Masterstroke said:

joanna said:

I don't know the answer, but maybe knowing that there's a similar product for G8F will help?

Thanks, the reason I ask is, that there is no similar product. 

There are dforce vellus face and body hairs that come with Victoria 8.1 and Michael 8.1, although I had to double-check because only Victoria's shows up in the product library as 'Vellus Hair' (says it's bundled with V8.1) and Michael's are, apparently, female according to his product page (the joys of copy and paste I guess).

They're listed under:

Other Improvements (Read More)

Fine, short hairs are added to the female face and body, male anatomical elements are available on females and vice versa, and the Facial Control Rig and Power Pose Panel for Face are enhanced.

(Edit: I mention the native versions mostly because any autofit hairs have a high chance of being badly mangled not when you first do them, but when you save, close, then re-open the scene.)

the_dude135_5a9cf14330 said:

I was wondering if the Victoria 4 and Michael 4 figures are still usable in the newer versions of DAZ. I've got so many things for the them that I don't want to start over.

V4 in DS 4.21 

It's weird. The Victoria Highlander Bundle will go down to $42. But the mega Bundle doesn't go down at all. I've changed out the new release and have put random odd things in and out to try to understand, but it's not making sense to me. Lol

Can someone explain the wishlist sale to me? All 3 of these items were in my wishlist as of yesterday. If I place just the still new apartment props they are $4.19 Adding the Victoria bundle doesn't adjust the price for either item at all. But adding the rabbit (which is not a Daz Original) brings down the props but not the bundle. I'm so confused.

I was wondering if the Victoria 4 and Michael 4 figures are still usable in the newer versions of DAZ. I've got so many things for the them that I don't want to start over.

I would guess that was blended with V9 + MSO Tony ~

https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-9-hd
https://www.daz3d.com/mso-tony-hd-for-genesis-9-feminine

Textures are likely from MSO Tony after checking my Lib.

I am wondering if there is a Hawaiian grass skirt for any generation of Genesis figures, or even Victoria 4, that is not the dForce variety?

The reason I ask is that I would like to have the grass skirt be grass strands and not dForce hair based, as I had some trouble with rendering with a pwToon shader, and I would like to have a version that I can easily use a toon shader on while the girl is hula dancing.

Also, while I am at it, any hula dancing animations I can get for Victoria 4 or any Genesis figure G2F and up?

While setting up a scene I noticed a line on the top of the arm of my character, where the texture looked weird. When I zoomed in I noticed that the transition from arm to torso texture or bump map is visible, and checked previous work I had done. I found the same issue on previous renders, so I decided to check my default character, and it had the same problem. Decided to check 3 other default character and they had the same issue, Victoria 7 for G8 had even worse seams in the same spot, with a visable seam seperating the front and back of the shoulder. I decided to check the legs and face transition too and Victoria had both these seams too, while the other character didn't, or it was barely visible.

I've checked the character surfaces and all the settings are the same between the body parts. I tried increasing my texture compression to 8k in render settings, but the seams are still there. I've been in contact with support and after 3 weeks of trying they gave up and sent me here. From their findings they suggested Octane was the issue and that it had converted the textures to Octane. I have since uninstalled and removed Octane, but the seems are still there, even on new characters. They quoted a forum post to me with the following: "So what I did was simply merge the parts where seems are visible. Shift+click on the torso, arms, and legs for example and choose "combine and delete" or something like this (He's using the German version, so the labels might be different...). Then the separate objects will unite, but polygon selection tags will be created so you can still select the parts separately and the UV assignment also stays the same.". They did not provide the link for this forum post, and I have yet to figure out where this option is.

The first picture is of a character with texture, maps, hair, clothes and all that. 2nd picture is from base V7 for G8. I tried uploading two more pictures but they won't work for some reason, showing a seam on the arm/shoulder seperating 3 parts, front and back of the shoulder, and the arm.

Anyone have any experience or tips on how to solve this? This is all in Iray viewport and renders btw.

Good morning,

I am preparing to "clean" my library.
Mainly Genesis, Genesis 2/3 or even very old Victoria products...
I archived part of it on an external drive. (with all directories (data, Runtime, etc.)

When you delete a folder via the "content library" interface (ex: People/Genesis 2 Female..);
This folder disappears from my library, but the directories (Data, runtime..etc) still exist.
Do I have to manually delete the product-related directories or is there an automatic solution?

The store results seem somewhat broken today. It's like the filters aren't working at all.  I checked "Genesis 9" and "DAZ Originals" as artist and was getting results even back to Victoria 4.

Ouch. 8-)

You may try mixing these characters if you own them. MSO Tony's head morph should dominantly own majority of the percentage.

https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-9-hd
https://www.daz3d.com/mso-tony-hd-for-genesis-9-feminine
https://www.daz3d.com/mso-faye-hd-for-genesis-9-feminine even plus Kayla HD...

I checked MSO Tony in my Lib, my gut feeling... the textures are more likely from her.

 

richardandtracy said:

Now, this may seem a bit like a backhanded compliment. Because it is, really.

I appreciate the G9 Waterfall Hair, To me, the style looks a bit retro & a bit thin around the flyaway curly bits above the shoulders & near the ears.

I have been playing with some old Victoria 3 hairs recently, Bolina Hair is one. I've been trying to make it look less retro, more luxuriant & less thin because the curly bits above the shoulders near the ears are quite thin and flyaway. And then comes the G9 Waterfall hair, which is a vaguely similar style and possibly less luxuriant in the promos over the shoulders near the ears, and it makes me feel so much happier about my efforts with the Bolina hair.

So, possibly a backhanded compliment, but I do rather like it from the way it's made me feel even though I know it's not on my purchase list.

Reminds me of one of my favorites, https://www.daz3d.com/riva-updo-hair but looks too big for the head

Now, this may seem a bit like a backhanded compliment. Because it is, really.

I appreciate the G9 Waterfall Hair, To me, the style looks a bit retro & a bit thin around the flyaway curly bits above the shoulders & near the ears.

I have been playing with some old Victoria 3 hairs recently, Bolina Hair is one. I've been trying to make it look less retro, more luxuriant & less thin because the curly bits above the shoulders near the ears are quite thin and flyaway. And then comes the G9 Waterfall hair, which is a vaguely similar style and possibly less luxuriant in the promos over the shoulders near the ears, and it makes me feel so much happier about my efforts with the Bolina hair.

So, possibly a backhanded compliment, but I do rather like it from the way it's made me feel even though I know it's not on my purchase list.

Regards,

Richard.

Attached is a very quick test render. Just seeing if there would be Poke Thru.. and sure 'nough.. it's there.
The particulars:
The model is Rebekah for Victoria 8. (one of my very favorite models)
The Sweater outfit is the "FG Modern Style Top" (Which is both sweater and bra together)

When I look under the sweater entry in the scene window, it says "dForce Modifier Weight Node".
I am seeing a lot of poke through on my outfits, especially where multiple clothing layers are involved.
I am going to be digging and searching through other "poke through" and weight modified articles. But in the meantime, can somebody explain what is happening and why?
And what steps I can take to correct this?  And not just for this particular example, but in general overall terms as well? So when I run into this issue again.. and I know I will, I have some basic tools to fix it....
Thanks in advance.
(Now off to mow lawn while the sun is shining)

With Victoria 9 in the prompt

FirstBastion said:

Silent Winter said:

kyoto kid said:

... Of course I just had to see what typing in the perennial Naked Vicky In A Temple With A Sword would produce.   

Clearly Daz AI doesn't know the history, or at least hasn't read the old forums for the acronym - I just tried the prompt 'NVIATWAS' , admittedly on 'Fast' quality, though I did choose 'Victoria 9' as the model, and got this result:

Kinda abstract interpretation. 

Stretching the acronym 'NVIATWAS'  out into words.  Vicky In A Temple With A Sword will give you something.

 

 

You missed a word   (presumably for forum TOS purposes).

But again, I wasn't really bothered by the outcome - just wanted to share the scribble.

She's kinda holding the sword funny in yours.

Silent Winter said:

kyoto kid said:

... Of course I just had to see what typing in the perennial Naked Vicky In A Temple With A Sword would produce.   

Clearly Daz AI doesn't know the history, or at least hasn't read the old forums for the acronym - I just tried the prompt 'NVIATWAS' , admittedly on 'Fast' quality, though I did choose 'Victoria 9' as the model, and got this result:

Kinda abstract interpretation. 

Stretching the acronym 'NVIATWAS'  out into words.  Vicky In A Temple With A Sword will give you something.

 

 

Thanks to everyone who responded! I am very glad that there are so many people on this forum who are ready to help newbies. I solved the problem differently - I applied all the necessary morphs on the Victoria 4.2 character, exported it as .OBJ and, using 3DSWRAP, adjusted the standard Genesis2 character to it and exported it as a morph. Since V4 and G2 are very similar overall, the result is excellent. In many places the morph is so well adjusted that if you turn on both characters the textures overlap and ripple.

If you look at the product page it says this:

Morphs transferred from Victoria 4 or Michael 4 to Genesis 2 can be used with the following base shapes:

the Generation 4 Legacy Shapes for Genesis 2 Female(s) from Slosh
the V4 and M4 Shapes for Genesis from DAZ 3D (requires transfer to Genesis 2)
the clone shapes (transferred automatically to Genesis 2)

So unless you have the G4 legacy shapes for G2 installed, I think you do need to have Genesis 1 installed so it can use the clone shapes for the transfer.

Lyrra Madril said:

just had a look at them and they do seem to fit just as I would expect to Victoria 9. Maybe a little pinch on the bottom of the karta (center hexagon) but thats about it. Just needs some custom paint .  If you check the Whats Included they list out all the morphs supported which may not be in the pictures, and this has all the standard DAZ female shapes in there.

Thank you, Lyrra. Good to see you are around. I was able to snag the set, plannnig on a few things once I get my schutt together.