Thanks for the comments, mmitchell_houston.

It was also an experiment with using the dress and the hair originally created for Victoria 4.

The dress - I have converted to weight mapped rigging (not TriAx) and then autofitted to Bethany.

The hair - I have just scalled it and moved it a bit and also converted to SubD.

Also on both dress and hair, I have applied iray Uber shader.

And now, no discount at all. 
Getting the kinks all worked out on that Cinco De Victoria sale, eh, Daz? 

I put 4 itmes in my cart plus a new item. I checked the price on one because it was off, came back to my cart and all the prices had gone up. Then I looked back at the sale and some things were gone. When I went back to my cart all the prices went up some more and three of the four (two were older Genesis items) weren't in the sale at all any more. 

Some products from Cinco de Victoria sale (like the last one in my cart) are not applying the discount... (I removed the other ones but I really wanted them)

I re-read a few times the Sale image and I can't seem to find what's wrong... These products were in that page...

Am I missing some kind of information about the sale? :/ 

New sale: https://www.daz3d.com/cinco-de-victoria-featured-items

There doesn't appear to be much of a filter on the products...

Just curious to anyone who has the product, does it look decent enough in Iray? I'm thinking about getting it in the Cinco de Victoria sale so I don't have to fuss with converting anime to G3 so much.

New sale: https://www.daz3d.com/cinco-de-victoria-featured-items

Headwax, this example is a blast from the past (2013).  For those relatively new to Carrara/Studio/Poser, this method is for figures rigged using the original Poser rigging .cr2 files (not genesis+ or Poser 9+).  This includes Victoria 1,2,3,4 and Michael 1,2,3,4 and Poser 7 Simon/Sidney and Stephanie 3 petite, and Terra Yuki, and more.  One suggestion that I would make is on the export and import scaling.  Carrara 8.5 has an export choice for Daz Studio Full Scene.  The current Daz Studio (4.8? 4.9?) has an import setting for Carrara.  Probably easier to remember than the number.

So export the obj from Carrara using the Daz Studio full scene preset

and import to Studio using the Carrara file preset

Just getting restarted with Daz after a long hiatus.  In 2013 i started playing with Daz because a friend got all excited about the product, what with crashing machines that were unrecoverable and jobs lost, I lost interest.  So now Tom(my friend) has developed some Daz skills and I'm willing to try again.  Back in 2013 i bought the Victoria 5 Pro pack(for $60) for Daz 4.6.0.18.  I still have the download email, and I have the disk I originally installed Dazon including 107 files that i downloaded..  I recently downloaded the most recent version of Daz including genesis 3(etc) 4.9.3.166.

Does it make any sense to try and use some of the files i downloaded 4 years ago?  I'm opening the general question about backward compatibility within the Daz product line.  I know they are constantly improving the product and features (3 major releases in 4 years).  Tom tells me that there are issues about cross compatibility with new actors and some older objects.   Suggestions?

I think matt/maddie and luke/laura are millenium kids, no? That was before K3 if I remember right. Oh, I am wrong, that is K4 that came after them, never mind. Do you have victoria 3, and the v3 m3 shapes installed?

I used G2 at first, but prefer G3's bending. I don't, however, like the reduced, poly count as the generations have progressed.

Yes, precisely this. The polygon issue is real, but G3 does bend better with no modifications. If you need more extreme body angles, like for high kicks and acrobatics, then Genesis 3 makes sense.

Muscles, veins, nipple morphing... these are all things that Genesis 2 figures (like Victoria 6) can do better because of the polygons.

IMO, this close to a potential Genesis 4 release? I think Genesis 2 is the one you should consider first & hope Genesis 4 does body morphing slightly better than Genesis 3 with the same advancements to bending.

I'll add that I only bothered getting Victoria 7 to unlock genitals with the pro pack, and I only did THAT because I want to create skin textures I can sell, and there's always someone who wants that part textured, even if you're making robots or something.

In specific reference to the Victorias, bear in mind that both figures have been given away free on multiple occasions in various promotions. I don't think I'd want to spend a lot on either Victoria figure at this part of the release cycle.

You can learn hands-on about many of the differences between Genesis2 and Genesis3 by using the base figures that come free with DAZ Studio. They are both very good. If you want to explore further, the body, face and expression morph packs might offer you more value than just one figure. The Victorias (like most of the DAZ made figures) use unique custom UVs, so an alternative you might like to consider is one of the many vendor (published artist) products that use the base figure UVs. It makes it a bit easier to swap skins.

I bypassed G3 because of a few objections - (1) I really don't like V7's face as much as V5 and V6, because I use these as a springboard for dial-spinning my own characters.  M7's face is nice but his smile looks fake.  M5 is a hunk. Gianni 6 is cook but Gianni 7 - yuck.  (2) I don't like the reduced polygons.  (3) There doesn't appear to be as many musculature morphs available without having to buy extra morph packs.

So I decided to wait for G4.  I started Daz when G1 was out and have heavily invested in G1 and G2.  That being said, I am planning to pick up the G3/G2 UV conversions, because I want to be able to use the skins from V4 on up.  Also, if I really want some of the shapes for V7/M7 in G4, I can pick up one of the Legacy packs.

It is likely that I will not invest as heavily in G4, either.  I'm one of those people who still makes use of old runtime, even V4/M4.  For example, unless I need G4 children or old people, I probably won't pick up growing up or aging morphs because I can use the G1 or G2 and they look fine.  I would pick up as many body and face morph kits as possible for versatility.  I can always update the surfaces to improve the look.

I have certain uses for the Daz characters for my book, and since there simply isn't product out there that meets my style exactly, so I'm looking into creating my own (clothes and some characters).  I have a feline race in mind and was originally going to create it for G2, but now I will probably do it for G4 and maybe try to sell it if it looks good enough. 

Lastly, I'm curious if they will offer Victoria 8 for free the same way they did for Victoria 7.  I missed that by one day (grrr), so I will be watching closely.

genesis 3 and victoria 7 all the way. Rumor has it that genesis 4 is coming out sooner than later, so if it was me, and I hadn't invested in either generation 2 or 3, I would play with both base generations since they come with DS and wait to invest in the next generation

As for compatibility, with a few addons you can get most skins and clothes to fit either generation

Also, do you render in IRAY or 3DL since the newest generation and it's addons are optimized more for IRAY

Victoria 5=based off the all-purpose, androgynous Genesis base figure.

Genesis 2 came with separate male and female base figures. Superior skin and sculpture realism, allegedly superior bends, though I can't say I noticed the bending being all that impressive the few times I played with Genesis 2. The main thing Genesis 2 has going for it over Genesis 3 IMO is a more varied and creative wardrobe (although with the right addons you can use alot of them on Genesis 3). It is also less complicated to use V4/M4 and Genesis 1 skins on Genesis 2 than on Genesis 3. People who know more about animation than I do say that there are major unresolved issues on animating with Genesis 3.

Victoria 6=based on Genesis 2 Female.

Genesis 3 also comes with separate male and female base figures. The addition of Iray, an unbiased renderer similar to Lux/Octane, as a base Daz Studio tool meant that they really upped their game IMO in terms of overall realism on Genesis 3. First real improvement in bends that I've seen since V4/M4. Also autofitting (with the right addons, like Wear Them All) is alot less crappy than it was in Genesis 1's time, so borrowing clothes from earlier figures (except for shoes, armor and maybe capes) is a lot more viable than it used to be. Genesis 3 is supposedly a simpler mesh than the previous characters, using textures and normal maps to make up the difference, so you can have more stuff in a scene without it crashing (allowing for the memory intensiveness of Iray). It requires more complicated addons to get older skins onto Genesis 3, and a special addons to the GenX morph transfer tool to transfer older characters.

Victoria 7=based on Genesis 3 Female base figure.

Aesthetically, you'll have to make up your own mind. I feel like Genesis 3 has produced more interesting and attractive male characters than Genesis 2, maybe marginally less attractive women than Genesis 2. But I have weird taste, and you should NOT judge by me.

The last time I played with any of the Genesis figure it was back with Victoria 5.

Is there an article or forum post stating the differences between Victoria 6 and 7?, or maybe one stating what 7 brings to the table?

I'm thinking on getting one of those figures but I'm not sure what to get, what's compatible with what, and the like.

Thanks!

Hello all,

There is a way to model with Genesis 3 (Victoria 7) bingowings?

Bingowings is the fat under the arm that is visible with fat and old people.

Maybe https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-3-female-body-morph-resource-kit-2 with 5 Arms Shaping Morphs can works? Someone with that package can try?

Thank you

AutoFit works on the base shape, your morphs aren't doing anything (though you could export them as OBJ and then load as morphs for the refitted item). Star 2.0 is for Genesis 3 Female - to convert Victoria 4 clothing you either have to AutoFit the V4 clothing to Genesis, then the Genesis conversion to Genesis 2 Female, then the Genesis 2 Female version to Genesis 3 Female, or you need something like Wear Them All for Genesis 3 Female to go in one step.

Blind Owl,

The first one, the Scarlett Johansson clone, seems to be Elena that's offered at Renderosity. The second, with Kool's Vacation Style Set for Genesis 3 Female(s), seems to be Summer for Victoria 7.