Upgraded version of Margarita Kioki A3 to Margarita V4 for this morph I used "Faerime" by Capces which would be the Kioki Morph for Victoria 4.  It didnt come out exactly like the Aiko 3 version but is as closed as I got.  This character is "Under Construction"

Has anyone tried to use Topmodel Updo on a genesis 2 figure?  I've gotten it to "Fit To" a Stephanie 6 character, but when I try to apply any styling to it (No Bangs) the style won't change and it crashes Daz Studio.  I even tried loading Victoria 7, applying the hair and the style I wanted and then making Victoria 7 invisible.  It didn't really look right, though.  I know it's for Genesis 3, but I've had no problems loading hairs from V4 and Genesis on my character.

Instead of doing "fit to", try just loading it without anything in the scene selected and with your character in the "zero" pose. Then use the z, y, and z sliders to get the hair to "fit" onto the character's head and then parent it to the character's head. That's what works for me for a lot of the hair products that aren't designed for the character I want it on. Parenting the hair to the head instead of "fit to" should keep all the morphs intact. 

Has anyone tried to use Topmodel Updo on a genesis 2 figure?  I've gotten it to "Fit To" a Stephanie 6 character, but when I try to apply any styling to it (No Bangs) the style won't change and it crashes Daz Studio.  I even tried loading Victoria 7, applying the hair and the style I wanted and then making Victoria 7 invisible.  It didn't really look right, though.  I know it's for Genesis 3, but I've had no problems loading hairs from V4 and Genesis on my character.

Zeddicuss likes to use Sasha by Raiya alot. http://www.daz3d.com/sasha-for-victoria-7 . Zeddicus also seems to make variations on Sasha but I believe that Sasha is the base that she/he uses.

Thank you. You were really helpful. I need a girl with that kind of eyes.

Sasha is one of my all time favorites.

Zeddicuss likes to use Sasha by Raiya alot. http://www.daz3d.com/sasha-for-victoria-7 . Zeddicus also seems to make variations on Sasha but I believe that Sasha is the base that she/he uses.

Thank you. You were really helpful. I need a girl with that kind of eyes.

Zeddicuss likes to use Sasha by Raiya alot. http://www.daz3d.com/sasha-for-victoria-7 . Zeddicus also seems to make variations on Sasha but I believe that Sasha is the base that she/he uses.

Well, well....whadda ya know? It does it for me too. Loads that way. However, if I change the UVs from Vicky 7 to Base Female it disappears :).

Laurie

The character loads (called Victoria 7) but uses default (G3F) UVs. Even if I change the UVs to v7, still no seem.

I use 4.9.3.166 Beta.

That could also be a gamma setting issue in either the specular or diffuse maps.  I've ahd that happen where the gamma setting for specular maps is set at 0 for some maps and at 1 for others, causing that difference.

It would affect all the texture, not just a small section. Or at least, the many times I've had to change it, it has.

So, nicstt, your still not seeing this? I noticed that your on the beta, do you still have 4.8 running as well? Could you check her on that?

I did and not seeing there either.

EDIT:

As you can see, no seams; loads stating V7, but uses Default UVs.

And I rendered too, to be sure; no seams.

Well, well....whadda ya know? It does it for me too. Loads that way. However, if I change the UVs from Vicky 7 to Base Female it disappears :).

Laurie

The character loads (called Victoria 7) but uses default (G3F) UVs. Even if I change the UVs to v7, still no seem.

I use 4.9.3.166 Beta.

That could also be a gamma setting issue in either the specular or diffuse maps.  I've ahd that happen where the gamma setting for specular maps is set at 0 for some maps and at 1 for others, causing that difference.

It would affect all the texture, not just a small section. Or at least, the many times I've had to change it, it has.

So, nicstt, your still not seeing this? I noticed that your on the beta, do you still have 4.8 running as well? Could you check her on that?

Well, well....whadda ya know? It does it for me too. Loads that way. However, if I change the UVs from Vicky 7 to Base Female it disappears :).

Laurie

The character loads (called Victoria 7) but uses default (G3F) UVs. Even if I change the UVs to v7, still no seem.

I use 4.9.3.166 Beta.

That could also be a gamma setting issue in either the specular or diffuse maps.  I've ahd that happen where the gamma setting for specular maps is set at 0 for some maps and at 1 for others, causing that difference.

It would affect all the texture, not just a small section. Or at least, the many times I've had to change it, it has.

BIG BIG shoutout to @Llynara and  Wonderland  for getting me to look into OLD(er) items and finding some inexpensive gems and to not be sccceeeerrrrrd of using Iconic Figures. gulp

This is awesome.....

http://www.daz3d.com/linkgear-dynamic-cape-for-victoria-4

This is perfect and inexpensive. WIN!

Glad you like it! I'm having fun. Feel free to join in. The more, the merrier! 

I found a few poses with the base V3 stuff, under Poser Content->Pose->Daz's Victoria 3 (if I remember riight.) I just did a search for more free poses and found this: https://poserdazfreebies.miraheze.org/wiki/Victoria_3/Poses

Evil Innnocence has quite a few on that list. And there are some at Share CG too. I'll be testing those out too.

I wish that earlier pose packs could be "transferred" to the Genesis 1-3 characters.  Victoria and Michael were able to eat and drink easily!  They even  had intoxication poses!

Debbie

Posting this here in case someone else has a similar question in the future:

The reason I couldn't find a tutorial/settings for making a 4k LOD, is the Victoria 4 / Micheal 4 come with 4k LOD models already. (and they are pretty good looking). They can be found in your runtime folder at: My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Geometries\DAZPeople\blMilMan_m4b_LOD or \blMilWom_v4b_LOD. Make use to use EDIT -> Figure -> Geometry -> Add LOD and import with Poser Settings... Powerloaded will load the LOD, but the model vanishes when LOD is selected. 

Having fun with the V3s! This is Azrea, she comes with another character, Sylph. Who knew we had such beautiful elfish V3s running around? She's wearing the RDNA Morphing Fantasy Gown (retextured with Fabiana and Mec4D shaders) and Dancer Hair (OOT shaders.) Had a little fun adding a background and some mist in postwork. 

Cross Dresser was one of my first content purchases. I've had hit and miss results with it where I've used it. Basically, if something can't be autofit between the generations, there are some weird geometry things going on that are probably going to give Cross Dresser fits, too, from what I've seen. I very rarely use it.
​But, I have transferred some items and had them work. Enough that it is worth the price. Especially if you got the license bundle that cheap. |
​@Sandman_Max Are you using Horizon in DAZ? I just loaded her up, and while I can see there is a face morph and a great set of skin maps, it looks weird on Victoria 4.2s default body. There are no body aging morphs included with the Horizon content, right?
​I just realized I picked up the Ultra Aging morphs but they're Poser morphs. *sigh*... I always forget to check at least one item that turns out to be Poser content in these sales.

Not a problem thank you for taking the time. I really do appreciate your efforts.

By the way, nice renders, and no offense intended to the original promo artist, but yours has actually made me really consider buying Vega for V3

Aww, thanks! I fell in love with Vega by looking at the promos. And I just realized that I don't think I have all of her face morphs loaded. Seems like I got a few errors when I loaded her. I think I'm missing a V3 head morph pack. So her features here are probably half default and half Vega. I'm working on Shahara now and got a lot of morph errors but she still looks great. Her skin is rendering nicely. She is something like 21 cents today, and has two other add ons- an aged skin and overlays to create your own makeups for her in Photoshop. So for around 60 cents, you can have a party with her! LOL

EDIT: Shahara render and notes here (I don't want to clog up this thread with tons of renders)

Of course if you do not fancy dealing with V3 and her poor bending, you can put all those very cheap V3 skins onto G3F using this:

http://www.daz3d.com/legacy-uvs-for-genesis-3-special-edition-victoria-3

You will also save a ton of VRAM compared to a native G3F skin.

Oh yes, I forgot about that one! I think it's on my wishlist. At the time it came out, I hadn't fallen madly in love with V3 yet. The SAE version of V3 looks like a hideous, nippley space alien when she loads up. It look Vega to make me see the light! 

Of course if you do not fancy dealing with V3 and her poor bending, you can put all those very cheap V3 skins onto G3F using this:

http://www.daz3d.com/legacy-uvs-for-genesis-3-special-edition-victoria-3

You will also save a ton of VRAM compared to a native G3F skin.

Note on the V3 Morphing Coat, The Dress for V3, RDNA Morphing Dress/Shawl/Veil and some of the other Morphing items that aren't the standard MFDs across newer generations- you can still use many of these if you grab the Gen 3 Iconic Shapes for Genesis product. Fit them to a Genesis figure and then refit to G2. If you want to go from Genesis to G3, you need Wear Them All or other clones. That's how I got Blue Moods for The Dress for V3/S3 onto this G3F. No fancy shaders- just threw Uber on it.

I have so much V3 stuff, but I haven't loaded any of it in many years. You are making me want to start slogging through all of those old product directories and play with them. 

Are you converting the shaders to iray or are these using the poser shaders automatically converted (or are you using 3delight?)

Yes, this makes me want to dust off my Poser directories.

Awesome result.

Note on the V3 Morphing Coat, The Dress for V3, RDNA Morphing Dress/Shawl/Veil and some of the other Morphing items that aren't the standard MFDs across newer generations- you can still use many of these if you grab the Gen 3 Iconic Shapes for Genesis product. Fit them to a Genesis figure and then refit to G2. If you want to go from Genesis to G3, you need Wear Them All or other clones. That's how I got Blue Moods for The Dress for V3/S3 onto this G3F. No fancy shaders- just threw Uber on it.

I have so much V3 stuff, but I haven't loaded any of it in many years. You are making me want to start slogging through all of those old product directories and play with them. 

Are you converting the shaders to iray or are these using the poser shaders automatically converted (or are you using 3delight?)