Yes, there can be only one Connect directory - but if you set a previous connect diectory as a regular Daz studio content diectory the content will still load. The Connect diectory is the oen isntalled to, and that does need to be unique at any given time.

The fourth generation daz figuers, and others using the ExP system, cannot at this tiem be isntalled via Connect. You need to isntall the base figure (Victoria 4 or Michael 4 as the case may be) and all ExP add-ons (such as Aiko 4 or the Victoria 4 head and body moprhs) to the same content directory, and if you don't use the PowerLoader script (which gives a dialogue on loading) you need to run the /Runtime/Libraries/!DAZ/CreateExPFiles-v4 file for your system to add the new morphs. Clothing, hair and so on isn't subject to this requirement (unless it includes a morph for the base figure too).

Victoria who?..........

I haven't loaded V4 in years and the other day I loaded up an old project file with V4 in it. Man, she is really showing her age compared to newer figures IMO.

, but I can't imagine I'll ever have a use for her again.

Agreed !
Useful when her figure tech was  the cutting edge in this consumer space

But truly a vestigal relic of a (thankfully) bygone era compared to what we have at our disposal today.

Victoria who?..........

I haven't loaded V4 in years and the other day I loaded up an old project file with V4 in it. Man, she is really showing her age compared to newer figures IMO.

Honestly i got a lot of use out of V4 and learned many things working with her, but I can't imagine I'll ever have a use for her again. Thanks for the memories Vicky!

Re links to products I don't see how links would clarify anything beyond what's already been written re either Frivolous Forties or South Beach Deco, but here's the Frivolous Forties link:
https://www.daz3d.com/frivolous-forties

Is Victoria 6 definitely a Required Product for this in order for it to work properly on the G2F? I only want to use it on the G2F even if I had V6 which I don't. So I want to know if I have to buy V6 as well.

Re the South Beach Deco products, the main sets appear as Preloads while the individual props appear as Materials, so re the sets one doesn't need to load the Classic Deco first (as one does with the props), thus my question, which you've answered. Thanks. It's the difference between textures and a materials.

A lot of products on their product/sales page don't state that Required Products are needed first, that's only revealed on the next pop-up page when you add the product to the cart. That's just an annoyance, but I've also found that a some sets/environments state a Required Product is needed so one naturally purchases the RP even when it's not actually wanted for use, expecting that the actual product one wants is materials for the RP, but then on installation finds that it's a stand-alone anyway. An example is the South Beach Deco products. I've never tried uninstalling the Required Product to see if these assumed add-ons which aren't materials work without the original, so my first question is: is it the case that non-material add-ons do work without the original RP?
MY second question is re the Frivolous Forties outfit for the G2F. It states that the compatible figure is the G2F - nothing else - but it also gives Victoria 6 as a Required Product. So is V6 essential to make the outfit work on the G2F or not?

Time Flies.  She's still pretty useful...
 

December 14, 2006 03:55 PM Eastern Standard Time

DRAPER, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DAZ 3D, Inc., a leading developer of professional quality 3D models and software, today announced the immediate availability of Victoria 4.0, the latest version of the most widely supported 3D figure commercially available. This new release of Victoria, based on live human models, is closing the gap between real life and models typically seen in 3D environments like Second Life, The Sims, and Halo.

Since her first release in 1999, hundreds of thousands of unique users worldwide have downloaded a copy of Victoria making her the most heavily downloaded 3D figure ever. Victoria has been widely used by digital artists worldwide and has graced the covers of magazines, newspapers, and television across the globe.

“The expressions and various details that characterize her (like the fact that the eyelids move together with the eyes) make her very complete. She is certainly the best model we have worked with so far,” said Siliphiel of Aery Soul Studios.

Principal new features in Victoria 4.0 include a realistic, versatile mesh geometry that delivers natural, true-to-life body shape and proportions; superior joints and anatomical accuracy that provide the ability to pose Victoria in ways not previously possible and still enjoy consistently realistic body contours and joints; and unparalleled skin map layout resulting in an amazing level of detail and realism....

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20061214005898/en/DAZ-3D-Launches-Victoria-4.0

I'd like to contribute something to this wonderful thread.

"The Exile saw it first. Rebekah was shocked at the sight of it. She raised her weapon, perhaps in vain. Andy wasn't afraid, of course, but he braced for what was coming."

Here's a sci-fi. cover-art type image I produced a while back.  Resources used are: the SS Marcour Corridor by Ravnheart,  Rebekah HD for Victoria 8 by Fred Winkler Art,  Andromeda Sci-Fi Outfit for Genesis 8 Female by Demian Yura,  the pistol from the SciFi Firearms Pack by Valander, the Exile Alien HD for Genesis 3 Male by Josh Crocket, and Andy Milkman for Poser with DS carpaint shader. Hope you all like it.

Nice.

I'd like to contribute something to this wonderful thread.

"The Exile saw it first. Rebekah was shocked at the sight of it. She raised her weapon, perhaps in vain. Andy wasn't afraid, of course, but he braced for what was coming."

Here's a sci-fi. cover-art type image I produced a while back.  Resources used are: the SS Marcour Corridor by Ravnheart,  Rebekah HD for Victoria 8 by Fred Winkler Art,  Andromeda Sci-Fi Outfit for Genesis 8 Female by Demian Yura,  the pistol from the SciFi Firearms Pack by Valander, the Exile Alien HD for Genesis 3 Male by Josh Crocket, and Andy Milkman for Poser with DS carpaint shader. Hope you all like it.

What jeans are these?

https://www.daz3d.com/hongyu-s-shirt-for-victoria-7

I realize that this is unlikely, but I am interested in converting conforming clothing for the new figures backwards to use with the older Micael 4 / Victoria 4, David 4 figures.
(Why? Because I primarily use Poser and it takes too much effort to work with the Genesis figures in Poser).

 

 

If you are only interested in  the new clothing and not the character/figure morphs
why not export the clothing meshes as .obj file from Daz studio
and using the Poser "fitting room"??

There is a Poser Die hard ,on the SM forums, ( SGBryan ??)
who claims he can convert any Geness clothing item to any 
of the Old Legacy poser figures in "less the sixty seconds" 
in the  Poser fitting room. 

That is a very interesting point. I seldom really mess with the "Fitting Room" because it is a bit fiddly to work with. I definitely need to look at that again and see what I can do with it.

Thanks for giving me something to think about AND someone to look for in the old SM forums.

What is the picture showing? All I can see is a missing thumbnail, which may be down to the Daz side.

Do note that the Victoria 4 and Michael 4 base figures and morphs cannot be installed via Connect as they need to end up in exactly the same folder for the ExP system (used for adding and loading morphs) to work.

I realize that this is unlikely, but I am interested in converting conforming clothing for the new figures backwards to use with the older Micael 4 / Victoria 4, David 4 figures.
(Why? Because I primarily use Poser and it takes too much effort to work with the Genesis figures in Poser).

If you are only interested in  the new clothing and not the character/figure morphs
why not export the clothing meshes as .obj file from Daz studio
and using the Poser "fitting room"??

There is a Poser Die hard ,on the SM forums, ( SGBryan ??)
who claims he can convert any Geness clothing item to any 
of the Old Legacy poser figures in "less the sixty seconds" 
in the  Poser fitting room. 

Hello!

I used Daz Studio in its 4.6 version at the latest and coming back, it's now 4.10, I am lost at the ways to install content now. Between Daz Connect, Daz Installer, and manual download, I'm trying all three methods, but some of my products still won't install.

Joint a picture of what goes wrong.

The same goes for those products:

• Back to class school props poser CF
• Measure Metrics
• Michael 4 genitalia
• Surface Mask Creator DS
• Victoria 4.2 Morph ++ StudioCF
• Victoria 4.2 base
• Michael 4 base puppeteer StudioCF

Could anyone tell me if there is something wrong with those products, please?

talk about realistic.... since headwax has released this product there has been floods everywhere on the eastern coastline.. just today the main highway between NSW & Victoria has been closed due to flooding!

I wonder what headwax has for us next... hope it's not meteorites!

There seems to be more compatability between V4 and G1, and to a lesser (slightly?) extent G2; so the best way to start is from G1.

G1 has (at least mine does) the Victoria 4 shape, hidden.

Dial this in (may need to set parameters) and export as an obj (base resolution) and you can use it as morph target for Genesis shapes; there is a tutorial somewhere. I know G8 has the genesis figures, but don't recall if the Victoria 4 is also available - Im thinking not; if not transfer to Genesis then to V4; it isn't a complicated process, except that for earlier figures with less compatability of vertices, more tweaking may be required.

The most time-consuming part of the pre-process (if not available) is poses for the figures that match that of the target.

Edit:

I've not transferred backwards, only from G3 to G8 and some G2 to G8. G2 normally takes longer when that tweakage is required.

Sorry about the dodgy writing. Genesis with V4 shape applied; G8F with Genesis shape applied.

I looked, Victoria 4 is not available on G8F

I'm partial to Kindred Arts' dForce bed products: Ultimate dForce Bed and Ultimate dForce Single Bed, The mattresses aren't morphable, but the pillows are. And you can't beat the dForce covers if you want something that will look right with any figure. Even the Dog! And you can use the "duvet" with any bed. Here are some images I did using the original: here, here and here. The first image uses one of the beds with mattress, pillows and duvet. The other two, one a close up of the other from a different angle, use the duvet on a bed from the MICK-Bedroom. I used dForms to create the morphs on the MICK pillows.

Sleeping Late for Victoria 6 has a morphable bed, though I don't have it. The morphs depends on you using the included V6 poses. On the other hand, if it's created to take morphs, it may have enough polys to work well with dForms to create your own morphs, or with dForce using information about dForce and pillows gleaned from RGCincy's dForce thread, (or you can buy the training video.) Here are links to the specific posts I think will be helpful to you:

• Getting a Figure’s Head to Sink into a Pillow
• Creating a Round Floor Cushion with Negative Gravity
• More About Pillows

Rich's thread has a wealth of information, and he includes links to all the topics in the first few posts. If you want to know how to do just about anything with dForce, start with Page 1 of his thread. And don't be shy. There are PDFs of most of the information. Download and save those for future reference.

And while I was writing this, I see Sven has given you a few more links to products with morphable beds!

Anyway, I hope you find this information helpful.

(Sorry in advance for the harsh use of CAPS)... Please read the title carefully. I have absolutely ZERO interest in converting M4/V4 to use with newer figures. I am ONLY interested in going "backwards."

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I realize that this is unlikely, but I am interested in converting conforming clothing for the new figures backwards to use with the older Micael 4 / Victoria 4, David 4 figures.
(Why? Because I primarily use Poser and it takes too much effort to work with the Genesis figures in Poser).

I'm going to reach out to both RiverSoft Art Sickleyield and see if they can help, but I thought I would start here.

This string is even older now, since Langbakk requested Sensible Shoes for Victoria 4, but if anyone still have it, I'd much like a copy: [email protected]
Merry Christmas!

"I started to cataloged all my content with Excel"

Yup, me too, Ivy. Categorized like a database, six ways from Sunday. Which is why I can quickly answer questions like "How many characters do you have for Victoria 4?". Answer: 1329. Have I used them all in a render? Actually, I have, but only because I also created reference renders for each so I could browse the thumbnails if I'm looking for something specific. I only use V4 as an example because, in terms of humans and their stuff, she's a heavyweight in the content repository.

At some point along the way it seems to have become more a case of collecting, like coins or stamps or doorknobs, rather than a matter of "I need that for a render!". Like Smaug sleeping on his pile of gold.

I think this is a good point; I enjoy the collecting aspect, and as hobbies go, there are worse for sure. I even do the occasional render I'm happy with.

I try to test drive everything at least once within a couple of weeks of purchasing; not necessarily make a full-fledged render with it, but just find it, load it up and look at it with Iray preview. (or try out shaders, scripts etc on something). For poser content, I then move it around in the runtime to fit my customized structure. If it's for a figure other than Genesis 3, I try to convert it to Genesis 3 content. I leave a copy of the order summary open in my web browser as a reminder to do this, until i am finished with a particular order. I try not to make a second purchase until I'm done testing the first; and when I fall down on that, I try not to make a third purchases until everything from the last two orders is accounted for.

I load them all, check out their textures - tweak them or adjust a lot (depends), and create a render in the A-pose; I don't consider that as using the item, I've merely got it to a stage where I might use it.

Since my OP, I'd reduced the number in need of loading up to 27; the pa and pc club sale had a seriously detrimental affect on that number - I've no clue, and am just working my way through. Then I might actually get to G2 before G9 arrives. I'm not able to place any bets on that, which is a good thing.

Raiya' s Chiyo is my favorite: https://www.daz3d.com/chiyo-for-victoria-7 And her skin on Mei Lin 7 looks great too.