add-ons. There's no G8 add-on as the creator sadly passed away a few years ago, but there's a character converter from G3F to G8F. You will need the required products though if you want to convert the morphs, otherwise you won't have the full character converted.

Be aware that the characters won't have Iray materials, or even DS materials at all for Tazi and Okami. There used to be free 3DL materials for them available long ago, but I'm not sure they still are available somewhere. So you will need to adjust the materials.

Hey! Such a kind write up! Thank you! I'll check out those tools! Honestly, I'm just doing some throw away renders for my D&D group so I'm $30 interested in having more options but not all the time it might require to jigger it all together (instead i'll use my time shopping in the store...*sigh*). Still, would be good tools to have so I'll check them out! Thanks again!

V4 clone and UV for genesis 2 https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-4-for-genesis-2-female

This survey failure is really annoying. 

And it really irks me that question 7 (which if any would you be willing to pay for) forces you to check at least one item, even if you are not interested in paying extra for any of them.

Aside from that, I didn't notice anybody mentioning the question about what subscription services people use. I think it let people choose between Amazon Prime, Costco/Sam's Club, Pandora/Other Streaming Music Service, and Netflix. My problem with it was it only lets you choose one. As if there's no chance that I have a Costco membership, Netflix, Amazon, and a music service at the same time. I think I ended up trying to pick my favorite out of my subscription services. And it really felt like trying to pick a favorite child.

I'm another person who listed better documentation as the main improvement I'd like. But they definitely need Daz Connect and Daz Install Manager to work together. If I install something through DAZ Connect., it shouldn't be listed as available to install in DAZ Install Manager.

I go back and forth with the "Platinum Club" membership, keeping it active more often than not. But I'm pretty sure the amount of money I'm saving doesn't match what it costs. Maybe it does. My biggest gripe with them is the free items are things I wouldn't pay for. They used to have free items like the stuff from Nightshift3d that I would have paid for if they weren't free. I think they just look at items that didn't sell and make them free items later.

I wouldn't say I'm completely against a subscription model. But I already subscribe to a lot of things. I don't think I'm going to add another one. And if they try to charge a subscription fee for something that used to be free or possible to buy outright then I don't care how much better IRAY is than SuperFly, I'll reinstall Poser and never come back. Or at least it will take me years to come back like last time. I completely missed out on Genesis and Genesis 2 just because of refusing to go to DAZ for years. I went from Victoria 4 on DAZ Studio to Poser to Genesis 3 on DAZ Studio. I wouldn't mind an easy V4 to G8 conversion tool. Textures too, not just morphs. Easy.

I think the survey results will be ignored except for the people who accidentally said the most important thing is the avatar that shows they are a monthly subscriber.

@NylonGirl Daz Install Manager (DIM) has a Download Filter for Connect Installed. You can uncheck that so DIM does not show products that you have installed with Daz Connect in the Ready to Download tab. 

I am wondering if there is an auto-fitting clone for Genesis 2 Male/Female, where I could fit Victoria 4, Genesis 3, Stephanie 3, or any figure onto a Genesis 2 figure?

I do know full well that there is no Wear Them All for Genesis 2 in the DAZ Shop.

This survey failure is really annoying. 

And it really irks me that question 7 (which if any would you be willing to pay for) forces you to check at least one item, even if you are not interested in paying extra for any of them.

Aside from that, I didn't notice anybody mentioning the question about what subscription services people use. I think it let people choose between Amazon Prime, Costco/Sam's Club, Pandora/Other Streaming Music Service, and Netflix. My problem with it was it only lets you choose one. As if there's no chance that I have a Costco membership, Netflix, Amazon, and a music service at the same time. I think I ended up trying to pick my favorite out of my subscription services. And it really felt like trying to pick a favorite child.

I'm another person who listed better documentation as the main improvement I'd like. But they definitely need Daz Connect and Daz Install Manager to work together. If I install something through DAZ Connect., it shouldn't be listed as available to install in DAZ Install Manager.

I go back and forth with the "Platinum Club" membership, keeping it active more often than not. But I'm pretty sure the amount of money I'm saving doesn't match what it costs. Maybe it does. My biggest gripe with them is the free items are things I wouldn't pay for. They used to have free items like the stuff from Nightshift3d that I would have paid for if they weren't free. I think they just look at items that didn't sell and make them free items later.

I wouldn't say I'm completely against a subscription model. But I already subscribe to a lot of things. I don't think I'm going to add another one. And if they try to charge a subscription fee for something that used to be free or possible to buy outright then I don't care how much better IRAY is than SuperFly, I'll reinstall Poser and never come back. Or at least it will take me years to come back like last time. I completely missed out on Genesis and Genesis 2 just because of refusing to go to DAZ for years. I went from Victoria 4 on DAZ Studio to Poser to Genesis 3 on DAZ Studio. I wouldn't mind an easy V4 to G8 conversion tool. Textures too, not just morphs. Easy.

I think the survey results will be ignored except for the people who accidentally said the most important thing is the avatar that shows they are a monthly subscriber.

 

 I'm already in PC club, but I have so much content that I don't know if I'll renew when the time comes.

But that's an interesting question to explore.. if it's not content that would keep you interested, what would? 

I still really enjoy PC+, but this may be an idea to keep people around who are no longer finding value in it. Daz studio already has the ability to distribute files with drm. Here's a crazy idea, but what if you expanded that to PC+,and offer a selection of premium products on a weekly / biweekly "Loan" basis. So for two weeks, I can use Victoria 8 and a few other items for free. I download her through Daz connect, create a few scenes and at the end of the 2 weeks another product come up, and victoria "expires." That will give exposure to lesser-known content, we get to experience products that we wouldn't otherwise use, and we may then end up liking it and buying it. You could also offer permanent "Loan" items- such as the old 1.99 items, that you can use as long as you are subscribed to PC+. Sometimes I may need a sheep for a scene, for example, and don't necessarily want to buy it, as it's a once-off render. It would be nice to have access to these items when I need them. 

The biweekly loan idea would be neat, especially if it offer a discount during/after the loan period so that if you decided you liked it, you could go ahead and purchase it at a discount.
That said, I'm not sure how feasible it would be since it would have to create a limited time access thing.

Not to mention require the use of Daz Connect. I never tried to move from DIM to Connect, but many who did have reported ongoing issues here in the forums. Imagine "borrowing" content for two weeks, and not being able to use it due to technical difficulties with the Connect system.

Dear God NO. Just no. I don't care if they gave access to their entire store for 2 full weeks with that...I am not touching connect for ANY reason. I would actually be more likely to quit Daz Studio all together if that happened, that's how strongly I feel about it.

Anything like that would very easily slide on to a very slippery slope. Any subscription based plan could that. I think a sub would do great harm long term and open the door for a competitor to jump in.

I got very bad vibes from that survey. Jack might say its just a survey, but somebody had to come up with the questions, so somebody in Daz is thinking about it. Otherwise those questions would not have been asked.

Nothing should be locked behind a sub fee. Certainly not improved customer support, that is awful. We already can buy add on plugins for Studio today, answer own them. Like the new Face Transfer. There are also things like Measure Metrics and Decimate, and more. Now just imagine a plugin kept behind an active subscription. If you let the sub lax for any reason, you would lose those plugins and other features. How is that a good thing for any of us?

This comes down to ownership of what you are paying for. Today customers get to keep what they purchase, which makes sense because this an asset store after all. These products are not consumables and should not ever be just a rental.

The one and only thing I would possibly support would be a sub for training and such. But only for that, none of the other things should be there.

Certainly Daz would like to be able to drive more recurring spending, any company would. But they have content for that, releasing every single day. If Daz wants to grow, I think they need to make a new push towards gaming. Not Morph3D, but right here in this store with improved interactive licenses, and some kind of model that is better prepped for gaming yet still compatible with current Genesis. It can be done. I'm seeing more and more people bring up Daz in different circles. Its painfully slow, but slowly Daz is starting to make traction in that industry. It is a huge market, always hungry for new content and the gaming industry is bigger than the movie and music industries...combined. Its well worth taking another stab at, it just needs to be done right. Unity and Unreal both have thriving asset stores, and the Daz store could be a part of that, either as a part of their stores or as a competitor here.