thank you! :)

this ultimate clothing fixer G3F - it's not a converter, is it? it basically kinda adds a bunch of morphs into a G3F outfit that didn't really have them originally, is that correct? So if you had a dress for G3F and there were not many morphs in the long skirt...sitting, etc...this adds them?

Sorry to ask an OT question, but I was trying to find a thread for the Hair Converter from V4 to G8F where I could ask a question - is there one or perhaps a main thread for Riversoft Art's hair converters?

Here you go!

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/333201/released-rssy-hair-converter-from-victoria-4-to-genesis-8-female-commercial

Thank you all for the suggestions, I bought 

https://www.daz3d.com/maria-for-victoria-8

here just a while ago, and later on I will probably buy a few others to try them out as well.

If anyone else has any suggestions I would take them as well, as I can never have too many very pale textures, because i do a LOT of elf renders when I am rendering.

I just bought this figure a few days ago.  In the main promo and a couple of others she reminds me a little of Ruth Wilson.

Thank you all for the suggestions, I bought 

https://www.daz3d.com/maria-for-victoria-8

here just a while ago, and later on I will probably buy a few others to try them out as well.

If anyone else has any suggestions I would take them as well, as I can never have too many very pale textures, because i do a LOT of elf renders when I am rendering.

Remember that Genesis 3 materails will also work, aside from the lashes and eyes to an extent.

Wait 3 and 8 are the same UV?

 

Yes, except:

- Eyes

- Lashes

- All G3 base characters have different UVs. So for example Victoria 7 and Aiko 7 have their own UVs, but Ceridwen for G3 or Snowflake for Aiko 7 have the same UV as G8F. Complicated and illogical? Yes, yes it is.

This one looks nice and have a lot of options:

https://www.daz3d.com/maria-for-victoria-8

Victoria 8 and Michael 8 are morphs for the bases Genesis 8 Female and Genesis 8 Male so you would convert wardrode to fit the bases.

Walk like an Egyptian

Content used:

Victoria 4.2 Base

Bast for Victoria 4

Bast Hair for Victoria 4

Millennium Cat (doesn't showed in the content search)

Bast

Touch Of Egypt for DAZ Studio

Postwork in Photoshop

I went through my listing of characters and picked out the ones I have marked with pale skin that I made a judgement call when I first bought her. Some might not appear that from the initial image, but on my screen, the skin was pale, as opposed to tanned. Others are designed to be elvish pale. And you can see, they come from a variety of PAs who all make quality work. Hope some of these help. Mary
https://www.daz3d.com/aq-freya-for-genesis-3-8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/cc-reagan-for-rune-7    While a Gen 3 character, her skin can work on Gen 8, and is lovely.

https://www.daz3d.com/emma-for-genesis-3--8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/eryn-for-genesis-8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/fwsa-erynn-hd-for-victoria-8-and-lf-erynn-lingerie

https://www.daz3d.com/fwsa-lavana-hd-for-stephanie-8

https://www.daz3d.com/hp-zelie-for-teen-kaylee-8

https://www.daz3d.com/leenda-for-genesis-3-and-8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/lyra-hd-for-genesis-8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/maria-for-victoria-8

https://www.daz3d.com/sara-for-teen-jane-8

https://www.daz3d.com/sc-imrae-for-genesis-8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/shawna-hd-for-victoria-8

https://www.daz3d.com/sylph-for-genesis-8-females

https://www.daz3d.com/sylph-for-genesis-8-females

https://www.daz3d.com/vivienne-for-genesis-3-8-female-s

https://www.daz3d.com/vyk-caitlin-for-genesis-8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/vyk-banshee-for-genesis-8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/vyk-raine-for-genesis-8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/wynnter-elf-for-genesis-8-female-s

Is there a simple list of charactor names with the Genisis version? Seems it would be in this sites FAQ section right?

When looking for assets I find Daz naming structure to give no clue to the Genesis figure it was built upon.

There are four sets now that I know of.

• Genesis (1)
• Genesis 2
• Genesis 3
• Genisis 8  ( skipped 4, 5,6,7 )

It appears DAZ finally got the hint with "8" and name those charactors with the digit 8 in them but the rest have numbers in charactor names that do not relate to which set they belong.  Victoria 4 for instance...there are no Genisis 4 charactors. Why "4"

Which belong together?

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Simple answer is the 1st to 4th generation DAZ figures are just that from Vicky 1 up to Victoria/Michael/Freak/Aiko/Hiro/Stephanie 4. Genesis became the standard figure (with built in morphs for Male/Female) and use a much more advanced system than prior generations. However, since DAZ kept the numbering representations for individual morphs that match up to the prior generations (thus Genesis 1 has the 5 series i.e. V5/M5/F5/A5/H5/S5). This has continued up until Genesis 3 (consequently adopting the 7 identifier for the morphs i.e. V7/M7 and so on). Genesis 8 is technically "Genesis 4", but to simplify things, the numbering convention for the generations as a whole has been adopted.

My apologies if I'm beating on a dead horse, but after spending lots of cash on various bundles and a new Graphics card, most freebies currently available plain won't fit the version 8 figures.  For instance, I have a pair of Wonder Woman boots that would be perfect for my current project, but are impossible to parent to my Victoria 8 figure.  I've found more recent freebies that "fit to Victoria 8" only seems to pair the darned boots close to the legs but between the feet rather than on them. 

Oh yeah, the Iray Super Shaders Patriotic Patterns is a bit fickle, sometimes it works right away, sometimes it won't work at all.  Sometimes I need to restart my computer, open the item of clothing or prop first and then it seems to work...load the figure and then parent them.

I might be skipping a simple step leading to my frustration, but I purchased the Victoria and Michael V8 figures and I want to make good use of them.  If there's a way to properly fit older versions of clothing/footwear/props, what is it?

Sorry to ask an OT question, but I was trying to find a thread for the Hair Converter from V4 to G8F where I could ask a question - is there one or perhaps a main thread for Riversoft Art's hair converters?

Here you go!

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/333201/released-rssy-hair-converter-from-victoria-4-to-genesis-8-female-commercial

Entry # 4

Title: AI explores Love

Artist: Bunyip02

WIP link: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/4938226/#Comment_4938226

Credits/Comments: Victoria 4.2 Base - https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-4-2-base
                               Feeloo - doc000 - https://sharecg.com/v/39582/related/11/Poser/Feeloo-for-V4
                               Aikobot 2 - https://www.daz3d.com/aikobot-2
                               Michael 4 - https://www.daz3d.com/michael-4-base-male-3d-model
                               Michael 4 Skin Maps (High Res) - https://www.daz3d.com/michael-4-skin-maps-high-res
                               Alex Hair for Genesis 2 Male(s), Genesis 3 Male(s) and Michael 4 - https://www.daz3d.com/alex-hair-for-genesis-2-male-s-genesis-3-male-s-and-michael-4
                               Briefs M4 - PoserWorld - No longer available
                               Romantic Bedroom - GrayCloudDesign for RPublishing - Renderosity (Poser Pro 11.2 Update)

The technology advances rapidly, the debate on morality & ethics lags far behind.........

Sorry to ask an OT question, but I was trying to find a thread for the Hair Converter from V4 to G8F where I could ask a question - is there one or perhaps a main thread for Riversoft Art's hair converters?

Super renders.  Love the liquid top to the copy machine.

 

Here is a render  of another forbidden zone, the classic "lover's lane."  But what was forbidden?  A young lady's desire?  Her date's advances?  Parking in the lane itself?  This is the raw render.  I also rendered out various passes.  And, I can always drop this render back in Carrara's scene tab and apply some GMIC.  I'm sure you think that this is Vicky in a Prom Dress with a Date.  Well, this is Stephanie 6, not Victoria.  Like to mix it up.  In this case, mixing Stephanie 5 curvy with Stephanie 6.

too cute with that halo and wonderfully metaphorical

I think some of the confusion is that with Genesis they split the name of the figure from the name of the platform (mesh)

Genesis came along and replaced Generation 4 (v4, m4, k4).  So now you have just one mesh and for that mesh you got the version 5 series of the figure shapes - V5, M5 etc etc and they were all mixy matchy regardless of gender

Then came Genesis 2 Female and Genesis 2 Male got the version 6 figure names - V6, M6, etc  These got split back out to male and female versions so you can mix girls with girls and boys with boys.

Genesis 3M and Genesis 3F therefor got the version 7 series of the shapes  - V7, M7, etc etc  Still split to male and female versions so you can mix girls with girls and boys with boys.

At this point DAZ realised it was confusing *lol*

So the next figure brought the base mesh number up to be Genesis 8 Male and Genesis 8 Female, with the version 8 shape names Michael 8, Victoria 8 and all of their 50? brothers and sisters

Presumably going forward they will keep the platofrm version number and the shape version number matched up.

.... My second DAZ store product was for Hiro 3 and came out at his launch. Some days I feel very very old.

LM

Can poses for Victoria 1 &2 be converted to use on various Genesis generations or maybe even converted to V4? I'm particularly interested in these poses:

https://www.daz3d.com/spring-of-76-poses

Well they all will work on v4

then do the same as I said before to get them to the genesis people 

I prefer to say Millennium for the generations before Genesis.

1. Millennium Woman Victoria / Millennium Man Michael
2. Millennium Woman Victoria 2 / Millennium Man Michael 2
3. Millennuim Woman Victoria 3 / Millennium Man Michael 3
4. Millennium Woman Victoria 4.2 / Millennium Man Michael 4
5. Genesis
6. Genesis 2
7. Genesis 3
8. Genesis 8

I can definitely see a logic to that. But I don't do it because they kind of dropped the "Millennium Man" terminology with Michael 2.

I prefer to say Millennium for the generations before Genesis.

1. Millennium Woman Victoria / Millennium Man Michael
2. Millennium Woman Victoria 2 / Millennium Man Michael 2
3. Millennuim Woman Victoria 3 / Millennium Man Michael 3
4. Millennium Woman Victoria 4.2 / Millennium Man Michael 4
5. Genesis
6. Genesis 2
7. Genesis 3
8. Genesis 8

 

Quote: "My Questions (Although, really One Big Question): Does Catalina contain Open GL and Open CL? Or, is there only Metal? Can present users of Catalina and DAZ Studio pose and render scenes in DAZ Studio. Does iRay run via the CPU, as it does in, for example, Sierra?"

Catalina is not supposed to support Open CL or GL - only Metal. At this point, I do not believe that DAZ supports Metal.

FYI: I was able to open DAZ in Catalina, load Victoria 4 and render it on my Mac. I believe it is working off the CPU NOT the GPU. So far I only notice a problem opening OBJ's (as I mentioned in the previous post).

 

Ars notes Open CL and GL are stuck at ancient versions and are not being updated .. but they're there and work

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/macos-10-15-catalina-the-ars-technica-review/3/

Quote: "My Questions (Although, really One Big Question): Does Catalina contain Open GL and Open CL? Or, is there only Metal? Can present users of Catalina and DAZ Studio pose and render scenes in DAZ Studio. Does iRay run via the CPU, as it does in, for example, Sierra?"

Catalina is not supposed to support Open CL or GL - only Metal. At this point, I do not believe that DAZ supports Metal.

FYI: I was able to open DAZ in Catalina, load Victoria 4 and render it on my Mac. I believe it is working off the CPU NOT the GPU. So far I only notice a problem opening OBJ's (as I mentioned in the previous post).