Products is a database view, like Categories but showing an entry for each product. Anything with metadata (shown by a tick in the dtabase column in the Installed tab of DIM) shiud have an entry there. All the files from a product will appear in its folder, both those that load content and those that modify it (presets for pose, materials etc.) - there should be tags at top-right showing what type the file is.

Some content, such as the Victoria 4/Michael 4 figures and their add-ons, are Poser fomrat and will appear there in the Content directiry.

I just bought the "Little Black Dress for V4" and tried to load it onto my Victoria 4.2 and it won't work. Tried it on other figures, Genesis 2, and 3. Nothing works.

Nevermind. I see now that it was only for Poser!!

Meanwhile, I've bought the other set called Little Black Dress (https://www.daz3d.com/little-black-dress) which is supposedly compatible with Genesis, Victoria 4, Michael 4, Aiko 4, The Kids 4, Victoria 4 Elite, Victoria 3, Michael 4 Elite, Victoria 2 & 1, Michael 3, Michael 2 & 1, Aiko 3, The Girl 4, The Girl, Stephanie 4, Hiro 4, Stephanie 3, Hiro 3, The Freak 4, The Freak 3, Millennium Kids - Young Teens.

Problem is, every time I try to load it, DAZ Studio (4.9.1) crashes. Every. Single. Time.

Help!!

I'm looking for a gargoyle (with seperate arms) whos wings and tail were fashioned after a barn swallow. The gargoyle for victoria 4 would be a good place to start but I'm looking for a more acrobatic looking set of feathers.

Guys, I am such a NOOB. And I apologize for that, but I CANNOT find the answer to my question.

Will Genesis 3 Mods work on Victoria 7/Michael 7? Specifically, will "HFS Fantasy Shapes for Genesis 3 Bundle (Female and Male) work on the Victoria 7 and Michael 7?

In other words,  do the new models retrofit to old Mods?

Thank you all

So I'm stuck on something and I cant figure it out. I'm making a helmet which supposed to be 100% solid. I've imported my mesh and ran transfer utility for it and it works fine on genesis 3. I filled the head weight map to 100% and it's all good if I pose it on the figure. I'm now trying to make it so that if I change shape from basic figure to lets say victoria 7 it stays solid but when I do that some parts stay fine but some other like the visor and chin deform. I can't figure out what step am I missing.

I haven't done it myself, but I think you need to use a feature called rigidity maps to keep those areas from deforming (the same you have to do for buttons on clothing so they don't warp). If you search Google using the terms daz studio rigging rigidity you'll find some discussion on it.

So I'm stuck on something and I cant figure it out. I'm making a helmet which supposed to be 100% solid. I've imported my mesh and ran transfer utility for it and it works fine on genesis 3. I filled the head weight map to 100% and it's all good if I pose it on the figure. I'm now trying to make it so that if I change shape from basic figure to lets say victoria 7 it stays solid but when I do that some parts stay fine but some other like the visor and chin deform. I can't figure out what step am I missing.

I'll chime in that I think you're better off starting with Genesis 2 or even Genesis 3.  Genesis 2 bends much better than Victoria 4.  The shoulders and ankles bend much, much better in comparison.  You can get joint fixes for V4, but even with those still not as nice and you'll spend more money.

Genesis 3 has a pretty big library now, and if you want more realistic looking renders come with Iray skins.

For generations 4 Victoria 4 (4.2) was the base female model. Stephanie 4 is a morph of Victoria 4. Clothes were initially made for a single character. Later they developed unimesh fits that would allow the same clothes to fit multiple characters.

For generation 5, Genesis 1 was the base female (and male) character.  Victoria 5 is a morph of the Genesis 1 base. Stephanie 5 is a different morph of the Genesis 1 base. Clothes made for Genesis 1 will automatically adjusts to fit Genesis 1 characters. You can also auto fit clothes designed for Victoria 4 to work on Genesis 1.

The base female charcter for generation 6 and 7 are genesis 2 and 3 female. Victoria 6 and 7 are morphs of these base characters.  Each generation will auto fit clothes from the previou by default.  There are add on products that let you auto fit clothes back to Victoria 4.

I think there is an add on product that will auto fix genesis 3 clothes on genesis 2, but in general clothes are not backwardly compatible.  Genesis 1, 2 or 3 clothes do not work on Victoria 4.

Well looking at stuff, there are a number of things to confuse; the first and perhaps biggest is Genesis and Generation.

Generation started what (fifteen or so years ago?) and Victoria 1, 2, 3 and 4 (4.2) are all from that generation.

Genesis started about 6 ish years ago (i could be wrong); Genesis 1, 2 and 3; Genesis incorporates Victoria ( the most popular figure I believe) and they are named Victoria 5, 6 and 7 respectively.

(Generation can also be used to refer to Genesis, but happens less often, although it can refer to generation and genesis collectively.)

You need to konw what generation you're using and what one you're buying for; there are lots of tools (not all cost) that allow items to fit or be used in different generations (including Genesis)

Edit:

I'd consider returning what you bought, presuming it doesn't fit and is for a different generation than you are using.

Genesis 3 is the latest and at close to two years old, may soon be replaced by another generation - likely named Genesis 4. No idea if correct, but previous release cycles suggest this could happen. The character poses better than previous generation, but the lower geometry count makes other aspects sometimes limiting, but not something a new user is likely to need.

To go with my Ned's Armour I need a home for him.. so I am going to venture out to the high countryof Victoria and give a go at modelling a cabin with landscape...

Along the lines of this photo.... 

This one is a bit tricky. It's basically Melody 2.0 on G3F.

It's tricky only because I had to save the original material preset as .DUF on Genesis 1 and then use Cayman Studio's Legacy UVs for Genesis 3: Victoria 4, which is sold over at Renderosity, to apply them to G3F. Not only that, but I ended up having to parent the Melody head to G3F because the autofit distorted her snout. And then, I had to shrink GF3's head so it wouldn't poke through. Since the head was so much trouble, I just went straight to parenting her tail. XD

The set is Aikinaro, which apparently comes free with DS (at least I think it does, since I have no idea how it got there. O_o) Then I added the caverns from The Alchemy Chasm which I do know comes free with DS because that's where the freebie scenes are set in. And finally her outfit is Dark Storm for G3F which is another included freebie. Her pose, however is not a freebie. It's from Z Heavenly Poses and Expressions for Genesis 3 Female.

This is a nice render with that difference between the toon and the rather real looking anvironment. love the colours and the light here.

First off welcome to the madness, LOL We all got caught up in what figures we should use/buy content for at first. there is an official comparision chart of all the figures, but I can't locate it at the moment, but here is one up to genesis 2

http://indigojanson.com/6544/victoria-michael-genesis-comparison/daz_figures/

Clothing will fit to the base figure and the characaters based off that base figure only in most cases. Victoria 4 is an older figure and made with diffeent tech than the genesis figures and as such, use can use victoria 4 clothing on newer, but not so much going backwards. With the purchase a few addons, you can pretty much get all the clothing to work on all the figures. Any clothing made for genesis 2 will fit to stephanie 6 since that is an addon character for genesis 2

Probably answeared somewhere else but I'll ask it again for myself.  What is the difference between these characters and how it affect what they can and cannot use.  I'm brand new to DAZ so I have the basics that came with the download and I bought a few items and characters to test with. 

I intallaly loaded Victoria (with the Stephaine preset as well) and an article of clothing didn't fit.  I reloaded it again w/o stepahnie so the swimsuit fit, but when i tried it on a character for Victoria 4 it didn't fit again but it did fit Genesis 2. 

I don't know if I missed a step somewhere, or if there's something else I'm missing.  Is there a good tutorial anywhere about the difference between these characters.

 

https://www.daz3d.com/space-defenders-earth-force-command-v4-bundle

Sadly, when you fit the clothing on Generation 7 (Genesis 3) it doesn't go very well.  If I might suggest the following versions...

Hmmmmm.... are you fitting them using one of the Wear Them All shape cloners, or by some other technique? (I don't have any of the Wear Them All products but have been eyeing them lately.)

I am actually.  Occasionally, there is a fantastic fit, but it's either totally hit or totally miss.  Plus, the buttons on the front will stretch out of shape if you use the wear them all plug in too much.  Also, the clothing can deform depending which figure you use.  Michael and Victoria 7 is usually okay, but when you start using figures like Dante or Rune, it can get a little harder to make them look right. 

I started only a few weeks ago, and I made some great purchases and some not so good purchases.

Apparantly choosing which genesis model to stick with is down to what you want to achieve. I wanted the most realistic renders and up to date figures so I chose Gensis 3, however, extra detail might not be as important for you as having lots of choice, and many more mods and things to choose from at a lower cost (sometimes).

Once you've chosen which to go for, You'll want to find a character you like. When you look at characters there will be a little note saying which other products are required. Sometimes, you only need a base genesis character and the body/face morph pack other times you may need to purchase an add-on like Victoria 7. These characters are more expensive because of this.

No matter what you will probably want to buy the face and body morphs.

After that I personally bought hair options, and a great pose/prop set that came with lighting setups. 

Aside from a few other accessories after that I was all set and created some really gorgeous renders very quickly. Having the premade set helped me to learn how to set a scene and light it correctly.

After that Ive puchased more detailed eyebrows, different characters, a lot more morphs, eye colour packs, shoes, more hair, beauty toes, sets, props, snakes... the list goes on lol.

I fitted the old "Scorpio Rising" from AlfaSeed (for the Victoria 3 figure) to Genesis 3 via the new autofit program. When moving the fingers there are strange "gum"like streaks from the fingers. This happens only with the fingers, when moving other parts of the figure all works correct. When i fit the gloves to the original V3 figure all works fine.

I also tried other gloves for V3 on Genesis 3 but all worked correctly.

What could be wrong?

mmm I be a real sinner then I too bought it few yaers ago haven't really looked atr it either and not in a very very long time and I got it extremely cheap too if gave me the cool presents Michael Genesis 2 pro bundle and Victoria Genesis 2 Pro for free think total was less than half the cost of one bundle gave me so much and I haven't given it anything still no attention or loving

"Princess of Magic II"  for Victoria 3 on Genesis 3 Female. Courtesy of the "Baron" Baron_Von_ Harkonnen.  All of his models are about 10 yr or older, but all of them have separate matzones making the application of Iray shaders a snap.

Did you install all of the Michael 4 morph addons to the same content directory as the base figure, and the same for the Victoria 4 add-ons?

Because one of my renders was featured on the DAZ3D Frontpage, a thread was started to collect the featured work of the forum members. Feel free to participate and show your featured images in there: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/107631/thank-you-daz3d-your-work-in-slideshows-newsletters-banners-etc

With that said, I will start with the images in my gallery well received by the viewers in the gallery or the forum:

Most liked image in the Gallery: Sabertooth

Shown on the DAZ3D frontpage: Pinktastic 

Winning the New Users Contest November 2014: Just like heaven

Winning the New Users Contest November 2015: Robotic

And these are the images in my gallery I think turned out very well:

My latest work: Forces of Nature

Inspired by Hindu Iconography: Jai Mahakali Maa

Using the LAMH Free Player: Two Foxes

One of many renders showing off my fleet of 3D cars: Reflections

If you would like to visit my Artstudio, there is my attempt in realism rendering Victoria 5 with the Bree Skin Texture. And one more reason to visit my Artstudio could be the Unlimited Series. A series of eight DAZ Studio Scenes rendered in 3Delight and LuxRender, per example Unlimited No.7.