AOBB said:

@ Eustace Scrubb - Yes, I see now that my Burt Lancaster sculpt needs more TLC. BTW, thank you for appreciating my work!  As for "Desert Fury" Lancaster was known for his explosive temper, so it kind of fits but it wouldn't work as a head morph name. Nevertheless thanks for the suggestion. 

Here's another actor (WIP) - try guessing who that is! I hope it won't be too difficult... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit: Changed the image for updated one.

It's Clark Gable.

Ethin said:

richardandtracy said:

Hmm. I might be very late to the party on this, but I have made a little discovery.

It's possible to convert V3 to Triax Weight Mapping. If you do that, you can then create autofit clones of SP3, M3, GND2, A3, Ingenue Vickie, and GV3 that will allow these characters to mostly wear each other's clothes - except for those with high heel feet. All these characters have the same number of vertices and facets (if you get the right version) which means no modelling is needed to create the clone - If you want the A3 autofit clone, load A3, zero the character and export the figure as an obj file, then load it as an autofit clone morph. I was amazed at how easy it was.

The same can be done with each of the other characters.

Regards,

Richard.

I'm just going to be that guy.

What about converting other generations clothes to generation 3? Because I was told it couldn't be done 'cause generation 3 wasn't weight mapped.

Yes, up to the fourth generation (Victoria/Michael/Kids 4) the figuers used parameteric rigging, with the falloffs being controlled by angles from the joint  centre and, optionally, spheres that enclosed the area to move entirely and afalloff to no movement. Those can't simply transfer to another, differently shaped item - the angles/sphere properties will need a lot of tweaking to get a desirable result and the system will fail entirely with some things that are possible with weightmapping.

Morph Loader Pro does have an option specifically to handle grafts, in the Load Morphs For drop down button.

I'm not getting any response here anymore, but I continue to have frustrating problems with the hair converter. The converted hair does not fit morphed characters, but a simple autofit fits fine. This is Swept Wetlook Hair. It is not dForce. It doesn't have a separate cap node, just a cap surface. I converted it, closed DS, opened DS and fit the converted hair to my morphed G9 character. The results were bad, with bald spots. If I render just the cap surface (hair surfaces set to cutout opacity 0), you can see how poorly the conversion fits the character. The problem is not character specific; I tried several, including Daz original characters. It is also not just this hair that has the problem. I know that the converted hair has some additional morphs provided by the conformers, but I have not been successful using those to really make the hair fit the shape of the character's head; that is what the auto generated character head morph should be doing, I think. Is there any help for this poor fitting problem or is it just inherent in the conversion process?

RSSY Hair Converter Results

DS Autofit Results

A geograft is a different figure with its own morphs. If you want to import a morph for a geograft you have to use morph loader with the geograft, not with the base figure.

richardandtracy said:

Hmm. I might be very late to the party on this, but I have made a little discovery.

It's possible to convert V3 to Triax Weight Mapping. If you do that, you can then create autofit clones of SP3, M3, GND2, A3, Ingenue Vickie, and GV3 that will allow these characters to mostly wear each other's clothes - except for those with high heel feet. All these characters have the same number of vertices and facets (if you get the right version) which means no modelling is needed to create the clone - If you want the A3 autofit clone, load A3, zero the character and export the figure as an obj file, then load it as an autofit clone morph. I was amazed at how easy it was.

The same can be done with each of the other characters.

Regards,

Richard.

I'm just going to be that guy.

What about converting other generations clothes to generation 3? Because I was told it couldn't be done 'cause generation 3 wasn't weight mapped.

I'm trying to export a G8 with a geograft (Breastacular) to Blender.
The goal is to do some animations, export the result as obj and use morph loader to load it as a morph.
If I  "merge geografts" morph loader pro is complaining about wrong geometry, if I don't merge the grafts the movements from Breastacular aren't correct.
Is there any way to do this?
TIA
 

Hmm. I might be very late to the party on this, but I have made a little discovery.

It's possible to convert V3 to Triax Weight Mapping. If you do that, you can then create autofit clones of SP3, M3, GND2, A3, Ingenue Vickie, and GV3 that will allow these characters to mostly wear each other's clothes - except for those with high heel feet. All these characters have the same number of vertices and facets (if you get the right version) which means no modelling is needed to create the clone - If you want the A3 autofit clone, load A3, zero the character and export the figure as an obj file, then load it as an autofit clone morph. I was amazed at how easy it was.

The same can be done with each of the other characters.

Regards,

Richard.

Barzoff said:

Cherubit said:

Barzoff said:

barbult said:

Barzoff said:

barbult said:

The main promo (attached) is the only back view of the CHB pleated pants. The back looks really strange. I think part of it is a lighting issue, but it looks like a super wedgie. If anyone bought it, is it as bad in the back as the main promo makes it look?

Just bought it. Here is my first simulation test and it simulates beautifully.

Thank you so much for sharing your results. Your image is so much better than the promo. This looks like a good product now.

You welcome, but be aware, the cleavage tends to show more than necessary. Much more than we see in the promo images.

There is a morph to tightening the front of the top. Dial it before simulating and it will hold. I included two pictures before and after

Edit: Also, don't forget to apply the Simulation settings preset, it's necessary to make it simulate like thicker fabric

 

Thanks for the tip. I appreciate it.

Love your stuff, BTW.

I'm glad you like it ♥ I'm always open for feedback and suggestions :)

And thank you for choosing my product! ♥

Cherubit said:

Barzoff said:

barbult said:

Barzoff said:

barbult said:

The main promo (attached) is the only back view of the CHB pleated pants. The back looks really strange. I think part of it is a lighting issue, but it looks like a super wedgie. If anyone bought it, is it as bad in the back as the main promo makes it look?

Just bought it. Here is my first simulation test and it simulates beautifully.

Thank you so much for sharing your results. Your image is so much better than the promo. This looks like a good product now.

You welcome, but be aware, the cleavage tends to show more than necessary. Much more than we see in the promo images.

There is a morph to tightening the front of the top. Dial it before simulating and it will hold. I included two pictures before and after

Edit: Also, don't forget to apply the Simulation settings preset, it's necessary to make it simulate like thicker fabric

Thanks for the tip. I appreciate it.

Love your stuff, BTW.

richardandtracy said:

This has proved to be very useful, thank you Catherine.

The application I have used it for is with getting additional clothes for the very elderly Victoria 3 based 'Glamorous Vickie' model by Jim Burton. It's a very non- standard morph and few clothes fit. I have found that by converting the figure to Triax Weight Mapping, then adding an obj file of V3 in the default pose and Blackhearted's GND2 as clones, then most rigged V3 & GND2 clothing fits.

And I couldn't have done it without you.

Many, many thanks.

Will be doing the same with GND2 and trying it with A3 and Jim Burton's Ingenue Vickie too.

Regards,

Richard

You're most welcome. Happy it's found a good home over there :-) 

Barzoff said:

barbult said:

Barzoff said:

barbult said:

The main promo (attached) is the only back view of the CHB pleated pants. The back looks really strange. I think part of it is a lighting issue, but it looks like a super wedgie. If anyone bought it, is it as bad in the back as the main promo makes it look?

Just bought it. Here is my first simulation test and it simulates beautifully.

Thank you so much for sharing your results. Your image is so much better than the promo. This looks like a good product now.

You welcome, but be aware, the cleavage tends to show more than necessary. Much more than we see in the promo images.

There is a morph to tightening the front of the top. Dial it before simulating and it will hold. I included two pictures before and after

Edit: Also, don't forget to apply the Simulation settings preset, it's necessary to make it simulate like thicker fabric

This has proved to be very useful, thank you Catherine.

The application I have used it for is with getting additional clothes for the very elderly Victoria 3 based 'Glamorous Vickie' model by Jim Burton. It's a very non- standard morph and few clothes fit. I have found that by converting the figure to Triax Weight Mapping, then adding an obj file of V3 in the default pose and Blackhearted's GND2 as clones, then most rigged V3 & GND2 clothing fits.

And I couldn't have done it without you.

Many, many thanks.

Will be doing the same with GND2 and trying it with A3 and Jim Burton's Ingenue Vickie too.

Regards,

Richard

Anfy said:

1) Non mi sono ancora rassegnato ad attendere dai 5 ai 15 minuti, col Piccì seminuovo (i9 13a generazione, 64 GB, RTX 4090), prima che la scena decida a caricarsi. È pur vero che i .DUF sono dei "filoni" alle volte da quasi 200 MByte, tuttavia non lo confesserò ma sono vagamente, discretamente stanco di attendere che sparisca la scritta "Obtaining data from Daz Connect". La connessione internet va sull'ordine del Giga.  

Semplifico ferocemente i .DUF o c'è un altro modo? Mi sembra che San Imago avesse dato dei consigli in merito, che tuttavia non ricordo con la mia memoria labile.

2) Problema minore: tutte i caricamenti, da mesi e mesi, si bloccano sul pop-up "Duplicate formulas find in files" che prosegue dicendo di dar un'occhiata al file di log. Non so tuttavia dove metter le mani per verificare e poi risolvere la questione.

Grazie!

1) Non usare Connect ma il DIM. Scarichi e installi tutto senza dover aspettare il server.
In alternativa, disabilita il login automatico e lavora offline, dovresti poter usare i file scaricati dal cloud.
Io ho spesso scene di 350-500Mb e ci metto circa tre minuti a caricare le scene. Però io ho le librerie su un M.2, la cache su un SSD dedicato e i file delle scene su un disco meccanico.

2) c'è uno script sul forum per fixarlo, prova a cercare "Duplicate formula fix" o googla "DAZ Studio duplicate formula fix". Metterai le mani su un piccolo script per DAZ che ti consente di scegliere i file con le formule sbagliate e fixarli automaticamente. Quando lo avvii ti chiederà di individuare quali file hanno le formule duplicate, naviga nella cartella con i prop e scegli il malandrino.
Altrimenti, lo puoi fixare "ricreando" il file in questo modo: Carica la figura su cui va il pezzo danneggiato (senza morph!), carica e fitta l'abito e digli che le "duplicate formula" non sono un problema. A questo punto, con il Transfer Utility ritrasferisci così come è il vestito. Adesso salvalo come Figure-> Prop asset. Dovrebbero esserci tutte le opzioni originali lasciate dal autore. Sovrascrivi il file originale (fai un backup prima, ovviamente). Adesso dovresti avere il file fixato e con ancora tutte le opzioni di moprh e materiali originali.

@ Eustace Scrubb - Yes, I see now that my Burt Lancaster sculpt needs more TLC. BTW, thank you for appreciating my work!  As for "Desert Fury" Lancaster was known for his explosive temper, so it kind of fits but it wouldn't work as a head morph name. Nevertheless thanks for the suggestion. 

Here's another actor (WIP) - try guessing who that is! I hope it won't be too difficult... 

Edit: Changed the image for updated one.

Genesis - M3 Moggadeet Alfred E. Neuman morph

barbult said:

Llola Lane said:

Timbales said:

FSMCDesigns said:

Timbales said:

https://www.daz3d.com/breast-utilities-for-genesis-9 If anyone gets this, if you'd be willing to post what the flat chested morph looks like on the masculine shape I'd appreciate it.

When I saw the promos I thought of you and all the posts I have seen about how unhappy you were with the male chest of G9. Hoping this makes a difference for you

Thanks. It would be nice, but I think the __|__ creased/compressed effect is just part of the mesh because of the default breasts.

I've tried combining different shpaing morphs that are available, but it usually ends up looking stranger, sometimes with double creases because they are fighting character body shapes.

Just a thought... Have you tried increasing smoothing on your G9 character?  I've done that before to get rid of creases... Sometimes it's a pretty big number before I get nice results.

You are applying smoothing to the character itself?????

yes :)  Especially with older characters like V4... the armpit crease bugs me to no end... lol

Llola Lane said:

Timbales said:

FSMCDesigns said:

Timbales said:

https://www.daz3d.com/breast-utilities-for-genesis-9 If anyone gets this, if you'd be willing to post what the flat chested morph looks like on the masculine shape I'd appreciate it.

When I saw the promos I thought of you and all the posts I have seen about how unhappy you were with the male chest of G9. Hoping this makes a difference for you

Thanks. It would be nice, but I think the __|__ creased/compressed effect is just part of the mesh because of the default breasts.

I've tried combining different shpaing morphs that are available, but it usually ends up looking stranger, sometimes with double creases because they are fighting character body shapes.

Just a thought... Have you tried increasing smoothing on your G9 character?  I've done that before to get rid of creases... Sometimes it's a pretty big number before I get nice results.

You are applying smoothing to the character itself?????

Timbales said:

FSMCDesigns said:

Timbales said:

https://www.daz3d.com/breast-utilities-for-genesis-9 If anyone gets this, if you'd be willing to post what the flat chested morph looks like on the masculine shape I'd appreciate it.

When I saw the promos I thought of you and all the posts I have seen about how unhappy you were with the male chest of G9. Hoping this makes a difference for you

Thanks. It would be nice, but I think the __|__ creased/compressed effect is just part of the mesh because of the default breasts.

I've tried combining different shpaing morphs that are available, but it usually ends up looking stranger, sometimes with double creases because they are fighting character body shapes.

Just a thought... Have you tried increasing smoothing on your G9 character?  I've done that before to get rid of creases... Sometimes it's a pretty big number before I get nice results.

Genesis 9 Starter Essentials was just updated with six new characters, three women (Amala, Kat, & Laura) and three men (Fabrice, Matt, & Ty). I tested out Fabrice and he has a wonderful skin/sculpt but I haven't got to the other five yet. These characters also add to the free morphs for your use. This is free and comes with Daz Studio, so you should have received the update in DIM a few weeks ago.

If you haven't purchased the Daz Originals morph packs, look them up and wishlist them. Many characters rely on them. The suggestions above are excellent and what I do. 

I look to see if a character is mentioned in the forums or used in a render in the gallery when I am looking at the promo pages. For older items this can give you a great deal of information on what is good or bad about it. You can decide if it will be worth your money and time if there is an issue. And something to remember, if you can stand waiting for a sale, wishlist the product to save money.

I keep my eye out on female characters for those who offer male nipples and gens options, or go full out and create a male version of the female. It is a two for one deal then, and especially good if the PA makes great skins and features. It pays to read the details the PA writes out on the promo pages.

Mary